96 Atlanta Olympics Team Final Part 7

[Beccka]

Although this isn't my favorite of Podkapayeva's routines, she is always fantastic an beautiful. She rocked everything she ever did. She was the best gymnast ever!

[tmwalkerm]

@mrpatriot83 I sort of agree, but men's routines aren't meant to be aristic like the women's. Its more based on strength and I can't imagine some of those huge beefcake men prancing around and doing dance elements on the floor....LOL

[tmwalkerm]

Why would the Romanians be demoralized because of injuries? It's not like they faked ages on passports, or anything - cough, Chinese during 2000 games, cough. Just saying that there are a lot worse things they could do to bring shame to their country. I'm not being disrespectful, just wondering how the girls deal with so much pressure, must be brutal, but at least they have each other's support and encouragement.

[littlemajka]

USA can make from Romanians such poor kids, and I bet they have never seen the place. Maybe they do not have such rich gyms and highly paid staff and beautifull malls, but certainly we can find kids living on streets in so "wonderful" America as well!

[NYCBlonde]

@littlemajka What does this even mean? This comment makes no sense.

[potassiumiodideki]

Oh my God, I LOVE fluff. It's so embarrassing, but this kind of makes me cry.

[cleicsioluek]

There is something that is bizarre: Lilia got a floor score on part 2 and she is performing now, and the americans were done on beam last part and they didn't even start here...? Is there a problem with the numbering of the parts?

[23681lucky]

three romanians are then later paid 40,000 dollars by china to star naked in a gymnastics video

[mmoran3]

yea i saw it lol,, it was lavinia milosovich, maria olaru, and some other chick,, they werent naked just topless

[beffyblb]

@mmoran3 It wasn't Maria Olaru, it was Claudia Presecan, Corina Ungureanu and Lavinia...just because I think it's wrong to wrongly malign Maria.

[nastiasbiggestfan1]

I love the fluff about Romania!!!!!

[GymFloozie]

I think it's interesting how so many people who work in hospitals are fat.

[AnaCiubotaru]

I thought the men never had music to their floor routines. What is the commentator talking about?

[mka800]

Ionella's laugh sounds like Snoopy from the cartoon.

[mka800]

I kind of look like Alexandra - one year older than she is here, about two inches taller, but a little thinner and unable to do anything she can do so wonderfully.

[harlanmackey]

i loathe the american floor style in this olympics...sorry, i'm just amazed by lilia podpokpayeva and it really frustrates me to hear this stupid comment about her routine 'minus one tenth'...at some point, i swear, who cares?

[mka800]

At least Daggett noted that she was his favorite in the competition. The commentators took one look at Lilia and knew any chance of an American all-around gold was down the tubes.

[mka800]

Following with the thought of some comments on the last segment re: Moceanu's blog and criticism of Bela: if any coach should be exposed as cruel it's Octavian. And unlike Moceanu on her blog, Alexandra Marinescu DID expose him in her book with specific accounts of cruelty and brutality. (Since I made my previous comment here I have read various lengthy excerpts and reviews of her book.)

[mka800]

Has anybody read Alexandra's book? The English title is "The Secrets of a Gymnast."

[calico26]

i think that this is supposed to be part three instead of part 7

[itstrieu]

The commentary really annoyed me here. They were talking all the way through Lilia's floor routine about the American and Russian teams and only mentioned her a little at the beginning and at the end when she stepped out of bounds.

[azsunrise7]

well you and your whining really annoy moi so we are even.

here is a hint, watch YOUR OWN NATIONAL BROADCAST.......NOT OURS! duh!

american newscast is biased towards AMERICA, crybaby.

[itstrieu]

I guess that's a fair enough comment.

However, there's no need to resort to childish name calling.

[Eugenie404]

Well they got their own back. Lilia won the AA and the USA darlings didn't even palce in it!

[mka800]

You are very right.  Ignore azsunrise7's comment.

[azsunrise7]

i totally love romanians! in fact sophie maslow the former mayor of pittsburgh pa was a jewish romanian immigrant who started school here in america not knowing a word of english when she was 6 yrs old.

we just named a street after this great lady. the ceremony is actually on youtube. :)

no need to be defensive romanians, you are admired and cherished here in america.

[myrab3l]

The movie about Romania made me cry...because i am romanian and i know what revolution did to this country..Romania always had good gimnast despite the conditions they had to live,that's important...not if u like Amanar,how the gimnast look..bla bla.LEARN TO BE OBJECTIVE AND RESPECTFUL

[skiergirl131994]

How did the Romanian's go from Lavinia on floor, to Alexandra on beam? The rotation doesn;t happen that way.

[scatterplot4]

yeah, you're right. i was thinking about it, and i think that these might be numbered incorrectly...they mentioned that the americans finished bars, so i'm guessing this clip goes towards the beginning, right after the clip that concludes with that quote about romania that's obviously a fluff lead-in

[frostdiamond1]

Yeah, this is actually part 3, not 7.

[KajaRG]

"We heard the same musics over and over again for the last couple of days in the women's and men's compulsories". I'm sorry, I didn't know the men used music? LOL :P

[ipete05]

@KajaRG I wish the men did!! That would be hilarious!

[electriCITYxlove]

we were impressed by few things that weren't done by americans...and that first tumbling pass was one of them

[Lakuilera]

since when was amanar a gymnast of grace?

[MoceanuReturns]

I have always disliked Amanar. I don't know why. I'm not even sure how to verbalize it and I'm sure it is unfounded...but I simply never liked her.

[adventuregirl76]

that was so sad about Ana Maria Bican...she was never seen again after she was injured at practicing at the 1996 Olympics. Whatever happened to her?

[EMTQueen]

Her knee injury before the Games was so severe that she was forced to retire at 16.

[tomsk14]

God America knows how to be dramatic doesnt it....

[cfs1551]

sure do!

[SchwarzeWitwe2]

Damn straight we do.

[tomsk14]

Errr that wasnt a compliment, seriously its so corney and cheesey and cringey and 'sympathetic' and most of all totally unrepresentative of the truth.

[SchwarzeWitwe2]

I was kidding.

[tomsk14]

Pardon me, Im sorry...I get too agitated on youtube and always get defensive, Sorry SchwarzeWite2...

[SchwarzeWitwe2]

Word of advice, my friend: Avoid the IMDB boards. Because holy shit.

[Laureli23]

it looks like a young andreea raducan at 2:50.

[cfs1551]

uh no it doesnt

[ColtonRudloff]

woah your from buffalo ny...so am i. i live in East Aurora

[electriCITYxlove]

im from buffalo ny too! williamsville. channel 2!

[odiwbas]

You should probably re-label this video part 3..It's out of order here. But thanks for adding all this stuff!