So true

Correction- it’s STILL beautiful. Just because it’s changed and evolved doesn’t mean it isn’t still beautiful, good lord.

Yesss!! Absolutely Agree❤❤

The men never were supposed to do "pretty" gymnastics, yet no one was ever mad about that..

Bart and Kathy were the best in the business from the mid 80s until earlier this year, 2023. (Sadly Kathy Johnson Clarke retired from television commentary after the NCAA season in April.)

Even with her mistakes on bars and beam Milo should have won. She was underscored on floor and vault, and Miller was embarassingly overscored on every single event except maybe beam.

tim duggal Yes ,a bit overscored on floor, but Shannon Miller won fair and square.

@@rolandgreen7484 She didn't have reputation to have the good scores and never really had the right scores through out this quad. Very unfortunate.

My opinion might be unpopular but I never liked Milo's actual gymnastics, atleast after 92. I admired her toughness and leadership but I did enjoy her gymnastics. As for these worlds she kind of choked. Her performance from the Team Worlds would have easily won the All Around here but she didn't come close to that on any event, except maybe vault. Even her floor routine which looks great had weaker landings compared to her routines from the prelims or Team Worlds, or even event finals here. Her bars and beam were really messed up, she could have done much better than she did. Miller had more limited prep due to injuries but was still tougher and more able to hit in the end than Milo and Dawes who came in with more momentum and tons of prep and strong competitions.

Milo getting 2nd in AA was right, however I thought she was robbed of floor finals gold. Although Kochetkova had superb tumbling and dance, Milo had more difficulty overall and the landings were more controlled. I would've had Milo first, Kochetkova second, Gina third

i’m almost positive she does

The 96 AA was hard to watch in so many ways. I would say that the gymnasts in that competition that were strong medal contenders (eg. Roza Galieva, Dina Kochetkova, Lavinia Miloșovici, Simona Amanar, Gina Gogean, Dominque Moceanu, Svetlana Khorkina) were one of the most I've seen in an Olympics, with Lilia Podkopayeva, Shannon Miller, Mo Huilan, and Dominique Dawes as the gold medal contenders. So many of them either fell or gave away valuable tenths that cost them a medal (I was most sad about Mo Huilan, Roza Galieva and Dominique Dawes). On the otherhand, Lilia gave out beautiful performances (other than the significant leg bend on bars), and she fully deserved the win. She was the only reason why I was willing to watch the whole thing

R D I know :(. I made me feel so sick, especially since it happened to her at the world Championships the year before. So disheartening to watch. I felt so bad for her.

crap. I gotta stop reading comments. I love Dominique.

Me too.

There were two so they qualified for the 2nd world championships and the one 1995

For real. She was always like this through out her career .

Very skilled gymnast though. But definitely should have smiled more

It was a rough life for Romanian gymnasts. Being away from their families for the better part of their childhood probably killed them all a little inside. I'm not sure if it's still like that, they seem happier nowadays. Not the poor Chinese gymnasts though. That's got to be the absolute worst country for athletes to be from. I feel very sad for them, and I am always rooting for team China. Anyhoo, yes, Gogean looked perpetually devoid of any emotion whatsoever. Also always very thin, very pale and always looked like she hadn't slept in days. She makes me sad. She was an unbelievably talented athlete, though. One of the most consistent gymnasts ever.

I read recently that only 5 or so girls show up to recruit camps as opposed to pulling the promising ones from kindergarten.

She always appeared a little bit dead behind the eyes

Donny Williamson Better x1000

Yeah that was a crazy score. If we say a tenth minimum for that big wobble on the side flip and a half tenth for the hop on the landing that is like saying the rest of the routine was worth a 9.987. The crazy thing is Miller was so overscored on almost every event she was still probably robbed of winning vs Miller, although neither probably deserved it.

Dustin Gabe You seem to only complain about Shannon Miller.

If you’re such a judging expert, try getting off your duff and becoming one. Otherwise you’re nothing but a hypocrite.

It's super weird....i don't get it.

Anyone can have a bad exercise... especially when the circumstances are so important

How about getting off your lazy duff and becoming a judge yourself, since you’re so full of self proclaimed expertise.

i have seen you before.

self doubt and an eating disorder :(

ParisianPrincess eating disorder? Where did you hear that?

Milo up there ? Lmaooo

If you’re such a judging expert try getting off your duff and becoming one. Otherwise you’re just a hypocrite.

josr5474 YAAAS!!! That and 1999 and 2002

AfanasyevaFan they’ve posted 2002! Just watched it the other day

If you’re such a judging expert try getting off your duff and becoming one. Otherwise you’re nothing but a hypocrite.

PREACH!

Particularly by self proclaimed “expert” fans who feel they know it all- people like you. If you are such an expert become a judge, otherwise you’re just a hypocrite.

Biased*

Considering how successful she’s been in life following the Olympics, I’d say your opinion is pretty meaningless.

And you are her least favorite nobody.

And you are someone that the world could care less about. Shannon is a legend in the sport, an icon looked up to by countless others for decades. You are an afterthought.

Oh no

You're right; probably didn't need to publicly judge people for how they handle their personal setbacks. If teenaged girls want to be upset over failing to perform to their personal standards after dedicating most of their childhood to sport, then who am I to judge their reactions? They put a lot of their heart and soul into this so emotions will run high.

You would be correct- you DON’T need to say garbage like that. If a young girl who’s dream has just been derailed showing emotion bothers you, I’d suggest seeing a psychologist- you clearly need help.

Clearly you did not watch the 1996 Olympics then... The ONLY event Shannon DIDN'T cry on was the beam final.

Looking back, I think Dominique probably had anxiety issues. Several years at nationals she would be in the auxiliary gym, training alone..crying...she had a lot of things to deal with that others didn't. Parents separation, a brother with special needs...she's said her coach wasn't kind and knew how to behave when she had a microphone on. Not to mention, her ankles were shot. Both were in casts after the 1992 Olympics. It's ok to cry when you're sad or frustrated.

Yet again I find you upset over a win by Shannon. Every bloody video where Shannon has won a medal, you get butt-hurt over it. Grow up! It's in the past. Shannon deserved a big chunk of her medals. I agree, she was overscored at some points, but she was truly great. She wasn't able to train full-time during these championships because of an injury but she still came out with two gold medals. Please, Tim Duggal, shut the fuck up, grow up, and enjoy the gymanstics.

Shannon should be ashamed of the judging in which she cannot control? Come the fuck on? Stop hating on the wrong person!

Handstands were not as scrutinized at this point in time. Shannon was scores fairly on every event. Her floor was a tenth lower than it would otherwise have been without the improvised last pass. Also, Mo got 9.90 on UB and Milo 9.837 on B.B. with at least two tenths if noticeable errors. That’s the real farce. But yes Dina was slightly underscored.

Ay Tim Duggal.... Once more, we find you in a Miller video. Tim Duggal... Tim Daggett...Almost the same name!? A COINCIDENCE ? I think NOT.

You cannot compare scores on one apparatus to the other because they scoring criteria are so different, and its a different panel of judges. You can only compare bars to bars, vault to vault, etc. For this era's CoP, and the typical method of judging on bars in particular, I think Miller was scored very fairly. However, I will agree that Miller was overscored on the floor exercise. She clearly had a huge mistake (almost fell) and the judges gave her a 9.750. That's absurd because that one mistake alone should have been at least a .3 deduction (bring her score down to 9.700, plus additional tenths here and there). Even in this code, that routine should have scored no higher than 9.600 in my opinion. Having said that, Milosovic was also overscored on floor as well. She had a pretty obvious mistake on her final pass (not as bad as Miller, but still noteworthy). She did not complete that triple full (or at least it was very questionable) and therefore should have not only gotten .1 off in execution, but her start value should have gone down by .1 as well (to a 9.900). She also had problems in all three of her passes but scored a 9.812...how? Dominique Dawes with the same start value took a only a step on her final pass and scored less (9.800). Milosovic's score should have been no higher than 9.700 to me.