This is the order, with just one I couldn't figure out Ana Porgras -> Oana Ban -> Catalina Ponor -> back to Ana Porgras -> back to Oana Ban -> back to Catalina Ponor -> Alexandra Eremia ->Siliva Stroescu -> Andreea Raducan -> Sabina Cojocar, -> Steliana Nistor ->Larissa Iordache -> back to Andreea Raducan -> back to Larissa Iordache -> Simona Amanar cameo -> Alexandra Dobrescu -> Alexandra Marinescu -> Gina Gogean -> not sure who is in the red leo -> Cristina Bontas -> Claudia Rusan -> back to Cristina Bontas -> Celestina Popa -> Ecaterina Szabo -> Florea Leonida -> Sandra Izbasa -> back to Steliana Nistor -> Simona Amanar -> back to Sabina Cojocar -> back to Sandra Izbasa -> back to Catalina Ponor -> back to Sabina Cojocar -> back to Alexandra Marinescu -> back to Alexandra Eremia -> Andreea Munteanu

@Zoramae10

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@JennaLeigh

Жыл бұрын

PIN THIS COMMENT!!!!!

@anderwin7978

Жыл бұрын

Leotardo rojo es Claudia Rusan

@Soogle42

Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much! These great performers need to be named!!

@clairemercier3969

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Such a privilege growing up watching the Romanian gymnasts dominate the podium. Back then it was either the Romanians or the Russians fighting to the top. No one else came close to their dominance and they did it with such ease and flair.

Nobody was so confident on beam like the romanians, specially Catalina. The hard acrobatics, the connections, the leaps, the rhythm, the sharp unique choreography, they worked so confidently it was so rare to see a romanian to fall from beam. They really mastered the way to train the apparatus, hopefully the coaches still has it.

@cherylannemason

Жыл бұрын

Catalina reminded me a bit of Nadia, both in body type and way of moving--and of course, both had that "can't fail" mentality that really defined the Romanians on beam.

@Tymala1

Жыл бұрын

Best admiration for the gymnasts with longevity. I love the ones who continue past their 30s like Catalina

@ivann.1916

Жыл бұрын

@@cherylannemason Same, Cata resembles Nadia in the way she pose when regains balance, so elegant. I read somewhere when Catalina was little she had as idols Nadia, Khorkhina and Boguinskaya and tried to emulate their artistry, I can see that in her style, she's like an elegant diva when performing

@poshbo

4 ай бұрын

@@ivann.1916 she probably learned her diva antics from Khorkina and Boguinskaya as well

I wish Romania would get back to where they were in women's gymnastics

@eiraremejeene

Жыл бұрын

I hope for that.

@Hedgehogsinthemist123

Жыл бұрын

Wow, incredible. I miss the old skills. It’s so boring today.

@mel...s

Жыл бұрын

Romania is no longer the famished, impoverished country of yesteryear. The athletes have more choices , especially education, and don't have to accept the grueling training which has always been Romanian gymnastics. There was a time where athletics was the only way for many but those times are long gone.

@makelovenotwar9941

Жыл бұрын

@@mel...s If that is the case, then I think what is missing in Romania now is the love for the sport. If Romania wants to rise again, they need their children to be genuinely interested in gymnastics and not feel forced to do the sport.

@theire483

Жыл бұрын

Lost their golden boy Karolyi

Awesome video 😉. Nice to see the older clips-I was training for a full twisting back flip on the beam, during the 3yrs I trained with Karolyi in the mid 80's. Never got a chance to do it in any big meets though, before I was injured and had to quit (falling from ~13/14ft in the air onto the back of my neck-I was just grateful that it wasn't worse, many gymnasts have been paralyzed from the same injury, some even died 😬). Took a LONG time before I could even LOOK at gymnastics again. My lifelong dream and my heart crushed-it was just too painful to watch. Now, at 50yo, I can watch videos and be PROUD of the gymnasts I see (!) and with the older "my age" and before videos that we only saw if we were lucky to catch it on TV and record it on on a VCR tape 🤣, this channel is golden 😊. 💜🤸💜

@AdelineCowgirl

Жыл бұрын

Oh my goodness, VCR days 😂😂 I was so furious one time when my dad and brother recorded some dumb football game over my gymnastics 😂 We are so spoiled today with instant streaming of virtually everything, and honestly I'm grateful 💕🤸‍♂️

@harshreality2672

Жыл бұрын

@@AdelineCowgirl Omg, same HERE! 🤣 But in my case it was my ex-husband and MTV Raps wiped out out too many of my tapes to count, sigh smh. And some were recordings of ME in competitions, some were at meets with old teamates, personal history. And I'm with you 100%, what we have NOW is eons more different than what °we° had growing up. I just turned 51yo on the 11th and the older I get, the more I realize the world is changing SO fast, that I've grown into someone who WILL end up saying "Well in MY day we had...." sometime soon 😄, it's inevitable.

Daniela Silivas was awesome on beam too, including her beautiful and still unique Silivas beam mount. Her compulsory beam set was the best ever imo.

Rumania best team ever...graceful beauty and over all great technic ...to see them performing was a pleasure and great emotion. Hope one day they could comme back there where they belong...the top of the top

The only thing missing from this video was Andreea Raducan’s dismount of two back handsprings into a perfectly stuck double pike. One of my favorite pieces of gymnastics to watch.

Is it just me, or does it seem that the beam routines of years past were more dynamic and higher in difficulty than the top routines today? I don't know anything about the scoring system or why some elements have been eliminated. I just know that I am more impressed by older routines than the ones today.

@BuffyNoir140

Жыл бұрын

More artistry back is the day on the beam

@angelamapa2529

Жыл бұрын

I agree, I watched the gold-medal winning routing of Sanne Wevers and while, I appreciated her spins on the beam, I wish she'd throw in maybe two backhandsprings in a row at least.

@a_2502

Жыл бұрын

Yes! In elite and collegiate. I remember collegiate beam being close to elite level around 2009-2011 time when I was watching

@grahamstrouse1165

Жыл бұрын

The open scoring system favors big tumbling skills so heavily. Connections, lifts, handstands-flexibility, it’s not as important, which is a real shame. There are beam routines from the late ‘70s & ‘80s that impress me more than some of the today’s routines. On the other hand…no Russian judges. 😉

Catalina's beam routine is still so iconic!

@maximoo9861

Жыл бұрын

Ponor is completely over rated in my view, there are far better beam routines with loads more difficulty than hers

@Hervinbalfour

Жыл бұрын

@@maximoo9861 good for you!

@maximoo9861

Жыл бұрын

@@Hervinbalfour good for the gymnasts who are far better than Ponor more like!!

@ServingUptheT

Жыл бұрын

@@maximoo9861 say their names, come on boo

@maximoo9861

Жыл бұрын

@@ServingUptheT you've only got to look at all the more difficult skills performed on beam from nearly every other gymnast, if I said their names I'd be here til next week typing them all out,

It’s such a shame this greatness came from so much abuse. I hope they do return to their former greatness, just not with the same awful treatment for their gymnasts🥺

@jordansefton

Жыл бұрын

@@gymnastica6696 couldn’t agree more. It makes the sport hurt to watch sometimes, when you remember all they had to endure😢

@ct4533

Жыл бұрын

I remember the time there was an announcer in a vid of an old school floor exercise saying the 15 year old gymnast was 66 lbs/30 kg. I was told how gymnasts then were weighed often, made to starve themselves and watch water weight to be as thin as possible. I still don't understand what the point of it all was, wouldn't they be hampering the gymnast's prowess?

@soledadferrer1325

Жыл бұрын

@@ct4533 they have repeatedly denied this. They did have strict diets, but of course they had proteins, etc. They wouldn't be starved, they just couldn't eat the pizza and candies that kids like. Physical and psychological abuses happened, in the case of the youngest kids. Not saying that is fine, of course it is not, but it is just other ways to discipline kids, just as our grandparents who got the belts when they were kids. It is unthinkable today but considered normal back then. I don't think they abused the senior gymnasts, they were smart enough to know what to do if they wanted to be champions (training hard, following the diet, etc.) Yes, they were under a very strict system but there is a point in which you know what it takes to be there. Not for everyone, undoubtedly.

@zazezul

Жыл бұрын

I wish the same for the US gymnasts. 🙏

@That_BIack_Cat

Жыл бұрын

@@ct4533 i have a theory on why they did it. Malnutrition stunts growth. Being extremely underweight can delay puberty and the development of those heavy hips and breasts. They are sacrificing power to be feather light. Also you remember things better, if you learn them while you are hungry. It's really disgusting that adults shamelessly did this to children. They were the best because they had no other choice.

It seems or those beam masters from the 90s and early 00s were fucking crazy in comparison with the ladies at the last world championship

Ponor is the Rockstar!! 😎

Absolutely beautiful. What class, strength, artistry and confidence! (I would have liked to know the names of each gymnast --- some are obvious but others not so much --- all incredibly breathtaking performances!)

Catalina Ponor una de las Gimnastas más elegantes de toda la historia.

These Gymnasts are the Best of the Best Beam Workers.. I dont know why they dont get the attention they deserve

Fantastic compilation. Good times.

I love the Romanians. I echo the sentiment of other posters wishing they'd reclaim their former glory. The 1 Romanian woman that was so good but not included here was Lavinia Milosevic. It was highway robbery what happened to Raducan and the gold medal situation after the team doctor gave her a banned substance. Catalina Ponor was so elegant yet powerful and Larissa Iordache I felt so bad for her. So talented yet due to injuries never reached her full potential. Thank you for this video. Every gymnastics fan should know the beauty power and grace that once was one of the super powers of international women's artistic gymnastics.

The beam nowadays seems to be slower and measured with less difficulty

you should have included more of Porgras, great artistry and rhythm. AND Larisa. exceptional beam worker. Although she fell in 3 big efs, she was the leading scorer on beam in almost every competition she went. insane rhythm and attack and always a super high D score. I like your video though and I'm glad you included so many clips of Oana Ban who is very underrated

!!! STATE OF THE ART!!! PERFECTION IN MOTION!!! THANK YOU! BLESSING AND PEACE!

I can't believe you didn't include the OG Romanian beam queen Daniela Silivas (or Nadia for that matter!) 😭 still a fire compilation though. Really says everything you need to know about how incredible they were if you can make a compilation like this without even including two GOATs

@wolfiesownx4893

Жыл бұрын

Pffff… it is a beautiful compilation, please just enjoy. Otherwise make your own with all the GOATs you want. And even then you will have forgotten someone else’s GOATs.

@lovewasawillow

Жыл бұрын

@@wolfiesownx4893 ...okay? did you read my comment? I literally said it was still a great compilation....

@micheleh5269

Жыл бұрын

I thought the same thing 👍

@ChristophersMum

Жыл бұрын

@@lovewasawillow ...yes I too would have liked to see Nadia included...she was just spectacular.😁

Putting their names on the screen would really help

@Leonnoger

Жыл бұрын

catalina ponor , Raducan.

@jordansefton

Жыл бұрын

I like it when they do, but I think they don’t to stop the text obstructing the videos bc they’re all shot from different angles. I think putting the names in order in the description is probably the best solution!

Va iubim, sunteti mandria noastra!!! Mult succes fetelor!!!

Nice, thanks for compiling! Lots of great gymnasts in this compilation. Some of my favorite beam workers are Chinese like Yang Bo.

the romanians were unique in the balance beam 🥇❤️

Faltou a belíssima entrada na trave de Daniele Hypolito desde Sydney 2000, uma das mais bonitas entradas que já ví na vida.

These young ladies are phenomenal! They make this look so easy!

Catalina is a queen!

Should have included: *Christy Phillips* for her unique back flexibility; *Betty Ochino* for her beautiful lines and turns. They no longer perform the four flip elements anymore.

Magnifique !! 👏👏👏👏💕. ... No one indeed ...

I love balance beam!. Its my favorite event to watch.

The ladies were unbelievable

Yang Bo, Li Li.

Ah... Nadia! Utter perfection!

Amazing video!!!

In my view, Catalina was the all time best on beam! Bravo!

Nadia = perfection!!!

please do one on chinese bar routine construction especially the pirouettes !

1:00 Haiii Catalinaa! Beam Queen

I'm not sure what happened to this team. I have my thoughts on it but, who knows really. They were always so great on beam and I always enjoyed seeing the Romanians compete.

@dyawr

Жыл бұрын

People & kids have more options in life now, they're not so dedicated to the sport as they had to be during Communist times, and inertially for a while after it fell. It takes *a lot* to get to those levels It could also be that there was just a weaker generation in the past few years & they'll make a comeback.

I am so glad I grew up watching these women, before beam became "men's floor on a 4-inch wide piece of wood."

…and no one does Beam like…Shawn Johnson…the Queen of Beam…!!!!

O sea que ya existía la gimnasia antes de Simone Bales!!!!! Aleluya....

@nicolataylor6011

Жыл бұрын

100%.. not a popular opinion but in my opinion Bales has about as much grace as a cart horse..

@tess5300

Жыл бұрын

@@nicolataylor6011 its only an opinión. Dont worry.

Fireworks 💥. Different times, both for the Romanians and for beam gymnastics in general. Wtf happened?? Thanks for posting!❤

And it all started with Nadia.

These girl are outstanding performance👏👏👏👏👏🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

The Romanian legacy on Beam right here!!! No other country has ever mastered this apparatus as they did. So many world, Olympic and european champions produced.... that made the ,,Romanian style" all the commentators talk about,dominated by hard skills, smooth links, no non-sense movements, sharp leaps, confidence all over the place. Come on, give the world another Ponor, Gogean or Silivaș!!!

Yang Bo is missing

The best!!!

I came here for the handstand but it wasn't included. Why use an image to advertise your video that isn't actually in the video? Won't be returning.

Amazing.....Im lucky to do a forward roll😂

Maravilhosas, podem colocar os nomes, durante as apresentações?

Phantastisch !

Non ci sono più atlete così!

La grandes rumanas ❤

Fenomenale!❤❤❤❤❤

👍....geeeze !

Il faut que l'on m'explique pourquoi les filettes portent des intenues indesentes, des string ???

❤️💚💜

They aren’t 14 any more.

Trovo Che Sono "bravissime❤

where IS Aurelia dobre beam ???

Nu o placi pe Nadia?

ROMANIYA!!!

Romania has good juniors but as soon as they reach 15/16 y/o there is regress instead of progress. Maybe except for the clubs in Bucharest, the clubs in the rest of the country don’t have good conditions and the teenagers, plus their parents, don’t seem to be willing to accept those conditions in order to continue training. It’s also quite hard to balance sport and school, as the system is bad in the country. Another aspect is the social life that many teenagers do not want to sacrifice in order to be isolated in the training camp. Overall there is no winner spirit in the Romanian sport at the moment, the mentality is weak as alomst no one has a positive mindset, and the success comes only from exceptions.

@Romaniangymfan07

Жыл бұрын

the clubs with good equipment are Deva and Dinamo in Bucharest.

@dyawr

Жыл бұрын

That's true...

showing clips from 2008 Beijing but not of the beam champion Shawn Johnson. #sus

@gymfanchannel9783

Жыл бұрын

Yes my agenda against Shawn Johnson(ROM) is very suspicious. So smart of you to figure it out!

Misleading title of this video!

Some of the editing is off...

…don’t forget about SHAWN JOHNSON…!!! …she was the Queen of Beam even over the Romanians with the exception of Nadia…🤗

There's a clip of Gogean in this montage, I'm guessing that's a mistake.

They were boring IMO. Always doing the safe routine. China was and is the best ever.

@dyawr

Жыл бұрын

Some of these elements are very difficult, not quite a safe routine.

@imnoangeloreilly1475

Жыл бұрын

Nope. The beam was never Chinas strength. Get with the program

Я фанат российских гимнастов. Но что творят китайские и румынские спортсменки на бревне - просто фантастика

Just normal ones. Chinese were the best and won the gold medals

They're bad af

@izadoru

Жыл бұрын

I suggest you get your eyes tested.

@dyawr

Жыл бұрын

How are they bad?

@macabree5856

Жыл бұрын

@@dyawr You're not American huh?

@macabree5856

Жыл бұрын

@@izadoru why you suggest you get his eyes tested?

@dyawr

Жыл бұрын

@@macabree5856 How is it relevant if I'm not American. 😄 US wasn't a legend in female gymnastics, this would've made more sense if you said "You're not Russian" or smth.

I HATE HATE HATE HATE THE AGE RESTRICTIONS!!!! 2008 Beijing would have been VERY interesting had Anna Porgras been allowed to compete and Ponor not retired! Think about it: Ponor, Porgras, Izsbasa, Nistor…. Would have made TF interesting