1992 Olympics - Gymnastics Event Finals Part 2

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[markedexclusive]

That shot of Jack Nicholson and Michael Douglas was rather random haha

[NonMatchingUnderwear]

I love how the person who came LAST on bars here got something like 9.812. That is QUALITY gymnastics.

[mortella23]

Holy fuck some of these gymnasts don't use grips on bars. OW .

[nicki446]

This was such a wonderful bars final. The quality of the routines was just so high - near perfect. I love event finals like this, where every gymnast puts in their all and it's so close.

[Gr33nkiwi]

LOL at the Americans after Lu Li's UB routine.

[PUNKASONIC]

@lanpingpug The FIG began investigating Hong after she entered the 2010 worlds using the third different birth date of her career. She listed her birth year as 1989, but the FIG said it found documents showing she had competed at the 2004 Athens Olympics and the 2006 worlds using a birth year of 1985. She won the silver medal on vault at the 2007 worlds listing 1986 as her birth year. If Hong was born in 1989, she would have been ineligible to compete in Athens.

[lanpingpug]

@conradbinky It doesn't surprise me about the age. She could be 10 for all they know. Tiny children do remarkable musical and gymnastics in North Korea, not so much because they have a natural talent but because they HAVE to be talented at whatever they do. Hours of practice and beatings and threats make sure of that. I didn't know they were under a ban now, how did that come about?

[conradbinky]

the commentator atraight up says that Kim Gwang Suk was listed as 17 at a previous competition and listed 16 at these games. i guess because she did not win a medal the IFC did not investigate. north korea is under a ban right now anyway

[37tonya]

Miller's face after her routine was priceless.

[russianskatingfan]

@MeanestCoachEver Under the current code Gwang Suk would have easily beaten both Miller and Gutsu since her A score would have been light years higher than everyone other than maybe Lu Li, and probably higher than Lu Li too. Lu Li may still have won with very high A and B scores, but Gwang Suk would have for sure gotten atleast silver under the current code of points.

[intldawn]

Whatever the discussion about the rest of the medals, can I just say that thank goodness Lu Li showed up when she did. Because as beautiful as Gutsu was, it really would have been a shame if she'd won this title.