joseph johnson I really like her music here too

She was always a great little trickster but here she evolved into an artist. Best phase of her career, in my opinion.

I was a former gymnast but only did it for fun...because I was always afraid of the Bars. I fell between the bars a few times and once I landed weird on my back...and that was IT for me. I still love to dance, but that and the tumbling were always my favorite parts of gymnastics. I am STILL a dancer, but cannot tumble anymore!!!!

And sorry, but where the hell was the spotter? She was having a total meltdown and could have seriously injured herself. My disgust for many of the coaches of this era can't be overstated.

For some, it’s just a mental block. I think it was the case for her. Sadly, terrible coaching burned her out and ruined her chance at the Olympics.

I feel bad for her too. Horrid coaching and she seems so awesome.

I think I remember watching these and being devastated she wasn’t going to be in the 2000 games. She was definitely her best in ‘98

And she could be a 3 event specialist. She was great on all the other 3 events. Would probably win more medals on vault and floor, but could contribute to the team easily on beam too.

Or if she had a bars specialist coach construct a routine that worked for her, instead of trying to make fetch happen w skills that obvs became headcase issues for her.

She really was born in the wrong quad

She’s doing very well now! she’s still in a wheelchair but working to regain strength and she had a child!

@@gymcentric5727and has successfully achieved having table tennis made an Olympic sport- she may just get her Olympic chance after all!!

She said in an interview somewhere that she was the one who insisted it be kept.. She's actually talked a lot about how she sort of self-sabotaged herself during this chunk, because mentally, she wasn't enjoying the gymnastics anymore, and she just didn't want to do it, but there was so much sunk in, she couldn't just stop. When she didn't make the Olympic team, she said she actually was relieved. Poor kid just spent years being mentally miserable and not having a good outlet or support for it.

He’s such a creep. Rybacki.

So are the gymnasts of today. Just because it’s not your “cup of tea” doesn’t give you any right to diminish the value and effort of today’s gymnasts.

Gymnastics is more than just ballet. Her style wasn’t balletic and that’s perfectly fine. You want ballet? WATCH BALLET. This is GYMNASTICS.

@@saragrant9749fr, they should have just said toe point which is definitely important to gymnastics, but you can point your feet without doing a ballet dance in gymnastics so I agree

That’s those commentators for you. They have always been ignorant at announcing.

Well, she did get 1st in beam haha. Back in the 90’s, they were like this. Always sensationalizing things more than they even do now.

Specialists weren't a thing back then, they only started in 2004 or something. Too bad she was born in the wrong quad, that damn Comaneci skill ruined her confidence

Thy wasn’t possible back then... but if it was, she would have been on that team.

Ikr!!! I think gymnastics is only enjoyable to watch if the gymnast performs unique skills or has exceptional form.

+Rebecca M. I know Maloney has some unique skills but I feel if the gymnast does not have good form it brings down the routine from perfection to "meh"

+MrRik458 I totallya agree with you. Her form is horrible. It is called artistic gymnastics for a reason and she really doesn't fit that mold. Her difficulty is high but you can't ignore the form and the international judges didn't.

See, I LOVE Maloney's gymnastics. I think she has really good form on bars and I love how powerful she is!!!

I agree.

It wasn't really an option at that time. Team competition format at the Olympics was 6-5-4, 6-5-4. Everyone had to be an all-arounder.

I agree, she would of done great without em.

@@Margo-oj5yc in 1996 it was 7 6 5 meaning one girl didn't have to compete and then they could drop the lowest score of the six. That leaves plenty room for a specialist.

@@Janellabelle But they also had to place in the top 7 in the Olympic trials, they means they still have to do all 4 events

which one? haha... 90% of her bar routines were terrible throughout her whole career...

Sarah Katherine when she apologized it broke my heart ☹️

So would pretty much EVERY gymnast from back then. Bars was looked at much differently back then.

She came back and her husband was her coach and she trained with shawn and nastia and camp and competed and she fulfilled all requirements and then marta kim and the other guy kept changing requirements to keep her banned from usag smh.

It wasn't Dom fault. Her dad (who she eventually got emancipated from) basically threatened to hurt the coach snd Dominique friend and Dominique herself. Her coach eventually had to return to Romania to get away from Dimitry.

Too bad she had those injuries in 2000, that was literally her last chance to make a 2nd olympics before the Karoylis had full control of the selection procedures. That's how her comeback in 2006 was unsuccessful. She was initially told she could qualify to nationals if she attended the national training camp & compete at least one event at the US classic, but after she 2 finished her 2 events, she was told she needed a combined score of 28.0 to qualify, and she combined a 27.1, which left her out

Cus they banned her read her bood

She might have had a more legitimate shot in 2004, she would have been able to focus just on three events at that point. What could have been, but at least she’s happy- coaching and being a wife and mom.

Right lol. She seems like a mean girl

Raducan copied Moceanu. She used it first.

That type of irish style "river dance" music was super popular/trendy in the late 90s.

Andre Rieu - Salome and Feuerfest

Why?

Lady Jay Mac mental and emotional issues. Weight and diet issues etc but I guess that was more in 2000 than this era

@@Janellabelleher coaches were super horrible and abusive to her- mostly mentally. She ended up burning out because of it.

How are you doing now?

Read her book. Bela didnt even coach her fr and they banned her even full filling her requirements and kim did too for karolis smh

Severe injuries, a psycho father who abused her and put a hit out on her coach, a court battle to be emancipated from her parents because her father was blowing all her money, all after having been abused by the Karolyi's with her father's blessing... Poor Domi had so much talent and potential, but also had way too much trauma and distraction going on in her life to focus on her gymnastics as much as she needed to. She did win the 98 goodwill games, and qualified for the olympic trials in 2000, but she got injured. She attempted a comeback in 2006, but the Karolyi's blackballed her. You should read her book

@@ilikeyoutube836 That's why idk why people side with the karolys. Just because they "brought medals" doesn't mean they had good methods and they kept many talented gymnasts from continuing due to bias and the gymnasts speaking out smh. Dom had so much potential just like vanessa and it's heartbreaking that she went through so much

I blame Bela

She was one of the best American gymnasts at that time. She won AA Gold at a World's (first American female to do that). Also, she won the US Champtionships 3x (at the time that was the best anyone had ever done). So IMHO she is one of the "best gymnasts ever" even if she did not do well at the Olympics...The Olympics are NOT the only meet out there to me!!!!!!

When this was taking place, yeah, she was.

She absolutely IS. Gymnastics doesn't begin and end 1 time every 4 years.

Yes she is!

Crystal Lloyd also if you watch, she nearly hit her landings every single time on any piece of apparatus!