Dominique Dawes was the reason I wanted to do gymnastics as a little girl. She doesn’t get the recognition that she should. She was a great gymnast and made the Olympics three times. Yet she was often in the shadows of her teammates.

@tkyuah06

2 жыл бұрын

I fell in love with her the first time I saw her

@Zephur0s

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly!! to this day, I think she is the only American female gymnast to compete in 3 Olympic Games

@saragrant9749

Жыл бұрын

Agreed. She’s a legend who deserves more recognition than she received.

@dana4751

Жыл бұрын

I didn't want to be a gymnast but I saw her and liked her. It was the moves and the sport at that time. I still like her. Cool

@kinsellawasrobbed7515

11 ай бұрын

Because you're a bigot.

I remember watching this live and being on pins and needles... and she stuck. Love Dawes, always will.

This was Awesome Dawesome's third trials! She's only like 1 of 3 or 4 women to do that. (compete in 3 gymnastics and medal in them all)

That was my girl right there. I've loved gymnastics since I was a little girl with Nadia Comaneci, then to finally see a young black girl go so far - I was here for it!!!

Beautiful! One of my top athletes ever.

If Dominique dawes & simone Biles were in the same age group and training together ... the moves they'd pull would astound the world ... Dominique loved a challenge

@lanikacheek6729

2 жыл бұрын

Facts

@constancefaison4004

2 жыл бұрын

So true!!! I would love that💯

@247kingdomwoman

2 жыл бұрын

💯. She was out Simone Bules and Gabby Douglas for sure!!

@Missi79

2 жыл бұрын

O mg i was just thinkin that😂

@111marcie

2 жыл бұрын

Don't forget Gabby Douglas

She was so graceful on that beam let's be real. I've never seen anyone that flawless and flow so smoothly on that beam. Ever.

No one can compare to the Grace and athleticism that Awesome Dawesome had! She set the bar and nobody reached it still...amazing 🔥

@nadirakabore6984

2 жыл бұрын

@ Dana Karloz Yessssssssssss you’re so right!!!!! She was the best beautiful young lady always liked her💪🏿💪🏿

One of the all-time greats

Dawes is so underrated. She along with Miller made USA gymnastics a thing.

I barely have that much stability walking on solid ground...

@foulmouthjapanese6316

2 жыл бұрын

Lol. Same

Love that she paved the way for Gabbie Douglas and Simone Biles. #DD4Life

@sweetangelplus

2 жыл бұрын

Along with Betty Okino

@xana5649

2 жыл бұрын

Did she?

@sweetangelplus

2 жыл бұрын

@@xana5649 Betty Okino along with Dominique Dawes were a part of the USA gymnastics Olympic team in 1992. She and Dominique were the first black girls to become olympic gymnasts to represent the US.

@xana5649

2 жыл бұрын

@@sweetangelplus but why she paved the way for others? I dont agree.

@sweetangelplus

2 жыл бұрын

@@xana5649 The original commenter was referring to Dawes having an impact to the likes of Gabby and Simone since she was one of the first female black Americans to reach the highest in the sport. So I indicated Betty as well because she and Dominique were the first Americans of black ancestry to win an Olympic medal in 1992. Betty along with Dawes provided necessary representation for black females at the highest level, which was never seen before. Betty had a short elite career, she also provided inspiration to Sanne Weavers as well because Sanne used her eponymous skill, the triple turn in her beam routines.

so many people loved her lol i love her as well

Wonder why we're going back to 2000 as we approach the 2012 Olympics? I havent seen a gymast of this caliber since then. Good Luck to the 2012 US Gymnastics Team! I miss you Dominique!!!

Dominique sounded like she was playing music on that beam, LOL!!

*This was my girl…when I was younger I loved watching figure skating and the Olympics! I had Dominique’s posted on my wall, I looked up to her a great deal! She was and still is an outstanding athlete!!!!*

She's gorgeous! She is even prettier now than she was in '96! She keeps getting even more gorgeous!

@sammavacaist

2 жыл бұрын

She is. I saw her on tv and 3 kids later she's still beautiful!

@robinb.4699

2 жыл бұрын

So true. She is beautiful.

@careyedwardsjr4988

Жыл бұрын

I agree she is looking good as ever.I had a crush on her back in the day.

wonderful to see Ray and Dawes so supportive of each other

She was so awesome!❤️❤️❤️

Sweet Dominique! I had such a crush. Makes me feel like a young kid again.

Yes Lawd

dominique was in three diff. olympics....she really is the one who paved the way fo african american women in gymnastics...

gave me chills!

She was bad! The thing I liked about this the most was..her body was so different from what is was in 1996..she now had a womans bod and was still great!

She was always a much better gymnast than Miller or Dominic M. but was hardly regarded as such. Thanks to KZread, we can really see the extent of her skill and dynamism.

@JamesFrew1

6 жыл бұрын

Kareem Bertrand way better than Moceanu and I preferred her to Miller, but they couldn't be any different. Dawes was far more powerful and dynamic than Miller, if only she managed to stick her vaults at the 93/94 worlds, she'd be a household name to the average American.

@keirasilk6918

5 жыл бұрын

Dawes always got the loudest applause and she is a figure immortalized in American pop culture. The public always chose her even if commentators/the sport didn't give her the credit she deserved.

@JamesFrew1

5 жыл бұрын

Keira Silk Truth. Dawes will still forever be in the cultural zeitgeist.

@ferdyspears

5 жыл бұрын

I agree that she was a better gymnast, certainly capable of harder and more dynamic skills. The reason she was not regarded as such is because she didn’t have the results, she choked when it counted. History is kind to records and achievements , like medals and titles. Therefore, Shannon Miller will go down as one of the greatest ever. I don’t think anyone was trying to disregard Dawes as better it’s just at some point she had to win something , and didn’t.

@karenhampton9693

5 жыл бұрын

They underscored her a lot back then. Let's be real here...it was an era where they were not ready to accept an African American in a top spot. Bill Cosby brought this issue to light and a news commentator wrote a big article about her and that race was the major factor back then. The crowd booed the judges many times and she received standing ovations. However, she paved the way for other African American girls that followed.

1st Goat! 2021 loved her! The best!

Awesome Dawesome! That girl was totally magnificent!!!🙋🏽‍♀️❤

Dominique: Her name says it all: Power with grace. Absolutely phenomenal, loved her from JUMP!!!

Omg I remember this 😀 Do it Dominique 😀👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

It's all because of her I fell in love with her and the sport , I also love Gabriel Douglas but I think Dominique dawes was better than her .

@JamesFrew1

6 жыл бұрын

Dawes was better indeed. So wish she could have held her nerves. She’d have major world titles.

@Tophytoph

5 жыл бұрын

Why even compare the two though? Can’t two Black women shine on their own smh

@alishashadows9599

2 жыл бұрын

@@Tophytoph They’re both great obviously but Dawes was better. Who cares that they’re black?

@nottodaylilbaldhead

2 жыл бұрын

Of course Dominique is better the rules were different....

@mikeyyboss

2 жыл бұрын

@@alishashadows9599 that’s the very reason you should care because they are both black instead of saying ones better. That’s just putting them against one other when they weren’t even in the same COPs

One of my role models growing up never missed her shows lol

I missed that whole era, didn't watch tv that much because of long working hours. Wow,she was sooo graceful and smooth,truly beautiful!

I remember watching her for the first time! AMAZING

so pretty

Flawless! I love this sport so much!!

Loved her and was cheering all the way from Barbados

Perfectly awesome!

Man, .....what can I possibly say....... Awesome Dawson...💖❤💓👍🇵🇷👄🍹

They where negative about her in the beginning but she got them in the end.. just staying on the beam my ass takes talent raw talent

She was amazing!

She cute as hell

Dominque no longer had her little girl shape, but she had grown into the shape of a beautiful young woman! But she was still Awesome Dawson!!

To think, Simone Biles was probably 3 or 4 years old watching this, being inspired by these Olympians, and here she is today representing USA.

Beautifully done ✔ 👏👏👏👏

Love Dawes

Perfection !

@vettegaddia6234

9 жыл бұрын

william taylor I think she should have won 2 World Championship had she not faltered on V TWICE :(( And she would have won the 1996 Olympics AA title had she not faltered on FX. She's so fantastic, but made errors on some major competition. She remains my favorite American gymnast. And a beautiful person.

Fabulous!

That was amazing!

While I love this performance, her best beam performance imo was her 1994 beam performance @ US Nationals. It was a tad bit more difficult and pretty much flawless.

fue y siempre sera la mejor ooooh que inspiracion!!! fron Venezuela

AWESOME!

That's a perfect 10!

Amazing!♥️

Awesome 😎 Dawesome !!

I've been watching the Olympics for over 50 years these young adults are amazing and all sports no one's a loser they all winners. 💞✨👍🏾🥇🥈🥉🏆

Gymnastics Royalty!

Incredible!!

Love her!!

she did a full in off beam from 92-96

Awesome Dawson

Amazing

That was awesome!!🤗🤗

i remember watching this

This routine was flawless

Love her

True to this

Actually, the first African American woman to make a US Olympic gymnastics team was Luci Collins who made the 1980 team but due to the US boycott of the Olympics in Moscow, never got to compete. Dianne Durham was one of the first gymnasts trained by the Karolyis when they defected to the US. She was on track to make the 1984 Olympics when she had to pull out of day two of Olympic Trials due to an ankle injury on Vault. She was the first African American to win a National Championship in 1983. Betty Okino and Dominique Dawes were the first African American women to compete in the Olympics in Artistic Gymnastics in 1992 in Barcelona and first to medal winning the team bronze. Dominique was the first African American female gymnast to win a World Championship medal in 1993 with 2 Silver medals (BB and UB). In 1996 Dominique Dawes became the first African American female gymnast to win an Olympic gold medal when the 1996 team won team gold. She was also the first African American woman to win an individual Olympic medal with a Bronze medal on FX. In 2011, Gabby Douglas was the first African American to win a gold medal at the world championships with a team gold medal and in 2012 she was the first African American woman to win the All Around Gold Medal at the Olympics and the first African American woman to win an Olympic Individual Gold Medal in gymnastics. In 2013 Simone Biles became the first African American gymnast to win an individual gold medal at the world championships with the all around gold medal.Dominque Dawes is the ONLY female gymnast in US history to compete at 3 Olympics.

@godoggiestyle

10 ай бұрын

Thank you for dropping the facts! Just took a screenshot to keep a record of this for my daughter who just read it aloud. She is a Level 4 gymnast and looks up to each of these phenomenal women. Melanated women were being scrutinized in gymnastics for such a long time! I still remember the awesome floor routine Dawes did in 96 I believe it was. It was flawless and her team mates did not even look happy for her. She persevered and opened doors that are giving young goddesses like mine opportunities to display their greatness today.

@harlowesadventuresinwonder1564

10 ай бұрын

@godoggiestyle9593 That is so great! She has a strong and proud history backing her up and space to grow into her own legacy!

Wow! Wow! Wow! 👏👏👏👏👏

Very better then the some others today👍👍👍👍

Love touch all

that dismount was just so easy for her

Hopefully this received a perfect 10. Can anyone disagree please, say why and note any mistake

2012 gymnasts certainly deserve their respect. But nobody is doing beam routines like this presently. I have not seen the new generation gymnasts connecting elements like 0:50 and 1:15. I also think today's judges ease up in penalizing balance checks and bobbled landings. Oh well, just hope the US keeps up the great gymnastics tradition. These athletes are incredible!!

That girl is on 🔥🔥🔥☄☄☄ excellence performance👍👏👏👏👏

G O A T

wow!!!!!!

Há 21 anos

HER Flawless

😀👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾💯💯💯💯❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️You go girlll

Damn!!!!!

al some dawesome

y'all have to know that in 2000 we did not have the depth that we have now... American gymnastics wasn't really doing anything as a team. They had to pull Dominique Dawes and others from the magnificent Seven out of RETIREMENT to compete at the 2000 Olympics. The way Bela was cheering for her all night he wanted her on that team.

@wyatttremel869

5 жыл бұрын

Not WANT....NEEDED HER on the Team!!!!

agreed

Wow wow wow

Just waw

WOW

❤😮

Oh Vanessa so heartbreaking

with only a few months of training and she was able to do this what would have happen if she had a good two years of training before returning

@JamesFrew1

5 жыл бұрын

longbranch11207 I know. If Dawes would have added her signature full in dismount and perhaps a double turn, she could have been in the Olympic beam finals. She also needed more difficulty on her floor and vault. Her low start values really hurt her at the Olympics but she was capable of so much more.

@longbranch11207

5 жыл бұрын

@@JamesFrew1 so true i think because she started training at the last minute.Had she gone back into the gym a year before the games the results would have been different

🤩

How cute was she with the short haircut? ☺

Good Job Cousin!

@Paccman630

8 жыл бұрын

You know that's not your cousin. I know because you felt the need to say good job cousin ON A KZread POST

@darylthomas4438

8 жыл бұрын

+Phillip-Anthony Campbell I'm crying 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 this is true in so many cases.

@elitelokkz

7 жыл бұрын

+Phillip-Anthony Campbell you right. That's my momma, and she ain't got no cousin named Jeanae 😂😂

From 1:05 to 1:08 she pop locked it dropped it lol

#55!!!!!

She didnt have a leap series. She only did that one sitch leap. I think she left out the switch side. ELFI did not mention that

@Nike5221

Жыл бұрын

She definitely watered down this routine… No full twisting double back on dismount, no 3rd layout step out, double turn, or straddle jumps… but then again, she only trained for about 4-5 months for these Olympic Trials

If only she did that in Sydney tbh

Oh wow... it’s so nice to mute the volume. To just watch the routine for the routine.

back when ppl weren't possessed by social media. dawes can get that business too 😁👌

Hi my Erica lofton Bass all of u girl or doing a good work

she's better than the girls this present day and time

@beautyisforus3391

8 жыл бұрын

simone and aly are right there with her

@ol305stunna

8 жыл бұрын

Beautyisforus33 What about Gabby???

@kayshatyson4739

8 жыл бұрын

no time, she more graceful, dats why she stciks so well cuase she aint trying to b no power house, wen dem girls land, they don't stick cuz they landing with too much powere

@1013miltown

8 жыл бұрын

preach

@HazelAmarie

7 жыл бұрын

+ol305stunna Definitely Gabby and Simone...I think they are the best of their generation.