Simone's 4 golds was greatness but not one of the top 5 Greatest moments in the history of the sport, By far more groundbreaking was Gabby's All-Around Gold in 2012. It was the first time that a non-white athlete had won the title of Olympic Champion, the most coveted award in the sport...and besides other athletes have won medals on every event at the Olympics as well as 4 golds in one Olympics.

I 100% agree!

Agree, we should not be glorifying this!

yeah, those aren't great they're dangerous

@@AnywhereChrista I think encouraging is the more appropriate word.

The ironic thing is that Keri Strugg didn't have to do it again to win gold. I'm not sure exactly what happened, but the USA would have still won gold without her doing the vault again. It had something to do with the point system.

why

@@luciamangena because they were most likely forced to perform

Agreed. They shouldn’t have been pressured to compete with injuries that bad.

I don’t think the injuries were that bad if they let them compete so either this is exagerrating or those gymnasts are crazy risking permanent injury

@@paradiseb5950 you should watch Athlete A on Netflix lol

I agree but I’m guessing they chose to

@@erinhoyer9541 oh okay, well that sucks then

Seriously, I turned it off when I saw that. Disgusting how we treat these events.

my thoughts exactly. Normalize athletes saying "No, it's not safe, a competition is not worth it" and allow them to do so without penality or retribution

I doubt they would stop even if the Coach tried to stop them... They aren't there to make you feel comfortable, but to compete at something they worked very hard for...

Yea I was thinking about the moves that are now banned … probably for good reason

Routines are difficult today? Then why did they ban the 70s and 80s moves and not today's?

It's the other way around. Many routines from the 70's have been banned today because of their difficulty and danger.

70s routines where far more graceful ..the equipment very basic so the gymnasts had to rely on there skill alone..Nadia Comaneci was 14 when she scored the worlds first 10.. No gymnast is even allowed to compete at 14 anymore 70s gymnasts where do joy to watch

@@nicolataylor6011 Todays gymnasts arent relying on their skills but they were in the 70s? That doesnt make sense when gymnasts today are performing skills that are unquestionably more difficult. Is a 10 as impressive when its skills that are kid shit by today's standards? I dont think so. Its certainly not the most impressive moment in gymnastics history. Nadia would lose to literally any elite gymnast in the last 30 or 40 years- and there are plenty of extremely graceful gymnasts still. Also, I dont find belly beats graceful. Everytime she slammed into the bar with her hips, I cringed. It used to routinely result in bruising & often knocked the wind out of gymnasts if not positioned correctly. Also Teodora Ungureanu did a way more graceful and creative bars routine back in the 70s- Nadia was overscored in my opinion.

🤦‍♂️ girls were being injured from certain moves that flung their pelvises against a bar. Some were rendered incapable of having children. Which is worse??

lolz

@@dbrelreally?

that's why routines look so different nowadays... it's actually less dangerous. some claim elegance has been lost, but I am sure that is a price worth paying for athletes' health@@karyndewit193

Who said they were forced? A lot of athletes train their entire lives and forego a social life and all their hard work leads up to the Olympics. I could absolutely see wanting to still compete because it might be your last opportunity.

It's obvious you never competed at a high level. Never let an injury hold you back.

Yeah but most want to and Manis if she hadn’t stuck that she would not be as good

💯 agree with you

Back many decades ago, athletes in many a sport would still compete with broken legs and broken arms still healing. Especially in hockey and football. And there was no safe space for them to go to!

What’s even worse is that the USA did not need Strugg’s score to win team gold. They already won with Moceanu’s sit-down vault. - SO terrible that she vaulted while injured. Not a gymnastics highlight for me.

You pathetic weaklings are exactly what's wrong with sports in the US. Her foot was broken on that event? Well boo-hoo. Now guess what... it healed just fine and the entire world has the immortal moment in Olympic history. She wouldn't change a single thing. But sheep like you people would. *-SMH*

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Absolutely it should

im pretty sure she did. she fell on the first attempt and the lower score wouldve been counted. but i feel like i saw in some documentary somewhere that she didnt have to

I don't think they knew it at the time. I'm sure with Russia on the floor at the time, they weren't mathematically sure if Kerri's vault was needed or not.

Yeah someone from Russia fell a couple times and another stepped way out of bounds, so she wouldn’t have had to go again because they could have counted a fall and still won, but they didn’t know that when they were vaulting, so it was possible that they would have had to. That said, I feel very strongly that she should NEVER have done that vault. I don’t care what medal was on the line, her health is more important

@@allison2287 actually they did know that her second vault wasn't necessary. They knew they had the points to win without the second vault.

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Karolyi was her coach and he was abusive as hell, so yeah I’d bet a ton of money that her routines were unbearably painful.

I read that when done properly, hitting the bar with the hips doesn't hurt. Now, I don't know if that's true. I just read it. It certainly looks painful.

@@RebeccaTaylorTillery I have been in gymnastics many years through quitting years ago, I still stop by my original gym every Saturday due to the fact that my sister now coaches there. Every time after we get back from the gym we compare hip bruise’s the next day. Though when actually doing the skills it doesn’t really hurt all that bad, that’s only on the rare occasions the previous bruising healed. I remember when I actually took classes bars was ALWAYS my favorite. When the coach would stand by and watch my routine I remember after my pull over I went for a cast and when the impact of the bar got to me I slipped off due to the shock of the pain. There where many nights I would cry myself to sleep due to the pain of the sport. I was pushed to my breaking point by coaches my legs where always over stretched, my arms sore from the intense workouts, my hips and thighs bruised, my hands cut and bloody, though my mind was focused on my passion. I never really saw my own pain until I left the sport behind. Even if the coaches are kind the sport is extremely painful!! It’s also underrated how much strength it takes, mentally and psychically it’s truly difficult.

Do you mean the hip beats? I did those, and they don't hurt (though I suppose if the bars were set up wrong or something they would). The bar hits at the break between the leg and body (notvyhe hip bones), and your body just kind of wraps around the bar and springs back. It was actually pretty fun.

I don't remember hip beats hurting at all. Tearing calluses off your palms is another story. My grips had a blood stain.

I know, I WATCHED MARYLOU RETTON IN THE '84 Olympics---! PERFECTION!I CRIED WHEN SHE STUCK THAT VAULT LANDING! SHE WAS THE BEST IN THOSE OLYMPICS IN '84!!!!! THE BEST! I MEAN, she should have been in this video, ABSOLUTELY!

Ikr

Instrumental numa numa? 😆

I WATCHED MARYLOU RETTON IN THOSE OLYMPICS! PERFECTION!I CRIED WHEN SHE STUCK THAT VAULT LANDING! SHE WAS THE BEST IN THOSE OLYMPICS IN '84!!!!! THE BEST! I MEAN, she should have been in this video, ABSOLUTELY!

Awe I feel for you. I remember doing silly things to emulate her as well - lol.

Same. I'm literally crying as I type!

What a psychotic take. Shame on you.

When I saw it live, I knew I was seeing something so rare it's almost impossible --- HUMAN PERFECTION. To me it was a holy moment, a performance so difficult yet beautiful it was flawless. It was as if even seeing it, couldn't believe it. . . . . perfection.

It wash the perfection of its Assimetrical Movements and the perfect timing of its execution. Such wash Nadia's boom, that Artistic Gymnastic entered another Era

@@texmexmorales6027 but she still did a small hop too.

Ok really

Because they threw out the high and low scores. So the threw out a 9.95 and a 10 and that left two 10s.

@@peppermint661 Should have all been 9.975s.

Olga deve avere i suoi meriti. Nadia invece era praticamente perfetta, aveva un ritmo diverso un flow magico.

TIED WITH MARY LOU RETTON"S UNREAL VAULT THAT WON US THE GOLD in '84 ~~~!!!!!

love this comment.

Biles is way better. She's like an angel compared to Nadia who moves like a regular human.

@@lt2672 They are both beautiful in their own ways. Nadia moves gracefully while Simone moves powerful. No offense

@@lt2672 Nadia Comaneci and Olga Korbut....then Biles.

@@Gymnastics-eq6jf simone is literally the most decorated of ALL time. by that standard, shes better. thats like someone comparing lebron james and steph curry. lebron is better, but some people might just say steph cause they like him better which doesnt count. simone has the most gold medals of the two. therefore, shes better

Only when she can use her doping!

Wait to the next games…

@@gabygaby5701 Rumors are that she training to be there. Besides, even if she isn't there, there's absolutely NO guarantee that anyone will be as good as her, let alone better. She is the best gymnast of all time and that isn't going to change for a very long time.

@@nogoodnameleft Nobody agrees with you. Nadia was good for her time, but Simone has created her own moves and one of the is a J level difficulty, a new classification made just for that one move. She "failed" in Tokyo (still earning medals) because of all the stress everyone put on her. She's the best and she didn't want to let anyone down, so she had to step down. That makes her a strong woman, not a fail in any way. Forgot to mention she is the most decorated gymnast of all time. She has more medals than any other male or female gymnast. Apparently, she is back in training and considering coming back for 2024, so f off with your unfounded insults.

no, Nadia, Olga and Vera

Lol 😂 same

Same

Ha jokes on you!

It actually happened in the late 70s

1976 i watched it I was 12

Este Nadia Comăneci, nu "comenechi" ! De ce îi pociți numele?

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She DID NOT, in fact, need the 2nd vault to win. She secured the top spot with her first vault. This was a crime, not a highlight. Not only did it end her entire career prematurely, it left her with lifelong issues preventing her from even completing a cartwheel after her abusive coach's sick bullying. He of course went on to enable the sexual abuse of the athletes in his "care". Bela is a devil.

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