Alexandra Marinescu '96 Olympics Compulsory Beam
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Perhaps Amanar was a "harder worker" because she had to be. Possibly Amanar didn't have as much natural aptitude for gymnastics and had to compensate. Some people study hard and only get average grades while others excel with much less effort. Marinescu always looked a more natural gymnast than Amanar and it really wasn't fair to punish her for it. I know the rules allow it but it doesn't make it fair.
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She had to have 3 operations on her back after she retired in 1997.
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It turned out that she had a broken vertebrae in her spine and she was actually competing with it here. One of the reasons she was cut from the finals was because she was upset about the pain in her back. Belu didn't like that and she was cut partly for revenge.
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haha i love when the commentator said it was quiet the music came on!
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@leighInSJ I did gymnastics as a kid because I idolized the pre-2000 gymnasts. I was only born in 1996 but had seen videos and always wanted to match their grace and beauty. That's all lost today.
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@leighInSJ i completely it seems as tho if u watch the 96 Olympics, u can see that they were much more artistic and there was more dance than tumbling, and modern day gymnastics seems like it lacks that now and that tumbling has taken over. i miss wen gymnastics was more dance and flexibility than tumbling :) btw i love love the dismount :)
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I think it's a shame that Marinescu didn't compete in a later session because she could have scored over 9.700
2 years ago 2
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ITA. It is unconscionable that Belu did this twice to Marinescu-at the Olympics AND at Worlds. I can only imagine what that would do to a kid's self-esteem. Amanar I hope is at least aware of her good fortune in being in her coache's good graces-she was fortunate Belu was head coach to be sure. This routine compared to her teammates (and the hot mess of others like Dawes) should have indeed scored at least 9.70. There is no way Domi was less than .20 away from this routine.
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Amanar was from Constanta, Marinescu was from Bucharest
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obviously this the cumpolsuries
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It looks "simple" because it is; it's the compulsories. Compulsories were more simple, basic skills that everyone had to do to show mastery. With the routines the same, the judges could better compare the gymnasts' abilities to do jumps, turns and tumbling. The optionals were harder. Unfortunately, they eliminated the compulsories. A lot of us long-time fans want them back, especially considering the lack of grace and elegance in the sport now.
leighInSJ 3 years ago 20
Marinescu's personality should not have been a factor in keeping out of the AA at the 1996 Olympics, and 1997 Worlds in favor of Amanar. And judging by her gymnastics Marinescu not only worked just as hard as Belu's favorites-she actually could DANCE unlike Amanar, and Co.
audie83 4 years ago 6