I have a hard time believing she's only about 5'2". But she really is. She just looks so tall and graceful like a swan.

Her onodi gives me life

You know she was trying not to peak too soon. She was doing just enough to make the team. Once she did the switch flipped and she was able to come out of left field kinda and really show the world what she could do. I really miss her in competition because as was stated she brought an artistry to the sport.

I LOVE HER ONODI!!! AAAHHH it's so gorgeous!

I love Nastia but the commentators are so biased with her, saying her only mistake was one wobble of her switch ring. She had lots of little balance checks in that routine. During Ivana's routine, everytime she had the smallest wobble they tutted about how she couldn't handle the pressure.

Amazing thing is, is that for any other gymnast this would be a homerun beam routine. If you're used to watching Nastia though it seems like a rough routine because of two or three errors.

i love her onodi

She and Jordyn Wieber have the best 2.5 twist dismounts off the beam. Love it!

she has the most beautiful movements of any gymnast i've ever seen.

So beautiful, forever.

I'm not a gymnast, so I can't really judge, but I thought I saw several wobbles in there. Either way, it was a REALLY good routine to watch!

she is just amazing

She had 3 visible balance checks, one after her sheep jump, one after her 180 wolf jump (which also broke her connection points), and a big one after her switch ring, and she had a hop on her landing. Yet the commentator said she had just one little error???

She does that switch leap 1/2 better than anyone ever!

she is my role model!! what an inspiration she is!

wow. she has very long lonegs and usually long legs are bendy.. and she keeps em straight! i love watching her everytime before i go to practice myself because it gets me motivated to be that good.

Espetacular Nastia

i LOVE her

omg... i actually heard myself yell come on nastia!!! that is so cool(:

@veevee305 her flip that she did with the one Legged is now called the Liukin

"right here, the dismount" YOU DON'T SAY

@jfluter Yep, she has a few little balance checks. Still a fantastic routine though.

they determine how difficult the routine was, and that part is called the Difficulty score, and they determine how well executed it was (execution score, which is out of 10.) then they add thw two scores together. At least im pretty sure. :)

the flip is called an onodi, and the jump that follows is called a wolf jump, and she performs it with a full turn.

Fantástico

Ugh I always hated how biased to her the commentators were. Tim made her sound so perfect when it wasn't a perfect routine. Yet they would pick apart all the others gymnasts. She really was beautiful, but the biased was so annoying. Tim really needs to be out

Leg below horizontal in the full turn (0.1 - 0.3 depending on how harsh the judges were) Wobble on the sheep jump (0.1) Wobble on the Onodi (0.1 deduction, 0.2 for broken connection) Large wobble on the split ring (0.5, as the leg came above horizontal) Crossed ankles in dismount (0.1) Small hop on dismount (0.1) The routine was graceful and beautiful, but it had a few technical errors, and the commentators were heavily biased towards Nastia, especially considering how harsh they were on other competitors.

The awkward moment when you didn't notice the commentators because Nastia's routine blew your mind.

Not the same as Shawn Johnson, but gorgeous and amazing still.

Does anyone know why wasn't her signiture move named after her in Beijing?

She’s made for the beam.

She is stunning, too bad she didn’t choose ballet!

does that mount have a value?

Its called an Onodi, named after hungarian gymnast Henrietta Onodi; although she wasnt the first to do it, That was a Soviet gymnast named Olga Mostepanova, right back in 1983. She didnt submit it at the 1983 World championships, so she didnt get it named after her sadly. Some knowledgeable commentator, not these two clowns, will call it a Mostepanova too;)

Yea it's an onodi

@chatterbox4131 I counted four mistakes

What's the move at 121 called?

@willsbob123 i think she has two .1s and a .5 deducted in this routine.

What was that "Half turn than walkover"Thing called? An ONODI?

"one small little mistake", she wobbled on a lot. It was just a little but it still counts.

She's 5'3" :)

I prefer her beam over shawn's

I hate how it looks like her knees hyper extend. No matter how beautiful her gymnastics is, her legs get to me every time.

probably w for wolf? :P

@flipnfly55 hahaha so do i!

Did she invent that move where she lands on one foot? Or just perfect it?

haha I would only be able to do the wolf jump :)

a lot of the recent gymnasts routines are the same. i hope the 2012 gymnasts spice it up a bit.

Is this score wrong? Her score seems a tad low even though she had a slight wobble.

shawn*

Like the romanian ones :)

@theBlondeFactory she's built more like a rhythmic gymnast.

The Arabian -3

at the last part, the woman commentator's words were cut off by the audience screams XD

@diamondzebra101 she got 2nd

nastias gymanstics is absolutly amazing but it freaks me out watching those twig legs. it seems like they are going to snap at any moment

What was her score?

after her onodi she did a little balance check, which means she broke the connection between that and the full turning wolf jump. so, the comentators don't have a clue.

i love how she has little make up on. Most gymnasts make their faces so colorful it looks so weird

She needs to learn to smile.......a smile can change everything!!

I like to put the video on mute and just watch her.

i saw her make like 5 mistakes!

Her legs remind me of taffy. Lol

the woman commentator annoys me, she talks too much!