The true olympic champion. Grace, dance skills, great tumble, everything in Andrea Raducan. I miss you.

Simona Amanar gave Andrea her gold medal back. Liu Xuan refused the bronze medal, which has remained kept into a CIO safe ever since. Andreea, the true Queen at Sidney 2000, got hundreds of symbolic medals on her neck and a real medal (yes, one made from gold). If all these facts mean nothing to you, than ... I couldn't care less. Andreea Raducan will always remain in history as one of the best gymnast ever!

@lizzie7654

4 жыл бұрын

Well apparently the medication she took is no longer banned under modern rules 🤷. Even at the time most thought it was unfair. :-(

@michaelrogers172

3 жыл бұрын

I'm just heartbroken that she hasn't got a gold medal in Sydney when what happened at that time but at least you got inducted into the Hall of Fame for the international in 2018 that I saw a video

@azfadaniel8203

3 жыл бұрын

If Liu Xuan refused the bronze medal, why not give it to Ekaterina Lobaznyuk? She in 4th place in AA right?

@singsongeric

2 жыл бұрын

@@azfadaniel8203 it was just a gesture to show solidarity and sportsmanship. She will forever be recognized "officially" as the bronze medalist whether or not she physically has the medal.

@fabianfilipponi7599

Жыл бұрын

She has clearly the form of an Olympic champion. She was in perfect form in Sidney. One of the best Olympic champions I’ve ever seen

I remember watching this when I was 10 and hoping she would do great because this was the routine that would ensure her the medal.later that day when the medals were awarded, everyone in the world saw three Romanian flags rising.We won gold, silver and bronze. I don't care what they say, she deserved that medal, she worked for it. I guess envy goes very deep...

She probably did deserve the gold. However, the 2000 AA was a disaster from start to finish, and Raducan was just the last casualty.

The all around competition was a mess and many gymnats suffered because the vault and Raducan because of the policy no longer in place that didn't help her win. Its so sad to see them work so incredibly hard and then their dreams be crushed because of others mistakes.

I feel like crying everytime I see her perform. I wish I could make a gold medal myself and give it to her.

This floor exercise is the best I`ve ever seen!

This girl is amazing

The all time favorite champion in my mind....she is the best!! performance 10/10 even sick.

Watching this, one can readily see how the Sudafed gave her a little extra boost.... :/ (That was sarcasm, by the way.) Seriously, Andreea deserves this gold all the more for, A) having to vault on a faulty horse, B) Staying incredibly consistent when virtually everyone else in this meet faltered, and C) Doing this all while woozy from cold medicine. The IOC should be ashamed of itself.

As if cold medicine helped her in any way perform... give me a break IOC. Andreea imo was the very best gymnast of those games.

gosh this was amazing on the night. still gives me chills

Aw, such beautiful work. Andreea's brand of gymnastics was refreshing in every sense of the word. Screw the IOC and the FIG - she's my AA champion! And she could have easily taken a medal on floor too if they hadn't stupidly sabotaged her routine by telling her about the investigation.

Unforgettable moment of Gym history! My best floor ever! Love Raducan! Thank's Romania.

Everything in this routine is just PERFECT! So, why just 9,825 ??? Can someone tell me why? Oh, sorry, I forgot - Andreea is just a romanian !

@londonstewart2544

2 жыл бұрын

Ik this is 13 years ago and you’ll probably never see this but she was short on her 2.5 twist to punch front but covered it and barely made her triple twist but other than that no deductions it should have been 9.9+ at least

Hey IOC - up yours!!! You can throw out whatever decisions you want, but the world of Gymnastics never has and never will belong to you! It belongs to all the gymnasts and fans right across the globe who hold this sport dear to our hearts. And despite what your records say, our hearts say that Andreea Raducan was and always will be the true Olympic Champion of Sydney 2000!

@adrianapotarniche5130

2 ай бұрын

Ea se lupta și în ziua de azi sa-si ia înapoi medalia de aur și, la cât e de ambițioasă, va reuși. I s-a luat pe nedrept.

Thank you very much! Fantastic! However, it is amazing to see how images deteriorate in a very short time!

VERY VERY DIFFICULT WORK, VERY WELL DONE BRILLIANT! FANTASTIC WORK! BLESSINGS TO YOU!

Seriously give her gold medal back. If the Olympic committee could go for a great deal to disqualify the team medal of China, and handed it to USA after almost a decade since the Sydney Olympic. I don't see an issue with reinstating Raducan as the rightful AA champion as that cold medicine is no longer banned since 2001.

Tudo nesta mulher é lindo inclusive o nome

Andreea is one of my favorite gymnasts

Love this routine!!!!!!!!!

what was also sad was that they told her right before the floor final- which she would have been the favorite to win. she might have got another medal instead of falling if they had waited.

One of my favorite gymnasts. :)

More gymnasts should have Irish music for their floor routines (like her and Moceanu)

I love her landings!

OMGGG She is my gymnastics teacher...

I think of this Olympics in gymnastics the Olympics where everything went wrong for everyone. It's as if the whole stadium had collapsed and people were killed.

That seems an act of a true champion. I`ve always seen Amanar as a great gymnast.

Whenever her and her teammates got back to Romania, Simona Amanar returned the gold medal to her. She was also given many gifts from the Romanian people such as flowers and jewelry as thanks for representing her country so well. Amanar refuses to acknowledge herself as the Olympic champion even though she technically is the 'official' winner. Raducan has petitioned to have a hearing to hopefully receive the credit that she deserves as the true women's all-around gold medalist at the Sydney games

nice music.........riverdance

awesome! a perfect gymnast a perfect routine!. She doesn't need that Medal cuz we all know that she is the best with or without it.

Incredible! She was the real winner.

watch the one from '99!!! i like it vvv much :P

i wish the IOC would give Andreea the gold medal she earned

@alittlebeatle , agreed.

She should get her gold back. Though the whole AA was a farce because of the problems with the vault. The girls who fell because of the error should have had a do-over.

@withlove312

10 жыл бұрын

They did allow the girls who had vaulted on the wrong height a do over. But they didn't stop the competition and make an announcement, so many went on thinking they had lost it completely and made other mistakes like Khorkina, so it didn't matter if they did a better vault. Others still had been injured and couldn't participate. The officials did just about everything wrong.

@ajhornell

10 жыл бұрын

withlove312 True. In my opinion the officials should have stopped the entire competition and pushed it back a day. Sure they would've fallen ridiculously behind schedule but it would've been less embarrassing and shameful in the long run for everyone involved. Also in my opinion Khorkina was set up by the FIG. I have a hard time buying that they just "overlooked" a few centimeters on that apparatus. Everything about that story just seems fishy. How did that vault even get that low when there are specific requirements that are followed before every single event for the safety of the gymnasts? They had received complaints all day about that Vault not feeling right even Raducan said it didn't feel right yet she being super short was able to put her feet down to get a decent score. But it takes an Australian Gymnast to get someone to actually go and take a look and then right in the middle of competition decided to set it right after your highest qualifier failed on her attempts on the vault and then took that over with her to her bars set. They waited.... They waited for her to either hit or miss her bar routine to set the vault right and give her another attempt when they knew damn well it was pointless by that time. My point is that they did not want Khorkina as the Olympic AA champion then or ever. Little did they know that by setting up the Queen of gymnastics controversy, that they unleashed even more with Raducans drug testing ordeal. Karma is a bitch too bad it has Andrea caught in the middle. To me she should have her gold back none of the circumstances I just spoke about were her doing or fault.

@withlove312

10 жыл бұрын

Well, I definitely disagree about there being a conspiracy to keep Khorkina from winning, since that makes, forgive me, absolutely no sense. The truth is the FIG and IOC were being stupid and proud, and it wouldn't be the first or last time that they screwed over athletes with their mistakes. But there's no way that it was done to set up Khorkina or any gymnast. The reality is far more banal and meaningless - it was just several dumb mistakes after another, culminating in an attempt to save face by denying Raducan her gold.

@hayleycarlton9475

10 жыл бұрын

ajhornell True! Started from scratch. The girls who did fall, it ruined their whole momentum. And by setting up Khorkina, they just cemented her place in history. The least they could do at this point in time is to give Andreea her medal back. That drug isn't even on the ban list any more.

@ajhornell

10 жыл бұрын

withlove312 I see where you are coming from but I still find it extremely suspicious. Khorkina was not looked on highly for her character outside of gymnastics at that point anyway having posed nude for a magazine, flaunting a "Diva" like personality and being extremely outspoken in general. I still don't think that the FIG wanted her to be the face of the Olympic AA champion due to being an extremely controversial figure. I would NEVER put it past the FIG to do something like that when they have been known to be corrupt for the right amount of money or power. Thats just my opinion anyway. I don't with all respect understand how they saved face by denying (to this day) Raducan of her gold medal to me it just made it look even worse.

@itstheapocalypse yes,i exagerated and i will delete that comment,but i was so frustrated in that moment by so many negative comment about a gymnast who was in her such a short career,nothing but greatness.

@Gr33nkiwi Simona Amanar (her teammate who originally placed second) gave the medal to her so even though amanar is listed as the winner Andreea has the medal. Also Liu Xuan (original fourth place winner) refused to take the bronze so the IOC still has that medal, unless they awarded it as some other competition

0:17 my favourite part! love you andreea, you're the best!

She is darling and AMAZING!

ROMANIA THE BEST!!! ALWAYS!!! LOVE U RADUCAN!! U'RE THE ONLY WINNER!

she's magic *-*

Eu acho a Andreaa Raadukhann um atleta completa!

It doesn't, and they said as much. It was just a trace amount. You'd have to take a LOT for it to enhance your performance. It's ridiculous. And she's not the first or the last to have that happen. Usually, what happens is there IS a legal one and the athlete is told the type is legal and it turns out it isn't. Same happened to Silken Laumann at the 1995 PanAmerican Games, and to pair skater Elena Berezhnaya at the 2000 European Championships. There should be some middle ground.

I like this girl

she had such an artistic landing pose. Exquisite.

Someday she will get her Olympic gold medal back.

linda, linda, linda, mi favorita¡

@Gr33nkiwi Not just her, but they should give all the ones who have lost their medals b/c of this type of things their gold, too. It's happened in other sports, too. So ridiculously unfair! She EARNED this medal!

@Gr33nkiwi It was actually put back on recently =\

@djprojectus I'm American, and I think she deserved the gold.

aww it's still hard to watch this.....you see how overjoyed and elated she is. And to think, only a few days later, everything would fall apart for her....

I wonder if she still feels sad for losing the medal, I just wanna give her a hug.

I can't believe they took away her medal, she clearly won

actually no it wouldn't have, it's actually a perfomance decreasing drug and if causes dizziness so she really could have injured herself out there :(

That was the main CIO goal: to make her leave gym! U saw how good she was! Btw, her nickname was "New Nadia"!

simple gorgeous! :)

She should got at least 9,900 for that routine!

not really. Khorkina took a spill off the bars as well. She did the same thing in 96. If she would had received the score that she earned in the EF on bars, she still would had placed 2nd to Raducan.

The 2000 olympics were a mess. That the vault was set to low almost killed a number of gymnasts, when they realized their mistake they didn't even stop the competition and then they robbed Andreea of her medal.

Well it depends on the start value.

@Gr33nkiwi in that case, i wish they would too!

Dominique Moceanu used this music, too!

@Hereismytwocents2011

7 жыл бұрын

***** Dominique used Devil Went Down to Georgia for the Olympics. She used this music from Riverdance, for the Goodwill Games in 1998.

While I have great sympathy for the shameful way Raducan was treated by the IOC 1) a lot of other gymnasts also had to vault on the mis-set vault, many of whom could've been badly hurt.Andreea was at less risk for falling due to her height; 2) Virtually everyone else faltered *because* of that stupid vault error!Nearly breaking your neck & not knowing why when you've always hit that vault would shake up anyone.Andreea did a great job but IMO they should've chucked ALL the results & started over.

Comaneci was not robbed by the AA gold medal. Actually she said that Davidova was better than her. Comaneci falls on the UB in TO. Do you remember that or do you know about that? Team Optionals scores carrying to AA. Karoly said that about those Olympic Games but every one who knows about gymnastics knows the truth

@Gr33nkiwi Yeah, that's so cute. What kills me with the disqualification is she didn't take any more than was allowed technically. The only reason she showed up as having taken too much was because she was so small. Simona took the same pill and did fine. That's just crap.

Simmønnå Ammå Nårr

Actually everybody likes Andreea Raducan :)

Amazing, never seen anything like it. Its a shame she lost her gold medal because she was tested positive for a banned stimulant

@andro669 Me too!

Is this case already closed by IOC? I mean, Is there any change they give her medal back?

Really?! How about Athens 2004?! There wasn`t too law, correct me if I`m wrong ...

Emma Li Linne Ava

Hmmm,because they tested them and resulted negative?

and the drugged isn't even banned anymore... they should give it back

And it's not like Amanar is all that big, she is only around 5'2.

It wasn't even a fair competetion with vault being the wrong height. Many gymnasts fell on vault or got injured which effect their rest of their performance for the rest of the meet, not knowing the the vault was the wrong height and some fell on the other events believing they won't have any chance in winning a AA medal after they fell on vault. If the vault was the correct height, the outcome of the AA would have been different.

force romanian :X

You would have to take way more than she did. It was a trace amount that was found. The IOC and Anti Doping Committee needs to bend a bit.

I knew that but I thought IOC could reconsider that horrible decision.

It can't. The thing is that the component was considered as a doping product by the IOC, even if few months later they recognized it didn't dope her! Andreea never got her medal back btw.

I still can't believe they took away that well deserved gold. It just feels so unfair

yes, you're right. it was a joke taking away her gold medal for the AA, but they were right in what they have done. yes, it was'nt HER fault, but...and that's the case...it doesn't matter which fault it was or not...the only that mattered was, that she took a forbidden medicine. therefore, i can understand the descision of the IOC... Nevertheless, she IS the true and only AA gold medal winner, no doubt about it.

Very difficult routine

Sydney 2000 sucked sooo bad for these poor gymnasts even the gymnasts reported the floor being way too slippery I hope the 2012 olympics in London won't be too controversial

aha ha me too:))

"NUROFEN iti ia aurul cu mana!" - in romanian

how in this world does cold medicine enhance performance? i think that it would be tougher for you to win because you still RECOVERING, the committee should be ashamed of themselves for denying such a great athlete her gold medal...

@cantor7723

5 жыл бұрын

Pseudoephedrine is a stimulant, and it was banned at the time. She had just small amounts (normal for taking one dose) in her system. Also, the drug is allowed now as someone would have to take huge amounts to get any boost in performance, if any. Other stimulants like caffeine never were banned. She was treated so poorly.

I was talking about the AA !No.1 - Romania, No2 - Rom, No3 - Romania. From that point of view, YES, China and Russia were humiliated, since Liu Xuan was on fourth place and Lobazniuk fifth! Second - My comment it`s about the fact that politics makes the law in sport! Think about that! 3. How do you explain that after Sydney the "drug" was no longer "banned" ? Anyway, it would not be the first time when Romania is robbed by the gold medal(Nadia C. ,1980, Moscow).

s w e e t . . . g i r l . . . . ;)

well if the vaulting horse wasn't to low khorkina would have won

I don't get this! She gets penalized for taking cold medicine. How can that enhance athletic performance?

This Olympics must have sucked for most of the gymnasts. People fell on the incorrect vault, and others who were in the lead fell on their final apparatus. And now this poor gymnast gets her gold taken away. :(

I agree.But when a small country like Romania writes history and steps on somebodies toes is "wrong".So why not penalize those innocent girls, that work so hard( we all know what they have to sacrifice) and change rules and make up excuses for whatever imaginary reasons, the so called big powers , can find.Go Romania.Good luck in London!

Say she was Khorhina. Khorhina wouldve gottwn to keep the medal. But cause Raducan kicked her a**, Raducan got her medal tooken away. The COP was ffd up. The IOC was mad cause they never got to be champions in the AA. Thank you Raducan, for proving that there are other Romanians that can kick a**. Not kust Nadia C.

@mka800 hahahahaha!!!!!!!!

Hahahaha.

It was just a pill of Nurofen...

I could understand if the drug was still banned, but this is an absolute miscarriage of justice, what she worked her whole life to earn, gone.