Amy chow never got enough credit

Amy Chow is one of those fantastic people that make you wonder what more you can do in your own life. A beautiful Olympic Gold Medal Gymnast, a certified classical pianist, a straight-A student through high school, a Stanford degree in Biology and now a gradate from Stanford Medical School and a qualified physician / surgeon. What an amazingly gifted you woman. How did she have time to fit it all in!!!? Could her parents possible BE any prouder!!? :D

@kaylajones4356

6 жыл бұрын

She's so badass

@ella_encantada

5 жыл бұрын

And a mom too. She is truly amazing.

@b0rtie

2 жыл бұрын

Not to mention an accomplished pole vaulter and diver too. I honestly do not know how she managed to juggle everything.

Vanessa had so much natural talent, it was ridiculous. She was probably the single most gifted athlete of that quad that never made it to the Olympics.

@foodculture6355

5 жыл бұрын

Not really. She never medaled at worlds. She was not really a contender. A couple of good performances at a couple of minor meets don't make you great. She was pretty much a flop. She was not selected because she was not capable of handling the pressure of the Olympics.

@kristinb9617

5 жыл бұрын

I agree, she was my idol growing up. I met her at the 2015 American Cup and she is sooooo humble and sweet too.

@MissLilRedRooster

5 жыл бұрын

@@foodculture6355 I said she was gifted and had talent, which she very obviously did; I didn't say that she was successful at refining those gifts to win medals.

@Cmc995

4 жыл бұрын

She did bit unfortunately had emotional issues going on and was apparently going through hell and abuse behind the scenes

@ang212

3 жыл бұрын

@@foodculture6355 Your knowledge of her career is clearly very limited. She only had one World Championship she was eligible for before 2000, and it came when she began to have problems in her gymnastics. She was fantastic in 1997 and 1998 - had she been eligible in 1997 and had there been a World Championships in 1998 (there hasn't been a year without them *since then*) - she almost certainly would have had at least a couple World medals. She was very successful at the 1998 Goodwill Games. The timing of her peak years was unfortunately, terrible for her. Sounds like you didn't follow her career at the time, and have just clicked on a few KZread videos.

15 years later and the beginning still gives me the chills

@abbyfrie5295

8 жыл бұрын

16 years later

@2134knees

4 жыл бұрын

20 years later LOL.

Still get the chills when thinking about Atlanta. Magnificent.

So much respect for gymnasts like Maloney who competed such difficult tumbling passes when they could have competed much easier routines and still had a 10.0 start value

Dominique Daws always so poised, elegant, and mature. Even presented herself this way when she was young. She is such a beautiful, strong, classy woman; well spoken, intelligent and a great mentor for young female athletes. She interviews well and doesn’t use repetitive, nonsense clutch words such as ‘like’ and ‘fun’. My parents corrected me each time I misspoke when I was growing up. At the time I disliked it very much. I was frustrated, especially as a teen, that my parents never let speech and language skills slide. Today I am so grateful. Today, my kids don’t like it when I correct them.

I distinctly remember watching the 96 olympics as a kid and adoring the mag 7. Moceanu was my fave so it was disappointing that she did not do as well as I'm sure she'd hoped on this day. She's still a great role model and I appreciate her giving it all she had! Love Miller as well. Who can deny her talents?

@2134knees

7 жыл бұрын

She was competing in an injured ankle though so I thought she did great on her ankle!!!

I’ve never heard Valeri being so supportive lol he clearly changed his coaching technique after atler

@xxlistenxx2410

Ай бұрын

Different people need different coaching styles.

Amy's leg up full turn to jump with quarter turn on beam is absolutely beautiful!!

I feel the ‘98-2000 quad was actually very talented. I think they were pushed way too hard. USAG was really pushing them to be another Magnificent 7. They were too inexperienced. This was the height, maybe just the beginning actually, of tons of abuse in women’s gymnastics behind the scenes.

@tomgallowitz

Жыл бұрын

And don’t forget the 4 vets trying to prove that they still had it after Atlanta, look at Dawes only person to be on three consecutive Olympic Gymnastics teams we’ve seen people try to comeback a 2nd or 3rd time but they weren’t as good as they were in the past

@JB-sg1vy

Жыл бұрын

@@tomgallowitz Dawes was NOT as good as in the past and she actually did NOT MAKE the team. She was put ON the team by a horrible unfair system. She placed 7th at trials BEHIND Atler who should have been ON the team. Dawes who was an incredible gymnast for many years prior but should have only been an alternate and she really did NOT perform well at the Games themselves either

Could Al Trautwig be a little more classless? He needs to keep his mouth shut about things he has no business talking about, especially when he doesn't know the whole story. No one except Vanessa and her coaches do and making Vanessa out to be the villain is incredibly low and insensitive,

@mariahg6146

3 жыл бұрын

The fact that he said Dominique Moceanu was overweight...

@murasakino101

2 жыл бұрын

@@mariahg6146 Right? I was thinking what was the point of him bringing that up? Stuff like that is why a lot of gymnasts back them developed EDs and were underweight smh. She's a talented gymnast and he should have talked about that, NOT how her appearance used to be smh

look how young valeri liukin looks!!

Ahhhhh...... The era of the velour leo, lol.

I'm getting goosebumps. This is the most inspiring thing my admiration knows no boundaries for these girls

so much grace back then

Dominique Moceanu is a true champion.

@Saleigh

Жыл бұрын

Yea she is

If only they had started the 3-up 3-count system for Sydney. Atler may have made the team as a vault specialist. But then there was so much hype/expectation surrounding her, she just couldn’t handle the pressure.

Elise Rays beam.. Absolutely stunning!

@dazem8

8 жыл бұрын

You can def tell she has a skilled background as a dancer on top of gymnastics. The way she moves is very fluid and elegant, more so than other gymnasts. Impressive!

I can’t believe people said D M was fat that’s horrible she’s beautiful went through a lot

Vanessa alter is beautiful like a rose blooming

I never understood why she (Vanessa Atler) didn't just stop competing bars...she was such a strong competitor on the other 3 events.

@elishadees

2 жыл бұрын

I think in the Quad she competed in you had to be an AA gymnast :/

Some of Alter's floor music sounds like Miller's from Alanta.

Maloney.....i cant say what it is, but she just doesn't have that world class feel. A LOT of her execution looks sloppy and I just can't help but think that had she existed in any other era, she wouldn't be in sniffing distance of National Championships.

@ang212

3 жыл бұрын

What's odd is I feel this improved greatly in her college years. She just looks so much cleaner. I guess with the higher difficulty, she was just more raggedy.

I understand this may be an unpopular opinion however...Miller should have been on that team. She was a veteran and also such a gamer!

@2134knees

3 жыл бұрын

She was injured I think,which is why she didn't compete on all 4 events.

I know the 1996 games happened 26 yrs ago, and this is 4 years later; and no I do not understand a lot of the choices made in routine composition and skills chosen. However, I do know that Dawes was an untapped talent.

I love Vanessa’s gymnastics but she said years later that she hated gymnastics and was so relieved when she didn’t make the 2000 team. Is it possible to be so good at something you say you hate?

@kellyshahan2550

4 жыл бұрын

I said the same thing when I was swimming I was so good at it that I hated it. I was in a similar situation like Vanessa of all the pressure and to win. If you mess up you get yelled and at screamed at. She said she hated gymnastics because of the pressure of competing . Same thing with me. We both liked similar sports but the fun was taken away.

@mercuryfever392

2 жыл бұрын

You think she threw the competition on purpose so she wouldn't have to?

Calling Moceanu "overweight" is horrible, and insane on top of that. She wasn't 13 years old anymore, she looked like a woman. It's WOMEN'S Artistic Gymnastics! So glad the Karolyi's (and Al Trautwig) are gone.

@mariahg6146

3 жыл бұрын

Thank God they FINALLY gave Al the boot. Could you imagine anyone calling a gymnast overweight today???

@saragrant9749

3 жыл бұрын

@@mariahg6146 today's gymnasts would knock his teeth in.

@CarlsCozyCorner

3 жыл бұрын

@@saragrant9749 yeah. I imagine if Simone Biles were to compete in this, she'd be called overweight. One high kick to the face would fix that

@mercuryfever392

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly. The Karolyi's over exercised and trained their athletes and denied them food because they knew if they could delay puberty, those girls would hit their routines. That's why she looked 12 in 1996 instead of 14.

Elise Ray was so hyped up. She got blown past by the Russians and Romanians in Sydney.

So many what-ifs during this quad. What if Vanessa had a better coaching/support system? What if Kristen didn’t have all those injuries? What if Elise didn’t have a weird outing at the Olympic Games? What if Dominique Moceanu’s dad didn’t fire Luminita(so?) the coach who helped her win the Goodwill games. *sigh*

@robdurdain5912

3 жыл бұрын

Kristen was a sloppy gymnast who in any other era would be irrelevant. I think Atler, Moceanu, and to a lesser degree Ray were the only ones with any potential on the big stage.

@2134knees

3 жыл бұрын

And the Moceanu issue was an injury while training for Olympic Trials. What if she'd gone to MLT sooner?

Did Atler change coaches before worlds 99 then again before this competition?

@kras118

3 жыл бұрын

She left the Rybakis after 99 Nationals but stayed in California, so she was just training at another local gym for 99 Worlds. Afterwards, she was supposed to go to Texas to train with Bela, but then he was selected as national team coordinator, a position he couldn’t hold while training gymnasts for the team. He recommended Liukin to Vanessa, so she moved to WOGA.

obsessed with amy's bars especially the pike jaeger + pak

Maloney's first reaction when she finds out she's in the lead: "Better get out of here before I'm hugged to death."

Big mistake putting Bela in charge. It showed with no medals won by any women.

@Cmc995

3 жыл бұрын

Also they said ‘He calls Morgan white the Most stable’ ... really!? She was quite unstable as seen after every even that didn’t go perfect. This quad of girls was very talented but it was the beginning of a very abusive era in gymnastics.

Morgan White was too high coming onto the horse in both vaults, or maybe she missed her hands a bit. Doesn't get a good block.

Why didn’t Shannon only do one event and tapped on the other 3 ?

@2134knees

3 жыл бұрын

Injury I believe but to do OT she had to at least touch every apparatus.

Dominique got totally screwed over. The pressure from Bella to perform was haunting her. He made her do a bar routine in front of her teammates at warm ups like 16 times when she was 14. She said her hands were on fire they were burning so bad. The Karolyi's didn't care if she got injured or competed injured. In 1996 the reason she fell on her vaults was she had some kind of injury in a bone in her leg or something. They wouldn't give it enough time to heal and then she has to train and warm up at the Olympics. I think it was a stress fracture.

If only Vanessa Atler could have been a beam specialist ❤

Vanessa Atler on floor and beam were always just fantastic (though funny enough, her floor routine was recycled by Valeri for his own daughter Nastia in 2008, you know, when she won gold?) and it's such a shame how her career ended. So many of these girls are obviously anxious because of everything going on behind the scenes, not only in their personal life but how they were trained. I'm enjoying the nostalgia of watching old school gymnastics but it is appalling just how underweight those girls were. Especially if you go back to like 1990-1996. And even MORE appalling was when they used to blast their weight on the screen. 2000 seems to be when that shift towards compact, muscular shapes became to trickle in. Mental health may still be treated like shit in our society in regards to athletes but at least gymnasts of all *healthy* shapes and sizes are represented.

Also, I see Vanessa Atler in these competitions and cannot help but think Atler was just a couple of cycles too late...She could have been a Vault Specialist and a Beam Specialist (like Annia and Mohini were in 2004). She could have done Beam and Vault in 2008!!

@jojox9791

4 жыл бұрын

You mean too soon?

@2134knees

4 жыл бұрын

@@jojox9791 yes I meant too soon sorry.

@robdurdain5912

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah she would be amazing on the 2008 team. She could literally replace both Sam and Bridget, as both would be irrelevant with Vanessa around. She could do 3 events in team finals, leaving Sacramone probably to do only vault, and they would be fine now with Memmel doing only bars. They could focus on trying to get a super bars specialist to do bars over Johnson for the last spot now and more would see that was their only way on the team and would focus on that as she should have (eg Ashley Preiss) rather than pointlessly, foolishly, overfocusing on the AA.

@b0rtie

Ай бұрын

If you think about it, she was in the right quad. Amanar, Raducan and Zamo all had less than stellar bar routines and yet were major contenders. Atler was in the same camp, in my opinion. She didn’t need a spectacular bar routine, she just needed help to get her past the mental block. She needed to be like Aly Raisman, get through bars and excel on the other 3 events and Atler would’ve been right up there with the leaders.

I'm so used to the scoring system now, I'm having a little trouble figuring out what a good score is

@aarulf

7 жыл бұрын

Same here. It took me a few videos to realize and I think 9.5 or higher is good. Low 9's is okay, and anything below a 9 isn't good.

@wentworthprisonedits3454

5 жыл бұрын

I can't figure out the new scoring today.

@wentworthprisonedits3454

5 жыл бұрын

@@aarulf 10.0 is the highest you could get during this time. I could never score the routines with the new score system. I remember watching TV with a notepad to see how close my score was that the judges gave.

Amy chow is awesome

They never said where Jenny Thompson was

@kras118

3 жыл бұрын

I know :/ I always want them to give updates on the various top gymnasts of the quad who aren’t at Trials.

Love Vanessa.

The fluff piece in the beginning is horrible

what a mess of a cohort that qaudrennium, smh. Bela Karolyi definitely missed the mark on many of these gymnasts. E.g., Morgan White was NOT "stable" or even close to world-class for an Olympic team. Maloney and Moceanu were always hurt. Atler was a headcase and already broken. Ray was so overrated and overscored in the USA. Dawes was a shell of her former self with mediocre and messy routines. And if the team is relying on a gymnast like Schwikert to start for Team USA during the Olympics, then you know your team depth sucks! Just goes on and on, smh...........

I feel if Elise didn’t have the fall in the aa final she really could’ve maybe have gotten a all around medal

@robdurdain5912

3 жыл бұрын

I doubt it. She redid her vaults on the new vault and they were her best. Add her highest beam score of the game from prelims to her bar and floor scores (she hit both) and the redone vault score which she also hit, and she is still several tenths below Olaru and Xuan.

Morgan white had some severe anxiety going on.

Bells seems like a nice man.

Poor Dominique M had too many personal life issues I think, she really fell apart after ‘96

@jojox9791

4 жыл бұрын

She looked better as she grew. Emotionally it was too much. Im so glad they upped the age to compete senior. Most og bella's girls to this day defend him and many think she was just too young. Her family ruined her

@ilikeyoutube836

4 жыл бұрын

I wouldn't say she fell apart. She won the 98 goodwill games, and would have gone to the 2000 Olympics if she hadn't been injured

@Cmc995

3 жыл бұрын

Kym Jacobs she has good gymnastics still but she was out of shape and injured for most of it. She had a lot of personal things happening. I’m glad she’s come out in recent years against the type of coaching in those years, it’s why all these girls were injured so much. Being forced to train 10 hours a day, no water, only 1000 calories a day etc.

Bars are so hard

I am so sorry guys but Kristen's gymnastics is so sloppy and unimpressive. Her form is horrendous and she looks bad on beam and floor.

@marieked

7 жыл бұрын

Latonya Wallace I was never a fan of her gymnastics, though she got better in NCAA

@Diemme_

5 жыл бұрын

Maloney was a mediocre gymnast who lucked out in that she was physically and emotionally stable while the more talented athletes were injured or melting down. And it was a very weak quad for US gymnastics.

@garyolson1644

3 жыл бұрын

Excuse me? Kristin Maloney was seriously underappreciated in her time. Her power on floor was unprecedented. At this point in time to throw the three tumbling passes she did? Seriously, her routine on floor would still be competitive for medals today!

@mht4908

3 жыл бұрын

@@garyolson1644 Yes her floor routine was the most competitive in that quad, but her choreography doesn't draw you into the routine

@2134knees

3 жыл бұрын

I love Kristen Maloney personally. I am drawn to her power on floor and to her on bars.

Is all this hugging necessary? Seriously, after each routine, hugging, touchy, feely so creepy. And who wants a hug when you just worked out and feel hot and sweaty? I don’t even hug my family members that much. It would be like hugging them each time you walk by someone. There were no boundaries in gymnastics. It’s so weird. And fake anyway. It was all for show. Although I have to say, I have never seen Valeri Liuken, (?spelling), and Al Fong hug the athletes.

Dantzsher is lucky she didn’t injure her knees landing that double Arabian locked out like that.

I love moceanu but that floor music/choreography is just bad:/

@laurenhawthorne6339

7 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I think her floor was much better in 1998. It's a real shame how everything unraveled after those championships.

👏👏👏👏

Mary Lee Tracy wasn't much better than the other coaches at that time. From what I understand, she could be really unkind.

RIP Vanessa Atler. You were always my favourite ❤️

Anyone think Vanessa would have done better at Olympics than Elise Ray did?

@jojox9791

4 жыл бұрын

Physically yes. But psychologically no.

@grantdesjardins764

3 жыл бұрын

@@jojox9791 Psychologically Ray failed at the Games. She performed MUCH worse than here or at the Trials. And that was even before the vault fiasco.

Omg Al saying :”what about how fragile she is?!” What an insensitive comment.

"What about how fragile she is??" Shut the hell up John. I wish he was fired already. Anyone watching in 2018?

@JennaLeigh

5 жыл бұрын

A MASSIVE part of training is mental toughness. Its absolutely possible to have an error like that and still come out strong. She damn near crumbled.

@mercuryfever392

2 жыл бұрын

@@JennaLeigh She was I'm a fragile state of mind. She needed a little more compassion. MLT and Valeri are expecting them to just build a bridge and get over it.

🙄 bela

@jojox9791

4 жыл бұрын

Loved his gymnast 99.9% still stay in touch and love him

@mariahg6146

3 жыл бұрын

@@jojox9791 hmmmm.... 😂 don’t think so

Does anyone else think that maybe Valeri was not the right coacch for Vanessa? If she was going to leave the Rybakis maybe she should have gone to MLT at Cincinati?

@kras118

7 жыл бұрын

She was supposed to go with Bela, but then he was made team coordinator, and he couldn't have a gymnast competing. He arranged for Vanessa to go to WOGA

@2134knees

3 жыл бұрын

But why not MLT?

@mercuryfever392

2 жыл бұрын

@@2134knees Didn't MLT not have the nicest personality?

@b0rtie

Ай бұрын

I wish she could’ve been reunited with Luminita (sp?), the Romanian coach she had in 1998. That was the best gymnastics Moceanu had ever displayed.

These girls are too amazing for words. Forgive me for saying this ballet dancers but this looks harder to me. Of course I'm not an expert.

@sonya3367

3 жыл бұрын

They're equally as hard. Just completely different.

@sonya3367

3 жыл бұрын

An example: most gymnasts have trouble with pirouettes. Ballet dancers? Not so much. Different skills. Different priorities. Ballet is an art form. Gymnastics is a sport.

I'll never forget how shocking it was when Vanessa Atler first came onscreen during this event. Bloated and looked severely depressed. A total mess. Wasn't even the same person that had competed in previous years. Her parents shouldn't have allowed her to compete at Nationals and she shouldn't have been within a light year of the Olympic trials.

@ang212

5 жыл бұрын

Skill-wise she deserved to be there. Not sure what "bloated" has to do with anything - Vanessa was never stick thin and she didn't have to be - her muscular body was the reason why her gymnastics was so powerful. An 18-year old woman whose puberty was likely delayed due to her training grew bigger since the last time you saw her? No way!

@JennaLeigh

5 жыл бұрын

Im not seeing this bloat. She looks damn good to me!

@jojox9791

4 жыл бұрын

@@JennaLeigh i dont see it either. She worked her ass off her entire life. She was determined to try