Kui Yuanyuan - 1996 Olympics Team Optionals - Balance Beam

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  • @LKR0722
    @LKR0722 5 лет назад +83

    This has to be one of the best beam routines ever.

    • @edigalvao
      @edigalvao 4 года назад +2

      Agreed

    • @glenb2389
      @glenb2389 4 года назад +2

      Absolutely!!!

    • @marlaking1251
      @marlaking1251 2 года назад

      For 1996 this is a great beam routine. ❤

  • @kellyshahan2550
    @kellyshahan2550 11 лет назад +66

    Kui Yuanyuan was robbed at the 1997 Worlds she should've won the gold medal it was an awesome routine I have ever seen

    • @gabygaby5701
      @gabygaby5701 2 года назад +3

      Chinese always are robbed. Their gymnasts are graceful and full of power

  • @intldawn
    @intldawn 6 лет назад +14

    Amazing. Super Kui! That leap series into the tumbling is one of my favorite things anyone ever has put together on beam. So cool

  • @bzach71
    @bzach71 15 лет назад +10

    I particularly LOVE the time when she did 3 consecutive splits forward followed by 3 backward cartwheels that go so fast and without hesitation (i dont know what the jumps or acrobats are called). She is the best in beam.- best to watch. Entertaining and such a 'wow'

  • @billyyoung3726
    @billyyoung3726 10 лет назад +31

    full-twisting back layout!!!

    • @vettegaddia6234
      @vettegaddia6234 10 лет назад +15

      A ff ff back layout full is a G skill in today's COP. And not one gymnast did a two footed ff ff back layout full in the last 2 Olympics cycles(Iordache did one with a ro or one ff?). It really is the hardest skill possible on beam. And she nailed it almost 20 years ago. That shows today's beam worker's DD going backwards instead of forward. Kui also did 3 high leaps then without the slightest pause, connected the tumbling in the other direction of ff to two layout stepouts back to back.

    • @samisfun868
      @samisfun868 8 месяцев назад

      @@vettegaddia6234 wow G.

  • @X_MissMary_X
    @X_MissMary_X 10 лет назад +69

    I think it's a bit strange her 1997 Worlds finals routine often makes favorite lists when this one was much more precise- gorgeous!

    • @vettegaddia6234
      @vettegaddia6234 9 лет назад +17

      +Miss Mary And her flexibility, bodyline and ARTISTRY. If I was a judge, I would score it higher than Biles' winning beam routine in 2014, and Kui did this in 1996.

    • @matthewxcountry
      @matthewxcountry 7 лет назад +12

      the 97 routine is more difficult, adding a full twisting Korbut flip

    • @sww770
      @sww770 7 лет назад +24

      The 97 worlds performance has the added controversy of getting bronze behind Gina gogean's very simple and boring routine, so I think it gets more views for that reason.

    • @sktzn6829
      @sktzn6829 6 лет назад

      well she does do a Rulfova in 1997 but doesn't have the Ruflova twist at 0:58

    • @pappysprite
      @pappysprite 5 лет назад +11

      What is sad is this routine should have been celebrated and highlighted on the NBC broadcast and it wasn't. Most people never got to see this absolutely stunning and gorgeous routine. It was the highest scoring beam exercise of the entire team competition from any athlete, with Shannon Miller and Roza Galieva tying for second place.

  • @taramisu9978
    @taramisu9978 3 года назад +4

    Holy crap! How was this routine not ever televised back then? It certainly should have been. One of the best beam routines I have ever seen.

  • @honeybfly1980
    @honeybfly1980 13 лет назад +5

    Most beautiful beam routine I have EVER seen in my life. Omg!!

  • @mrparke007
    @mrparke007 18 лет назад +8

    This is an amazing performance. I cannot believe she didn't qualify for beam finals in 96. This is absolutely beautiful beam work.

    • @Albuddy1867
      @Albuddy1867 4 года назад +2

      mrparke007 it’s better than miller gogean

    • @foodculture6355
      @foodculture6355 2 года назад +3

      She fell off during the compulsories which is why she did not make it. This was the highest-scoring beam routine of the games. Had she performed this in the finals she would have won gold.

    • @gymns411
      @gymns411 Год назад +1

      @@foodculture6355the routine was amazing. The problem is the Chinese gymnast then (and now) never could put it together in a consistent manner. She didn’t qualify because of compulsories here but unfortunately I can 80% say if she did qualify to finals she would have medaled because of a silly mistake…which is what unfortunately has been the Chinese National story. Sigh

  • @willsbob123
    @willsbob123 3 года назад +5

    It’s an absolute sham that the qualification score carried over to team optionals in order to qualify to EF. This routine was simply spectacular and had everything you could ever want in a beam set. She was by far the best beam worker of these Games and still to this day, one of the best beam workers of all time.

  • @junefaleafine6233
    @junefaleafine6233 4 года назад +5

    The best 5 skills combo today. This beam is unmatched IMO #1 beam work.

  • @JuliusGLlorando
    @JuliusGLlorando 6 лет назад +31

    The routine is a lot harder than what Im seeing nw in the world cup 2018 doha

    • @ledhicks
      @ledhicks 4 года назад +5

      DITTO. BB routines nowadays are so bland and coy. Back then it was so daring and creative like this.

  • @towerupdraft
    @towerupdraft 12 лет назад +23

    I do not trust my eyes: 2 backflips, full twisting somersault straight??? On the beam? Shocking - is she from this planet?

  • @tommyliangwei3724
    @tommyliangwei3724 Год назад +1

    This was posted in September 2007 (14 years ago).

  • @lilynerdrum981
    @lilynerdrum981 9 лет назад +12

    It's amazing how she like doesn't think she just goes for it.

  • @natalienat518
    @natalienat518 14 лет назад +4

    This routine scored a 9.875!!! Utterly amazing!!!

  • @jonatanlima6942
    @jonatanlima6942 2 года назад +1

    Beautiful, Beautiful, Beautiful 🤩

  • @piskoun
    @piskoun 18 лет назад +18

    Put Mo and her in finals and Miller's medal is in trouble!

  • @triffus
    @triffus 2 года назад +1

    One of my favorite beam workers of all time with Yang BO and Ponor.

  • @PinkCupcake500
    @PinkCupcake500 12 лет назад +16

    This gymnast is INCREDIBLE! AMAZING! WONDERFUL! Her beam routines made EVERYONE look PATHETIC! Have you guys seen her in 1997's Worlds???? HER ROUTINE MADE HISTORY! She was robbed........

  • @kakumei77
    @kakumei77 13 лет назад +2

    Kui had been doing the full twist lay out for a long time in her career, it was never appreciated. And even now, there are girls who would never do a full twisting lay out on the beam today!

  • @margaritomorales4148
    @margaritomorales4148 Год назад

    This is one of the best bean routine I ever saw in my entire life. Sad she didn’t make to finals otherwise she could won’t a gold because Shannon Miller was amazing but this was was much better with all the amazing and difficult skills she’d put in her routine. I was speechless when I first saw her just Amazing ❤️❤️❤️

  • @muckyou1490
    @muckyou1490 4 года назад +8

    shannon so lucky this girl fell in compulsories

    • @You-dh1du
      @You-dh1du 4 года назад +1

      Wasn't Kui's team optionals routine actually the highest scoring beam routine in Atlanta or am I wrong?

    • @hjaidar
      @hjaidar 9 месяцев назад

      ​@@You-dh1duIndeed. Kui had the highest beam score in Atlanta. 9.875 in team finals.

  • @chuckie102883
    @chuckie102883 4 года назад +3

    Phenomenal! Had she not fallen in compulseries she’d be the Olympic champion that yr no doubt

  • @3Axel1996
    @3Axel1996 15 лет назад +1

    @garyj79 Chinese gymnast Yang Bo was the first to do these leaps in 1988/1989 and these leaps were named after her by the FIG. Most other nations avoided attempting these leaps feeling they could earn the same amount of points using other acrobatic skills.

  • @phillipthomas9901
    @phillipthomas9901 Год назад

    I just love that back dive

  • @franciscobrevisp
    @franciscobrevisp 3 года назад

    Oh wow!
    cuánta belleza y perfección en una rutina!

  • @MNGYM26
    @MNGYM26 15 лет назад +4

    @EdGringo78 Kui got a 9.875 for this routine, the highest beam score of the entire olympics. Miller earned a 9.862 in team finals, aa, and ef.

  • @pappysprite
    @pappysprite 12 лет назад +3

    I remember seeing her perform this routine at worlds in 1997 and was in complete awe. Such a shame that during the Olympics,this routine was never shown on the American broadcast. Too bad she didn't make finals because she definitely would have medaled. Instead of following Mo, they should have focused on her.

  • @ilovekaiser
    @ilovekaiser 14 лет назад +2

    The BEST AND HARDEST routine i've ever seen....

  • @ballethoney
    @ballethoney 15 лет назад +1

    This routine is the ish. Gorgeous!

  • @happyhappy6735
    @happyhappy6735 3 года назад +1

    PERFECT

  • @ChainChomp2
    @ChainChomp2 13 лет назад +4

    I could imagine someone thinking "well she probably can't tumble..." after Mitch made that comment on how well the Chinese leap/jump, and then watching that acrobatic series immediately after...

  • @CHOWCWT
    @CHOWCWT 14 лет назад

    Crazy routine! And she even did 3 back flips for the 2nd tumbling series during the 1996 Worlds.

  • @jamesmaxson2306
    @jamesmaxson2306 3 года назад

    this routine is amazing

  • @cherylcheung5588
    @cherylcheung5588 5 лет назад +13

    This beam routine by Kui Yuan Yuan can easily defeated the current US champion Simone Biles at her fingertips... this routine is so precise, fluid, flexibility and so much mastery .. totally no deduction mark to me

  • @Beargeek616
    @Beargeek616 15 лет назад +1

    I think it would be out of a 16.3 with the current code. I am having a hard time finding all her elements and what they are worth now.

  • @vesperholly
    @vesperholly 16 лет назад +2

    The highest score of the 96 Olympics was 9.887 for Podkopayeva's AA and EF FX.

  • @Pemyquid
    @Pemyquid 3 года назад +1

    Well, DAMN
    How was I not are of her. So many gymnasts from the 90’s I’d never even heard of smh

  • @faeryquene
    @faeryquene 13 лет назад

    Anyone know if Kui's '96 Olympic Compulsory beam set is posted anywhere on youtube?

  • @garyj79
    @garyj79 15 лет назад

    Were any other countries @ the time performing leaps on the beam with the head taken right back?? cos it seems like only the chinese girls were doing them at the time!?!

  • @mimilion5990
    @mimilion5990 4 года назад

    二十幾年前的選手啊!她們太強了!

  • @natalienat518
    @natalienat518 14 лет назад

    @peepers2221 Nope, both Kui and Miller has a G element ONLY, full-in dismount (G) for Miller, and a full twist straight back (G) for Kui. I think everyone says Kui's routine was much harder because it's choreograpy is unique and difficult than Millers. Do you think that Kui's linkage of 6 elements (3 leaps to flip layout layout) is less difficult than Miller's mere flip layout layout, or switch leap to flip with 1/4?

  • @gissneric
    @gissneric 12 лет назад

    yeah I'm not really watching gymnastics until recently and I noticed this too, why are they just climbing onto the beam in the beginning?

  • @You-dh1du
    @You-dh1du 4 года назад +1

    If only this were the EF. She truly had the best beam work in Atlanta.

  • @chercher304
    @chercher304 7 лет назад +1

    The queen empress master!!!

  • @xplosive08
    @xplosive08 17 лет назад

    there is not more spectacular beam worker than lil' kui...
    she is amaizing.....and also very cute

  • @Undermedveten
    @Undermedveten 13 лет назад

    @bernardmvella Do you know where I can find a video of her beam compulsories?

  • @hmrhuang
    @hmrhuang 13 лет назад +1

    @MsNoelle555 Totally agree with you. She takes so much risk in this routine and performed them well; I wish judges would take that account sometimes. These judges must have been watching some other routine because the fact that she didn't make the event final says how slanted the judging process is sometimes...

  • @kyerinbennett8391
    @kyerinbennett8391 4 года назад +1

    Hit the shit out of that routine

  • @sharonr7870
    @sharonr7870 6 лет назад

    That was crazy good!!

  • @letsdothis3332
    @letsdothis3332 5 лет назад

    That flight series just about did me in

  • @MTVMANN
    @MTVMANN 16 лет назад

    She did get the team bronze at the 2000 Olympics...although we kinda forget about her because she got injured on the second event for China in Prelims: vault.
    It was a shame that the Chinese didn't start on UB or BB in 2000, so that Kui could have done her routine injury free and possibly made finals!

  • @xiaoyuansuo51
    @xiaoyuansuo51 14 лет назад

    is the full twist named after her?

  • @monicarey1051
    @monicarey1051 4 года назад

    Magnific

  • @shoorablader
    @shoorablader 16 лет назад

    SHE IS THE BEST

  • @unevercalled
    @unevercalled 13 лет назад +5

    Looking back, I think she outshines Mo

  • @bbhouk1
    @bbhouk1 14 лет назад

    this is like childs play compared to her 97 routine.
    1996-Korbut flic
    1997-rulfova
    1996-variation of yang bo jump
    1997-split leap AND variation of yang bo jump done in combination
    1996-lots of balance checks, several form breaks, and little step back on dismount
    1997-only TWO visible balance checks and a little hop on the dismount

  • @wluu1
    @wluu1 12 лет назад +1

    Thats sure a lot of connection points in the code of points today.

  • @jdkinney
    @jdkinney Год назад

    This beam routine is fantastic! Shannon Miller is lucky that Kui didn’t make beam finals!

  • @jeffy5482
    @jeffy5482 9 лет назад +2

    LOSO Mount (D)
    Stag Ring (B)
    Full Turn (A)
    BHS BHS Full-twisting Back Layout (B+B+G) +.2 BONUS
    Switch Leap + Sissone + Sissone + BHS LOSO LOSO (C+A+A+B+C+C) +.1 BONUS
    Split Leap + Korbut Salto (A+B)
    RO + Double Back (B+D)
    ACRO
    G, D, D, C, C
    DANCE
    C, B, A
    BONUS
    +.3
    MIN REQ
    2.5
    5.5 D Score in 2015 if my calculations are correct.

    • @vettegaddia6234
      @vettegaddia6234 9 лет назад

      +jeffy5482 Why is the Stag ring only a B? IMO it is more risky than most jumps and should be a D. So no one today is doing it and tons of gymnast do the switch leap ring because it is a D or E. And BTW, Kui did a harder beam routine in 1997. Instead of the split leap to Korbut, she did a Wolfe to a Rulfova. So her D score would be 5.7? So she can still medal in 2015...

    • @destiny236231
      @destiny236231 8 лет назад

      A normal BHS LOSO LOSO combination gets 0.2 so it would be 5.6 but for a time when they didn't know the requirements, this is such a good D score. Some have less than a 5.0

  • @rballettom
    @rballettom 14 лет назад

    I wonder what her A score would be under the 2006-2008 COP

  • @GnomaticReverie
    @GnomaticReverie 18 лет назад

    She scored a 9.875, the highest score of the entire Game.

  • @vesperholly
    @vesperholly 16 лет назад

    You said, and I quote,
    "If I remember well, she got 9,825 with this routine... The highest score at the 96 Olimpics..."
    No mention of highest *beam* score. Sheesh, why so angry? Kui's beam is fantastic and it's a shame she wasn't in EF.

  • @natalienat518
    @natalienat518 14 лет назад

    @peepers2221 Again, it's the difficulty of the PRESENTATION and CHOREOGRAPHY of the routine. Then do you think Miller's 'Miller' is much difficult TO DO than Kui's 2 flips to full twist back salto? MAYBE the start value of Miller's routine is higher, as you have said, but Kui's PRESENTATION and CHOREOGRAPHY is much unique and uncommon. We won't see 3 leaps to flip layout layout again nowadays, right? That's the reason everyone says Kui's was much harder.

  • @MsNoelle555
    @MsNoelle555 15 лет назад +1

    this was by FAR the best, most beautiful, most difficult beam routine of that olympics. it's brilliant. i wish she had made it into the finals and won. miller and pod's routines are sooooo dull compared to kui's. heck, even mo's routine, if done perfectly, could not hold a candle to kui's. imo, if anyone has ever had it all on this event, it's kui.

    • @triffus
      @triffus 2 года назад

      Lets be honest. Miller's routine was cool and innovative. I prefer Kui, but give credit where it is due.

    • @grantgoffin4774
      @grantgoffin4774 11 месяцев назад

      @@triffus It was excellent and elegant but what was "innovative" about it. She did a lot of stock skills like other gymnasts, handstands, front tuck, two layout combination, double back or full twisting double back dismount, Omelenchik.

    • @grantgoffin4774
      @grantgoffin4774 11 месяцев назад

      @@triffus Referring to Miller that is.

    • @triffus
      @triffus 11 месяцев назад

      Her Miller handstand, her back extention roll combo. She had some lovely innovation in that routine.@@grantgoffin4774

  • @Beargeek616
    @Beargeek616 14 лет назад +4

    She should have won at the 1997 worlds! Damn that zombie Gina!

  • @CHOWCWT
    @CHOWCWT 14 лет назад

    I dun think it is. And she's not the first one to do it anyway (He Xuemei did it at the 1993 Worlds).

  • @faeryquene
    @faeryquene 13 лет назад +1

    Judges tend to be more forgiving by finals and ignore little balance checks when it comes to the overall spectacular work such as displayed by Kui here. Imo she would have won gold had she made it to finals.

  • @bernardmvella
    @bernardmvella 13 лет назад

    @KarpfenKarpfen She didn't perform well in her compulsory routine. These routines were part of qualifying gymnasts. They were easier routines, assigned by the FIG, which were performed by every gymnast, but gymnasts had to have PERFECT execution on them to do well and qualify. Every gymnast performed the exact same routine, so they could judge and compare the gymnasts to the exact detail.

  • @KarpfenKarpfen
    @KarpfenKarpfen 13 лет назад

    Why didn't she make finals?

  • @SrhLun
    @SrhLun 16 лет назад

    Miller scored a 9.862 to win her gold medal on the beam EF.

  • @europegymfan123
    @europegymfan123 14 лет назад

    no. lilipod score 9.787 in the all around, and 9.825 in ef. and then shannon scored 9.862 in the all around and ef

  • @violaroadkill
    @violaroadkill 15 лет назад

    Yes...that's what a SV was for.
    when you perform difficult skills, you have a lot of risk in your routine, which should be rewarded; but you have risk not only of falling off, but also the risk of not medalling.

  • @ch0c0nic0le
    @ch0c0nic0le 6 лет назад +10

    she is soooooo robbed !!!!!!!!!!!!
    I am devastated :((

  • @briaberger
    @briaberger 16 лет назад

    She should have gotten into the EF and gotten gold! Incredibly difficult routine, job well done.

  • @raras889
    @raras889 12 лет назад

    If you're referring to how gymnasts back then salto onto the beam and now they only climb onto it (cause I can't see Jd L's comment, sorry) this is because now we have a Difficulty Score, and only the 7 most difficult elements plus dismount are counted towards it, plus CR and connections. Back then they don't have a d score, so naturally a difficult dismount would appeal.

  • @Richiechen12
    @Richiechen12 3 года назад

    how is this routine not winning anything?

  • @miketennis19ny
    @miketennis19ny 17 лет назад

    actually, Lilia Podkopayeva had the highest scored, a 9.887 in floor finals.

  • @violaroadkill
    @violaroadkill 15 лет назад

    It doesn't matter what you can do in training, or whether you didn't fall in other meets - what counts is how you perform right then. Hence you shouldn't medal with a fall.

  • @liweiwei2008
    @liweiwei2008 14 лет назад

    wow very nice

  • @hjaidar
    @hjaidar 16 лет назад +1

    If she and Mo Huilan had made it Shannon would have won just the bronze.
    Don't forget that Mo got 9.8 in the AA with a huge step on the landing

  • @lanpingpug
    @lanpingpug 13 лет назад

    What was the score on this? It's amazing!

  • @cehaddunebuggy3899
    @cehaddunebuggy3899 9 лет назад +4

    Had Mo and Kui performed to their abilities, I really think they would have been the stars of the game. In the all around, Mo was definitely underscored on the bars and the beam Her score on the bars should have at least been a tenth higher. .

    • @lb7617
      @lb7617 8 лет назад +1

      Her beam routine was ridiculously over scored, it should've been a 9.650 at most but the judges gave her a 9.800... but I still think she should've tied a Bronze with Gina Gogean, then Simona Amanar should've gotten the Silver, and Lilia Podkopayeva the Gold again... Lavinia Milosovici should've just missed out in 4th place

  • @U38066
    @U38066 16 лет назад

    If I remember well, she got 9,825 with this routine... The highest score at the 96 Olimpics...
    But she could not compete in EF for a silly mistake in the compulsary routine... What a pity!!! what a pity!!! Two Olimpics and without any medal...
    If she had one third of LIU Xuan's luck...!

  • @isa1285
    @isa1285 17 лет назад

    A real shame she didn't make it to the beam finals!

  • @bernardmvella
    @bernardmvella 14 лет назад

    @TwisterFlipp95 Possibly they gave a higher score because it's one of the hardest routines to be performed. Ever. Sorry I know you posted this ages ago!

  • @Summonearth
    @Summonearth 15 лет назад

    Well I know Alexandra Marinescu and Olga Teslenko used moves that took their head back, but only in the ring position, not the way Kui Yuanyuan does it.

  • @dickyduann5441
    @dickyduann5441 5 лет назад

    Chinese girls were really sidelined in Atlanta...and Mo...she just couldn’t deliver at the right time...however much I adore her...

  • @U38066
    @U38066 16 лет назад

    To vesperholly:
    I said: SHE GOT 9.875 with this routine and could not get into the beam final...
    Please read it well. I was talking about BEAM. And this video is about BEAM.

  • @plumeria66
    @plumeria66 3 года назад

    Why didn’t she get the gold?

  • @dianaventura7999
    @dianaventura7999 11 лет назад +5

    Kui did an even more difficult routine at 1997 Worlds when she was totally rob of the EF gold on beam.
    She added a full twist to her swing down, thus turning it into a D rated Rulfova.
    If memory serves, Miller won the Olympic gold medal on the beam at the 1996 Olympics with a 9.862. I would give Kui a 9.95 for this routine.
    Had Kui made the final with this routine, she would have beat Miller. Unless, of course the bias judges robs her as usual.

    • @intldawn
      @intldawn 8 лет назад +3

      diana ventura Why do you say the biased judges robbed her? She had the highest score of any apparatus in team finals with this routine. It's clear the judges recognized how stupendous she was. She didn't make finals because she fell in the compulsory round. There were a lot of shaky routines in compulsories so even if she's had just a so-so routine, she'd have been in the finals.

  • @sikaivy
    @sikaivy 14 лет назад

    @theurbansoul She fell inTeam Compulsories on a simple movement

    • @Albuddy1867
      @Albuddy1867 4 года назад

      sikaivy so it’s why she didn’t in the set list final beam?

  • @metsdudenj
    @metsdudenj 13 лет назад +1

    I still would have given the gold to Miller vs this routine in the EF, this routine was excellent but it had a slight balance check on the layout and the dismout as well.

  • @karlishajames4394
    @karlishajames4394 4 года назад

    That was the best beam routine in 96 Olympic and the 97 worlds.. still love thus routine .. the Chinese were Robbed on beam in 96 Olympic their team scores where to low for high quality and difficulty they had.. this was a unbelievable team one without the weakness on floor and vault

  • @ilovekaiser
    @ilovekaiser 6 лет назад

    If she hadn’t fallen off during the compulsories, she would’ve been a big medal factor during the event Finals.

  • @Beargeek616
    @Beargeek616 17 лет назад

    Doubt that. Mo was known for choking, and Kui did not have the confidence needed to be in EF for those games. But I will say, this was the best beam routine of those games.

  • @starjp8429
    @starjp8429 4 года назад +1

    She should have won the Olympic EF.

  • @europegymfan123
    @europegymfan123 14 лет назад

    not mant people know this but this this routine had the highest score out of all of the competitions at this olympics. even high than shannons ef routine, which wasnt even good. GO KUI!

  • @starjp8429
    @starjp8429 4 года назад +1

    Much better than Shannon Miller.