The 1996 Olympics Women's TF Part 1

[garyj79]

NOW is it me or was THAT dismount by Strug @ 01:11 friggin ugly !!!!!! ughhhh

[tayyswiftlove]

dang I was only 2 years old.....

[tayyswiftlove]

dang I was only 2 years old.....

[caraabeex]

I love these leotards for the USA, they actually represent the flag, nowadays they have nothing to do with it :(

[chamuda610]

I remember watching this when I was eight. I taped newspaper to the floor like a balance beam, convinced my mom to get a big scrap of blue carpet to put in the backyard so I could tumble, my dad installed a pull-up bar in my bedroom doorway, and I used the couch as a vault. Oh, the simple joy of being young and thinking you're so awesome :P

[AgentDouble0027]

Quit calling them little girls. OMG

[kakumei77]

I am only 27 and I remember this clearly! I don't think its that old. Maybe the gymnasts but not ME!

[witscats]

The best olympic leotards ever for USA!

[66nylorac]

John Tesh's "little girls dancing" can still make me gag, even after all these years!!

[blokflip13]

I like that Jaycie is able to ot of her jaeger, her bail to hand is actually in handstand. It just looks better than the horizontal ones people do.

[rockiebule1112]

These gymnasts are so much better than the 2008 gymnastics !!!!!!!!!! why arent there anymore poeple like this ?

[jukodebu]

@rockiebule1112 because the USA is a 3rd world country now and everyones addicted to media and crackberrys

[Soccerchic1097]

this is the 1 competetion i can watch over and over again and i still love it

[MicroKitty]

"there's something warm this Olympic night...little girls...dancing..." creepyy

[cordofthree777]

ANYONE HAVE THE FINAL FROM A DIFFERENT TV COVRAGE LIKE NHK?

[cutiepatootie120]

I wish I could've been there. Everybody who was there and was able to witness this is truly lucky. They watched a huge day in the history of American Women's Gymnastics.

[lanpingpug]

@cutiepatootie120 Yes they did and it must have been awesome. But I feel sorry for the other teams there as the noise must have been horrendously loud, more than they had ever come across before. I know they train so they are able to block out noise from their surroundings, but that place was so loud it definitely spooked some of them, especially the Russians.

[bbhouk1]

ok

i know i sound like an idiot but how do favorite something?

thanks

[bbhouk1]

@bbhouk1 - never mind everbody i just figured it out

thanks to anybody that would have replied :)

[Lilstarrgazr]

Does it bother anyone else that in the fluff piece in the beginning, John Tesh said, "These are the faces of seven little girls..." but it shows Amanda and Dominque M. twice, and never shows Amy or Jaycie?

[xrystalp]

This is still one of my favorite memories. I was there in the Georgia Dome. I can still feel that energy.

[dmann3g]

Ukraine SHOULD still been a threat. Their execution and form is amazing, they just cant ever put it together.

[gymnastics46]

this was my favorite olympics ever...

i donno why

there were just so many big names in the sport from so many different places...

[Mikizzle15]

Because this Olympics was the SHIZZZ!!! lol. I don't know why, but the '96 Olympics is the only Olympics that everyone, even those who weren't into some of these sports, watched. It was just interesting, plus gymnastics finally got the recognition it deserved.

[iloveyourstory]

The video quality and the fluffs are all so nice and soothing. Loves it.

[dmann3g]

@gymnastics46 It was a time when things were still competitive..

[anaya29]

@gymnastics46 nothing has ever toped this one!1

[iloveyourstory]

thanks for uploading!!

[skatekwan6]

Does anyone know the name of the song in the opening fluff?

[DanishRoyalFan15]

Simple Gifts.

[skatekwan6]

Thanks!

[eMthegymnast]

back when ukrain was actualy a threat.

[londongymgurl]

does anyone know who did this particular arragement of that song, simple gifts?

[bunnybeaner]

@londongymgurl and @skatekwan it's Aaron Copland's "Appalachian Spring."

[mka800]

Like in the medal ceremony, at 3:08 the camera has to dip down for Dominique when they're walking into the arena. I don't know how big she was here, but at the Nationals right before it she was four foot five and seventy pounds.

[HereWasRachel]

oh, you've got to love vintage NBC...

[CelloRosin]

Vintage? Wow... that makes me feel old...

[mmoran3]

God i know right vintage? i have this on VHS jesus im THE CRYPT KEEPER lol

[cremington10]

me too

[lanpingpug]

@mmoran3 So do I!

[eMthegymnast]

she makes her twisting barley noticible... like her double arabian on floor.. OMG yah she has the ?BEST double front 1/2 out dismounti have everrrr seen!

[pokeyartfun22]

who?

[vaguy06]

I think they mean Lilia.

[eMthegymnast]

nope i meant jaycie.