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
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.
@@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.
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.
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.
@@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
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.
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 😊. 💜🤸💜
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 💕🤸♂️
@@Adelicows 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.
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.
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.
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. 😉
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
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🥺
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?
@@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.
@@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.
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.
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!)
@@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,
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
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!
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
That’s just not true at all🤣 in 2012 the Romanian gymnasts were told off for shouting too close to the judges… they’ve always been just as vocal as other countries, you just aren’t hearing it in these tiny snippets
@@anderwin7978 creo que hay un video de Londres 2012 en la final de equipos donde Izbasa esta hablando muy fuerte y Bulimar le dice shhh! y le echa unos ojotes como diciendo baja la voz jajaja
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!!!
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.
@@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.
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
Thank you!
PIN THIS COMMENT!!!!!
Leotardo rojo es Claudia Rusan
Thanks so much! These great performers need to be named!!
Thank you!
I wish Romania would get back to where they were in women's gymnastics
I hope for that.
Wow, incredible. I miss the old skills. It’s so boring today.
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.
@@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.
Lost their golden boy Karolyi
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.
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.
Best admiration for the gymnasts with longevity. I love the ones who continue past their 30s like Catalina
@@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
@@ivann.1916 she probably learned her diva antics from Khorkina and Boguinskaya as well
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.
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 😊.
💜🤸💜
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 💕🤸♂️
@@Adelicows 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.
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.
More artistry back is the day on the beam
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.
Yes! In elite and collegiate. I remember collegiate beam being close to elite level around 2009-2011 time when I was watching
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. 😉
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
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🥺
@@gymnastica6696 couldn’t agree more. It makes the sport hurt to watch sometimes, when you remember all they had to endure😢
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?
@@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.
I wish the same for the US gymnasts. 🙏
@@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.
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.
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.
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's beam routine is still so iconic!
Ponor is completely over rated in my view, there are far better beam routines with loads more difficulty than hers
@@maximoo9861 good for you!
@@Hervinbalfour good for the gymnasts who are far better than Ponor more like!!
@@maximoo9861 say their names, come on boo
@@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,
Ponor is the Rockstar!! 😎
Va iubim, sunteti mandria noastra!!! Mult succes fetelor!!!
These Gymnasts are the Best of the Best Beam Workers.. I dont know why they dont get the attention they deserve
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
Catalina Ponor una de las Gimnastas más elegantes de toda la historia.
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
Fantastic compilation. Good times.
!!! STATE OF THE ART!!! PERFECTION IN MOTION!!! THANK YOU! BLESSING AND PEACE!
Nice, thanks for compiling! Lots of great gymnasts in this compilation. Some of my favorite beam workers are Chinese like Yang Bo.
Putting their names on the screen would really help
catalina ponor , Raducan.
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!
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
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
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.
@@wolfiesownx4893 ...okay? did you read my comment? I literally said it was still a great compilation....
I thought the same thing 👍
@@lovewasawillow ...yes I too would have liked to see Nadia included...she was just spectacular.😁
Magnifique !! 👏👏👏👏💕. ... No one indeed ...
These young ladies are phenomenal!
They make this look so easy!
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.
Catalina is a queen!
Faltou a belíssima entrada na trave de Daniele Hypolito desde Sydney 2000, uma das mais bonitas entradas que já ví na vida.
the romanians were unique in the balance beam 🥇❤️
Ah... Nadia! Utter perfection!
I love balance beam!. Its my favorite event to watch.
Nadia = perfection!!!
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.
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.
1:00 Haiii Catalinaa! Beam Queen
Yang Bo, Li Li.
Yeah cuz they don't have a bunch of people screaming their names when they are concentrating.
That’s just not true at all🤣 in 2012 the Romanian gymnasts were told off for shouting too close to the judges… they’ve always been just as vocal as other countries, you just aren’t hearing it in these tiny snippets
@@jordansefton jajaja se pasan, no lo sabia, aun asi son adorables!
@@anderwin7978 creo que hay un video de Londres 2012 en la final de equipos donde Izbasa esta hablando muy fuerte y Bulimar le dice shhh! y le echa unos ojotes como diciendo baja la voz jajaja
@@ivann.1916 YES!! The 2012 team is my all time favourite
O sea que ya existía la gimnasia antes de Simone Bales!!!!! Aleluya....
100%.. not a popular opinion but in my opinion Bales has about as much grace as a cart horse..
@@nicolataylor6011 its only an opinión. Dont worry.
These girl are outstanding performance👏👏👏👏👏🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
In my view, Catalina was the all time best on beam! Bravo!
I am so glad I grew up watching these women, before beam became "men's floor on a 4-inch wide piece of wood."
The ladies were unbelievable
These look better than what I watched 2024 Paris
Amazing video!!!
please do one on chinese bar routine construction especially the pirouettes
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Fireworks 💥. Different times, both for the Romanians and for beam gymnastics in general. Wtf happened?? Thanks for posting!❤
…and no one does Beam like…Shawn Johnson…the Queen of Beam…!!!!
Beautiful
Yang Bo is missing
The best!!!
Non ci sono più atlete così!
And it all started with Nadia.
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!!!
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.
Phantastisch !
Il faut que l'on m'explique pourquoi les filettes portent des intenues indesentes, des string ???
La grandes rumanas ❤
Amazing.....Im lucky to do a forward roll😂
Fenomenale!❤❤❤❤❤
👍....geeeze !
Maravilhosas, podem colocar os nomes, durante as apresentações?
ROMANIYA!!!
Trovo Che Sono "bravissime❤
where IS Aurelia dobre beam ???
❤️💚💜
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.
the clubs with good equipment are Deva and Dinamo in Bucharest.
That's true...
They aren’t 14 any more.
Misleading title of this video!
…don’t forget about SHAWN JOHNSON…!!! …she was the Queen of Beam even over the Romanians with the exception of Nadia…🤗
Nu o placi pe Nadia?
showing clips from 2008 Beijing but not of the beam champion Shawn Johnson. #sus
Yes my agenda against Shawn Johnson(ROM) is very suspicious. So smart of you to figure it out!
Man könnte süchtig danach werden!
Some of the editing is off...
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.
Some of these elements are very difficult, not quite a safe routine.
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
They're bad af
I suggest you get your eyes tested.
How are they bad?
@@dyawr You're not American huh?
@@izadoru why you suggest you get his eyes tested?
@@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.
Just normal ones. Chinese were the best and won the gold medals