"Wow! Stunning! The best!" says it all for me! No one does it like Nastia! There is a fluidity, wholeness, and grace in her work that is such a joy to watch. The pointed toes, graceful arms, straight legs. I've been watching complicated routines of recent years. Without the graceful dance elements as Nastia mastered, they are missing something...as difficult and complicated as they are.
This beam routine from Nastia literally steals the air from my lungs every time I watch it and it’s been over a decade. Truly one of the first and only times I experienced what “breathtaking” meant!
I remember this vividly...I was on holiday in Siesta Key, Florida at the time having a meal at Red Lobster. The entire restaurant went silent during this performance and cheered wildly at the end.
I remember watching her and Shawn when I was a kid!!! She was the gymnast we all wanted to be 😭😭😭 nobody can ever match her grace, especially on beam. She didn't just hit her routine she performed it
the 2016 Olympics is amazing BUT lacks artistry by a mile its all about the power can we get some elegance back?
16.125 was the score!!!
She is by far one of the most beautiful gymnasts there ever were
She nailed her dismount.
It's the Russian in her.
"Wow! Stunning! The best!" says it all for me! No one does it like Nastia! There is a fluidity, wholeness, and grace in her work that is such a joy to watch. The pointed toes, graceful arms, straight legs. I've been watching complicated routines of recent years. Without the graceful dance elements as Nastia mastered, they are missing something...as difficult and complicated as they are.
Oh Nastia, you make it look so easy...
Probably the only gymnast I've ever seen who keeps her legs straight during the entire aerial front walkover.
Wish she’d one AA and Beam gold.
Nastia really deserved the gold. She really brings the "artistic" back to the artistic gymnastics
Almost eight years later and I still come back to this time after time. Feels like the Beijing Olympics were just yesterday.
Probably the best Olympic beam routine of all time. Shawn and Nastia were extremely talented gymnasts.
No one like her anymore... damnit I miss 2008.
How I miss the elegance of a gymnast like Nastia. For the USA maybe Kyla Ross comes the closest.
The only gymnast, along with Viktoria Komova, that makes side somis look good
This beam routine from Nastia literally steals the air from my lungs every time I watch it and it’s been over a decade. Truly one of the first and only times I experienced what “breathtaking” meant!
I remember this vividly...I was on holiday in Siesta Key, Florida at the time having a meal at Red Lobster. The entire restaurant went silent during this performance and cheered wildly at the end.
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I remember watching her and Shawn when I was a kid!!! She was the gymnast we all wanted to be 😭😭😭 nobody can ever match her grace, especially on beam. She didn't just hit her routine she performed it
Forever my favorite gymnast.