Olympic Champions - Atlanta 1996 All-Around - Lilia Podkopayeva
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i like that she seems to have such a balletic style in everything she does
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That beam routine was boring.
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@ispaht I noticed that, too. I remember watching the NBC coverage and thinking that Lilia was absolutely flawless, but this video proves otherwise. Not that she wasn't a beautiful gymnast, because she really was. And she was a deserving AA champion.
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scoring at this olympics was messed up.
i agree that lilia was a deserving winner, as she was clearly the best. but her scores are wacko. how on earth did her bars score 3/10 more than her vault?
My scores:
Vault: 9.825
Bars: 9.75
Beam: 9.825
Floor: 9.9
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I'm not that familiar with gymnastics (I only knew about Lilia through Dancing with the Stars) but damn. She has so much power but she makes it look... I don't know... graceful? Or easy? I've seen some gymnasts that have power but lacking grace (or is it called "artistry?"). It's like she doesn't even have to TRY to be graceful or powerful; it's effortless for her. That's pretty damn cool.
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This is one of my favourite floor exercises ever... It's so graceful.
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The Gold was for her taking.
Well deserved Lilia!
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Wow. She nearly stepped out of bounds.
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Wow, they don't make 'em like this anymore, as far as having such balletic style goes! Really awesome to watch!
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This NHK coverage shows some of Lilia's little form breaks which were unnoticeable in the NBC coverage.
She brought grace to these Olympic games!
Her toe point, execution, skills, everything was perfect! Love her! Thank you so much for uploading!
Athlete065 2 years ago 14
I think it's great that she's so all-rounded...she got about the same scores for every event and that proves she's generally good in every event. Good for her, she's the only gymnast after Nadia to win the all-around and an event final in the same Olympics! :-)
alex4evaneva 2 years ago 12