Nadia Comaneci - Uneven Bars - 1976 American Cup

[Danceaholic2478]

this routine was not as long as the routines nowadays but it looks so much harder

[beeyouteequeen]

holy crap! that was amazing! i recently started watching gymnastics vids on youtube, and i must say i like this style of uneven bars better than todays style!

[PetermakeyMHG]

I find the uneven bar routines today to be much more exciting...but this was nice too

[rhythmicpianogirl]

@PetermakeyMHG your right

[italianbarbie022397]

what the hell, shes more amazing thenmodern people today, shes so fluid its unbelieveable. better then shawn and nastia.

[ACSsmile]

no grips......... i'm guessing it must hurt her hands to do that with out grips on...

[zouzounakiiilol]

the old uneven bars routines!!

[magriggs100]

Nastia is the best, this isnt even a routine, Its just a routine full of tricks. Nastia is elegant in what she does.

[HorseWithNamed]

She is superb !

[nailxoxoqueen]

wow...giants iwth no girps. i can't even imagine...

[bloomingkary]

aww.. how she looks at her hands at the end of the routine.

[bamc91]

8o

shes...awe...mazing!!!!



[ERnews3967]

idk why but it doesnt seem like her coach is proud enough for her...bcuz every video i watch with gymnastics the coaches hug them and are smiling...he wasnt rele

[RaygunShaun]

0:27 - 0:28 just looks painful as hell.

[kinteali]

can someone explain how the uneven bars were back then? its so different from what I see today.

[caillinnumberonefan]

@kinteali i was about to ask that same question hahaha

[ParanoidAndroidDA]

@kinteali Apparently they used to use the men's parrallel bars and just change the height so they were a lot closer together

[ThePingShowJL]

@kinteali

the bars were closer together and the elements and tricks/stunts were much simpler. her dismount which was a back somersault with a half twist would have been a dismount for someone level 6-8 today compared to it being an elite dismount in the 70's.

[986710]

my god, look at her abs !!!

[meumeugymastique]

Magnifique surtout la sortie !

[rsmistletoe3]

O.O

im still trying to figure out how exactly thats possible

[pimpernell01]

Im a 32 year old geeza who can punch through brick wall's, 10 years back i had a go on these bars and took all the skin off my palms with 1 swing,

This girl is UNBELIVEABLE, even though the romanian coaches are super hard on thir girls this one shines. I heard when they do hand stands if thir toes dont point correctly the coaches kick thir hands away, people have no idear what this girl's been through, or me.

[sportzdummi818]

dude u can see her muscles!! shes a legend!

[curlyQ379]

I never knew this is what the old bars looked like. 

[smileyxoxo100]

omg the gymnastic back then had so many stunts! it amazing! i love watchin the old vids :) this girl is heart stopper. that was cool.

[BatNuklier]

I always give two metal fingers when she finishes! sorry, i'm a metalhead lol. but I am also a big fan of Nadia Comaneci!!!

[7leintje93]

I really love to see the old uneven bars!

[iluvconverse25]

Look at bela!!!

[sweethollywood123]

She is truly amazing, No one NO ONE will never EVER be as amazing she is!!

[ethalhallow]

@sweethollywood123 dont be toooooo sure no one knows what will happen in the future but i gotta admitt she is awesome

[gymnasticsloverxoxo]

Did she hurt her hand or just get a blister?

[comaneci1]

@gymnasticsloverxoxo what i know is that during her warm up her hands started bleeding, bela told her to keep spitting on it and to gently rub her hands, so she kept spitting and rubbing till it was time to perfrom..... that was written in a report back in 1976.... imagine performing like that with a bleeding hand !!!!

[horizongymnast69]

That routine made me nervous! Lol i Truly love her it is my dream to meet her and mary lou retton sum day! Her leo was bothering me it was so loose! Lol=]=]=]

[shannonkize]

0:55 Just flying

[lilbootsy16]

There will never be anyone better than Nadia

[jesusgymnast]

this girl, is unexplainable, just wow...

[missmouse35]

she was the first winner of the american cup

[battechno]

Nadia Comaneci, a true world champion. there has never been anyone like her and there never will be. trully amazing.

[danielcnsilva]

I have no doubt. I agree completely

[msdaniellenicole100]

@battechno just one, Nastia Liukin is the only person that comes close.

[GlidingArt99]

@msdaniellenicole100 I'm not an expert, in fact I dont know much about gymnastics so I might be wrong, but this girl looks so much more of a package than Liukin. I watched Liukin many times and I watched Nadia many times and I know the skills Nadia did are supposedly easier, but to me Nastia can't even come close to Nadia's level of execution. And dont get me wrong I love Nastia she is a beautiful gymnast. Just not quite the same as Nadia. Not on the same level. Not as outstanding as Nadai was.

[rsxsb81]

@GlidingArt99 Neither am I! But you have to consider that that routines were extremely difficult back in 1976! Since that, Gymnastics and its apparatus has evolved a lot! All Nadia's routines were ahead of time in the 70's even if you compare with other gymnasts in the 70's, Nadia's routine's were insanely difficult in comparison to other gymnasts.

[idefyustars]

honestly, I think that this performance was better then in the olympics.

[gymnasticsloverxoxo]

Well she hit her handstand before her dismount in the Olympics and stuck the dismount but this routine is very nice.

[bizou154]

yeah....ok shes amazing at bars!!! she completely deserves her perfect ten!!!

but On floor realy I can almost do the same thing!!^o)

[Randomnus123]

concede much?

[albiehl]

Is she even wearing grips???

[gymcutiegirl]

nope :P

[faeryquene]

@albiehl No-Nadia didn't wear them at the 1976 Olympics either but she started to after those Games.

[gymnasticsloverxoxo]

Is it just me or are those bars not chalked at all?

[mandupandy]

whats wrong with her stomach? its like a line that goes inn? :S

[TuesdayPillow]

Probably a high lined underwear.

[TuesdayPillow]

It's called underwear.

[ralucagymnast]

The Romanians used to stitch elastic into their leotards to give the waist the "cinched" look; yes, she was wearing underwear too, but that line you see is actually sewed in elastic:)Mum used to do it with my leotards too; gives a better line.

[irafa2]

The only thing they add to Nadia's routine for the Olympics was a second handstand right before the dismount.

[caramelcreamsauce]

Thanks for uploading! Love ya Nadia!

[darmstadthesse]

Thank you! I´ve been looking for the 1976American Cup videos!

[ChildofPluto]

Amazing Nadia! It seems to me that her dismount was better at the Olympics on this apparatus. And all in all better performances, only the floor routine was more difficult here, with the double back.

Thanks for all these videos from American Cup.

[morenodelaorilla]

Wat to go nadia

[comaneci1]

I've never seen this routine before!!! Thanks for putting this up :D

[ralucagymnast]

Amazing routine; I think the only reason she didnt get another 10 was because she didnt hit her handstand just before her sole circle into the dismount, and a little hop on landing. Her Comaneci Salto is so unbelievable: Cathy Rigby was right she does make it look easy:) I love her leotard too:)

[TuesdayPillow]

I don't know that hitting handstands was a true requirement back then, although the dismount was certainly not flawless.

[sum1ecclectic]

Beautiful, clean performance! and Great high quality video too. Thank you :)