I have to be honest, it took me a long time to realize the significance of performing to this song... Devil Went Down to Georgia... the Olympics were in Atlanta, Georgia... **face palm**
The thing I like(d) most about her was her enthusiasm. On any gymnastics video, she is always laughing, grinning, and having a good time through the whole routine. Even when she fumbled on the Balance Beam and the Vault at the end in '96, she didn't cry or fall apart (at least on cameras). She picked herself right back up and went straight back into her routine.
Could not agree more with you! The current gymnastics last sassiness, artistry and carisma. Today we simply watch muscular women without any grace or elegance executing tumble after tumble without any originality. Indeed the best days!
This is still amazing & never outdone to this day. I was turning 26 during these Olympics & I remember it like yesterday. I loved the tongue in cheek choice of song and all these yrs later, still love Moceanu. My only regret is that I wish my life was like it was back then, now (& not due to age)!
There so much joy in this routine, you can see it in her smile, her choreography, even in her run. I adore this and I keep coming back to it. This was easily one of the best routines of the Games, if not the year.
Dominique was always my favorite member of her respective US teams. So much talent. And this routine was so entertaining and she executes so well. I'm glad she's been able to deal with the struggles she had in her personal life and live a good life.
I love this routine so much. It may not be quite as complex as some others I've seen (especially in recent years as more emphasis is being put on tumbling rather than dancing), but I love her showmanship and her graceful posing after landing, plus the fact that her routine was choreographed to the music rather than just having music playing in the background. It's a really memorable performance.
The 96 olympics coincided perfectly with me going through puberty. Back when all a kid has was cable tv, this dance was a godsend. Thanks Dominique. Also Spice Girls and Pamela Anderson deserve mention.
I lived in Atlanta during the 1996 olympics but was too young (5 years old) to remember your performance. This was spectacular performance, you represented the USA proudly!
I am the same age as her, and I was GLUED to the the TV during the '96 Olympics. She was my first celebrity crush! I bought her autobiography and everything! I remember being totally heartbroken a few months later because I wasn't able to go to the Champions Tour when it came through Spokane. It was like the world was ending - I had it bad for her! She's so talented and adorable, though - how could you not just be in love?!?! :D
No matter how old i get i always remember watching the 96' Olympics being 11 years old, with the name DOMINIQUE wishing i could do a cartwheel!! lol this video cheers me up every time because it was so much fun to see these girls work hard and have fun!!!! i luv watching gymnastics to this day.
She found out later that she had a sister that her parents had given up for adoption because she was born without any legs. Funny without knowing Dominique as her sister the girl went on to also be an excellent gymnast as well.
I must have watched this a hundred times as a kid on an old recorded VHS tape!!! I was 12 and remember this Olympics so vividly!! My friends and I had all of the 96 Olympic routines memorized!! Dominique Moceanu was amazing!! :)
You are very welcome...I was nine years old when the Atlanta Olympics were going on and I remember watching this performance and thinking about how easy and fun you made it look...almost two decades later, you are still one of my top inspirations!!
I remember this routine like it was yesterday. I was impressed by her artistic expression in gymnastics. The two Dominiques were my favorites. I really enjoyed watching the powerful performances.
I remember watching this live when I was 10 years old. I though Dominique was the epitome of what an Olympian Gymnast is. She will always be one of the greats. That Kerry Strug ankle moment though. That one was hard to watch.
One floor routine that will stick with me for a LIFETIME! So iconic. Charlie Daniels I bet felt honored to have his song played at the OLYMPICS. The Devil Went Down To Georgia is a timeless classic. Just one hell of a routine. I loved them all, ALL of the Magnificent Seven. But Dominique Moceanu was my FAVORITE!! Her, Dominique Dawes, and Shannon Miller. ❤️🤍💙🇺🇸🇺🇸
The thing I like(d) most about her was her enthusiasm. During her whole routine she is laughing, grinning, and having a good time. Even when she fumbled on the Balance Beam and the Vault at the end, she didn't cry or fall apart (at least on cameras). She picked herself right back up and went straight back into her routine.
trained by the Károlyi's, mentored by Comăneci & beat US legend Shannon Miller for all-around Gold at Nationals a year prior at just 13 (!!) - she could've had a run like Biles 20 years earlier
She very well could have been if her family situation wasn't such a mess. Her dad was abusive and pressured her a ton. She had to get emancipated from them when she was still a teenager.
Who didn't love Dominique's floor exercise to "Devil Went Down to Georgia"? I mean, seriously. It was just impossible not to like! Looking back, it's amazing how young and charming she was.
My favorite routine from my favorite Olympic year. I love the patriotic outfits while the Olympics were held in the U.S, setting the routine to The Devil Went Down To Georgia while in Atlanta and she just nails it! Everything about it was so perfect. I remember watching this when I was 7 and wanting to be a gymnast so badly :'D
Sonya Kou YES! Omg I know you wrote that 3 years ago but you said it perfectly!!! Some people say I am overly dramatic but you are one of those people who really understand...Those pauses between skills took energy and fluidity, exactly!!! And ugh you just put everything together perfectly, it really bothers me that now it seems to only be important to have hard skills, like you just stand there and do a tumbling pass lol, they used to take dances classes and ballet in order to have more grace and connect their movement into a routine....Now it is like they dont consider art and grace and dance ability and moving to the beat at all anymore...
incorrect, not all gymnasts took dance, there are always gymnasts who are stronger and better tumblers who don't excel at dance, and some are more dance oriented. And as far as it 'not being important' for the sport, it's actually part of the judging and is included in deductions if it is lacking.
i remember watching this when i was in 2nd grade me and my mom watched the gymnastics portion everyday it was on. she was one of our favorites especially her beam exercise amazing.
...and yeah, dominique won this event hands down. she received top score across the board, and helped carry her team to gold in addition to winning the gold as an individual competitor.
What an amazing performance. Remember being 10 years old and watching this! She put on a show... fierce 5 are so talented but they didn't express this kind of care-free fun attitude.. they were too stressed out! lol
She was every girls role model when she did this routine, we talked about it in one of my classes the next day at school and everyone was so ramped up about it
Im 29 now and i loved Dominique back around 94-97 until all the things that happen with her dad and bella,She was one if the best Gymnast ever but was over shadowed by Kerri Strug.But in my eyes she will always be the hardest working gymnast in US history!!!!
Yep - just heard the great Charlie Daniels passed away and I immediately thought of this clip. I can't think of the 1996 games without thinking of her classic floor routine.
She was so much fun to watch! It's such a shame she was treated so horribly by her dad. Bela used to threaten to call her dad if she didn't practice well. She tried to make people aware of the abuse that was going on in gymnastics and was shunned for it. I give her all the credit in the world for that. I'd say her claims have sadly been proven to be true
I just came to look your performance up. When i was about 11 or 12 I was in love with you and this was the performance that did it! My parents taped it...i must have watched it 50 times.
This was the #1 most exciting routine of that Olympics- my opinion- most exciting floor routine ever performed.And YES- Our patriotism is RIDICULOUS- And god bless the Americans w/ their ridiculous patriotism in our beautiful country!!! Having an Olympics in your country is a privilege- and performing to a song w/ Georgia in the title- kind of makes sense? Agreed? I don't think any Americans would be upset if a Brit did a routine w/ London in the title this summer.
I totally remember this...I had just turned nine when it originally aired (I just turned 25 now)...I just remember seeing how easy she made it look and wanting to be just like her!!
the entire team scored the gold. in fact, this was like the biggest story of the 90's for a while. kerri strug had been battling an ankle injury since the prelems. she soldiered through and competed in every single one of her events. the team was neck and neck with the russians. like in a freaking movie, it all came down to the very last event. kerri strug and the vault. very injured, she still nailed the jump and shattered her ankle in the process. sacrifice, and the team USA won, man!! WOOT!!
One of my all time favorite routines. She had such great energy and what a perfect song choice for Atlanta. Makes me smile every time I watch this.
I have to be honest, it took me a long time to realize the significance of performing to this song... Devil Went Down to Georgia... the Olympics were in Atlanta, Georgia... **face palm**
I didn't realize the significance when this aired because I was only 8 hahaha
not only that, it was literally the first time anyone performed to anything except classical music. it was cutting edge, crazy, wild.
@@NewCaney1 This was not the first time someone performed to something that wasn't classical music. Not even close.
@@NewCaney1 so not true. Have you watched any competitions before this one? This was commonplace.
@@NewCaney1 What about Kim Zmeskal when she won in 1991? Her floor music was jazz.
NEVER get tired of this! God bless Moceanu, she make so much people smile, she deserve all the best in her life.
The audience loves her so much more than her teammates...
lol
The thing I like(d) most about her was her enthusiasm. On any gymnastics video, she is always laughing, grinning, and having a good time through the whole routine. Even when she fumbled on the Balance Beam and the Vault at the end in '96, she didn't cry or fall apart (at least on cameras). She picked herself right back up and went straight back into her routine.
this gets me choked up just watching it. i was 13 and it left a huge impression on me. HUGE.
oof, same, i was a little younger but i remember being so enthralled by the mag 7 and especially dominique
Same. I was 10 and had been in ballet for 6 years and I turned to my parents like....put me in gymnastics NOW lol.
I wanted to be just like her when I was younger. I loved watching gymnastics the mag seven were my favorites 💜 The Best days 💜
Could not agree more with you! The current gymnastics last sassiness, artistry and carisma. Today we simply watch muscular women without any grace or elegance executing tumble after tumble without any originality. Indeed the best days!
This is quite possibly the most adorable thing I have ever seen!
I NEVER get enough of this routine! I've loved it since I first saw it that late night in 1996.
This is still amazing & never outdone to this day. I was turning 26 during these Olympics & I remember it like yesterday. I loved the tongue in cheek choice of song and all these yrs later, still love Moceanu. My only regret is that I wish my life was like it was back then, now (& not due to age)!
One of the most memorable Olympic performances!
This reminds me of Olga Korbut. Very similar movements and both so enjoyable to watch.
There so much joy in this routine, you can see it in her smile, her choreography, even in her run. I adore this and I keep coming back to it. This was easily one of the best routines of the Games, if not the year.
one of my favorite floor routienes. I tried to learn this when I was a kid&watch the tape over&ovrr
You picked the perfect song for that routine, and the moves you performed were so lively and sprightly
Dominique was always my favorite member of her respective US teams. So much talent. And this routine was so entertaining and she executes so well. I'm glad she's been able to deal with the struggles she had in her personal life and live a good life.
I love this routine so much. It may not be quite as complex as some others I've seen (especially in recent years as more emphasis is being put on tumbling rather than dancing), but I love her showmanship and her graceful posing after landing, plus the fact that her routine was choreographed to the music rather than just having music playing in the background. It's a really memorable performance.
I loved this routine. It was perfect for her and the perfect song too.
The 96 olympics coincided perfectly with me going through puberty. Back when all a kid has was cable tv, this dance was a godsend. Thanks Dominique. Also Spice Girls and Pamela Anderson deserve mention.
I remember watching this when I was just kid. I will never forget this routine. It’s what got me into gymnastics. One of my favorite of all time
Absolutely inspiring & courageous considering the pain she must have had from the stress fracture and other matters going on.
She was an absolute joy to watch.
I can't believe she was only 14 and 4'4! so amazing
Angela Gem she was 4'4 damn she was tiny, on camera her legs look long
But three years later she grew up a lot!
My 6yo is 4’4 😩😩
I lived in Atlanta during the 1996 olympics but was too young (5 years old) to remember your performance. This was spectacular performance, you represented the USA proudly!
Still jaw dropping to this day. What a performance.
THIS WAS THE BEST GYMNASTIC TEAM THAT USA EVER HAS HAD !!
One of my favorite floor routines ever
I remember ER this like yesterday. This girl was one of my of printed of all time. 💯💯💯💯
I am the same age as her, and I was GLUED to the the TV during the '96 Olympics. She was my first celebrity crush! I bought her autobiography and everything! I remember being totally heartbroken a few months later because I wasn't able to go to the Champions Tour when it came through Spokane. It was like the world was ending - I had it bad for her! She's so talented and adorable, though - how could you not just be in love?!?! :D
The BEST floor performance EVER!!! This gets overused today but it's appropriate here... this was straight up 🔥
She reminds me so much of Comaneci. She is so sassy and wonderful technically.
She is such a great gymnast. Thank you for that performance🧡
Extraño esa época, cuando vi las olimpiadas de 1996 en la tele, mi favorita Dominique, ame al equipo de usa ❤
No matter how old i get i always remember watching the 96' Olympics being 11 years old, with the name DOMINIQUE wishing i could do a cartwheel!! lol this video cheers me up every time because it was so much fun to see these girls work hard and have fun!!!! i luv watching gymnastics to this day.
This is the most interesting floor routine I have ever seen. A floor routine with solid tumbling passes that ended in a flawless stuck landing. 🤸
I still remember watching this live...I went bonkers for this girl.
She found out later that she had a sister that her parents had given up for adoption because she was born without any legs. Funny without knowing Dominique as her sister the girl went on to also be an excellent gymnast as well.
The time when gymnastics was fun, beautiful to ser and had artistry. Now it is just acrobacy
I must have watched this a hundred times as a kid on an old recorded VHS tape!!! I was 12 and remember this Olympics so vividly!! My friends and I had all of the 96 Olympic routines memorized!! Dominique Moceanu was amazing!! :)
You are very welcome...I was nine years old when the Atlanta Olympics were going on and I remember watching this performance and thinking about how easy and fun you made it look...almost two decades later, you are still one of my top inspirations!!
My favorite floor routine of all time. I was 15 then and loved her girly routines.
I remember this routine like it was yesterday. I was impressed by her artistic expression in gymnastics. The two Dominiques were my favorites. I really enjoyed watching the powerful performances.
she inspired me so much when i was a gymnast... i got to meet her one time and she was just soo nice...
i was 10 years old when i watched her perform this and she was my idol! gymnastics is still my favorite event in the olympics!
i could never forget .. its like i have this routine memorized cuz i knew every move you were going to do next .. WHAT AN AMAZING day that was
I remember watching this performance when I was younger, it gave me chills then and it still gives my chills to this day.
I remember watching this live when I was 10 years old. I though Dominique was the epitome of what an Olympian Gymnast is. She will always be one of the greats. That Kerry Strug ankle moment though. That one was hard to watch.
Year 2017 now and I am 33 but still dreaming to become like Dominique. As I child, I really looked up to her.
One floor routine that will stick with me for a LIFETIME! So iconic. Charlie Daniels I bet felt honored to have his song played at the OLYMPICS. The Devil Went Down To Georgia is a timeless classic. Just one hell of a routine. I loved them all, ALL of the Magnificent Seven. But Dominique Moceanu was my FAVORITE!! Her, Dominique Dawes, and Shannon Miller. ❤️🤍💙🇺🇸🇺🇸
This was so cool, I will never forget it. First time I saw a floor exercise that wasnt performed with ballet music or something. Absolutely stunning.
The thing I like(d) most about her was her enthusiasm. During her whole routine she is laughing, grinning, and having a good time. Even when she fumbled on the Balance Beam and the Vault at the end, she didn't cry or fall apart (at least on cameras). She picked herself right back up and went straight back into her routine.
We could never forget this...
Such a great Olympic moment
This performance defined my life when I was just 11! It also made me love the song. Miss routines like this!!
I remember her. She was my favorite gymnast growing up. ^.^ I am so glad that people remember her because I couldn't find her anywhere until today.
The Anakin Skywalker of USA women's gymnastics. She was supposed to be the chosen one
I remember all the expectation that was placed on her. She really was suppose to be The chosen one!
trained by the Károlyi's, mentored by Comăneci & beat US legend Shannon Miller for all-around Gold at Nationals a year prior at just 13 (!!) - she could've had a run like Biles 20 years earlier
I'm glad someone else remembers all this as well! I loved her so much and was so proud of her because she was only a year older than me!
She very well could have been if her family situation wasn't such a mess. Her dad was abusive and pressured her a ton. She had to get emancipated from them when she was still a teenager.
I had goosebumps while watching this vid! She is amazing!
LOVED watching this routine! So much fun!
We won't ever forget!!! Made us proud!
Who didn't love Dominique's floor exercise to "Devil Went Down to Georgia"? I mean, seriously. It was just impossible not to like! Looking back, it's amazing how young and charming she was.
love it! why cant we see this passionate fun routine in elite gymnastics anymore :P
I can still remember watching this routine and standing up and clapping in my living room! I was so impressed!
One of my favorites!
My favorite routine from my favorite Olympic year. I love the patriotic outfits while the Olympics were held in the U.S, setting the routine to The Devil Went Down To Georgia while in Atlanta and she just nails it! Everything about it was so perfect. I remember watching this when I was 7 and wanting to be a gymnast so badly :'D
I'd almost forgot how preciously and ridiculously adorable this routine was!!! What fun to see it again just now!
This was really fun to watch. Looks like you had fun!
Sonya Kou YES! Omg I know you wrote that 3 years ago but you said it perfectly!!! Some people say I am overly dramatic but you are one of those people who really understand...Those pauses between skills took energy and fluidity, exactly!!! And ugh you just put everything together perfectly, it really bothers me that now it seems to only be important to have hard skills, like you just stand there and do a tumbling pass lol, they used to take dances classes and ballet in order to have more grace and connect their movement into a routine....Now it is like they dont consider art and grace and dance ability and moving to the beat at all anymore...
Well, at least we still have Russian gymnasts... minus Tutkhalyan.
incorrect, not all gymnasts took dance, there are always gymnasts who are stronger and better tumblers who don't excel at dance, and some are more dance oriented. And as far as it 'not being important' for the sport, it's actually part of the judging and is included in deductions if it is lacking.
She was so fun to watch. Made the floor exersize a dance routine as well as gymnastics, no one will forget how great she was.
i remember watching this when i was in 2nd grade me and my mom watched the gymnastics portion everyday it was on. she was one of our favorites especially her beam exercise amazing.
Wow. She is amazing. She is so dedicated to gymnastics it's inspiring.
This is the best floor exercise routine EVER! I remember the first time I saw it in '96.
I remeber when this aired on TV. This rutine is one of a kind.
dreamcatcher75418 Does anyone know what Dominique scored?
...and yeah, dominique won this event hands down. she received top score across the board, and helped carry her team to gold in addition to winning the gold as an individual competitor.
No she didn't! The only individual medal the US got was Shannon's gold on beam,Dominic Dawes bronze on floor and Amy Chows silver on bars!
What an amazing performance. Remember being 10 years old and watching this! She put on a show... fierce 5 are so talented but they didn't express this kind of care-free fun attitude.. they were too stressed out! lol
I was 13 when I saw this performance. She became very popular in my country after that.
A sky high full twisting double pike! Awesome.
me encanto verla en atlanta y aun me sigue esa sensacion de exitacion verla....
Sweetest little thing ever seen in my life. And I thought so the first time I saw it. Our young Italian daughter was so transfixed!
same here. I was 12 years old and glued to the TV.
It was in America. What the hell do you expect. The home country SHOULD be very supportive of their athletes.
She was every girls role model when she did this routine, we talked about it in one of my classes the next day at school and everyone was so ramped up about it
Im 29 now and i loved Dominique back around 94-97 until all the things that happen with her dad and bella,She was one if the best Gymnast ever but was over shadowed by Kerri Strug.But in my eyes she will always be the hardest working gymnast in US history!!!!
Bravo dominique ! O sa ne amintim tot timpul de tine !
Yep - just heard the great Charlie Daniels passed away and I immediately thought of this clip. I can't think of the 1996 games without thinking of her classic floor routine.
She was so much fun to watch! It's such a shame she was treated so horribly by her dad. Bela used to threaten to call her dad if she didn't practice well. She tried to make people aware of the abuse that was going on in gymnastics and was shunned for it. I give her all the credit in the world for that. I'd say her claims have sadly been proven to be true
One of my most favorite routines. Just had to watch you once again! Surfincybersis
Still one of the most fun routines ever
I just came to look your performance up. When i was about 11 or 12 I was in love with you and this was the performance that did it! My parents taped it...i must have watched it 50 times.
Wow she is AMAZING!!!! I remember when i did gymnastics i loved her!!! Still do! :D
I'm not a fan of Moceanu, in general, but I really loved this particular routine. Even I cheered for her during this routine!
this was my favorite olympics ..i wish i could go back to 1996
So was just so amazing
This was the #1 most exciting routine of that Olympics- my opinion- most exciting floor routine ever performed.And YES- Our patriotism is RIDICULOUS- And god bless the Americans w/ their ridiculous patriotism in our beautiful country!!! Having an Olympics in your country is a privilege- and performing to a song w/ Georgia in the title- kind of makes sense? Agreed? I don't think any Americans would be upset if a Brit did a routine w/ London in the title this summer.
Look how happy she was and how much fun she was having! Even though the US did amazing tonight... they all looked so miserable and serious!
I totally remember this...I had just turned nine when it originally aired (I just turned 25 now)...I just remember seeing how easy she made it look and wanting to be just like her!!
the entire team scored the gold. in fact, this was like the biggest story of the 90's for a while. kerri strug had been battling an ankle injury since the prelems. she soldiered through and competed in every single one of her events. the team was neck and neck with the russians. like in a freaking movie, it all came down to the very last event. kerri strug and the vault. very injured, she still nailed the jump and shattered her ankle in the process. sacrifice, and the team USA won, man!! WOOT!!
They actually would have won it without Keri's s second vault,but of course people still say she won them the gold medal.
You were amazing! Flawless!
Nailed the music choice #genious!
After watching the girls excel tonight my immediate thoughts went back to this epic routine. So amazing.
Look at how darn cute she was! I was 10 during these games...she looked so much older then LOL
the magnificent 7!! amazing!
Shes having so much fun! Gymnasts these days could learn From this