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She never looks happy in these earlier videos ... and joyous in her college competitions!

Her coach--you mean Nastia's dad? 😅

No never. Lol

@@Leelz247 yes

I have a bad feeling that Larry nassar contributed to her unhappiness ☹

Chan Ky ikr same thing with simone it's a shame they weren't old enough for london they would have rocked it!

She was just 15 at the time.. people were body shaming her! How could she be happy doing gymnastics when people keep saying she’s fat while she really isn’t. I’m glad she took a break and went to UCLA. It’s a perfect opportunity to meet new people and do what she loves.

I wonder if the body shaming was really a cover up for people's jealousy? Its clear she was no where near fat. It just seems like she was surrounded by a bunch of haters.

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Hervin Balfour unfortunately in this sport even someone who is stick thin to us is considered ‘fat’ for the coaches. It wasn’t jealousy it also happened to MANY other gymnasts. They just had fun poking rude comments at them.

I wouldn't want to be on elite US gymnastics team around this time either with Nassar raping all of them.

She wasn't smiling because she was working the beam with a fractured vertibra, you will see her grab her left shoulder after the routine, she was in horrible pain.

@@jennyvezina4551 while that’s true i think that she was much happier in ucla :)))

Other gymnasts are also not smiling. What do you expect they would smile and not focus? Of course she's happy in UCLA because it's easy there.

@@jhaysonryanncorpuz817 She's said in interviews that she hated being in elite. She was constantly called fat and never be good enough, she was performing with a fractured back (I believe she also had a torn shoulder), she began hating herself. So, naturally, not everyone wants to stay in such a negative, hostile environment, it went on for years and years. She quit gymnastics because she hated it so much, until she found a coach who listened to her and had genuine care for her well-being, not just pushing her as hard as possible for every gold. I left for similar reasons. I had a massive shoulder injury requiring surgery, and was unable to use my arm for a year. I was called every name under the sun, mocked, criticized and humiliated from my own coach and team. I quit it all together, I couldn't take it anymore and I don't blame people for leaving and finding a different place (even if it's "easier"). Let people be happy. I don't see why so many people are criticizing her and others for dropping out of elite and moving on to other things.

@@firesoftheasylum7890 wow... I do gymnastics and my teammates and my coach are amazing... I feel really bad for all the gymnasts with bad coaches...

As an ex gymnast myself, it's a comforting sound. It means you landed properly and aren't about to fall off 🤣

Yeap

YES! I absolutely loved hearing it when I was competitive

It's like ASMR WAG edition

Yes, this was when all the girls (they weren't women) were being starved and stressed out by unrealistic expectations. The karolyis created such an abusive culture in women's gymnastics. They should be shunned forever.

So true. I am rewatching Simone in 2013 and it is tremendous how she is now. Her and her coach are very very smart in pacing Simone. Barring any injuries Simone would go all the way to Rio. I am praying for her good health. Many are actually concerned Simone is peaking now but I don't think so. She would still do upgrades. She hasn't even done a Cheng LOL

+Gracie C. She now has a cheng!

she went to Rio and got AA gold :)

Gracie C. She’s making history now 😂

@@mocneeuq and four years later she is still upgrading!

To be fair her D score is 7.2 but they downgraded it cause she was nervous and failed the connections here. Her D score would be over 7.5 imo if she avoided injuries and kept upgrading it, but yes. That routine so early in the quad was insane.

That coach of hers was nastia luikins dad and Kaitlyn was way better than nastia ever was, she is performing much more acrobatics on the beam. Nastia was elegant, tall and looked pretty but she was never as talented as Simone Biles and Kaitlyn.

And yet, nastia got to the Olympics. Whoever made the decision to put her with Valeri who tortured and abused her (verbally) should really regret that choice!

I think that's a typical response to female talent in general. Today in 2021, you can see the same crap being said about Simone's routines. Simone is literally inventing new things and pushing the field forward, but yet isn't allowed to claim social ownership of being a leader -- comments geared towards "oh, that's a 0.1 point deduction" in the face of literal dominance are just insane. Dollars to donuts that if Simone and Katelyn were men, they would not be mismanaged and today the world would be going crazy for 2 incredible gymnasts and would be given credit for their genius.

Sounds like where I work

@@athens31415 Nope, this is how gymnastics is. You can go watch men's gymnastics and it's pretty much the same thing. In this sport, every tenth matters. For instance, I remember a 4-way tie on Bars in 2015 World's; it can be that close sometimes. Plus, things like broken connections really do matter because they decrease the difficulty start value (in her case, from 7.2 down). We also have to remember that the commentators are likely not as impressed by this stuff as we are, because not only do they see it all the time, but they themselves are accomplished gymnasts. And to be honest, they are literally paid to be nit-picky as their job is to basically explain gymnastics. They have to explain to the presumably inexperienced viewer mainly the skills the gymnast performs and specific deductions. This is because if the commentators only complimented the gymnast and she went on to get last place, the viewer would likely be very confused. But I also don't think they were that critical in this video in particular; the commentators were ALWAYS impressed with Ohashi. We even saw Nastia compliment her at 1:15, so I don't really know what you're on about.

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What’s sick are the parents who allow their kids to go into this environment where their weight and everything they do will be scrutinized and they would be injured and still forced to perform.

@@tamaraadams4399 it depends on ur coach

She wasn’t 12 when people was mean to her

Vanessa was already run into the ground when she got to Liukin. He coached her for like 3 months and she was absolutely hopeless by then (and I am a huge Vanessa fan). The Rybacki's ruined Vanessa, period.

@@waybackwhen101 True, but Bross is 100% Liukin's fault. The only gymnast that he didn't run into the ground was his own daughter, all the other successful WOGA gymnasts were training under different coaches.

@@waybackwhen101 To an extent, Valeri did make her feel slightly better about bars. But he was obsessed with helping her lose weight that he was using pretty extreme methods to do so, which caused her to have bulimia. I agree that Vanessa was already not in a good place, but overall, Valeri probably made it worse

Luiken is just a typical violent male that hates talented women. He's a fraud. Coaches like him need to be taken out of their jobs and banned from coaching women ever again.

@@athens31415 irresponsible comment you have. Woke mentality.

A few weeks ago on National Gymnastics day she had video of her layout full on beam series! I hope she comes back to elite I think she definitely can if she really wants it.

I'm quite sure you know she is on the UCLA team :)

Welp 4 years later and she did!

obviously not the only but still good!

Not true

Stephanie Liew put the playback speed on the slowest to see how she did it

Honestly it’s all muscle memory.

It's called an onodi and Nastia Liukin was famous for this move. The coach who met Katelyn at the end of her routine is Nastia's father

It's an Onodi. You do a half turn in a walk over.

Watch Mustafina do it

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she is the olympic champion

Pretty sure Nastia would know her own fathers faces better than anyone

sparx gurl nah, it's not enough anymore. Biles is too good.

Nope she may have a great beam routine but not for ALL AROUND Gold

Phillip-Anthony Campbell Beam is where she'd get gold. Biles closely trailing with Silver. lol

+sparx gurl All those injuries she suffered....she just could not compete at the elite level without enduring pain. So, she's moved on with her life, now part of the UCLA Women's Gymnastics Team.

Too bad they (cough cough Valeri) didn't pace her right, like Simone was paced.

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This was in 2013. She goes to college gymnastics now, there’s no way she could be in your school.

@@trendymaths2467 i think they mean ucla

She kept getting injured, which is why she didn't stay in elite for that long. I think had they paced her properly and didn't go for such a huge routine right at the start of the new quad, she probably could've stayed in elite. They didn't pace her right at all.

LB7 no I’m glad she left because she is doing so much better in UCLA now

You are right! She would have been phenomenal. But elite was bad for her mental and physical health and she is happier in UCLA and is doing great! ✨✨✨

Latonya Wallace Stop. Just stop.

She is still success full

Let me see you do that

She didn’t like being In elite, she even said that she was happy when she got her injury. So if she’s happy now then that’s all that matters

She stopped elite for many reasons, she was and still is very successful but she had injuries and she was almost broken by the coaches because of much she was pushed, she’s now happy and doing gymnastics which she loves with a strong support network and encouragement rather than other things. What’s important is her happiness. 100% support on this end

He destroyed Rebecca Bross too.

Um... No

I would love to know what you have to say now...

its a personal preference? I'm sure shell say the same thing

She has far more artistry than Biles ever will. She was a lovely beam worker. I hope she is now happy, away from the abuse of elite.

Ok 1. You do NOT just say you like someone just because they are prettier. 2. Her technique and her accuracy is good but it isn't as good as Simone

•QueenChipp• Owo lmao they didn’t mean they preferred Katelyn because she’s prettier, they find the routine prettier.

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she is only an AA olympic champion in gymnastic she doesn't have the ability to commenting on others

Are you a TV commentator? Then you should not be allowed to comment on other commentators.... Obviously, she is qualified to offer commentary in gymnastics. Let's be real.

kras118 As you see I am allowed to comment. I wasn't banned by youtube

-Just because she didn't compete them doesn't mean she doesn't know how to do them. She competed skills that matched her style, that she can easily connect, and that she can nail without a flinch - as opposed to difficult skills with fewer connections. -Also she's an AA olympic champion, and an olympic silver medalist on beam. I'm pretty sure she's well qualified for the job.

to add her dad is katelyns coach and so shes just commenting on what her dads reaction is..

How old are you?