The interviewer was trying to make Shannon say something petty but Shannon has real class and says that it shows she's also human and everyone makes mistakes at one point , and that Dominique deserved this title.

I feel like Amy Chow is one of the most underrated gymnasts ever. I loved her.

I seriously love Dominique's Leo lol. It SCREAMS 1990's 😂 Takes me back to childhood, gotta love the 90`s!

I much prefer Dominique's floor routine here to the one she used in 96. I can understand why she stopped doing the back to back tumbling runs since they weren't valued as much as they should have been, but her music and choreography here was much better than in her 96 routine.

LOL "Time is running out for Dominique Dawes @ 17". Little did the announcers know...she would not only stick around for the 1996 Olympics...but she would even be a Veteran at the 2000 Games and be a Leader for the "inconsistent" US team in 2000!!!!

I love Amy going over her bar routine afterwards with her coach. And 9.550? I know it had errors, but I can't believe the judges couldn't give her some credit !

i think for everyone who watched Dawes lose not one, but TWO world championship AA titles with nervous mistakes on the last event, this was a victory for the ages!

So glad 6/7 members of the 96 team totally destroyed the “only young girl” narrative that the media kept trying to push. It was exhausting hearing the commentators call these young women “too old.”

Just goes to show how wrong these predictions were, like the one touting all the upcoming juniors as being the nucleus of the 1996 Olympic team. Mocenu was the only junior from 1994 who made the 96 team-the rest were already seniors.

Dominiques first tumbling was and still is awe-inspiring!!!!

tough beam routine for Shannon, but I always love the height she gets on her leaps. PS this Nationals has my most favorite fluffs ever.

Jennie Thompson had the same coaches as Shannon Miller, but did they also have to outfit her in the exact scrunchie and screechy violin floor music?

I love how back then everyone was so stuck on small heights, tiny body types & young ages. Look at gymnasts now! They are more mature, some in their 20's & Oksana Chusovitina being in her late 30's. Everyone, whether a new senior or a world stage veteran can be just as talented and up for the same shot at the Olympics. I'm glad the sport has evolved from eating disorders and boxed ideas of perfect gymnasts, to just a sport of amazing women who are athletic & graceful. It's how it should be :)

It’s funny how wrong the commentators were. Other than Dominique M, the Magnificent 7 were all “old ladies”. I do like the foreshadowing when Dom M did her bars, the background floor music was titled “The Magnificent 7”. Also I’m biased, but I miss classical music on floor routines.

These judges were so biased and smoking crack! How the hell did Miller score a 9.400 on the beam when she basically fell on the dismount? In addition to the mistake on the mount, that should have been an 8.900. And seriously, a 9.9 on the floor exercise - wtf? She only had ONE difficult tumbling pass in the beginning, and she visibly messed up the landing. Dawes routine was way more difficult, with no noticeable mistakes, yet scored basically the same. And how did Miller's second vault score higher than the first one when the first was better? So biased!

I am so proud of you Dominique Dawes

Funny how "17 was old here"...and yet...DD and AC would make the Olympics in 1996 AND 2000.

"i just checked the obituaries and you're not dead yet" 😂😂😂😂😂😂

I don't know which was funnier, the voice over saying Shannon Miller had to be worried about younger girls coming up or smaller ones. Imagine being 17 years old and less than 5 feet tall and considered too old and too tall for your sport.

Absolutely love Amy Chow

Awww, baby Dominique Moceanu!

Remembering that all young girls are women, Are meant to be little girls but they Always will be blessed that they are my favorite and we don’t want to forget that

All little girls are allowed to be women are precious Important humble as they are

HOW did Miller get a 9.9 on her floor?

Man this scoring shows how they had no difficulty factors in it. That score for Amy Chow’s bars was absolutely stupid!

Shannon, Dominique and Amanda really changed the idea of age in women’s gymnastics. They were on that team in ‘96 and then Amy Chow and Dominique were on that team in 2000. Moceanu was the only 14 year old on Olympic team. Here they make it sound like the young ones are the only Olympic hope

Yes Dominique moceanu Is the little girl with fighting spirit

All those bar routines were cookie cutter and boring, except for Chow. So underscored.

Shannon's coach has always been annoying and creepy.

i also think, with the changes that have resulted on a greater focus on difficulty, (in recent years) a lot of the grace, dance elements have been lost. its most obvious when you look back on these routines in the 1990s; floor and especially beam. in beam now days, next to no handstands being held, in various poses - which used to show the gymnasts control and strength; on the floor, i think few things look more beautiful than a single layout with a step out (like at the end of a couple of shannon's tumbling runs) - its so elegant, and the height the gymnasts get, coupled with the apparent 'slowness' in comparison to the double somersaults - but not 'wroth' anything in terms of difficulty. maybe the solution is to add 10 seconds to routines, so they can still aim for more difficulty, but allow for grace still ..

Congratulations congratulations congratulations Amanda Borden

Jennie Thompson was a peanut! Love her opening pass on floor! 3 whips? shades of Kim Zmeskal :)

IMO, Shannon's best iteration of her UB routine was 93. The difficulty was there, the composition was right. it just felt like a fully squared-off elite competitive routine. Plus, i am a sucker for a free-hip hecht 1/2.

That floor exercise from Dominique tho.... 🔥

I love Amy's hand positioning at the beginning of the floor routine that she did. I love how elegant she looks (Amy) not only on floor but on every event!!

Awesome for these girls is an understatement

Awesome Dawesome !!

Agree. It's the hangover of the Nadia era. Even the format of this competition was asphyxiating with the coaches forced to wear a live microphone to be part of the drama.

We need more barworkers like Amy Chow or Dominique Dawes

amy chow was underscored compared to thompson.

Anyone know who the guy (presumably coach) is at 1:58? Sounds like he makes sense but wondering what time has told about how true he felt those words are as indicated in action.

Shannon Miller 4:00, 16:35, 34:50, 42:55 Amy Chow 5:50, 29:25 Jennie Thompson 10:40, 31:10 Amanda Borden 13:05, 21:05, 38:05 Doni Thompson 25:20 Dominique Moceanu 26:20 with Nadia 29:03

Much more interesting and better gymnastics than today

a transition is a type of release, it goes from one bar to another. A release can occur on one bar, like a tchatev or a geinger where they let go and regrasp the same bar. Im sure my spelling sucks, but I hope that makes sense, haha

26:43 Hmmm...Interesting that it is Alexandrov coaching Moceanu and not Bela.

At 37:27....that judge looks just like the same judge that had that wonderful "O" expression when McKayla Maroney did her vault at the 2012 Team Olympics. I wonder if it's the same person?!

I cant believe this

That bar score for Amy chow was way too low. They really did her wrong

DD’s leo is a Cosby sweater. And when grown women wore Jojo bows.

Ive been watching years 93/94-00 over and over, and i love being able to see the progression they make through the years, the skill they have and the dedication. Its awesome to see, i just wish with everything going on with every bad coach and doctor that these girls didnt have to go through such terrible conditions. But I'm glad it's been shown to the world how terrible they were. Mr penny and Larry nasser are disgusting.

Really the only Juniors from this comp that would make 96 was Dominique Moceanu.

Is it just me or is Mustafina's coach coaching Dominique Moceanu?

It is horrible how ageist, sexist, and weight oriented the commentary used to be. It still is to some degree, but not as severely

Amanda Borden is so good in the 90s, and man oh man she be rockin that haircut better than all of em thumbs down if you don't agree

Stormy Eaton: *wise and healthy attitude about the sport* NBC: “don’t tell that to Jennie Thompson!”

The beginning is so dramatic. I don't know if it makes me scared or makes me laugh.

I love that the sport has moved past a certain body type and age

Nunno was just so obnoxious. All his talk was for the cameras, not Shannon. I still can’t believe how they talked about their weight. And 17 was “old”. Ick.

Yikes, the 90’s. WTH is Dawes wearing?

Was that a Rebel flag at 4:50?

Dom won this meet no doubt but WOW was Amy chow ROBBED! Sickening !

looking back at these comps years later with the benefit of hindsight its never bee more apparent that raising the minimum age for the Olympics from 14 to 16 was by far the best thing for athletes, especially gymnasts. i think it would be even better if they raised it to 18. Having to be older has meant their bodies are stronger; so many of these gymnasts look under weight and unwell (Shannon less so here, but at age 15 she looked terrible, quite unwell). Older has meant stronger bodies, and with the likes of simone biles - more exciting gymnastics. Its also terrible how hard these young girls are training - simone biles and shawn johnson both trained a lot less than most gymnasts; their coaches recognized more, is not better - just made higher risks of injury.

This intro is so creepy...knowing that predatory Larry Nassar was in the fray.

That confederate flag in the back!🤮 it’s amazing when you learn what something stands for and notice it’s all around you!

Shannon Miller get beat by Dawes in the 1994 Olympic champions woman all around all broad cast

Why did Nunno always make the girl's from his gym wear those stupid hair ruffles?

Steve Nuno shows how gymnasts were often treated but Kelly Hill is wonderful

Tom Forester was just an ok coach all his athletes either left his gym or quit altogether. He was and even worst national team coach lol

Cool

@Johnny Kim the athletes of today are still small. They look taller than what they really are, most if not all professional female gymnasts range between 4' 7" to 5' 4". And at those heights you can not weigh very much and still be able to do all this. All gymnast should be healthy. None of these gymnasts mentioned in this video had any type of eating disorders.

Steve i best for Shannon Miller

Shannon Miller is sooooooo Gracious

89pounds she’s 4’11 she should weight more

I never realized until I watched these old shows what a negative Nancy Tim D is

Oh my gosh. Tim Dagget is so obnoxious and critical of Jennie Thompson.

Amanda Borden looked really cute back then. In one competition back in 1993, tim dagget said a stupid thing about this poor gymnast which i disagree on: "amanda is a great gymnast, but she doesn't have enough difficulty and experience." Isn't that just stupid? These days, tim dagget reminds me of pennywise from it, trying to be happy and smiley. It gives me the shivers just thinking about it.

The confederate flag in the background I keep seeing. 🙄😒

That confederate flag hanging in the hall is so disturbing. And no one gave it a thought at that time?