Wow it seems that gymnastics today has gone down compared to this. I love this so much! It's easy to see why someone would fall in love with it! it has me!
The competitors of today have nothing on these girls. Okay they might be able to pull off tougher skills but they don't seem to be as entertaining or elegant, it's all about the power, the floor exercises might aswell be called tumbling rounds, because they don't dance anymore...and the bars are just nothing to what they use to be.
i think this was the gymnastics we all fell in love with <3<3<3 love it! thank god for nastia,anna pav,jiang yuyuan and daria joura for bringing it back
I'm so grateful for this website. I try to watch current gymnastics, but I just get so bored watching tumbling, pauses, and arm waves in thong leotards that I have to give up and return again and again to watch the more beautiful gymnastics of the past.
I think gymnastic was more beautiful, had more plasticidade till 90's..Evolution is good, but i still prefer Mukhina, Korbut, Comaneci, Shoushonova, Silivas, Dobre,Boginskaia..Romania and former URSS were the most beautiful i have seen in gym. It was more ballet...In Beajing it was very similar, except for He Kexin with uneven bars
Yeah, they have. I think Terin Humphrey was the last artistic American. Now, there are few that can dance. But if they can, it's certainly the Soviets (Joura, Kozich) =)
Yes, I think it's a shame that when the soviet union broke up so many of the gymnasts and their children moved to somwhere else. Think how stron would the ukranian or russian teams be with liukin joura...
I'm especially mad that no one can get a perfect 10 anymore. Even before the scoring system was changed, a perfect 10 wasn't awarded after 1992 that I'm aware of.
I think it's because of the new life, or something like that they call it. I don't mind the scoring system so much, but I think it should have a C score that rewards difficulty.
They may not have been throwing the tricks that gymnasts today throw, but look how innovative and perfect their routines are! Everyone in the video has perfect form, no one, not even Nastia!, has perfect form today. Hell, they're lucky if they stick a landing.
Gymnastics isn't like this anymore. Thanks of that belongs to most american gymnastics. So many gymnast does not even have a really goreography like Daniela Drunceea or Shawn Johnson
That's not America's fault! Why would you even blame US about it? If the Chinese, Australians, Russians, and Romanians decided to drop coreagraphy like a hot potato, how does it make it OUR fault?
Awesome compilation..really. Seems like most sports (extreme at least) get more progressive with time as people realize that more and more is possible. These girls were doing combinations I had never seen before.. what happened to some of this style??
some times its because of laws, trainers/coaches can purposly push the children around - they can push you a tiny bit but if they really damage you then they get prisioned and stuff like that, and some times the training is just to hard for some people
wow the uneven bars were so close together, i had no idea. when did they change to the way they are now? they've been far apart as long as i can remember.
i agree TOTALLY... gymnastics 10 years ago was SOOOO much better than now, everything was just so much better.... the skills, dancing, coaching, EVERYTHING.... i lovED gymnatics before:)
In my case my heart belongs to the 1996 and 2000 Olympics, it wasn't the same in 2004 and today's gymnastics... so different and not exactly in the best way.
If you want to parallel Nastia, just look at the perfect gymnast that came before her. Nadia Comaneci. She was the first to get a perfect ten not just once but seven times!
Nadia is the only one who is unparalleled. Plus, Nastia isn't that perfect if you watch her routines, she messes up, so her elegance and ability is almost perfect as Nadia's but not quite. She is the closest the world has seen since Nadia's time though.
im glad they're farther apart. that way we dont hafta break our hips banging them against the bar. plus it make the apparatus much more stable. if youll notice in the old gymnastics the bars are always collapsing.
this video is cool. I'm doing gymnastics at a high level for 9 years now and I love it. My favourite are the uneven bars and the balance beam. Gymnastics is so awesome, I can't live without. Great video !!
You need to remember that the reason gymnastics was more spectacular back then was because the coaches were pushing their gymnasts beyond the limits of physical safety. When they hit, it was great. But there was a lot more nasty stuff that had to happen to make it great.
sadly true. I think in the comeneci Olympics you could see on neli Kim's face the dichotomy: ask your coach to train you harder, but if you couldn;t do it others could. Is that short hair nadia killing on the bars?
actually i think i have to disagree with you there. because gymnastics was a lot simpler and routines were easier back then, of course coaches had to push the gymnasts but that was nothing compared to know.
gymnastics was special and beautiful back then was because there was exquisite dance and routines were more based on perfection rather than difficulty. now gymnastics is just tumbling, difficult skills, tumbling and difficult skills. the dance is no way near as spectacular as it used to be and probably never will and because music back then was more piano, gymnasts could move slower which is what made them so elegant.
and gymnasts now pick dynamic music to involve the crowd and the judges and so they can connect skills with the music. but i do support the uneven bars seperation because it hurt the gymnast's hips everytime they hit the low bar. ouch!
i love this! i do think gymnastics will never be the way it was (as shown in this video). there was just something about the way it used to be. and although gymnastics has really changed, i do think there is something to be said about today's gymnastics, even if we don't know quite what it is yet. there ARE some who still have beautiful gymnastics.
Thanks a lot for posting this video! I have always loved gymnastics and would love more of these! Do you have Nadia Comaneci's routines from the 1976 Montreal Olympics?
Does anyone possess any video of Carol Johnston, also known as "Lefty?" She was a US gymnast of some national prominence....notable because she only has one arm. This is a feat which I dont think could be accomplished in today's gymnastics environment. But I'd love to see some archive footage. Anyone know of any?
I don't have anything, but I'm sure I've seen a movie of her once. And kwinkletoes, I'm sure if you searched Nadia on youtube you'd be able to find her routines from Montreal. Yes they do exist.
yesterday's gymnastics was mindblowing, today's gymnastics is breathtaking
For me it is the most gorgeous and spectacular sport, always was always will be, just for different reasons
xrictinaaa1 1 month ago
she makes it look easy
plonker4747 7 months ago
Wow it seems that gymnastics today has gone down compared to this. I love this so much! It's easy to see why someone would fall in love with it! it has me!
TheAnthonyHague 1 year ago 3
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who is the gymnast at 2:08 - 2:12. Such speed and power, I really miss these types of routines where the bars were close together.
matthewxcountry 1 year ago
Who's the gymnast at @2:08 - 2:12 love this bar routine, such speed and power. I kind of miss these routines where the bars were close together.
matthewxcountry 1 year ago
great montage fantastic work!
wasupcats 1 year ago
Gymnastics ain't what it use to be.
The competitors of today have nothing on these girls. Okay they might be able to pull off tougher skills but they don't seem to be as entertaining or elegant, it's all about the power, the floor exercises might aswell be called tumbling rounds, because they don't dance anymore...and the bars are just nothing to what they use to be.
R.I.P old school Gymnastics.
KillaKitty09 1 year ago 3
some the cuts are good and that song don't match even match the video at all
eugvh18 2 years ago
Olga Korbut's success was definetly in her back arching. simply amazing
sugafrost3 2 years ago
This is a FANTASTIC montage. Well done you, and I agree totally. Gym was so fab back then. And Shushunova = crazy
MunchTheSilivasFan 2 years ago
This is very well done. Thanks for taking the time to make it - to of course one of the best songs to increase the drama :)
TuesdayPillow 2 years ago
Please, who is the girl on beam at 4:15-4:17? Thanks!!
lairsantos 2 years ago
Kristie Philips USA
morrissuy 2 years ago
wow, that is some AMAZING uneven bar work . . .
johnsonr925865 2 years ago
i think this was the gymnastics we all fell in love with <3<3<3 love it! thank god for nastia,anna pav,jiang yuyuan and daria joura for bringing it back
dAnThEmAn178987 2 years ago 2
mattie larson does what the girl does at 0:39
the bars are so cool
LovinGymnastics13 3 years ago
Who is that on bars at about 2:10?
briaberger 3 years ago 2
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reallyoldfan 2 years ago
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I think that is Maria Filatova.
I'm so grateful for this website. I try to watch current gymnastics, but I just get so bored watching tumbling, pauses, and arm waves in thong leotards that I have to give up and return again and again to watch the more beautiful gymnastics of the past.
reallyoldfan 2 years ago
I love the skill at .56 it looks like she's flying SO COOL!
westchemave 3 years ago
you see the same things on beam aerial walkovers, tucks, and twisting dismounts
tgcgymnasticsgirl 3 years ago
beam mounts have gone downhill
tgcgymnasticsgirl 3 years ago
at 2;10---good God!! go girls!
miamivicepastels83 3 years ago
yes the memories will remain.
TimTimKitty00 3 years ago
I think gymnastic was more beautiful, had more plasticidade till 90's..Evolution is good, but i still prefer Mukhina, Korbut, Comaneci, Shoushonova, Silivas, Dobre,Boginskaia..Romania and former URSS were the most beautiful i have seen in gym. It was more ballet...In Beajing it was very similar, except for He Kexin with uneven bars
nandafra 3 years ago
It seems there was so much more room for artistry. Now the routines are packed so tight . . . it's really too bad.
DrDraea 3 years ago 6
girl @ :45 is amazing
tatulover2120 3 years ago
Tatiana Groshkova
reallyoldfan 3 years ago
wundervoll :)
Elle2610 3 years ago
wow what a tumbling pass 3:35 to 3:38! Who was that girl?
violet46 3 years ago
Natalia Lachenova
Tammikatu 3 years ago
I love the moves on the uneven bars at around 2:25. you don't see moves like these anymore. Talk about originality back then!
violet46 3 years ago
Yeah, I agree.
KarenLovesGymnastics 3 years ago
The very BEST gymnastics was done from 1972-2000 in my opinion. After Patterson won in 2004, gymnastics went down hill, waaaaaay downhill! *I AM MAD*
KarenLovesGymnastics 4 years ago
Well compare Loshekos and Johnsons routines you might get what I'm saying. And I totally agree with you in this comment
Tammikatu 3 years ago
I get what you're saying, I mean back in the old days Americans did have artistry (Shawn Johnson, Shannon Miller, etc.) now we have none.
KarenLovesGymnastics 3 years ago
Yes, I think soviets had alway artistry. And everything is not americans fault, but they just dumped the artistry at somepoint
Tammikatu 3 years ago
Yeah, they have. I think Terin Humphrey was the last artistic American. Now, there are few that can dance. But if they can, it's certainly the Soviets (Joura, Kozich) =)
KarenLovesGymnastics 3 years ago
Yes, I think it's a shame that when the soviet union broke up so many of the gymnasts and their children moved to somwhere else. Think how stron would the ukranian or russian teams be with liukin joura...
Tammikatu 3 years ago
No kidding!
KarenLovesGymnastics 3 years ago
Shannon Miller defined artistry. I loved watching her floor routines. Man I miss her!
violet46 3 years ago 2
Yeah, I don't watch her to often but I loved her 1992 routine, her 1996 routine was OK, but I didn't like the music too much...
KarenLovesGymnastics 3 years ago
I'm especially mad that no one can get a perfect 10 anymore. Even before the scoring system was changed, a perfect 10 wasn't awarded after 1992 that I'm aware of.
violet46 3 years ago
I think it's because of the new life, or something like that they call it. I don't mind the scoring system so much, but I think it should have a C score that rewards difficulty.
KarenLovesGymnastics 3 years ago
They may not have been throwing the tricks that gymnasts today throw, but look how innovative and perfect their routines are! Everyone in the video has perfect form, no one, not even Nastia!, has perfect form today. Hell, they're lucky if they stick a landing.
annietart 4 years ago
hate shawn and carly
pretzal702 4 years ago 6
Gymnastics isn't like this anymore. Thanks of that belongs to most american gymnastics. So many gymnast does not even have a really goreography like Daniela Drunceea or Shawn Johnson
Tammikatu 4 years ago
That's not America's fault! Why would you even blame US about it? If the Chinese, Australians, Russians, and Romanians decided to drop coreagraphy like a hot potato, how does it make it OUR fault?
KarenLovesGymnastics 4 years ago
it's sad that nobody does things like this anymore :(
victorsgymnast01 4 years ago 2
wow
honigvollkornbrot 4 years ago
I'm also in love with old gymnastics!
Who is that at 1:10 and the gymnasts from 2:10 to 2:20 and at 3:38 is that Laschenova?
isa1285 4 years ago
The gymnast in white at 2:10 is Filatova and 3:38 is Laschenova. No idea about the others though :)
Stephthemagicdragon 4 years ago
1:10 is yang bo, i think.
patti464 4 years ago
Awesome compilation..really. Seems like most sports (extreme at least) get more progressive with time as people realize that more and more is possible. These girls were doing combinations I had never seen before.. what happened to some of this style??
MikeyLPTOI 4 years ago
some times its because of laws, trainers/coaches can purposly push the children around - they can push you a tiny bit but if they really damage you then they get prisioned and stuff like that, and some times the training is just to hard for some people
?? i dunno really but yeh those are my ideas
balletgymmad 4 years ago
These athletes do simply INCREDIBLE stuff!
Blueyedratio 4 years ago
wow the uneven bars were so close together, i had no idea. when did they change to the way they are now? they've been far apart as long as i can remember.
bebeballerina 4 years ago
2.14 is insane!
Junaiiiii 4 years ago
i agree TOTALLY... gymnastics 10 years ago was SOOOO much better than now, everything was just so much better.... the skills, dancing, coaching, EVERYTHING.... i lovED gymnatics before:)
yuppypepi 4 years ago
Holy shit, who's the girl at 2:10? And at 3:28 (powerful tumbler!)?
SchwarzeWitwe2 4 years ago
maria filatova, and tatiana gutsu (:
patti464 4 years ago
Thanks! Can't believe I didn't recognize Gutsu..
SchwarzeWitwe2 4 years ago
i've got agree with you guys, gymnastics is MUCH harder now
GUStavoSuperCool 5 years ago
I agree. When it comes to my heart in gymnastics, it belongs to the 1996 Olympics.
SchwarzeWitwe2 4 years ago
In my case my heart belongs to the 1996 and 2000 Olympics, it wasn't the same in 2004 and today's gymnastics... so different and not exactly in the best way.
isa1285 4 years ago
I think it's the Code of Points. But I must admit, I've fallen for Nastia Liukin. Her elegance is almost unparalleled.
SchwarzeWitwe2 4 years ago
If you want to parallel Nastia, just look at the perfect gymnast that came before her. Nadia Comaneci. She was the first to get a perfect ten not just once but seven times!
Nadia is the only one who is unparalleled. Plus, Nastia isn't that perfect if you watch her routines, she messes up, so her elegance and ability is almost perfect as Nadia's but not quite. She is the closest the world has seen since Nadia's time though.
LeaderNotAFollower 4 years ago
they still do some of the uneven bars moves, but theyre harder (especially the transitions) because the bars are farther apart
901234565432109867 5 years ago
im glad they're farther apart. that way we dont hafta break our hips banging them against the bar. plus it make the apparatus much more stable. if youll notice in the old gymnastics the bars are always collapsing.
tvloonie 4 years ago
A 2,14 c'est l'excellllllente Oksana Omeliantchik... plus ou moins 1985
gemarno 5 years ago
Who is the gymnast at 2:14 and what competition was she in when she was performing ont he bars in your montage?
whipback 5 years ago
this video is cool. I'm doing gymnastics at a high level for 9 years now and I love it. My favourite are the uneven bars and the balance beam. Gymnastics is so awesome, I can't live without. Great video !!
x0neTreeHillx 5 years ago
You need to remember that the reason gymnastics was more spectacular back then was because the coaches were pushing their gymnasts beyond the limits of physical safety. When they hit, it was great. But there was a lot more nasty stuff that had to happen to make it great.
mrparke007 5 years ago
sadly true. I think in the comeneci Olympics you could see on neli Kim's face the dichotomy: ask your coach to train you harder, but if you couldn;t do it others could. Is that short hair nadia killing on the bars?
Amarventris 5 years ago
actually i think i have to disagree with you there. because gymnastics was a lot simpler and routines were easier back then, of course coaches had to push the gymnasts but that was nothing compared to know.
scatteam2 5 years ago
Routines on the balance beam and vault are harder but the uneven bars have gone downhill.
Mdshdw 3 years ago
routines are harder, and coaches are demanding so much from girls whose bodies aren't capable of performing skills like that at such a young age.
scatteam2 5 years ago
gymnastics was special and beautiful back then was because there was exquisite dance and routines were more based on perfection rather than difficulty. now gymnastics is just tumbling, difficult skills, tumbling and difficult skills. the dance is no way near as spectacular as it used to be and probably never will and because music back then was more piano, gymnasts could move slower which is what made them so elegant.
scatteam2 5 years ago
and gymnasts now pick dynamic music to involve the crowd and the judges and so they can connect skills with the music. but i do support the uneven bars seperation because it hurt the gymnast's hips everytime they hit the low bar. ouch!
scatteam 5 years ago
Awesome!! I have just come across your stuff. This was my era of gymnastics mania as well! Thanks :D
broncobabe77 5 years ago
Is that gymnast at about 0:35 Vera Cerna of Czechozlovakia?
KDJY4 5 years ago
Yes it is.
KaraKarateka 5 years ago
between about 35 and 45..that girl is amazing. The little girls that can do this stuff. Wow..its just so amazing
luvthat1 5 years ago
Yeah that was Tatiana Groshkova. She was amazing, unfortunately however she was too inconsistant to ever make a world or olympic team.
KaraKarateka 5 years ago
That's amazing they were doing that stuff in the 70's! Very amazing, great vids!
london2012olympics 5 years ago
indeed...
Mermaid73 5 years ago
i love this! i do think gymnastics will never be the way it was (as shown in this video). there was just something about the way it used to be. and although gymnastics has really changed, i do think there is something to be said about today's gymnastics, even if we don't know quite what it is yet. there ARE some who still have beautiful gymnastics.
ang212 5 years ago
Thanks a lot for posting this video! I have always loved gymnastics and would love more of these! Do you have Nadia Comaneci's routines from the 1976 Montreal Olympics?
kwinkletoes 5 years ago
Does anyone possess any video of Carol Johnston, also known as "Lefty?" She was a US gymnast of some national prominence....notable because she only has one arm. This is a feat which I dont think could be accomplished in today's gymnastics environment. But I'd love to see some archive footage. Anyone know of any?
kuffpah 5 years ago
I don't have anything, but I'm sure I've seen a movie of her once. And kwinkletoes, I'm sure if you searched Nadia on youtube you'd be able to find her routines from Montreal. Yes they do exist.
KaraKarateka 5 years ago