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@dimaandperfumes

4 жыл бұрын

Olympic Eythora Thorsdottir with Aha! by Imogean Heap

@chubbyflower305

4 жыл бұрын

Torvill and Dean's Paso Doble - 1984 Winter Olympics Music: Capriccio Espagnol - Rimsky-Korsakov

@johanmoses6145

4 жыл бұрын

All the synchronizing swimming series from Rio 2016 please

@BitchWho-my8zm

4 жыл бұрын

Olympic- Jessica López (VEN) and her all-around floor routine from Rio. Vera Van Pol (NED) qualification floor routine in Rio.

@brendangilroy3674

4 жыл бұрын

Aliya Mustafina 2012 Floor!

I remember that the crowd booed when her score said she was only second. She has such a strong presence and dances with such a composure.

@ninkiminjaj1754

4 жыл бұрын

Yes! I remember that too. The crowd was SO not into that score.

@rcarnegie78

4 жыл бұрын

The terrible form on that triple is probably why.

@Inyourlap

4 жыл бұрын

Richard Carnegie I know right, I get she wanted to have an E skill but her triple twist was always helicopterish. Probably better to do a double tuck sometimes.

@apollopraetorius216

4 жыл бұрын

Her D score was no where near Raisman's that would've been a tall order

@tshifhiwathovhakale9385

4 жыл бұрын

Alexandra Raisman, was just better, with her difficulty, Catalina ponor didn't stand a chance

I love Ponor for showing what experience and maturity can bring to a routine. This was lovely choreography with incredible tumbling.

@sallydaniel1023

4 жыл бұрын

With the sole exception of her triple full. Her form was horrible

@demetriromano565

4 жыл бұрын

Sally Daniel Absolutely, I don’t think any gymnast or routine is without error. I don’t think that detracts too much for the quality of the performance and she certainly deserved her medal.

@sallydaniel1023

4 жыл бұрын

@@demetriromano565 Agreed. I love Catalina. She was a great gymnast and I always loved her beam work

I didn't regret watching this.If she ever fall from a plane,i'm sure she will touch down perfectly.

@adamolition8702

4 жыл бұрын

LOLOLOL agreed

The fact that she performed a medal-worthy floor routine with ALL stuck landings, especially after just losing bronze medal on beam to Raisman on the same day makes this performance especially iconic for me.

@sakshamvarshney5456

3 жыл бұрын

Not her triple twist though. I might be wrong.

@josephqualtier961

2 жыл бұрын

@@sakshamvarshney5456 it was stuck

@JetBlueAirways320

Жыл бұрын

I’ll even say gold medal worthy

@TJ-bd5iq

Жыл бұрын

True. Raisman’s routine was just poorly executed compared to this one. If they deducted so strictly on flexed feet during her time she wouldn’t even win gold.

@takoyaki8890

Жыл бұрын

@@TJ-bd5iq it's because railman is American. the execution and the dance skills? Ponor should've won the gold. the BOOS explained why.

she represents not only Romania but also an artistic generation of gymnastics. ea reprezintă nu numai România, ci și o generație artistică de gimnastică

@user-hv9ec3eg8e

4 жыл бұрын

ksenia, mustafina, komova, sanne, eythora

@fabioborgo7416

4 жыл бұрын

Shirley Temple

@elarocj9150

3 жыл бұрын

She was robbed !

@Sarah-eh7bw

2 жыл бұрын

I love Catalina, but she’s more of a power gymnast than artistic imo

@unickgodess

8 ай бұрын

@@Sarah-eh7bw Catalina is very artistic but powerfull too this is necessary a combination between grace and power.

You can see the different impacts a gymnast can give. You may that her D score is much lower than Raisman, but man, her performance has a lot more impact to the crowd (as evidence by their boos when the scoreboard showed that she's just 2nd). At the end of the day, she may not be the gold medalist, but she surely won as her performance was greatly loved by the people. (Plus, she had a freaking 6 years hiatus, no training whatsoever in between, yet she managed to snatch silver! Wow!)

Catalina is a holdout from an era when composed routines mattered more than specific elements or connections. She was an artist rather than a jumping bean.

Look at all those stuck landings. WOW! Reminds of Sandra Izbasa's 2008 Olympics floor performance and its sticks, too.

@Dasimers

4 жыл бұрын

Sorry, I must have missed your performance. Would you link it?

@jojox9791

4 жыл бұрын

@@Dasimers google "Sandra Izbasa 2008 olympics Floor"

@kp395

4 жыл бұрын

The classic Romanian charm. In terms of consistency they are second to no one.

@jojox9791

4 жыл бұрын

@@kp395 which is how they ruled for so long. UB for example. Not their strong event. They got up, did very similar routines and the bare minimum, for lack of a better term, but they hit hit and hit. But second to no one is no more

She is the absolute best, mature gymnastic ever. Tired of her being under scored by political hacks

Ponor was a joy to watch in London. It was such a shame there was no Romanian team in Rio and she faltered in event finals.

God knows how much I love this performance. Ponor, forever one of the absolutely best!

@ancutabalint7790

Жыл бұрын

❤️

Gorgeous! She should have won the Gold medal.

Everything about this floor routine is absolutely wonderful! Catalina Ponor is simply ART and one of the most beautiful gymnasts I have ever seen 💜💜💜

It was such a beautiful performance, I remember how much the crowd loved it

So many great floor routines were in London! Catalina's one was definitely a crown jewel

Innovative, artistic, powerful - this routine should have got gold.

why she did not win this? her performance is so out of this world

@takoyaki8890

Жыл бұрын

politics. she's not American.

@JLFAN2009

Жыл бұрын

Her difficulty value was much lower than Raisman's.

@JLFAN2009

Жыл бұрын

​@@takoyaki8890 No, it had to do with the scoring rules: Raisman had a higher start value.

@JLFAN2009

Жыл бұрын

​@Cendrillon Daniela No, the judges were fair on this one: it had nothing to do with results from previous finals.

@mmoran3

4 ай бұрын

Aly Raismans routine had a higher start value which put Ponor at a disadvantage from the start. If both gymnasts had the same execution score then Raisman would win being that her difficulty value was higher. Even before the competition Ponor knew that Aly would have had to make some mistakes in her routine and Ponor be near perfect in hers to Pull off winning the gold 🥉.

Catalina Ponor stuck that triple twist. I've never seen a gymnast do it with such ease.

That stuck DLO honestly gave me life... So fn amazing

@cvlen

4 жыл бұрын

Gorgeous!!

@CountryCowboy008

4 жыл бұрын

Much better than Raisman who added a leap instead of showing a stuck landing 🙄

@alazjaw.8968

Жыл бұрын

@@CountryCowboy008 still won

That spin was the best I've seen ever in gymnastics.

That's why she's the 2004 Olympic Gold medalist!

she deserved gold

Cata is always our queen! That performance was stunning!! I really miss her

This is, what we call "artistic gymnastics"

the best floor exercise of all time

SHOULD’VE WON GOLD

For me, she won. That was it.

@philipm4863

Жыл бұрын

Her elements are not as highly rated as Raisman! the judging needs to be changed as she is a lot more beautiful and graceful gymnast than Raisman.

Diferente de Raisman, Ponor sempre teve uma personalidade imponente em suas séries, uma expressão mais forte, artística, contando ainda com grandes dificuldades acrobáticas. O CoP ainda valoriza mais os acrobáticos do que o artístico, quando deveria sem um meio termo para ambos. Infelizmente o pódio ainda continuará sendo das americanas, que quase se matam colocando elementos G, H e I na mesma série, sem expressar quase nenhuma interação com a floor music, qualquer uma que tocar serve, não há interpretação artística. Saudades dos dias de glória romenos ♥

@ChokoMixSCS

4 жыл бұрын

Os movimentos artísticos são lindos e de encherem os olhos (destaque para Romênia e Rússia). Mas ao meu somente as acrobacias em si já são o artístico, vai do atleta incrementar ou não pra deixar a apresentação mais rica e de encher os olhos. Mas ainda acredito que o peso é maior nos elementos acrobáticos comparado com a parte artística. A dificuldade sempre falou mais alto. Acho justo.

@pegestao

4 жыл бұрын

@@ChokoMixSCS Mas é isso mesmo! A capacidade técnica, principalmente dos acrobáticos é mais valorizado no CoP do que a parte coreográfica. Não adianta a série ser somente linda artísticamente, tem que haver "ginástica". Séries com menos dificuldades são propícias a menos descontos, como da holandesa Lieke Wevers na final do mundial de Glasgow, em 2015. DUAS linhas acrobáticas (duplo mortal grupado e uma dupla pirueta e meia), execução de 8.700, a segunda maior da final empatado com a russa Afanasyeva, somenta atrás de Biles. É uma estratégia, mas de fato não é o que o público espera ver.

@pegestao

4 жыл бұрын

@@user-hv9ec3eg8e eu sei :)

@hakanbjorkman7498

4 жыл бұрын

Paulo E. Go

She was amazing, the queen of Athens 2004.🥇🥇🥇

@jojox9791

4 жыл бұрын

And to see her back here in 2012 and then again in 2016...SHE'S A LEGEND!!!!

Most beautiful gymnast ever.

Such a beautiful gymnast, I always love her routines!

The sound of that double layout is so satisfying.....go, Ponor

Outstanding routine by queen Catalina

Go Catalina 🇷🇴 ❤️ All those dislikes are from wannabe “gymnasts” who never made it

Incredible... ♥️♥️♥️♥️

Um ok she is incredible. Yea im just gonna go try to motivate myself to walk on the treadmill for a half hour. Seriousley what a great dancer and she could do it all. Gorgeous too.

The queen!!!!!

The most beautiful gymnast 🖤 my favorite for ever, Queen Catalina

Catalina Ponor is queen on floor!!! Score?

@mbm759

4 жыл бұрын

Matt Harms Raisman actually got a higher execution score, and Catalina had a 15.2

William from Brasil, Catalina ponor love you...

2x Olympic Champion on The Floor Event: 2004, 2012

@bexb6199

4 жыл бұрын

She won Silver at the 2012 games. Aly Raisman won the Gold

I could watch this routine all day everyday ❤️❤️❤️

Arrasou, nunca me canso de Assistir esse vídeo, uma apresentação belíssima... 💓💓🇧🇷🇧🇷

One word, WOW!

This is more amazing considering that this performance came right after her very disappointing performance on the beam final where she was expected to medal.

she’s a legend

So was sooooo underscored. Even the crowd knew it, booing the judges. Almost no visible mistakes, maybe in the twisting element, abit of separated knees and crossed feet. PERFECT 180degress splits, beautiful artistry.. don't understand where they found a full point in deductions. short 0.4 from a tie with raisman.. I'm shocked this wasn't a 9.7-9.6E score. absolutely stunning. Robbed a gold!

@demetriromano565

4 жыл бұрын

Oh come on. This was brilliant, but she must have lost .4 in the triple twist alone for legs crossed at the ankles, knee separation, bent knees, and the shuffle on the landing. She also underrotated the quad turn and had flexed feet on both piked elements, plus an obvious leg separation on the full-in piked. I would take .8 instead of a full point, but it’s not enough to beat Raisman. There’s a reason we don’t let crowds score elite gymnastics.

@kp395

4 жыл бұрын

@@demetriromano565 That triple twist is 0.1 for leg crossing and 0.1 for bend knee. And the landing is a stuck one.

@felipepeixoto6117

4 жыл бұрын

@@demetriromano565 There is a reason why the Russian and Romanian gymnastics are always remembered. It was never only about to get the higher score, but to enchant the audience. That's why they are myths, even though they do not get the gold medal, instead of the Americans....

@demetriromano565

4 жыл бұрын

Felipe Peixoto I think the best remembered Soviets and Romanians did win medals. I’m too young to have watched gymnastics before the 90s, but my parents talk about Korbut, Comăneci, Silivas, Shushunova, and Dawes, all Olympic gold medalists. Unfortunately gymnasts who don’t make it that far often don’t become legends- take Groshkova or Mostepanova, who the general public don’t know. The real legends brought it all together in artistry, form, difficulty, and enchantment. Before I followed gymnastics, the routines I remembered were Izbasa’s and Cheng’s in ‘08 and the top four in ‘12, which are all wonderful in different ways. The one my friends and family remember most from 2016 is Hernandez’s, which was a totally different kind of artistry that still draws everyone watching it in. Basically, just expression doesn’t make you a legend- how many people have heard of Dobre, Grishina, or Lieke Wevers, besides gym nerds? Neither does just tumbling and form- no one really talks about Amanar’s or Johnson’s floor at this point. It’s the combination that gets you remembered, and that isn’t restricted to country in the slightest.

WE MISS YOU QUEEN

Definitely incredible. My favourite routine during the floor final

Catalina Ponor was scintillating hot! THE REAL OLYMPIC CHAMPION! This routine was well choreographed, difficult and fascinating.

@sso.blueskye

4 жыл бұрын

this was an excellent routine, however aly raisman thoroughly deserved the gold. her difficulty score was higher by about .3. that was roughly how much she won by. :)

@arathgomez615

4 жыл бұрын

Gael Garcia Bernal Yeah but her execution in the twists tumbling passes was horrendous. That’s the main reason why she didn’t get gold.

@Jordan-gg6sz

4 жыл бұрын

Arath Gomez agreed, that full in pike out & triple twist were a mess, however I really enjoyed the stuck landings

@gaelgarciabernal2434

4 жыл бұрын

Vanessa, Arath and Jor: It's my opinion and shared by many. Her triple twist had execution issues. However, Aly Raisman had dance, choreography, execution, form and amplitude issues. Catalina was enticing with her technical and artistic routine. Aly was all robotic difficulty, so insipid and uninteresting.

@felipepeixoto6117

4 жыл бұрын

@@gaelgarciabernal2434 Eu te amo !

The landings were perfect.

Those landings so stuck they need a life coach.

She is amazing.

Much better and artistic than Raisman... Amazing routine, I love ♥️♥️♥️

@nicolais.4307

4 жыл бұрын

agree

When the execution score shoots past the roof!! 😍✈️

Those whips are superhuman

I never heard of her. Stuck landings, goddesslike full body flips, twists. Unbelievable. Is she human or from another planet ?

@unickgodess

8 ай бұрын

Really?Catalina Ponor is a great champions since 2003 when she got 2 silver medals at World then in 2004 she got 3 gold medals at Olimpics she is multiple European Champions 5 times on beam and floor also.

sorry railman but this is def an iconic and memorable floor that year. the class, the grace, the difficulty... love it.

That second pass was insane!! No games played!! Go, girl!!

Fantastic Catarina Panor 👍😍

Catalina Nailed It!!!

Best floor ever!

Impressed how her managed everything. Same back in Athen 2004

Ponor > Raisman

@jojox9791

4 жыл бұрын

Raisman 🥇 Catalina 🥈

@emanuelalvesmendonca141

3 жыл бұрын

You're crazy

She should’ve ranked 1 and won Gold

@philipm4863

Жыл бұрын

Unfortunately her elements were not rated as difficult as Raisman but she has so much more grace and balletic moves than Raiman. The judging needs to be changed! I agree that she should have won and we are not the only ones feeling this way.

Woww, this was amazing!!!

Fada romena, cristal sem defeitos... Romanian fairy, flawless cristal....

@user-hv9ec3eg8e

4 жыл бұрын

kkkkk sim

@felipesiqueira7881

3 жыл бұрын

Sem dúvidas, a verdadeira fada 😍🦋🙌🎖

Catalina Poor was robbed of the gold medal. The judges gave the gold medal to Aly but nobody will remember her routine.

For me, she is the best of the 21st century. She is the most daring and artsy of all.

0:40 I love her spin!!

I remember I was surprised at her 2nd place. Refereeing in London was very biased.

@tannernel

3 жыл бұрын

Not at all, Raisman’s difficulty was much higher and definitely earned her the gold medal. Raisman nailed every pass as well and her form was better than Ponor’s

@nicolais.4307

3 жыл бұрын

@@tannernel Ponor's difficulty was no worse. Choreography and presentation of these gymnasts of absolutely different levels. What Raisman did can hardly be called "gymnastics". She could just do acrobatics 4 times and she was given a gold medal.

@nicolais.4307

3 жыл бұрын

@@tannernel In general, the judges were disgusting in London, some of the worst. And more often they shared medals, not athletes.

@tannernel

3 жыл бұрын

@@nicolais.4307 obviously you know nothing about modern day gymnastics. I feel bad that you are making yourself look like a fool saying that Ponors and Raisman’s difficulties were the same. Go watch the entire event final and then come back and talk to me when you’re actually educated on the subject at hand. Thanks

@nicolais.4307

3 жыл бұрын

​@@tannernel What I don't understand about modern gymnastics? To win you only need to be able to tumble and nothing more. With more objective judging, Ponor would have received +0.2 for her Gomez. And her presentation was level 2 higher than Raisman's. Ponor is the whole package. Raisman can only tumble and chasse. BUT since the Olympics were in England, the more “right” countries got more “correct” results.

Miss this queen! HAI ROMANIA ♥

This is too perfect 💯

Queen Ponor 👸

Romania, Catalonia Ponor makes her floor exercise routine in London, England, United Kingdom 2012 Summer Olympic Games.

omg i love her ❤️

She did not come to play 💅 She came to THROW down.

Queen!

De Mis favoritas

Winner in every way

The grace.The landings.The womanliness.The Execution🎉🎉❤❤❤ are all lovely

When silver is better than gold.

Such a beautiful gymnast to watch! Ever since the Americans took over, gymnastics has been in decline.

Super!

Well deserved silver for her ❤❤

Queen.

She's so classy, still my fav 4 ever 🌟 Ultra perf body 💞

Shes was The Real Gold Medalist on floor , raisman was disgusting, Ponor execution was flawless

@aimeesquirrell12

4 жыл бұрын

Miguel Salas I mean her form on the twist was pretty bad

@alazjaw.8968

Жыл бұрын

aly deserved her win please

Flawless 🔷

She makes me like this sport .amazing good looks and skill .I'd take her home to meet Mom for sure

wow she is good perfect 10☮️💟➖

Amazing routine❤️

Uau!!! Perfeito!❤👏👏👏

A MELHOR QUE JÁ VI.

Extraordinar...

Catalina and Knesia (apart from her last landing) gave THE BEST floor routine over the past decades. Such grace and maturity.

much better than the US one

the best

Amazing...I Hope Romania may replace soon in Gymnastic...Bravo Katalina

@jojox9791

4 жыл бұрын

I'm praying for Romania to climb back up ! Idk what went wrong but the sport is not the same without them