I am old enough I remember the Cold War judging messes. Gymnastics and figure skating were atrocious. At one point the judges scores were identifiable by country and the USSR judge would be 8.6 while everyone else was 9.9. It was all very dramatic to my young self.
I remember those days as well (partially). I think that’s why they created events like the American Cup/Scam Cup, which offered Americans a chance to compete against the Soviets and score well.
I remember those days. The Russians just cheated so blatantly, and it just went on and on. That was when I used to have to watch 45 minutes of Demolition Derby on Wide World of Sports to see 15 minutes of gymnastics. And the Americans would fall off the beam every time. Yep, I’m old. Things sure have changed in the gymnastics world.
How was it ten? She clearly stepped outside and plus if the judges didn’t see that mistake shouldn’t they take away a couple tenths for hopping out of the tumbling pass?
@@Marketoromagnolo I’m not disagreeing! I know Mike Jackie complained about scoring late on on behalf of the USA, but I don’t remember off-hand if Szabo’s floor score was included in his argument.
She is really great. I cannot do this. Yes, she got a 10. It's no 10. Made mistakes. Sometimes people decide that way. Sometimes somebody has to be better.
Ecaterina Szabo at the 1983 world championships
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That’s why we have the scoring system we have now.
I am old enough I remember the Cold War judging messes. Gymnastics and figure skating were atrocious. At one point the judges scores were identifiable by country and the USSR judge would be 8.6 while everyone else was 9.9. It was all very dramatic to my young self.
I remember those days as well (partially). I think that’s why they created events like the American Cup/Scam Cup, which offered Americans a chance to compete against the Soviets and score well.
I remember those days. The Russians just cheated so blatantly, and it just went on and on. That was when I used to have to watch 45 minutes of Demolition Derby on Wide World of Sports to see 15 minutes of gymnastics. And the Americans would fall off the beam every time. Yep, I’m old. Things sure have changed in the gymnastics world.
@@ParisInTheSpringtime999 Truly! Or sometimes the newspapers were wrong and you’d waste 2 hours and bowling or horse racing was on 😂
@@worldartgym Yep, I can tell you went through it, too!😂
How was it ten? She clearly stepped outside and plus if the judges didn’t see that mistake shouldn’t they take away a couple tenths for hopping out of the tumbling pass?
Exactly
Judges and judging are totally corrupt now days. It's just the world we live in.
The clip is from 1983.
Her legs came apart for a second and also her feet too
Exciting indeed
Im so glad MaryLou Retton beat her at the 1984 Olympics in the all-around.
Did they take that ten away from her
No, I believe it stayed
@@worldartgym 🙄
How is possibile Urss officials have not protested
If they hadn’t won they probably would have…
@@worldartgym loll
Although I’m sure they earned a 10 with minor errors at the same competition…
@@worldartgym yes, but a little mistake some judges can" not see", but out of bounds is -0.1 authomaticatic
@@Marketoromagnolo I’m not disagreeing! I know Mike Jackie complained about scoring late on on behalf of the USA, but I don’t remember off-hand if Szabo’s floor score was included in his argument.
She is really great. I cannot do this.
Yes, she got a 10. It's no 10. Made mistakes.
Sometimes people decide that way.
Sometimes somebody has to be better.
Don’t criticize them then. Just look at todays mess. Gymnasts step out of bounds on the floor exercise and still their score is high enough to medal.
Well Mary Lou put her hands down and still scored near a 10
What’s the point of judges a 10 is perfection this clearly wasn’t . Corruption
The 80s were a different animal… not defending but the system needed fixing!
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