Stella Umeh - 1991 Worlds AA - Balance Beam

[MrsShazziePepper1996]

What country is she from?

[bownlovingfreak]

@MrsShazziePepper1996 Canada

[ballethoney]

Ohmygosh! That first acro sequence was AMAZING!

[CMIKE9783]

SICK tumbling sequence...who else can tumble out of a layout like that?  Not even Li Shanshan does it like that!

[Tribute2the80s]

I know. Moved so rapidly.  Amazing.

[shadezovbrown]

No pain...BUT your PUSHED to no end and when your in your late 30s you down a bottle of Tylenol every month!

[shadezovbrown]

Leaps are low but perfect form.

[QueenieQue]

Great routine but poor leaps.

[dusternina]

wow cartwheel layout layout! that rules

[13cake]

Her jumps were amazing for such a difficult routine.

[fluteyfire]

Fantastic tumbling! Her leaps were a bit low, but that tumbling was so original! Great routine!

[calcan]

Wow, that routine had two incredibly difficult and, more importantly, original tumbling passes. Everyone at that time was doing the classic back handspring layout layout. She did everything with such confidence. She should have been in the EF. She was totally under-rated because she's wasn't from one of the top nations. What would her marks have been had a USA been on her uniform? hmmmm

[mrparts]

umm she had several form breaks and poor leaps. I dont think this routine qualified for EF given the quality of the other gymnasts in that competition.

[Penguin888]

She actually qualified to the 1992 Worlds EF on Beam.  You can see the video in my Profile.

[EdGringo78]

The fact that she's not from America has nothing to do with her score. She was scored low because he leaps were very poor and she had steps and some balance checks

[Tribute2the80s]

I'd have to agree. She took steps with both feet on that dismount.

[boytoyville]

That was a great routine. Very difficult.

[rapturerogue]

I've only ever seen Stella's NCAA competitions; it's nice to see some of her earlier elite routines.

[jezmerallia]

Such a beautiful gymnast! Thank you so much for posting!