Larisa Iordache amazingly improved her gymnastics since the Olympics. I noticed it yet at Doha and at the Euros : she is now one of the best gymnasts of the world!
Iordache is my favourite at the moment, with Aliya Mustafina a close second. She is the best gymnast Romania has produced since 2004, she made all four EF in the recent European Championships....She won on Floor too. Artistry is coming back and musical interpretation is now important to the judges now too.
Emmy Johnson I think the favorite to win Rio will be Biles, Mustafina and Iordache. If Iordache puts her layout full twist back on beam, she may beat Mustafina. But no pme will come close to Biles unless she makes a major, major error(like a fall). Wait..like Uchimura, Biles can win with a fall,
+Vette gaddia The fact that Olympic Gold seems to be already decided and that Simone Biles will dominate. Though she is that only gymnast on the U.S. Team, I can watch without being bored. But her scores on beam are ridiculously high, as is the fact it is nearly impossible to win without an Amanar vault. I find the U.S. Domination boring. Though Simone is it a category of the true greats now, Tourisheva, Comenci, Shushunova, Silivas, Miller, Podkapyova, Khorkina and Mustafina. I would love to see Iordache win the AA this week, it looks like she is the last of the great Romania gymnasts.
Emmy Johnson I hate to say it, but if iordache wins, it will be the biggest upset in gymnastic history, as much as I love her. She is far below her best. Biles has a lot of rivals on BB and V. She is always solid as a rock and have zero nerves. But one error more than 3 or 4 of her rivals on BB and V would send her to the silver or bronze medal. During the P&G, I thought she had it locked on V and BB until I watched her rivals this week. Of course, Biles will wipe out everyone in the AA since she is great on all four events. And her DD is outrageously high on FX. But there is a Japanese girl who only lost to her by less than 1 point. And if Biles falls, the Japanese girl has the ability to overcome her(of course, that is almost out of the question). All said and done though, the AA and the Team gold is totally her's.
¡Esto sí es gimnasia artística! Espero verla por delante de las estadounidenses, no porque sea mi deseo, simplemente porque es real su superioridad. Hay un mundo de diferencia entre ambas escuelas...
amazing amazing amazing... remember guys that shes not on full form at the moment, been injured and only training on 70% capacity :)) amazing..speed and power..also love the music and coreo..yes shes shacking hads but u cant stop looking at her, shes a star
Breaks my heart this didn't end up being her world championships. Really thought this was her year. Never in a million years would I imagine she would fall on two of her competition beam routines. I hope she comes back and dominates.
Artistic means having a creative natural skill. It doesn't always mean to be graceful. You could clearly see that Simone was having the time of her life in her floor exercise and was enjoying and selling it. A clear example of a gymnast that wasn't artistic was Aly Raisman.
I didn't say anything about her being robotic, the smiles makes the routine seem nice, but it really doesn't make it more graceful. By graceful I don't mean balletic, I mean fluid and fitting, like Iordache, Izbasa and Ponor. They never had balletic music (for the most part), but worked very well with it.
There are too many injuries: McKyla, Biles, Seitz, Komova, Kramarenko ,Afanasyevna even Iordache and Bulimar last year...something must be done in gymnastics ! We reward high difficulty executions even when they're not so well done and that's why coaches insist on difficulty scores and not execution ! FIG should take notice !
Yes execution should be valued more. You could really prevent many injuries. It's called ARTISTIC gymnastics! When I was a gymnast I always had one of the highest execution scores but low difficulty. Sorry for my bad english
freebluecatful What do you mean? Biles just did the most difficult FX routine of all time with: Double layout full, double layout 1/2, and TWO Silivas'. But I read that you can't get full credit with two passes with the same element. So I don't know why she ended her two last tumbling passes with two Silivas--maybe to show off'. I think she can do a double layout with two twists. Her layout full out is sky high.
+Vette gaddia Simone's last pass is a full in. You are correct that a gymnast does not receive credit for a repeated pass, but she does not repeat any pass. Her passes are double layout full out, double layout half out, double double, full in.
Larisa Iordache perfeita. Porque não se faz mais coreografias como antes ? Essa nova geração só usa música estranha e não consegue cativar o público. Algumas se salvam ainda.
It a Romanian style of choreography. I thought she would challenge more but I think the judges were fair she has a lot of deep landing but she is my favorite Romanian Gymnast her and since Carolina Ponor
- Simone has higher start values - Simone has exceptional execution, Larisa does not point her toes or feet - Simone is the best tumbler in history, Larisa lands deeply on most tumbles - Simone IS a good dancer, yet her music leaves much to be desired. Larisa is an only dance but she poses and flings around 1/2 the time. She has no composure to her gymnastics. She is messy. - Simone is a million times better. 2013 World All Around Champion...vs 4th. Who's better now?
Get over it. You want the 'old era' artistry? Like the Romanian creepy dances in 70-80s? Just because the Olympic Champion and the current World Champion didn't show the 'artistry' that you or maybe like just ten thousand people expected, doesn't make the whole USA gymnastics 'unartistic'. Thank you.
I think using the Romanian Choreography of the 70's and 80's is a bad example of what this person is trying to talk about. For me, the best example of artistry is the Soviets of 1992 (when they were the unified team) and Shannon Miller and Henrietta Ohodi, who all proved that a ballet background isn't needed to be 'artistic', although the Soviets do have ballet training. The juniors in the USA are actually very artistic, Bailie Key and many others will probably help turn that stereotype around for the USA. But I'm not going to lie, I would like to see gymnasts like Aly or Simone try and focus more on their artistry.
Don't underestimate artistry fans, you would be surprised how many we are in all countries !! Because humans generally love beauty and even Olympics were started by the greeks to celebrate peace and beauty !
You aren't very bright, are you? The sport is called "artistic gymnastics" you _ _ _ _ _ (you can put whatever you want in here)! As long as this two words are still paired together, people have the right to expect gymnasts to be artistic. Otherwise they should change the name in power gymnastics or tumbling on music.
So by your definition, artistry means showing no emotion and just focusing on the tumbling and movements in the exercise? Sounds like what some people called the Americans last year as "robots".
and after that you need to watch Mustafina floor, she landed with her butt and horrible helicopter legs. The worst EVER twisting form in gymnastics history. You will change your mind again after seeing her floor
Simone's choreograph is ok. Biles don't have a superior body carriage, she lacks natural femininity so her "artistry" will always look artificial, like something learned, no matter how good the choreographer is. Choreography depends on the gymnasts.
I respect her style, but I think it's really overrated. Sure she smiles a lot, but all of her choreography is a bunch erratic hands movements all over the place. Is she performing a floor routine, or trying to become an airbender?
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Larisa is such a joy to watch on floor! She puts so much spunk and personality into the routines. More gymnasts should take a hint from her.
Larisa is in excellent mood. One of her greatest routines ever. Keep your smile on, no matter what, like great champions do!
I love this routine! Her choreography is so different!
lovely lovely athlete. you can tell Larisa has passion and joy for gymnastics
I love her performance a lot !!! She is so beautiful and elegant ;)
Larisa Iordache amazingly improved her gymnastics since the Olympics. I noticed it yet at Doha and at the Euros : she is now one of the best gymnasts of the world!
Wow. I love Larissa on floor. She's amazing.
Perfect Perfect...So beautiful choreography and music..Wow she is amazing..!!!
Iordache is my favourite at the moment, with Aliya Mustafina a close second.
She is the best gymnast Romania has produced since 2004, she made all four EF in the recent European Championships....She won on Floor too. Artistry is coming back and musical interpretation is now important to the judges now too.
Emmy Johnson I think the favorite to win Rio will be Biles, Mustafina and Iordache. If Iordache puts her layout full twist back on beam, she may beat Mustafina. But no pme will come close to Biles unless she makes a major, major error(like a fall). Wait..like Uchimura, Biles can win with a fall,
Vette gaddia How boring....that sounds.
Emmy Johnson Why do you think this is boring?
+Vette gaddia The fact that Olympic Gold seems to be already decided and that Simone Biles will dominate. Though she is that only gymnast on the U.S. Team, I can watch without being bored. But her scores on beam are ridiculously high, as is the fact it is nearly impossible to win without an Amanar vault. I find the U.S. Domination boring. Though Simone is it a category of the true greats now, Tourisheva, Comenci, Shushunova, Silivas, Miller, Podkapyova, Khorkina and Mustafina. I would love to see Iordache win the AA this week, it looks like she is the last of the great Romania gymnasts.
Emmy Johnson I hate to say it, but if iordache wins, it will be the biggest upset in gymnastic history, as much as I love her. She is far below her best. Biles has a lot of rivals on BB and V. She is always solid as a rock and have zero nerves. But one error more than 3 or 4 of her rivals on BB and V would send her to the silver or bronze medal. During the P&G, I thought she had it locked on V and BB until I watched her rivals this week. Of course, Biles will wipe out everyone in the AA since she is great on all four events. And her DD is outrageously high on FX. But there is a Japanese girl who only lost to her by less than 1 point. And if Biles falls, the Japanese girl has the ability to overcome her(of course, that is almost out of the question). All said and done though, the AA and the Team gold is totally her's.
This routine is really energetic and artistic.
Love the gymnast, the dance and music. Tumbling is good too.
Essa menina é sem palavras 😻 linda, elegante, muito preparada. Maravilhosa
Love the dance in this routine, really like how they've used their choreography :)
She is amazing. She sticks the landings so well! Beautiful!
Amazing performance
ιts amazing choreography and very nice music...!!!Bravo Larissa..!!!
Great performance, love it...
My fav floor routine of this year so far.
she is such a beauty to watch!! Love her new music and her sparkling face ;-)
Keep dancing till the end! GO LARISA! :D
¡Esto sí es gimnasia artística! Espero verla por delante de las estadounidenses, no porque sea mi deseo, simplemente porque es real su superioridad. Hay un mundo de diferencia entre ambas escuelas...
tres jolie gymnaste, adorable sourire et energie débordante... je t'adore Larisa!!
This routine is so unique and awesome :D
amazing amazing amazing... remember guys that shes not on full form at the moment, been injured and only training on 70% capacity :)) amazing..speed and power..also love the music and coreo..yes shes shacking hads but u cant stop looking at her, shes a star
Go, Larisa! beautiful routine.
What a lovely piece of poetry in motion...
I love jer artistry so elegant
just beautiful personality and smile!
Beautiful
All that energy! And such a sweet smile:)
A joy to watch.
Awesome.....Go Larissa!!!!
Que espetáculo!
lovely gymnastic go Larisa for gold.
She was massively underscored!
Larissa Iordache excellent👍
Breaks my heart this didn't end up being her world championships. Really thought this was her year. Never in a million years would I imagine she would fall on two of her competition beam routines. I hope she comes back and dominates.
Larisa, please never give up:D
Artistic means having a creative natural skill. It doesn't always mean to be graceful. You could clearly see that Simone was having the time of her life in her floor exercise and was enjoying and selling it. A clear example of a gymnast that wasn't artistic was Aly Raisman.
Tons of power on her triple twist-- wonder is she's ever trained a 3.5?
Super ! Larisa Iordache.❤
I didn't say anything about her being robotic, the smiles makes the routine seem nice, but it really doesn't make it more graceful. By graceful I don't mean balletic, I mean fluid and fitting, like Iordache, Izbasa and Ponor. They never had balletic music (for the most part), but worked very well with it.
1:03 is one of my favorite bits of choreography ; )
She is so spastic in her movements the entire routine spent running around the floor making hand circles
There are too many injuries: McKyla, Biles, Seitz, Komova, Kramarenko ,Afanasyevna even Iordache and Bulimar last year...something must be done in gymnastics ! We reward high difficulty executions even when they're not so well done and that's why coaches insist on difficulty scores and not execution ! FIG should take notice !
Yes execution should be valued more. You could really prevent many injuries. It's called ARTISTIC gymnastics! When I was a gymnast I always had one of the highest execution scores but low difficulty. Sorry for my bad english
freebluecatful What do you mean? Biles just did the most difficult FX routine of all time with: Double layout full, double layout 1/2, and TWO Silivas'. But I read that you can't get full credit with two passes with the same element. So I don't know why she ended her two last tumbling passes with two Silivas--maybe to show off'. I think she can do a double layout with two twists. Her layout full out is sky high.
+Vette gaddia Simone's last pass is a full in. You are correct that a gymnast does not receive credit for a repeated pass, but she does not repeat any pass. Her passes are double layout full out, double layout half out, double double, full in.
freebluecatful and three years after... Still happening, and it's becoming worse and worse this topic of difficulty and injuries
Personally, I prefer the "old school" of Russia and Romania, than the American style on floor.
gorgeous
Larisa esti minunata succes in continuare.
BRAVO LARISA!!
What a well choreographed routine
If she did this amazing routine in the qualification... think about what she will do in final events!!! :D
The best routine of this world champioship
LOVE! Besides her mistake on bars she was on fire today!
So sad to hear that her finger injury will not heal until Rio Olympic. Please we want to watch u Larisa
romanians give a lesson on how a floor routine should look a like , I wish it will Sandra and Larisa as one and two on floor finals
Go Lariiiiii♡♥
Love her floor. Actually, love her.
Jaiya Ho - Ramayana The Epic
Neither girl has bad choreography. Biles' suites her body type, and she sells the heck out of that routine, same as Iordache.
Я обожаю её вольные!!!
I find the usa gymnasts were generally overscored on the Execution. That really sucks..i cant believe there is fraudulence in sports nowadays.
Larisa Iordache perfeita. Porque não se faz mais coreografias como antes ? Essa nova geração só usa música estranha e não consegue cativar o público. Algumas se salvam ainda.
It a Romanian style of choreography. I thought she would challenge more but I think the judges were fair she has a lot of deep landing but she is my favorite Romanian Gymnast her and since Carolina Ponor
very nice
Simone deserved to win yesterday, I congratulate her. Is not her fault, but I really don't like the way Americans have turned gymnastics.
omania has de besto coreographs please larisa stuck all landings on Friday and birng back good gymnastics!
affirmative action is worldwide
I really don't understand how a robot like Biles can beat Larisa's rutine :(. Larisa is excellent!!!
Larisa is ARTISTIC, and Simone isn't, which was supposed to be a 0.3 deduction...
you know that Simone's SV almost makes up that difference and her routine was much more solid that Larisa
- Simone has higher start values
- Simone has exceptional execution, Larisa does not point her toes or feet
- Simone is the best tumbler in history, Larisa lands deeply on most tumbles
- Simone IS a good dancer, yet her music leaves much to be desired. Larisa is an only dance but she poses and flings around 1/2 the time. She has no composure to her gymnastics. She is messy.
- Simone is a million times better. 2013 World All Around Champion...vs 4th. Who's better now?
I actually like Simone's Choreography a lot
So far; who knows what'll happen!
i hope she wins the AA,and beam and floor to lol.:D:D she is the real gymnast her and Mustafina
Cute wow
Does anyone know what the music is called?
Aliya au saut à 1:20 !! ;)
''Larisa'' is spelled with only one ''S''
Maybe she's already a damn good airbender - those are some wicked 'erratic hand movements' that are absolutely in sync with the music, 'scuse you.
I'm sorry, I don't understand what you mean.
Damn I love her on floor.
becoming an Airbender is pretty cool so
This scored 0.533 LOWER than Simone. Really judges? REALLY?
And you've got a problem with that?
Americans don't have anymore "true gymnasts". In my opinion, Shannon Miller was a true gymnast, Simone and others aren't.
Get over it. You want the 'old era' artistry? Like the Romanian creepy dances in 70-80s? Just because the Olympic Champion and the current World Champion didn't show the 'artistry' that you or maybe like just ten thousand people expected, doesn't make the whole USA gymnastics 'unartistic'. Thank you.
I think using the Romanian Choreography of the 70's and 80's is a bad example of what this person is trying to talk about. For me, the best example of artistry is the Soviets of 1992 (when they were the unified team) and Shannon Miller and Henrietta Ohodi, who all proved that a ballet background isn't needed to be 'artistic', although the Soviets do have ballet training. The juniors in the USA are actually very artistic, Bailie Key and many others will probably help turn that stereotype around for the USA. But I'm not going to lie, I would like to see gymnasts like Aly or Simone try and focus more on their artistry.
Don't underestimate artistry fans, you would be surprised how many we are in all countries !! Because humans generally love beauty and even Olympics were started by the greeks to celebrate peace and beauty !
Underestimate artistry fans? You don't get it. *I love artistic routine*, but my definition of art is different with yours.
No, thank you.
You aren't very bright, are you? The sport is called "artistic gymnastics" you _ _ _ _ _ (you can put whatever you want in here)! As long as this two words are still paired together, people have the right to expect gymnasts to be artistic. Otherwise they should change the name in power gymnastics or tumbling on music.
Simone has a higher difficulty...but love Larissa! and Simone!
So by your definition, artistry means showing no emotion and just focusing on the tumbling and movements in the exercise? Sounds like what some people called the Americans last year as "robots".
Smiles aren't artistry...
Je suis le copain de Larisa iordache
NO gold for larisa nor even silver in antwerp.Obviously something is very very wrong in romanian gymnastics.Major dissapointment.
and after that you need to watch Mustafina floor, she landed with her butt and horrible helicopter legs. The worst EVER twisting form in gymnastics history. You will change your mind again after seeing her floor
Thi
I really dislike her elbows, they always look bent. Takes away any fluidity~! I know she cant help it, but neither can my opinion!
Simone is an acrobat, not a true gymnast. She doesn't have style, she's like Diane do Santos from Brazil.
Simone's choreograph is ok. Biles don't have a superior body carriage, she lacks natural femininity so her "artistry" will always look artificial, like something learned, no matter how good the choreographer is. Choreography depends on the gymnasts.
I always look forward to her wedgie's
ahahaha
LOL LOL LOL
Nice tumbles. But the choreography...No
I respect her style, but I think it's really overrated. Sure she smiles a lot, but all of her choreography is a bunch erratic hands movements all over the place. Is she performing a floor routine, or trying to become an airbender?