Moceanu's floor is simply gorgeous...stellar form.
@MeriPT4 жыл бұрын
joseph johnson I really like her music here too
@seer1623 Жыл бұрын
She was always a great little trickster but here she evolved into an artist. Best phase of her career, in my opinion.
@nicolec47444 жыл бұрын
I've seen this so many times and never noticed until now that Dominique literally tumbled right out of her bun lol. When she started her floor routine her hair was up in a bun, when she finished it was a ponytail. Love this routine from her, it was absolutely beautiful 🤗
@minners198 жыл бұрын
Props to Kim for trying to come back. I remember being CRUSHED in the 1992 Olympics! 1st day, 1st event, sealed her fate. Ugh, the BEAM!
@benrobinson778 жыл бұрын
I felt so bad for Vanessa Atler, she always seemed stuck in some kind of bad coaching advice. Or it seems like she may of had a terrible fall on bars at some point and forever traumatized. When I was a gymnasts a kid in my gym was terrified of doing a simple flyaway on high bar and it caused a similar situation. She seems like a really pleasant person too, from her interviews.
@2134knees7 жыл бұрын
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!!!!
@seer1623 Жыл бұрын
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.
@saragrant9749 Жыл бұрын
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.
@river876011 ай бұрын
I feel bad for her too. Horrid coaching and she seems so awesome.
@abrahamlora3292 жыл бұрын
If only DOm could’ve stayed to this form and built upon it in 1999 and 2000.. she could’ve been on the team and a force.. she looked really good here
@chrisherber163511 ай бұрын
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
@MissLilRedRooster5 жыл бұрын
Vanessa just really came in the wrong quad. This quad was so focused on all-around gymnasts, and she would have killed it if she could have just given up bars and been a specialist like happened in later quads.
@tylerbam71834 жыл бұрын
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.
@brandonbrown19163 жыл бұрын
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.
@biggestgymfan72303 жыл бұрын
She really was born in the wrong quad
@matthewhines97873 жыл бұрын
I don't remember Moceanu's triple full being this great here. I remember her always hitting somewhere close but not complete. She was complete here.
@benrobinson77 Жыл бұрын
Maloney can definitely do the hard skills but they don't look very appealing and graceful at all. As picky as Tim and Elfi have always been, they never call out Kristen's sloppiness and bad habits which surprises me.
@TRUNGNGUYEN-bz9th3 жыл бұрын
Moceanu's Floor Exercise is gorgeous.
@waybackwhen1013 жыл бұрын
That was a lovely tribute to Sang Lan that they put at the end of the broadcast. So tragic what happened to her
@gymcentric57272 жыл бұрын
She’s doing very well now! she’s still in a wheelchair but working to regain strength and she had a child!
@saragrant9749 Жыл бұрын
@@gymcentric5727and has successfully achieved having table tennis made an Olympic sport- she may just get her Olympic chance after all!!
@hmrhuang4 жыл бұрын
Don't know why the Rybackis insisted on not modifying Atler's routine. It started her on a vicious mental and emotional spiral she couldn't recover from, smh..........
@MissLilRedRooster2 жыл бұрын
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.
@river876011 ай бұрын
He’s such a creep. Rybacki.
@leslieballenger62432 жыл бұрын
Vanessa Atlar is just awesome!
@kaylajones43569 жыл бұрын
Go Kristin Maloney and Dom Moceanu!!!!! I just love watching gymnastics from this era because it's actually ARTISTIC
@saragrant97498 ай бұрын
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.
@brandonbrown19163 жыл бұрын
Maloney needed a 1/2 hr of ballet videos each day before practice. Direct emulation.
@saragrant9749 Жыл бұрын
Gymnastics is more than just ballet. Her style wasn’t balletic and that’s perfectly fine. You want ballet? WATCH BALLET. This is GYMNASTICS.
@Rizzlergoblin578Ай бұрын
@@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
@seer1623 Жыл бұрын
I can't believe all the broadcasters could say about Moceanu's beam is that she wanted to redeem herself from Atlanta. What?! Who would even remember if they didn't keep bringing it up? That routine was stellar, absolutely gorgeous.
@saragrant9749 Жыл бұрын
That’s those commentators for you. They have always been ignorant at announcing.
@chrisherber163511 ай бұрын
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.
@williamt5945 жыл бұрын
I kinda wish Vanessa didn't do the aa. Just vault floor and beam, imagine the medals she would have gained.
@mht49084 жыл бұрын
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
@sunceremony77173 жыл бұрын
Thy wasn’t possible back then... but if it was, she would have been on that team.
@DizzyedUpGirl4 жыл бұрын
"Maybe 22 isn't too old" Well no duh.
@MrRik4588 жыл бұрын
Gosh I don't like Maloney's gymnastics.. I mean she looks like a sweet girl and all but her form IMO is awful basically everywhere.
@beckymo94178 жыл бұрын
Ikr!!! I think gymnastics is only enjoyable to watch if the gymnast performs unique skills or has exceptional form.
@beckymo94178 жыл бұрын
+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"
@37tonya8 жыл бұрын
+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.
@2134knees7 жыл бұрын
See, I LOVE Maloney's gymnastics. I think she has really good form on bars and I love how powerful she is!!!
@chitownslygirl6 жыл бұрын
I agree.
@2134knees6 жыл бұрын
Interesting that Kim is being coached by Mary Lee Tracey when she was coaching with Mary Lee in 1997 :)
@anovemberstar4 жыл бұрын
gosh looking back at kim zmeskal in the early 90s she looked so unwell - too thin, pale as. Far healthier here, and stronger too because of it
@Diemme_5 жыл бұрын
Why did Atler's coaches keep that release move in her routine? I never saw her hit it.
@spartyutube20207 жыл бұрын
In 2004, Catalina Ponor from Romania did only 3 events and she was super successful. Maybe Vanessa should have just not done bars.
@Margo-oj5yc4 жыл бұрын
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.
@ninaouellette10594 жыл бұрын
I agree, she would of done great without em.
@Janellabelle4 жыл бұрын
@@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.
@mht49084 жыл бұрын
@@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
@DizzyedUpGirl5 жыл бұрын
Poor Vanessa. Could just never get past those bars.
@kras1189 жыл бұрын
"ease the mental chaos". I really feel for Vanessa and the pressure she must have after that terrible bars set.
@janetb39939 жыл бұрын
which one? haha... 90% of her bar routines were terrible throughout her whole career...
@sarahkatherine21019 жыл бұрын
Poor Vanessa.
@MeriPT4 жыл бұрын
Sarah Katherine when she apologized it broke my heart ☹️
@yooowhatsgood Жыл бұрын
Rebecca Bross on her beam dismount is the equivalent to Vanessa Atlers mistake on the same bar skills
@edwardmiller33084 жыл бұрын
Wow Maloney's composition today would have gotten HAMMERED on bars
@saragrant9749 Жыл бұрын
So would pretty much EVERY gymnast from back then. Bars was looked at much differently back then.
@eyeofthetiger00711 жыл бұрын
Wow... Maloney's beam was completely over scored.
@Cmc995 Жыл бұрын
Tim and Elfi saying ‘shouldn’t have happened’ Dominique sitting down her dismount, hmm maybe because of her knee!? Hello!
@helenf.72218 жыл бұрын
Thank you for posting!
@ashleyallbee42904 жыл бұрын
I believe of Dom would've stuck with this coach she could have made it again
@Star-ft2gd4 жыл бұрын
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.
@2134knees3 жыл бұрын
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.
@Janellabelle4 жыл бұрын
Nothing short of a tragedy Dom M could not do more than one Olympics especially when she was only 14 in her first Olympic Games. Think of how long Khorkina's career was compared to hers. And Khorkina isn't even Oksana...still competing in her 40s! Gymnastics MUST be changed from a sport you can do for 10 years to one you can do for 30. More experience must be scored higher somehow... What is something that just simply requires more experience in the sport?
@mht49084 жыл бұрын
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
@Star-ft2gd4 жыл бұрын
Cus they banned her read her bood
@FirstLast-qg3bc4 жыл бұрын
What are the chances that Kim Z didn't continue after 98. She could be made the olympic team in 2000 but Bela was to be named the team coach and she knew he would've have picked her because she faltered at the 92 Olympics
@revaew13794 жыл бұрын
Vanessa had so much talent. Wish she could have been like Alicia Sacromone and just not do bars but things were different back then.
@saragrant9749 Жыл бұрын
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.
@etownshawn3 жыл бұрын
geezus. I thought oh 1998, maybe I wont be flooded with Zmeskal stories. guess again
@TaurusWitch29Ай бұрын
Right lol. She seems like a mean girl
@Just2Brothershl13147 жыл бұрын
Dominique's fx music sounds like Andreea raducan music too
@jeepluver31955 жыл бұрын
Raducan copied Moceanu. She used it first.
@vmurt3 жыл бұрын
That type of irish style "river dance" music was super popular/trendy in the late 90s.
@reginageorge80802 жыл бұрын
The beginning of the end here when difficulty is rewarded and form got weak allowing people like Kristin Maloney to rise
@TaurusWitch29Ай бұрын
Kim Z looks healthier, but she still gives me "mean girl" vibes whenever I see her. But she looks healthier and stronger than before.
@Cmc9955 жыл бұрын
Kim did awesome
@brandonbrown19163 жыл бұрын
Kim was waay too old for that ridiculous fx music
@dbishop19617 жыл бұрын
I hate the squeaky bars. Drives me crazy when the bars are so noisy.
@deborah95416 жыл бұрын
Does anyone know what Kim Zmeskal's floor music is called?
@VotreAmi5 ай бұрын
Andre Rieu - Salome and Feuerfest
@Cmc9954 жыл бұрын
Poor Vanessa. Was going through hell behind the scenes
@Janellabelle4 жыл бұрын
Why?
@Cmc9954 жыл бұрын
Lady Jay Mac mental and emotional issues. Weight and diet issues etc but I guess that was more in 2000 than this era
@saragrant97492 ай бұрын
@@Janellabelleher coaches were super horrible and abusive to her- mostly mentally. She ended up burning out because of it.
@rubyjones2744 жыл бұрын
poor Atler was cursed
@Kopeikis111 жыл бұрын
wow wish i could do that
@snopesshop19034 жыл бұрын
Kim looks miserable
@wheresbaby7783 Жыл бұрын
The commentators talk about a twenty-two-year-old party I think we've all learned now in 2023 that 22 is not old it's just that you know it's just a norm for the girls to be on and petit you know but Chelsea Maman came back what was she 30 to Sabinas was getting medals at 35
@elizabethwhite763811 жыл бұрын
i wish i could do that stuff well i can do most of it so i am almost here
@Janellabelle4 жыл бұрын
How are you doing now?
@vanni6230 Жыл бұрын
ATler e laShannon Miller, GINMASTHIC THE FUTURE GENERAZION!?!*
@Cmc9954 жыл бұрын
Wow, Dominique M unfortunately seemed to fall apart after 1996 and without Bela as coach
@Star-ft2gd4 жыл бұрын
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
@ilikeyoutube8364 жыл бұрын
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
@murasakino1012 жыл бұрын
@@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
@randomedits7325 Жыл бұрын
the worst quad
@savstrange Жыл бұрын
I blame Bela
@jamesmaxson23063 жыл бұрын
poor vanessa
@taylahjohnson343711 жыл бұрын
me just sitting here picking at my tooth not paying any attention
@DefyingGravity369 жыл бұрын
Zmeskal was not one of the "Best Gymnasts Ever"....
@2134knees7 жыл бұрын
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!!!!!!
@sprinklefriend6 жыл бұрын
When this was taking place, yeah, she was.
@JennaLeigh5 жыл бұрын
She absolutely IS. Gymnastics doesn't begin and end 1 time every 4 years.
@Cmc9954 жыл бұрын
Yes she is!
@MeriPT4 жыл бұрын
Crystal Lloyd also if you watch, she nearly hit her landings every single time on any piece of apparatus!
@johnbaines43088 жыл бұрын
nuw burn babby
@cboaterroger10 жыл бұрын
thats stuff i can do (im on my dads account im actually named MacKenzie)
@saragrant97492 ай бұрын
This quad had some incredibly strong gymnasts. Sadly, most of them either got burned out (Vanessa 😞) or injured. That made even getting a team medal in Sydney a challenge. So frustrating that those poor girls had to wait a DECADE to get what they rightly earned and deserved.