Vanessa Atler Balance Beam - 2000 US Olympic Trials Day 1

Vanessa Atler on beam on day 1 of the 2000 US Olympic Trials in gymnastics. She has a really scary fall on her dismount

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• Vanessa
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• 2000
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• Olympic
• Trials
• Balance
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• Scary
• Fall

[willsbob123]

She missed that beam BIG TIME! I just thought her left foot slipped off, but her hand, and the whole of her right foot! It's remarkable how she actually rotated!

[hotwaiter]

blaming it on Bela is ridiculous. The coach is SUPPOSED to push his athletes, especially when he's preparing them for the OLYMPICS!! Do we want athletes representing our nation who can't handle any pressure at all? Quit being such pansies.

[2345678902345671]

If her foot hadn't missed the beam, I bet she would have gone to the Olympics.

[jkmycko1]

Well, you could tell both her and Bella were disappointed, but you could also sense relief on his face that she wasn't injured. And, did my eyes play tricks on me or was that Valerie Liukin that hugged her afterwards?

[BiAnCa11808]

poor thing she had soo much pressure put on her...trust me i would've done much worse if my coach was staring at me 20 feet away trying to do flips on a tiny little beam while trying to keep balance

[96horseluvr]

ahhh if only she hadn't fallen!!! that routine was going so well, and helping her case for the olympics, which SHE SHOULD HAVE MADE

[ddj8877]

I was always rooting for you vanessa, win or lose

[slapmedia]

Vanessa Atler is still my favorite gymnast of all time to this day. If only she'd been born six weeks earlier she'd have been at the 1996 Olympics with the magnificent seven, and if she'd been born a couple of years later she'd have been a specialist on floor, beam and vault. Hence, she is still by far my favorite gymnast ever. Time aside.

[tmwalkerm]

@37tonya she's still involved, she's coaching and working as a choreographer. She went through a lot to get to where she even wanted to have anything to do with gymnastics, I have to give her credit for that.

[tmwalkerm]

@Lenae6292 she was on the show Starting Over and talked some about that, Valeri more or less starved her. Its on youtube, I'd recommend watching that to hear the real story straight from her, there was a lot going on behind the scenes that no one knew about.

[37tonya]

Vanessa doesn't look fat at all but she clearly was not prepared for the trials......I am glad she moved on with her life