It's too bad they can't have official translators at these events, it's sweet to see Armine translating for Geyla and how Geyla translated for Maria but they shouldn't be put in that position.

@Br-xw1rv

2 жыл бұрын

I agree with you

@garrettzjohnson

2 жыл бұрын

I agree. Elite athletes often take motivation and pride from their country and culture that helps them compete. They deserve that resource if they are going to be asked to give answers in English. That cracked me up though when she translated the English back on accident. 😂

@tanja5338

2 жыл бұрын

I don‘t agree. I love it. That smilies between them. Very sympathic and human.

@garrettzjohnson

2 жыл бұрын

@@tanja5338 I think I may have been wrong. I like your point. It was a nice happenstance we wouldn't have enjoyed with a third party translator. As long as everyone is comfortable with it and doesn't see it as extra work. These people work hard enough 😊

@sandybrooks8390

2 жыл бұрын

agreed, especially since it was entirely predictable that one or more of the medalists would be Russian.

This was the dream podium! So glad gelya won she totally deserves it. Hopefully vlada will medal too at some EF. And of course rebecca.

@sinhueherrera8984

2 жыл бұрын

I know, I feel like Vlada had it pretty hard since she’s growing a lot, had this happened last year I’m sure she would have done better 😭

@nondescriptbeing5944

2 жыл бұрын

@@sinhueherrera8984 at the same time, I think she's lucky with how the olympics were delayed, allowing Listunova to compete. strongest russian in TF and huge help to secure gold. then this worlds would've been this year anyway

@sinhueherrera8984

2 жыл бұрын

@@nondescriptbeing5944 yeah but she wouldn’t have gone through that much preparation in one year while dealing with puberty

Geyla looks so nervous. Can't imagine doing a press conference and not having a professional translator.

@jimaglonzoa.m6368

2 жыл бұрын

She studied english overseas I just think she’s not that comfortable with speaking it in public

@felityf1

2 жыл бұрын

@@jimaglonzoa.m6368 yeah! It isnt easy at this situation

@They.Call.Me.Nicole34

2 жыл бұрын

Armine competed for USSR so she speaks Russian fluently although she is Arminian

@nondescriptbeing5944

2 жыл бұрын

@@jimaglonzoa.m6368 she has spoken it a bit in other interviews, I think it's just easier and better for long answers to speak a native language

@Bev4Drawing

2 жыл бұрын

People assume because you can speak two languages well you can translate and this is not true. It is very difficult to do direct translation on the spot. That's why translation is a separate degree.

Thanks reporter who asked about mustafina! It really melted my heart to know that they are good friends!

@sadiporter2966

2 жыл бұрын

she posted a video of her hanging out with mustafina after she got back from the olympics.

@jennyz9429

2 жыл бұрын

Jessica from Gymcastic.

They should have hired an interpreter. It's not fair to the gymnasts who don't speak English as their native language. Angelina can speak english, however speaking a foreign language to an entire room of journalists is very nerve wracking and a lot of pressure! She would have been very tired too. Some of the athletes don't speak english at all so they definitely need interpreters. It's kind of rude to ignore the fact that most gymnasts are not from english speaking countries.

@fredrika27

2 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately, English is now the language of gymnastics despite it being international sport in which French was once dominant. What I find interesting is that the gymnasts from western European countries like Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium speak English well, but otbers don't. What it comes down to is a country's willingness to teach languages that are vital to its interests! It's sad to say that Russian, China, Brits, French and Americans are language lazy and feel they don't have to learn other languages while the rest of the world speaks at least two to three languages! Then there is the poor schooling of some of these gymnasts who often don't get the education they deserve after sacrificing themselves! Some can't attend college because they are not academically fit!

@2021kyoto

2 жыл бұрын

Where was the British Gymnast.They won the Bronze medal in the team competition.

Good for her for handling taking the questions in English and staying so calm and composed without a translator

Ангелина умничка и красавица! Новых побед и успехов!👏👏👏👍👍👍🌹🌹🌹🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺💖💖💖

As a long time gymnastics fan, I’ve seen Armine so many times over the years at competitions but I’ve never heard her speak. It’s a shame she had to be put in the position as translator. Angelina is the frickin’ world champion she should have a proper translator. Also for people wondering why Angelina didn’t speak in English. When most people learn a second language they can understand it more than they can speak it. I’m similar with Spanish. In addition the thought of speaking it makes me terrified sometimes so she is prob the same especially since this is a public press conference.

too bad that a rich country as japan hosting an important international event cant spare a few dollars to hire a translator

@victorgr.3938

2 жыл бұрын

And for several countries, live broadcast wasn’t available. Is the first time I miss a world gymnastics championships.

@aromaticchicken518

2 жыл бұрын

I wonder if it was related to covid restrictions - fewer staff than normal. But yes, really unfortunate

@rmc2001

2 жыл бұрын

Should it be left up to the hosting nation though. Maybe each nation competing could have there own translator even if just to speak english

The entire gymternet is smiling with you Galya! So happy for all three of these ladies! ❤️❤️🥇❤️❤️🥈🥉

Armine is so cute!

I’m so happy for all of them :))))

She did so well at the Olympics. So happy she won all-around gold here. Her floor routine this year is one of the moment engaging and so full of sass, class, personality, strength.

"ANGELINA " is the only one only one "!

Please post the Men's All-Around Final Press Conference if you have it. Thank you so much

Seriously, poor Gelya. I only enjoyed the press conference because I know English and Russian. Props to Armenie for translating but she shouldn’t be made to do this. I felt so bad for her I had to skip it.

It is not fair that the press conference to be only in english all the time. Where is the official translator for a such a meeting?

FIG has budget for robotic judges but not professional translators?

8:08 can you imagine being Leanne or Kayla and hearing a question like that asked??

@keljells

2 жыл бұрын

I couldn’t fully make out what he said, but basically was it asking if she was upset she didn’t get a chance to compete against Simone biles? Essentially not respecting the skill and fight Leanne and Kayla brought to the table? That’s really messed up.

Bravissima Angelina. Forza Russia

Where can i watch replays of the AA?? There are no videos on youtube 🥺😩

@jessicamarareni7649

2 жыл бұрын

Olympic channel

@e.t._2509

2 жыл бұрын

Fig channel

@hannibaljustincase9985

2 жыл бұрын

full broadcast are on FIG channel, but they are geoblocked in some regions, so you may need vpn to view them

@AC-zs8su

2 жыл бұрын

Now it explains why i can’t access any videos 😢

Gelya❤❤❤❤

Please note that the translation from the russian language to english is performed by a member of the US team. What is her name ?

@dynasty0019

2 жыл бұрын

Armine Barutyan, she's a former Soviet gymnast who now coaches gymnastics outside of Kansas City with her husband.

@othyeighty

2 жыл бұрын

@@dynasty0019 thank you She did the same as many others when USSR collapsed

Gelya's english is very good.I've seen her speaking on instagram.Maybe she was just very tired and didn't feel comfortable speaking English in public right now...

@fortheloveofcats2462

2 жыл бұрын

@@K3Best she spoke English in a one on one interview and also acted as an informal translator for her teammate Maria Minaeva's interview. But she was probably afraid to speak in front of a crowd.

@fortheloveofcats2462

2 жыл бұрын

@@K3Best same. It takes a lot of practice to speak a foreign language in front of a crowd, especially people are quick to point out mistakes with grammar or pronounciation. And Gelya only started learning English for a year.

@annasophieb.734

2 жыл бұрын

press conferences are also hardly comparable to a casual instagram q&a, way more pressure to say the right thing. i’d be scared to be quoted in a language i’m not completely fluent in plus she was probably very tired at this point

@bartcubbins9757

2 жыл бұрын

@@K3Best what? the reason is banal - the lack of practice of the conversational part. many russians understand english, but do not speak it. nothing to do with pride

@bartcubbins9757

2 жыл бұрын

@@K3Best I am Russian 🤡

So proud of Gelya she worked so hard to get here, I can’t wait for her to rest and come back maybe♥️

I wish they would pronounce Angelina correctly. I thought the gymnastic press had collectively got the hang of it by now and stopped americafying everyone's names... For anyone wondering the G in Angelina is like the G in gas, gum etc.. not like G for giraffe.

Angelina maravilhosa

Is armine russian?

@liukin95

2 жыл бұрын

She's Armenian - she's a former Soviet gymnast.

@billyng2012

2 жыл бұрын

imaging had Armine not there, who could have translated for Gelya?

@billyng2012

2 жыл бұрын

@@K3Best but thought a translator still has to be there just in case

@simplystreeptacular

2 жыл бұрын

@@K3Best Gelya speaks English, yes, but she isn't fluent, and as someone who has had to function in a foreign country in a language I'm not all that confident in - it's HARD. It's a thousand times harder when you're tired, too. No wonder she needed some help. Major kudos to Armine for stepping up here, but she absolutely should not have been put in that position.

Omfg Armine lmaooooooo

Isn't it frustrating for the winners to know they propably/maybe only won because their hardest competitors were not present? I can't really take this year's worlds seriously with so many big names missing. I guess they are saturated when TV shows and stuff are more important than competing for a world champion title. I by no means criticize gymnasts that cannot participate due to physical and/or mental problems. However, if an athlete doesn't compete in this year's worlds because the Olympics were too stressful, I wonder how Melnikova, Murakami, Andrade and the likes managed to participate in both events. Was their training schedule better? Are they more ambitious? Stronger willed? If the latter is the case, I guess they fully deserve their newly won titles.

[crush on Armine intensifies]

Why the fuck, dont official sport competitions like this, a world championships, have a translator, it is weird because you would expect a huge event would have professional translators.

Who is armine ?anx why a USA coach is translating instead of a pro translator it’s international competition ! They can do better 🥲💔

@celestecyra9457

2 жыл бұрын

i think shes leannes coach but i could be wrong

@SH-co8de

2 жыл бұрын

@@celestecyra9457 thanks

@brodypenn

2 жыл бұрын

She and her husband are Leanne Wong, Kara Eaker, and Aleah Finnegans coach and she’s from the Soviet Union so she speaks Russian.

@SH-co8de

2 жыл бұрын

@@brodypenn thanks

@They.Call.Me.Nicole34

2 жыл бұрын

@@brodypenn yep, but she is Arminian

Angelina won, not Leanne! Deal with it and be happy for them.

Angelina SUPERB!!!!!!👏👏👏👍👍👍🌹🌹🌹

Ангелина ❤️ Армине ❤️🇷🇺🇦🇲

why doesnt the one woman not have a mask on?

@nondescriptbeing5944

2 жыл бұрын

there's a screen between them. she maybe needed to be heard clearly for translation

Que vergonha alheia a tradutora sem entender nada vei akakaka

@nataliab.722

2 жыл бұрын

The "translator" isn't actually a translator, is Leanne's coach (Armine) I think they weren't allowed to have a translator but Armine was a soevietic gymnast, so she kind of knows and wanted to help

@SH-co8de

2 жыл бұрын

She is not a translator check her clothes she is USA coach,, they didn’t have a translator 🥲💔

@nicolethomas9

2 жыл бұрын

@@SH-co8de armine competed as a Soviet Union gymnasts she knows Russian even though she’s Armenian and if she was not translate right I bet Gelya would said it

@SH-co8de

2 жыл бұрын

@@nicolethomas9 yeah I know but I was really upset about the fact no pro translator was there to help the athletes

These women would not have placed in the top six at the Olympics. Perfect timing for them!

@jeffpetrie7744

2 жыл бұрын

@@FigureSkatingVideosAnalysis All the good gymnasts retired or went on that Gold Tour after the Olympics. Excellent timing for these tertiary athletes. Your anger does not reflect well on you.

@fshonuff

2 жыл бұрын

@Jeff Petrie but you still didn’t respond back to the poster who pointed out how wrong you were - that the gold medal winner here did in fact medal at the Olympics - 3 times .

@jeffpetrie7744

2 жыл бұрын

@@fshonuff I apologize... I thought I had: The winner medaled because Biles did not compete, and the gymnasts who competed for the USA at World Championships months earlier would have been selected to compete over Suni Lee for All Around - but they went on to make money in that entertainment tour called Gold Over America or whatever. If you would like to disagree that’s fine, of course... Why do you ask? Surely you do not care about my opinion...

I could see Armine just making up answers to tell the preas

@They.Call.Me.Nicole34

2 жыл бұрын

Making up answers???.... she is Arminian but speaks Russian fluently she used to compete for the USSR.

@albertitomoon5002

2 жыл бұрын

You know Angelina speaks English right? If Armine was making up answers, she would've noticed cause she understands

@Leadoff10

2 жыл бұрын

@@albertitomoon5002 It was a joke I know all of that.

@Leadoff10

2 жыл бұрын

@@They.Call.Me.Nicole34 I was not being serious. I know who Leannes coach is.

@They.Call.Me.Nicole34

2 жыл бұрын

@@Leadoff10 well that's good cause he's been around since the 80's. Then you shouldn't go saying things like this on social media cause not everybody knows you, or knows if your joking or not 🤣 were not in person so whatever you write people will take literally unless you put some laughing emojees and say you're joking 😝🤣🤦‍♀️ just saying 🤷‍♀️

Freaking Angelina can speak English. I’m not sure why maybe she can’t handle British accent.

@elizac.2271

2 жыл бұрын

Eh... she was probably nervous and felt uncomfortable about speaking a 2nd language to a room full of people. Some empathy here? How many languages do you speak?

@lababo

2 жыл бұрын

@@elizac.2271 I speak 3 languages but I still get confuse using them. I was just really surprised that she could speak English compared to my another fan which is Aliya Mustafina. I’m not sure exactly how to explain it right when it comes to sports w/ deep biographies.

Why did they make them keep the masks on? These athletes have been getting daily covid tests and it makes it harder to understand them with the mask on

IMO, Leanne should have won and the Russian should have won the bronze. Just saying! Please don’t attack me or anything I’m just stating my opinion.

@charliejo7636

2 жыл бұрын

Leanne definitely should have won gold. But due to kaylas fall she deserved bronze.

@veronicagalante4793

2 жыл бұрын

why?

@MrGenexxx

2 жыл бұрын

The Russian also has a name. You can see it in the video title.

@veronicagalante4793

2 жыл бұрын

@@charliejo7636 definitely according to ?

@cutseygymnast

2 жыл бұрын

imo Leanne should not have been able to go at all

I wish the journalists here knew more about gymnastics. Super vague questions.

At least the token asians lost...