1980 Olympics Natalia Shaposhnikova compulsory beam
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One of the 4 judges was a Russian who gave her a 10 in spite of the big wobble. That is why she got an average 9.95.
Natalia had a nice personality, her exercises were original and ahead of her time but this routine could definately not get a 10 by 2 judges (out of 4).
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This was in no way a 9.95 routine. All those mistakes. Shaposhnikova does not deserve to be tied with Nadia for the highest score in Olympic compulsories history. It is a shame that people actually are led to believe that Natalia Shaposhnikova matched Nadia Comaneci score for score in compulsories at the 1980 olympiad. Nadia was far superior.
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9,90. would be right. 9.95 means that two judges gave her a 10 (on of them was a Russian judge). Bronze medal in the end.
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I'm in love with the thumbnail!
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what a thumbnail!!! xoStephy :P
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i always loved the compulsory dismounts
they were so elegant and it wasnt like they were trying to fit in as many twists and flips as possible
and they almost always stuck them
those were the days (sigh)
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I am so glad this got a 9.95, Shashpo was a goddess!!
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I perhaps would have given this a 9.9 for the balance error and the rhythm break but no lower than that! Her flexibility and amplitude are some of the best of these games!
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wayne hills then?
Your observation shows little insight. You should consider doing commentary for NBC along with the inept team of Elfi Schlegl, Tim Dagget and Al Trautwig. They continuously repeated the phrase "gymnastics is a sport of deductions".
On the contrary, a gymnastics routine back in the day was scored in view of virtuosity, form, technical precision and amplitude. It is about the "whole package" and not just jotting down the flaws and deducting .1 here and there as you seem to observe.
WarrenBeattySplendor 3 years ago 22
You should see the BBC commentators, they really value all the work of the gymnasts, besides you can learn a lot of movements...
morenodelaorilla 2 years ago 9