Nastia Liukin - 2007 World Championships - AA - Uneven Bars

[bernardmarianovella]

Hm tbh that dismount is a bit better than alot of others she's done. I just find it strange she never trained something like a full twisting DB, the height she can get off her swings seems like it would be able to counter her height?

[msms68]

@X3ishere i hope you know the answers to your questions now hahaha

[nastiafan1]

shawn johnson did better than nastia liukin on bars in this competition!

[jelleroxy]

love the endo skill!

[alexzjay]

Diapers change dismount.

[shawngreenmets]

SHE IS AMAZING!

[caramelcreamsauce]

I really don't like her dismount. I love her landing though :). Only a small step, and a lovely routine :) What bothers me is: WHY did she switch to this dismount? her double layout enhanced her beautiful form and she ALWAYS stuck it. This is really inconsistent for her. I don't like her form.

[CelloRosin]

I agree. I think no matter who does this dismount, it is ugly. The double layout was the icing on the cake with her old routine.

[aznpaddler12]

they said she was more inconsistent with her double layout..but I agree I don;t like the double back

[caramelcreamsauce]

(its a double front 1/2)

[QueenieQue]

She grew too much to still compete the double layout. She is just too tall to do it any more. Also, because of her ankle injury, the double-front half-out was much easier on her body than a double-layout would be. They didn't have time to train a new dismount before the Olympics. Hopefully they will before next Worlds!

[sqekcx]

In fact the double front would be easier on her body than both the half-out and the double layout.

[FlippinMae]

she has too much juice when she does the double front. just go to see the 2007 nationals prelims.

[Darkangel127]

I agree, her dismount is fug indeed, but it's a safer choice as there's no risk of it being downgraded; growing taller, she was inconsistent with her double layout, sometimes nailing it, sometimes piking it down. The problem is that if she gets credit for a double pike (C), not only does she lose 0.1 in A score but she also loses 0.5 in required elements (gymnasts must show a D/+dismount). She can't afford to lose 0.6 in difficulty!

[caramelcreamsauce]

Good point. Never realized THAT! But you're not req to have D+ Dmt, just a DMT. C DMT is worth 0.3, not 0.0. :) She would only lose 0.3, but then again she can't even afford to lose that much :)

[TrulyTea512]

You're allowed to have leg seperations on those giants she did.

[FireDannyAinge]

No you are not allowed to do what she did.

[twirlerbabe2448]

I'd love to see Nastia do a twisting dismount off bars. Similar to Shawn Johnson or Sam Peszek. I think she could be great at it because of her amazing twisting ability.

[ferency98]

Nastia did the highest geinger I have ever seen. I do agree about the leg separations through, and she has C- curved legs that look a bit strange.

[luv2livesplashy]

it looked like she fell on her dismount, like her hands touched the floor...

[sunshinexjackie0000]

yeahhh FireDannyAinge hahahaha your funny. nastias amazing and she had no leg seperations. your just jealous cause your fatt..and cant do what nastia can do...

hahaha :ppp her score was nice .

bet you cant do that no can you!!!!

[QueenieQue]

Oh, yeah, when Nastia was three and following her parents around at the gym, she totally thought to herself, "Hmm...I have no friends, I'm going to take up gymnastics so I can get attention." Yeah, YOU'RE the one who has a "real life"! Grow up.

[funascanb]

NAstia doesn't need friends because she awesome all by herself! And the usa-gymnastics seniors love her!

[NlovewithNaley]

im sure thats not true

[FireDannyAinge]

That was way over scored. She had literally 15 leg separations on cast to handstands, between bar moves, her pak salto, giants etc.. Her dismount was a mess and she almost collapsed on the landing.

Way over scored.

[mrflipz]

Honestly,

You must not know anything about gymnastics.

Those "leg seperations" are allowed.

[FireDannyAinge]

lol thanks for proving how stupid you are.

[alexgym09]

those leg separations are the same thing that shawn johnson does on her first series on beam. neither of them get deducted because they are not visible from the side, i.e. the judges angle

[TrulyTea512]

Leg seperations in giants are allowed...

And obviously, in a pak salto she is allowed to have leg seperations. Now, if she did a leg seperation during her geinger, then blah, deduction.

[FireDannyAinge]

No they are not.lol

[gymnast7225]

that wasnt her best but its really good coming back from an injury =]

[itstrieu]

When the scores are from a 10.0 SV, there was a base score(9.0,8.8,8.6) which gymnast add points to in order to get their SV close to a 10. Here 10.0 is the base score which judges take deductions for errors in execution and artistry. The difficulty of skills are calculated in a separate score which does not change. Say the difficulty calculated is 7.1, the two scores are added together to give a start value of 17.1. If judges deduct 1.0 from the 10.0 execution score, the final score is 16.1.

[MileyRayCyrus1Fan]

wait im confused about the scores. im a level 6 gymnast and they go by 10.0s and down. so what does it mean when you have like a 15.9 or 16.475??? can someone plz explain this to me and reply!! thanx so much!!

[NastiaV]

um well, in higher levels they dont do it out of ten points, they do it out of more... so ya...

[GymFrogg]

JUST LIKE THAT!!! =)

[ispaht]

Why does she bends her back before going into stalders?

[gymnassstiicss]

i realllly think she has the hardest routinee :D(H)

[Athlete065]

i dont rly like her new dismount on bars but still great job!

[eMthegymnast]

me 2 its the same as the bouble layout flyaway and e so i saw no reasoin to change it. she did her old dismount better toes pointed. she doesnt even ttry to point her toes or keep her legs together on that. alecia when she does the double on her arabian keeps her toes and knees together and pointed.

[Athlete065]

ya i know! and the other dismount rly showed her lines and her grace this new 1 just looks sloppy!

[KarenLovesGymnastics]

It's a great routine but I see the deductions.

[tmc8802]

i think nastia could add to her sv by making some pretty simple changes.

stoop 1/2 turn to l-grip, endo to handstand in l grip, ono turn, full pirouette to l-grip, ono with a half turn, stretched geinger

stoop to handstand, straddle tkatchev, pak salto

doublefront .5 =7.4

The only skill she would need to learn was connecting the tkatchev to the pak. everything else she has done before and it would increase her SV by .3 and make it the hardest routine in the world.

[sinjinthule]

I'm not keen on that double front for Nastia. Not that she couldn't do it (and do it well), but unless/until that ankle REALLY heals up & she builds up a little more core strength, she really ought to minimize front tumbling. That's A LOT of shock to send through long thin legs & a long torso. Compact gymnasts soak the gravity better on fronts. Regardless, I think this is her best event.

[backflipboy27]

on the recent GK interview with her they show video of her doing the inside stalder - tkatchev facing the low bar, so it's very possible that she'll connect the pak

[AARcrazzy]

god i want to hurt those announcers!!!! i hate them sooo much. its like they are just making things up...... i could do a better job.....i hope thye get fired

[sinjinthule]

I worry about Nastia's floor. She's got tremendous explosive power (no doubt she's her father's daughter) but with that light frame & with that bad ankle she could really hurt herself badly. She's marvelous on beam & bars.

[ram83160]

Well, I'd bet money that they won't use her on floor in the team final in Beijing anyway. But it will present a problem in the AA.

[Darkangel127]

On the contrary, I'm really worried about Nastia's vault: she should really upgrade it to a DTY (I've read somewhere that she was training a Yurchenko 2.5 and bearing in mind that she is a fine twister, I really think she can pull it off).

[FireDannyAinge]

She never trained a 2.5 and she is a bad twister with her legs crossed.

She used to be a decent twister when she was younger. NOT the last 3 years

[sjekci]

i love this routine

[gw2012ogm]

shes crooked on her toe shoots and tkathevs

[X3ishere]

nastia is has very beautiful gymnastics.i hope she does a dty at the olympics,flip for once on floor,she has a great chance of winning gold,but will she wear out?

[sjekci]

she does a double front... lol, I don't see her wearing out... she just got back from a year long injury!

[vivvi1486]

Great job! Good luck with the olympics!