Ma Yanhong 1984 Olympics EF Beam

Ma Yanhong 1984 Olympics EF Beam

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• Yanhong
• 1984
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• Beam
• elite
• gymnastics
• china

[elamantebilingue]

This routine scored a 9.70 in the finals! What were the judges thinking? A 9.70 undermines how well-rounded and poised this routine was and exposes the questionable judging that took place at these Olympics.

Mary Lou Retton got a 9.75 for a routine that didn't even include a tumbling series! Kathy Johnson performed solidly but was still overscored with a generous 9.85.

Simona Pauca's 9.90 and Ecaterina Szabo's 9.95 were adequate. Szabo's routine featured a back handspring to three layouts!

[loaugust]

She should have medalled. A victim of America's homeground advantage besides Szabo.

[eugvh18]

Ma was star in the games she had competed with Nadia back 78' she was great on bars

[agators212]

man, her legs seems like they were so long but i believe her beam routine was also only out of 9.9 if i am not mistaken. one of my ALL TIME FAVORITES EVER

[grifffinity]

I believe it was Nellie Kim who did this dismount.

[audie83]

Woops! I meant Pauca! Potorac was not there in 1984. She showed up in 1988.

Thanks for the heads up.

[TuesdayPillow]

Pauca?

[Casey485]

Korbut dismounted with a punch front full in the '76 games

[metsdudenj]

I dont agree. Kathy had a much harder routine, including a layout out of a flight element, Ma had only an aeral and back tuck, both easy moves. Her compulsary was not as good as Kathy's either. On Bars, I find the tie very appropriate: two of the best in the history of the sport sharing the gold ( when both had botched chances or been robbed of chances at the worlds, misse Olympics, etc). I dont feel the Chinese were raped at all; they were sluggish in compulsories and their 4/5/6 sucked

[PhillyGal4Ever]

I agree.

[PhillyGal4Ever]

China was not a gymnastics power yet. Had Ma been from Romania or the States she and her teammates would not have been so undermarked throughout-especially on bars. Their work was truly visibly superior imo.

[VTABBBFE]

She scored 9.7, carried 9.75 from prelims. So 19.45 was her total. She was 5th after MLR.