2000 Olympics Qualification Highlights

an NBC fluff after the 2000 Olympic Qualifications showing what went on

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• gymnastics
• 2000
• olympic
• games
• olympics
• highlights
• australia
• china
• usa
• spain
• russia

[emmyjo720]

Ksenia Semenova is still World and European Champion on bars and European Champion on beam. Russia no longer dominate but they are still the most beautiful to watch when at their best...they were unlucky not to get the bronze in Beijing but for Pavlova's errors they would have done. Semenova, Pavlova, Afanasova and Grenekova are amazing gymnastic and America's top gymnast Luikin is produced from two of the finest Russian gymnasts...

The 2000 was a great one and should have won...

[emmyjo720]

I love the Spainish gymnasts too.

[asMARCsk]

someone kwons the name of the song???/ alguien sabe q cancion tiene de fondo???

[sampeszekfan]

now that china's team was disqualified, i just wish that the australian team had been given the opportunity to compete in the team final at their home olympics

[potassiumiodideki]

Zamo's English is adorable. She's just lovely. I'm glad the Olympics turned out great for her.

[Kamadeva01]

russians and romanians tought everyone else...chinese learned from them,same as the americans.

[claud281188]

goshh it wasn't defined by russia!!! it was defined ,call it like that, by ussr!!! ussr was composed by many countries....and the best gymnasts of ussr were from ukraine,not from russia....and like you said...SOVIET system,not russian system...

[Selecious]

yawn*

[sprinklefriend]

i'm 22 and i'll reply if i want to, i don't do what you tell me to. russia & the ussr made gymnastics what it is - it would NOT be where it is without the contributions of the russians! gymnastics was forever changed by their perfection, innovation, dedication, and commitment.

i just found out this morning that next thursday, december 4, i'm having brain surgery - i could die - i'm done debating this, life's too short.

[Selecious]

how old are you? honestly? you are still throwing punches in the wrong direction. everyone knows russia slowly lost power in the sport after the ussr, particularly due to the mass exodus and slump funds. when i say gymnastics is a russian sport, i'm saying the sport was defined by russia. i could care less if they medal. the fact of the matter is any success in gymnastics now can practically find its root in Russia! don't bother replying as i am sure you are still not getting it.

[sprinklefriend]

you can roll your eyes, stomp your feet, even jump up & down, but the distinction IS important because russia itself - frankly - is falling apart as far as gymnastics. they didn't even MEDAL at the olympics this year! the soviet system - which INCLUDED the russians - was far beyond greatness, they performed in a way i think will always be greatly admired. but when the soviet system fell, the grip loosened & is being lost.

the coaches you refer to that contribute - were of the SOVIET system.

[Selecious]

obviously russians dominating the sport is no longer the case, and I think you misunderstand what the saying means "russian sport" everyone i know of considers gymnastics a russian sport. i've heard some say a romanian sport. but any gymnastics fanatic that I know will say that the sport of gymnastics was defined Russians (obviously beginning at a time when they were part of the USSR) "it wasn't russia it was the USSR." really???? *rolls eyes.