Ecaterina Szabo TO 1984 Olympics

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• Ecaterina
• Szabo
• 1984
• Olympics

[elamantebilingue]

You conveniently forget that Mary Lou Retton's scores were inflated throughout the competition. Her compulsories, UB and especially her BB were ridiculously overscored.

One routine does not make an AA competition. Technical finesse, engaging performances and artistry do. Ecaterina Szabo should have won the AA.

[NaomisCellPhone]

What do you think about Nastia Liukin's form on her double tucks? It has been almost 25 years and with all the progressions in the sport the current Olympic AA Champion displays some of the worst form on double tucks. Legs widely separated and questionable toe point. At least Szabo could claim that the double tuck and full-in were originated in the late 1970s and for her they were a work in progress.

[eastrun]

She is certainly better than mary lou retton

[eastrun]

So graceful and so clean.

[MistRDonuT94]

wow!!

[adellaida33]

So beautiful, perfect 10 from me!:)

[TheMsmith77]

@elamantebilingue Exactly!!!! Dammit, someone seen the same shit I seen. I remember this, I was a kid, but when I look at it now, EXACTLY. Mary Lou Retton was strength and power, and she did her thing, but Szabo had that extra somethin in there. Cant explain it, Szabo had it.

[fll7181]

for me, Mary Lou's floor routine was superior to this. but agreed on the gold robbery overall. Ecaterina was more consistent, fluid, and overall less-shaky than Reton. how could you get gold in all the individual events and then get silver for AA? pity, that's how :P but if i ever meet her (kinda unlikely), i'll let her know she was the gold in my book :)

[Keith77155]

I am a gymnastics coach and it's a double front. I went and got safety certified to be a coach and we learned a lot of things. I went on to coach All Around and want to coach a kid to the Olympics one day. I love Gymnastics more than anything. Lets see if anyone knows what this skill is called instead of it being a giant swing into. its like a arabian half twist sratel when you catch . over look my spelling.

[tumblefan101]

ROBBED OF THE GOLD !

[Shakeshack78]

@elamantebilingue Athletes from the country where the Olympics are held always have scoring advantage.........that being said, I think Szabo would have had to have won the AA if she had not had the fall on her bars landing. I do miss that the AA is now a "new life" event. All Around means just that, All Around. ALL of the routines scores should count from the team competition (and as boring as compulsories could get they served a purpose) & be averaged into the actual AA score.

[justinmjb]

@bertera1614 I bet u call a full turn a full pivotte? lol. What else can u tell me about gymnastics and its terms and such? lol. I'd LOVE to hear it. Haha. It's always a hoot to hear the uneducated talk about gymnastics. I did gym for 13 years and have been following it for 21 years.... Have a good day:)