Shannon Miller - 1992 Olympics AA - Floor Exercise

Such beautiful artistry from Shannon.... the most artistic top american of all time without doubt

Amanar replaced Marinescu because Bela decreed it so-not because of injury, but because by 1996 it was within the rules. Marinescu would not have been allowed to compete in beam finals in 1996 (or bars finals in 1997 Worlds) had she withdrawn due to injury. Bela took her out of Worlds AA for Amanar as well-but unfortunately the rules allow it.

Sorry I thought the rules had changed in 97. I wouldnt think even if you pulled someone out by injury they couldnt compete in event finals though. Produnova at the 2000 Olympics was pulled out of the AA for Zamo supposably due to injury (that was the offical word whether true or not), but allowed to compete in bar and beam finals.

In anycase if it was within the rules I dont see why you get so upset about it. You are now saying the rules even allowed Bela to make this choice and he did.

Just because it is within the rules does not make it right. It was unethical for a Belu to pull Marinescu (a Bucharest gymnast) from TWO major AA competitions in favor of his own Deva gymnast Amanar. No U.S. head coach would dare pull that crap. The publicity alone would be crushing, and likely lawsuits would follow. Jmo.

If it was within the official rules that a coach was permited to do this there couldnt be lawsuits, even in the U.S.

You can sue for anything in the States-it doesn't mean you'll win of course. As an instructor at an officer training school told us-in the States-anyone can sue-for anything even if it seems allowed 'in the books'. And they have. Some have won. With a u.s. head coach the greater loss would be in the negative publicity-such a coach would be crucified in the press imo.

I meant 'Belu' not 'Bela'. I get those two spellings confused! Sorry.

Sorry but I disagree with that-Liukin, Shawn Johnson, and Patterson's achievements are nothing to sneeze at. And unlike Miller, Liukin WON her Olympics AA. And in their day U.S. gymnasts like Tracee Talavera, Kathy Johnson, Julianne McNamera and Rhonda Faehn had to battle Soviet bloc judging-but they were great in their own way as well.

her first tumbling are AMAZING

thanks :)