I love how amazed they are that Vanessa has an "internet website"

@mackenzierose1292

7 жыл бұрын

LaurenAnyone the internet was new in 98'

@Lovememore231

Жыл бұрын

I miss life before the internet

The search for the cure. Treating Vanessa's bars like it is cancer! What a crime she was not on 2000 team!!

@mackenzierose1292

7 жыл бұрын

BuckHollywood she psyched herself out of the olympics

@saragrant9749

3 жыл бұрын

@@mackenzierose1292 her coaches pushed her way too hard, finally making her not even want to do it anymore. More often than not an athlete who "psyches themself out" has been pushed too hard by others.

@Cmc995

Жыл бұрын

We wish she was there but she’s actually said she was relieved she wasn’t going to the Olympics and had been wanting to quit since ‘99

@chitownlokito

11 ай бұрын

She wasn’t worth it. She failed

@GymnasticsIsLife333

6 ай бұрын

She should’ve gone. The U.S was stacked on bars. She could’ve just done vault and floor, which was where they were weakest. She even could’ve done beam, where she consistently got wonderful scores.

I miss these competitions. I wish they’d bring them back.

@melissagold9491

6 жыл бұрын

I’m also relieved that Al learned how to pronounce Pen Argyl correctly before the Sydney Games.

@biggestgymfan7230

3 жыл бұрын

Same I loved them we need them back

I loved Ling Jie's beam. I rarely see beam routines like that anymore. Imagine if she could've connected that BHS + Onodi to her front aerial. What a gorgeous series either way!

I LOVED Corina's floor! Nice music! Dance! and Tumbling! Great floor routine overall!

@TCVicious29

3 жыл бұрын

She did great! It’s actually the same music that Aurelia Dobre used in ‘87 to win her world AA title, but different choreo; a great performance!

These fluff pieces on Vanessa really got out of hand. I would have stopped NBC from talking to her about anything bars related at all. So dramatic. How many times do gymnasts like Aly and Simone have errors on bars and it's just not a big deal. The 90s fluffs were crazy. A couple falls and they were already acting like Vanessa had some huge problem. I'm surprised her coaches even allowed NBC to talk to her after seeing these constant and unnecessary fluffs.

All these years later, and I still remember that Kristy met her boyfriend at TGI Fridays lol

Sang lan 😭 it’s so sad seeing her here after what happened a few months after this

Elfie is relentless and abrasive. Let’s see her get up on beam and hit a perfect routine.

@JennaLeigh

5 жыл бұрын

Elfi was a gymnast- considered one of the best canadian gymnasts of all time.

@lilbatz

3 жыл бұрын

I watched most of this meet with the volume off. What a pack of harpies. You can pick a part routines without sounding outraged.

@alicemcfarlane9717

3 ай бұрын

​@@JennaLeigh... & yet never won an Olympic medal. The end.

Oh Al, Sydney wasn't so mystical, if only you knew that then.

I forgot what a hot mess this meet was. Everyone looked bone tired.

I hate it when if an athlete has a bad performance the coach walks away from them, instead of doing their job of coaching, corrections, or helping them see past it. That's their job. If they walk away from an athlete, I always feel like they care more about their reputation than the athlete. No wonder their athlete is faltering.

It’s so sad that Sang Lan got paralyzed this year.😔 (1998)

Rybecki is so ignorant for destroying Vannessa's dreams!

This is some of the most insane judging... ever?

Holy cow they are so mean to Vanessa Alter. At least her coach was encouraging!

The Romanians just look exhausted

Why did Andreea Isarescu only get 9.3 on floor? She performed beautifully.

@christianclarkson571

4 жыл бұрын

It's possible she didn't have a 10.0 start value. In 1998, a 9.7-9.8 would be an excellent score (it wasn't really possible to get a 10.0 any more in '98) so a 9.3 was OK, but not great. Since her execution was pretty good, it's likely she just didn't have enough hard elements to start from a 10.

@TsubasaDreams

3 жыл бұрын

her routine only started from a 9.7 based on my calculations.

was kendall beck's music "greased lightning?"

@traciejimenez2589

4 жыл бұрын

Yes! Sounds exactly like it anyways.

Did Olaru ever compete the full on beam again?

Sang Lan is beautiful =)

@amybrown7723

8 жыл бұрын

+kras118 I know. It's such a shame what happened to her four months later

Does anyone else think Maria’s bars look better here then they did in Sydney

I was born this year. This is crazy!

what ahppened with olaru 's floor?

Also - these commentators are such jerks to the Chinese...

@mackenzierose1292

7 жыл бұрын

LaurenAnyone the chinese are so professional and I think better than usa

Prayers for the guy in the hospital good luck to all the teams I wish Nadia was there

The scoring at this competition is really weird lol some over scored and some under scored

very different Romanian team than what they have become now

Why did this year have an "International Team Gymnastics Championships "" but no World All Around or whatever? That's weird??

@kras118

7 жыл бұрын

The US hosted this meet from 1997-2001 as a friendly competition. Before 2000, it was the norm for the FIG to not host a Worlds every year (with the exception of the 1993-96 quad). 1998 was an off year for Worlds this quad

@Altoclarinets

5 жыл бұрын

in addition to what kras118 said, the major international competition in the mid quad year for several decades was the Goodwill Games. The 98 Goodwills didn't have a team competition, instead featuring Mixed Pairs competition with a MAG and WAG athlete competing together, but they had all-around and event finals for all of the countries that were considered major contenders in the sport at the time - ex-USSR bloc, Romania, US, China along with some others. After the end of the Cold War their impetus faded out - 98 was the last time they were held in a mid-quad year, and the final edition of the GWG was held in 2001.

@casandraleff4462

4 жыл бұрын

It was a terrible decision not to hold Worlds in ‘98 in this quad. With the minimum age also changing from 15 to 16, many gymnasts, including Vanessa Atler, Jamie Dantzscher, Ling Jie and Maria Olaru didn’t have the chance to compete at a World Championship until 1999.

these gymnasts are very good

For some reason this talented girl has it in her head that she cant do the bars, something happened and it's a shame I blame her coaching all the way back to the beginning, , Vanessa would have had to over come it herself which she just could never do.

Don't worry just have fun

Ummm Al's math is WAAAY off. The Olympics weren't 17months away. This comp was March of 1998! Lol

@patriciacullen7044

9 жыл бұрын

He's actually right. The opening ceremony for the Sydney Olympics wasn't until September 15, 2000. This is due to the fact Sydney is in the Southern Hemisphere, where the seasons are a bit different than they are in the US. At that time, when it was fall here, it was spring Down Under.

@tackssherbo7104

8 жыл бұрын

+Patricia Cullen Did I miss something, Patricia? if this 1998 International team competition was held in March of 1998, then March of 2000 would be two years (24 months) away, right? From March 2000 to September 2000 is another 6 months. So wouldn't that be 30 months, not 17??

These commentators appear to hate American gymnasts. Weird

Ellie got fired now let's remove Tim!!!!!!!!

@almajurisic16

8 жыл бұрын

+Robert Crompton They replaced her with Nastia Luikin I think.

@mackenzierose1292

7 жыл бұрын

Luke Black elfie didnt get fired she took a job commentating on Canadian tv where she is from

God Tim is so irritating to hear commentate lol

Vanessa could have easily done the Amanar!

hello I'm french

this was so annoying by Al, Tim, and Elfie. Jeesh.

no one even comes close to the form of the Chinese

How the F*#k does Vanessa's beam routine get a 9.55? Touches the beam and a few big breaks. It's such a shame that the USA got totally over scored but what can you expect . No wonder why other counties stopped sending gymnast to the American cup aka US Championships

@lb7617

7 жыл бұрын

But even if she got a 9.000 on her beam routine the USA would've still won this event

@matthewdunaway7739

5 жыл бұрын

they got awfully picky with Olaru's floor start value. Romanians usually over twisted the leap to get credit. Olaru did a leap that was maybe a tad short, but look at the americans leaps sometimes. Way worse.

The judges are to picky

At 15:09, that's NOT a Yang Bo like Elfi says. Such lies ... haha

Atler’s coaches should have just changed the transition between low to high bar. I remember she fell more on this than anything else. I’m so sick of these commentators. Everything was a disaster according to them. Always overly critical. “Unbelievable” “no, no” like stfu Tim.

@murasakino101

2 жыл бұрын

I agree. If she kept falling on it, maybe she could have stood on the low bar to get to the high one like a few people did. It really annoyed me when the commentators kept judging her. "It's just getting to the high bar. It should be easy" like bars and beam are probably the events where gymnasts tend to second guess themselves on a lot.

@Bxltz_on_30fps

2 жыл бұрын

Ikr same with Elfie

The Romanians look fairly emaciated - especially Claudia Presecan. They must be starved by their coaches. I don't know what flaw in logic leads them to think starvation will produce better quality gymnastics. Also, the constant references to the Chinese gymnasts' smiles makes me think the team was specifically instructed by some higher authority to appear happy. That coach berating one gymnast because she was told to smile during her routine and didn't... It feels forced.

@mindyschocolate

4 жыл бұрын

SchlichteToven they all did, including the US in the 70’s-90’s. Hopefully the women and girls in this decade are fairing better healthy weight-wise.

@casandraleff4462

4 жыл бұрын

There are occasional stories about them being underfed, but Alexandra Marinescu and Maria Olaru have also said there was a lot of bulimia among the gymnasts in Deva - both vomiting and diuretics. Speaking of Presecan specifically, she had problems with anemia at the Olympics. I don’t know if that was a long-term issue for her or not.

Poor Vanessa. She was clearly physically and mentally exhausted. Her coach should've refused to coach her for 6 months and tell her to take time off. She would've been so angry and hungry after that time she probably would've done better. Think if she had the Romanian coach. She would be so annoyed at him that she would perform in spite of him. Wrong coaching choice for her. She needed a bit more ignoring and not so much attention on her. like Belu style. like, prove it to me.

@mackenzierose1292

7 жыл бұрын

ppas szeessn she psyched herself out of going to the olympics

@alicemcfarlane9717

3 ай бұрын

Actually, Vanessa has since said that Steve giving her the cold shoulder after Nationals was WORSE than being yelled at (publicly). It was akin to emotional abandonment. However, I do agree that she needed another coach. As much as I loathe MLT, I can't help but wonder how things would've turned out under her tutorlage. Vanessa needed a warm, supportive friend on her side... NOT a bully monster like Steve Rybacki. Don't even get me started on Beth... 😡

Steve Rybacki...or however it is spelled...please fix your teeth!!! you aren't a bad looking dude....the teeth would put you over the edge

@Constantin9va

4 жыл бұрын

Michael Shelley NO! Fix your temper and anger issues Steve! His problems do NOT lie in his appearance!

@alicemcfarlane9717

3 ай бұрын

Steve was an emotional bully. He rode his way to the Sydney Olympics solely on Jamie's back. How ironic it was that - up until 1999 - Jamie had always been 2nd pick. Always the bridesmaid & never the bride. Never the focus of attention - that dubious honour went to Vanessa (& we all saw how THAT turned out). Steve & Beth Rybacki no longer talk to Jamie, & have not long resumed contact with Vanessa as an adult. IMHO they failed them both.

the commentators mostly did their " schooling" when the Romanians are competing especially during vault for the Romanians.

there a vietnamese girl gymnastic go to 1998 Olypmic here. and she is my classmate

Been a while but still can’t believe again the 🇺🇸 got over scored. That was Romanians gold but what do you spect. No long is just strong but dry as the dessert. Atler should had gotten lower scores but the judges felt bad for her.

Romania is always such a sob story LOL Can't finish this one, it just SUCKS.

I couldn't make it past the first 15 minutes: the commentaries are so dumb i nearly threw my cup at my tv.

Those front giants the Romanian used to do… 🤢🤢🤢 I don’t know how they got so many medals with such disgusting form

@06UH

Жыл бұрын

Everyone including them knew that that was their weakness but they were incredibly strong on all the other events which made up for it

@jenmareck8669

Жыл бұрын

wow, rude

@b0rtie

28 күн бұрын

I felt like the judges were a little more than generous with the bar scores the Romanians received during the team final at the 2000 Olympics. Most of them, save for Isarescu (sp?) had pretty horrid form on the bars. It also makes you think, that even with Russia’s many mistakes during the team finals, they still were within a few tenths of winning the team gold.