Beyond Medals: Best Balance Beam Specialists at Olympics from 1992 to 2021 - WAG

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  • Опубликовано: 29 янв 2025

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  • @saragrant9749
    @saragrant9749 10 месяцев назад +79

    Shannon and Shawn… my two all time favorite beam workers.

    • @MsJubjubbird
      @MsJubjubbird 10 месяцев назад +2

      I don't think you're a beam specialist though if you win AA medals.

    • @saragrant9749
      @saragrant9749 10 месяцев назад +9

      @@MsJubjubbird you don’t have to ONLY do beam alone to be someone who’s specialty is beam! Many AA medalists had a signature event. Look at Svetlana Khorkina, she won 3 AA world titles and is still the undisputed queen of bars!!

    • @MsJubjubbird
      @MsJubjubbird 10 месяцев назад +1

      @@saragrant9749 you don't have to only do beam. But if you're winning aa medals then you are pretty good at everything, even if beam is your preferred event.

    • @Tristan0712
      @Tristan0712 10 месяцев назад

      Same! ❤

    • @whitneylivingston5706
      @whitneylivingston5706 10 месяцев назад +1

      I am the same… when I was a kid, I remember watching Shannon (all summer my friend and I were doing somersaults in the backyard pretending to be Shannon). When I grew up, Shawn’s beam routine in 2008 was another I always remembered. Don’t remember a lot of gymnast (because I only watched every four years) but those two names were ingrained in my memory and I watched the whole video just to see them specifically.

  • @uravghuman
    @uravghuman 10 месяцев назад +23

    I appreciate that you went the extra mile to include different footage of the same routine.

    • @gymnasticfan9148
      @gymnasticfan9148  10 месяцев назад

      Yes! It kept being copyrighted, I really tried to still keep a footage from EF

  • @MrJuagarci
    @MrJuagarci 10 месяцев назад +34

    Shannon and Catalina Will be always my favs. Love them

  • @SandySanderson_95
    @SandySanderson_95 6 месяцев назад +24

    Shawn Johnson has the most difficult beam routine and made it look effortless and Shannon Miller has the elegance while still having difficult elements. Also Cheng Fei’s opening combo pass was jaw dropping, whole routine was incredibly. Shawn and Shannon are undeniably the BEAM QUEENS!

    • @laurennexxzcc-xxeley5280
      @laurennexxzcc-xxeley5280 5 месяцев назад +2

      Agreed ! Shannon miller beam routine greatest of all time ! Miss the 90s gymnastics !

    • @piperhurtado4945
      @piperhurtado4945 5 месяцев назад

      @@laurennexxzcc-xxeley5280I miss 90’s gymnastics too. It was cleaner, cleverer, better…✨♥️

  • @despinapopescu5157
    @despinapopescu5157 10 месяцев назад +24

    Catalina Ponor, amazing!

    • @deannatow9175
      @deannatow9175 6 месяцев назад +2

      I always loved her beam routine, it was fun to watch.😊

    • @Sympetrum
      @Sympetrum 4 месяца назад

      For some reason she is completely new to me. How I ever missed her is beyond me. Her speed in connections of unbelievably difficult tumbling series is just otherworldly. Honestly I think she is number 1. Period. I live Miller and Shawn Johnson is also up there but goddamn.

  • @nancyfries7373
    @nancyfries7373 10 месяцев назад +17

    Shannon Miller was graceful, controlled and innovative. She was a master on the beam

  • @JMalenoir
    @JMalenoir 5 месяцев назад +6

    Absolutely love Sanne Wevers routines-as the commentary said, so stylish and different. A beautiful gymnast and deserving gold medalist 🥇Thanks for the video 👍

  • @nanamifan0220
    @nanamifan0220 5 месяцев назад +5

    The sound the beam makes when Shawn hits everything perfectly is so satisfying.

  • @dilberta6046
    @dilberta6046 5 месяцев назад +10

    How come we don’t see these mounts anymore and this degree of grace? Plus, stellar landings.

    • @SweetSirenia
      @SweetSirenia 3 месяца назад

      The Code of Points has significantly changed since the '90s and continues to change regularly. A lot of these older popular skills simply don't carry much difficulty value since the sport has evolved; they're now competed by younger gymnasts. Other skills take too long or are too hard to connect to other skills and therefore aren't worth including in a routine when you're trying to achieve maximum point value.

  • @EricaGarfinkel
    @EricaGarfinkel 9 месяцев назад +8

    When I saw the picture I immediately knew it was Shannon Miller...her and Dominique Moceanu we're two of my favorites. Not a day goes by that I don't miss gymnastics or have the dreaded what if question.

  • @nanamifan0220
    @nanamifan0220 5 месяцев назад +7

    I love Nastia’s beam so much!

  • @SageRosemaryTime
    @SageRosemaryTime 10 месяцев назад +8

    I'd forgotten about Guan Chenchen . . .Great choices

  • @leahmadrid1886
    @leahmadrid1886 10 месяцев назад +9

    Shannon is perfection! ❤

  • @bobbygrey5834
    @bobbygrey5834 10 месяцев назад +5

    Quite unbelievable that nobody managed to win two gold medals on beam.
    And your compilation videos always intrigue me to delve deeper into the evolution of photography technology - especially the floaty motions through the lenses of early 2000s.

    • @gymnasticfan9148
      @gymnasticfan9148  10 месяцев назад +5

      Nadia Comaneci was the only one to ever win 2 golds on Beam.

    • @gymnasticfan9148
      @gymnasticfan9148  10 месяцев назад +3

      But even at Worlds, Simone was the only one able to win more than 2 golds on Beam

    • @saragrant9749
      @saragrant9749 10 месяцев назад

      It really shows how tough the event is- 4 inches is not a lot of real estate to work on.

    • @MsJubjubbird
      @MsJubjubbird 10 месяцев назад +1

      @@saragrant9749 I think once the girls go through puberty it's a lot harder to balance on a narrow surface.

    • @saragrant9749
      @saragrant9749 10 месяцев назад

      @@MsJubjubbird I definitely don’t disagree. It takes even more training, an adjustment to the methodology after the age of 18-19 to keep your body in that kind of stabile shape. Not impossible, but definitely more challenging.

  • @lisafink98
    @lisafink98 9 месяцев назад

    Really nice compilation, thank you!

  • @SandySanderson_95
    @SandySanderson_95 7 месяцев назад +8

    Shawn Johnson had THE most difficult routine bar none. Shannon Miller’s is the most elegant and unique. When I think of the beam, I think of those queens!

  • @janysmahoney1271
    @janysmahoney1271 5 месяцев назад +2

    Lu li /Lysenko Millers 2nd performance was something else ,just outstanding ply perfect

  • @dinkvjr
    @dinkvjr 4 месяца назад

    I remember seeing most of these. Shannon was one of my mom's favorites and for good reason, her elegance and grace knew no boundaries!! Shawn made her whole routine look effortless and that's the entire point of beam, that and to look like they mastered the apparatus.

  • @vickimarlene4905
    @vickimarlene4905 9 месяцев назад +4

    Shawn is my favourite. Very sure on the beam.

  • @jenniferspears7074
    @jenniferspears7074 4 месяца назад +4

    Don’t forget about Amy Chow, Svetlana Boginskaya, Daniela Silivas, Lavinia Milosovic, Kelly Garrison-Steves, Aly Raisman, and Dominique Dawes❤❤❤❤

  • @jjs1300000
    @jjs1300000 4 месяца назад +2

    Lilia Podkopayeva was incredible

  • @mildredmartinez8843
    @mildredmartinez8843 5 месяцев назад +5

    Gymnastics. The most beautiful sport.

    • @audio91000
      @audio91000 5 месяцев назад

      Yes. Ive always loved watching gymnastics ❤

    • @mildredmartinez8843
      @mildredmartinez8843 5 месяцев назад

      ​@@audio91000Yes!!!!!!

    • @mildredmartinez8843
      @mildredmartinez8843 5 месяцев назад +2

      ​@@audio91000Simone Biles is an icon. But in my heart Nadia Comenesci overcome so many osbstacles, a country in turmoil, she hardly had enough to eat. At 14 she got perfect 10s. Both are incredible, too many stars to mention.

    • @SakuraPonchonsavarit
      @SakuraPonchonsavarit 4 месяца назад

      Not when you keep falling 😂

  • @StrongAndRaw
    @StrongAndRaw 5 месяцев назад +2

    Shannon Miller just became the beam goat for me!!!

  • @alicemcfarlane9717
    @alicemcfarlane9717 4 месяца назад

    Carly Patterson was glorious. As underwhelming as I sometimes found her gymnastics, this routine was simply divine 😍 poetry in motion. A real credit to Valeri's coaching.

  • @SweetSirenia
    @SweetSirenia 3 месяца назад

    For anyone wondering: post-Paris, Simone now ties with Shannon for first, since she finished fifth (4 points).

  • @andregx3
    @andregx3 5 месяцев назад

    amazing video

  • @aeh5109
    @aeh5109 5 месяцев назад +1

    Lysenko's routines always amaze me

  • @estellewadsworth4187
    @estellewadsworth4187 10 месяцев назад +5

    Shannon Miller awesome

  • @johnnyli4702
    @johnnyli4702 10 месяцев назад +8

    But what exactly is being judged here if not medals? Artistry? Line? Form? Presentation? Exemplary demonstration of balance? How are the points calculated?

    • @Gazmeizster_Wongatron
      @Gazmeizster_Wongatron 10 месяцев назад +12

      This list includes gymnasts who placed in the Top 8, so someone like Pavlova who had 2 4th place finishes but no individual medal finished higher than gymnasts with a single Bronze or Silver medal.

    • @lena-gk4vb
      @lena-gk4vb 5 месяцев назад

      Artistry, beauty, grace

    • @lena-gk4vb
      @lena-gk4vb 5 месяцев назад

      Artistry, beauty, grace

  • @giuseppericci516
    @giuseppericci516 Месяц назад +1

    Where is Yang Bo?

  • @syyy468
    @syyy468 5 дней назад

    Kui Yuanyuan and Shawn Johnson. My favorite.

  • @tjwash2
    @tjwash2 4 месяца назад +1

    I’d end up in the hospital trying to walk from one end to the other

    • @cherylrush3245
      @cherylrush3245 4 месяца назад +1

      And I'd be right behind you. LOL!

  • @heroe37
    @heroe37 4 месяца назад

    Catalina Ponor y Shawn Johnson son mis favoritas de toda la vida. Su trabajo en la viga es realmente increíble.
    Creo que Sanne Wevers está muy arriba en la lista, aunque sus saltos gimnásticos y sus giros son muy buenos, es muy limitada en la parte acrobática (solo es mi humilde opinión).

  • @Mandalaaxo
    @Mandalaaxo 4 месяца назад

    Shannon Miller's routines... wow

  • @Cmc995
    @Cmc995 10 месяцев назад +3

    Miller, Lysenko and Lobaznyuk😍 not in this video but love Yvonne Tousek on beam too

  • @anderwin7978
    @anderwin7978 10 месяцев назад +5

    Catalina, My total Beam Queen ❤😊🎉

  • @Lastfirst333
    @Lastfirst333 5 месяцев назад

    Tatianna was amazing! Shannon, Shawn and Katelyn I love too!

  • @MrJuagarci
    @MrJuagarci Месяц назад

    Dominique Moceanu, Elvire Teza, Ludivine Furnon, Dominique Dawes, Kui Yuanyuan...

  • @linzzzanity
    @linzzzanity 5 месяцев назад +1

    People who have done backflips on the beam, does it hurt? 2:43 because this sounds painful

  • @estellewadsworth4187
    @estellewadsworth4187 10 месяцев назад +2

    Nastia Liukin the most graceful

  • @despinapopescu5157
    @despinapopescu5157 10 месяцев назад +1

    Gina Gogean, the favourite!

  • @bethanyhait6880
    @bethanyhait6880 5 месяцев назад +1

    The crazy thing about this is that the beam isn’t necessarily the strongest apparatus for some of these athletes. Simone Biles’ strengths are vault and floor. And Lu Li was Olympic champion on the uneven bars (with a perfect 10, no less). That says something about just how good they are.

  • @drjulia6860
    @drjulia6860 4 месяца назад +2

    Lu Li for me. But some fabulous routines, so much grace and the way they link the acrobatics and balance work so seamlessly. Lysenko, Ponar and Miller too. Simone Biles looks mediocre by comparison.

  • @reneepeters3045
    @reneepeters3045 6 дней назад

    Shawn Johnson 2008 finals?

  • @janysmahoney1271
    @janysmahoney1271 5 месяцев назад +1

    Sublime cos no easy feat trying t walk this extremely thin plank

  • @SabrinaVoineaSStolenMedal
    @SabrinaVoineaSStolenMedal 10 месяцев назад +5

    The British commentator tried to sell Lilia winning beam in 1996. She was always so negative towards Shannon while pretending to be nice.

  • @elmehdigrande5321
    @elmehdigrande5321 4 месяца назад +1

    The 90's were gymnastics best era, nowadays the athletes are more focused in executing safe moves to gain maximum points without any artistic skills

  • @Writeowl
    @Writeowl 10 месяцев назад +6

    Thanks for uploading ... but the switching between the same routine with Hernandez is almost schizoid. Why can't you just stay with the one routine? And the editing is choppy.

    • @gymnasticfan9148
      @gymnasticfan9148  10 месяцев назад +4

      I can’t stay with the same routine because the video was being blocked due to copyright

  • @CoriMusic97
    @CoriMusic97 9 месяцев назад

    Great footage!, Do you have the full side angle routine of Nastia?

    • @gymnasticfan9148
      @gymnasticfan9148  9 месяцев назад

      It’s here: ruclips.net/video/WOkqcBPaiYo/видео.htmlsi=qYrlqCW3F72mb7hg

  • @callmej5337
    @callmej5337 4 месяца назад

    I think Comaneci should have been included. She is the most revolutionary with her handsprings, stretched legs, command and combinations.

  • @JB-sg1vy
    @JB-sg1vy 9 месяцев назад +2

    Agree with Shannon but def Yang Bo should be in the top 3 PERIOD. No one was quite the master as her. Position wise and control she is hard to beat when you look at it all.

    • @tambam6744
      @tambam6744 8 месяцев назад

      Are you stupid? Did you not read the description?

    • @saragrant9749
      @saragrant9749 8 месяцев назад +1

      This was based off medals, and Yang Bo was so inconsistent she earned virtually no international medals- and none at the Olympics.

  • @raulp9598
    @raulp9598 10 месяцев назад

    Catalina Ponor from Rumania

  • @christelleleclech2051
    @christelleleclech2051 10 месяцев назад

    I am agree with you

  • @SandraShaw-nk5ob
    @SandraShaw-nk5ob 8 месяцев назад +2

    Henrietta Onodi

  • @unicorn_6932
    @unicorn_6932 4 месяца назад

    On what planet do you think this is even close? Based on what? Got the dates wrong for several of them And missed out some of the best beam workers!

    • @gymnasticfan9148
      @gymnasticfan9148  4 месяца назад

      @@unicorn_6932 Which dates are wrong? Tell me at least one

    • @gymnasticfan9148
      @gymnasticfan9148  4 месяца назад

      @@unicorn_6932 Based on what? It’s in the description. It’s not a personal ranking

    • @unicorn_6932
      @unicorn_6932 4 месяца назад

      Lobazniouk , it’s not 2004, it’s 2000…… and those points make absolutely no sense…

    • @gymnasticfan9148
      @gymnasticfan9148  4 месяца назад

      @@unicorn_6932 Ok, one date wrong and you said several. Makes no sense? Please, give a better idea instead of saying it makes no sense when it makes sense.

    • @epiphronn
      @epiphronn 2 месяца назад

      Deng Linlin is missing from the video!

  • @kristenalmonte1110
    @kristenalmonte1110 4 месяца назад

    Elena Produnova a total Tiger here.

  • @meow_meowswing
    @meow_meowswing 4 месяца назад

    I thought Yang Bo would be included.

  • @uiuc007
    @uiuc007 5 месяцев назад

    shannon and nastia my fave

  • @lena-gk4vb
    @lena-gk4vb 5 месяцев назад

    Dominique ❤ Nastia ❤ Yang Yilin

  • @Beargeek616
    @Beargeek616 10 месяцев назад +3

    I went OMG at the part where John goes "Shannon's dad video tapes his daughter...used those video tapes...." and I was like WTF? Call the FBI! Then I realised it was how you edited it.

  • @evoandy
    @evoandy 9 месяцев назад +1

    Lysenko gets a full score with THOSE leaps?

    • @saragrant9749
      @saragrant9749 8 месяцев назад +1

      They were at essentially full, almost over split. This angle doesn’t give you that viewpoint. Her routine was incredibly smooth.

  • @jonahchen255
    @jonahchen255 5 месяцев назад

    sui lu should move further
    11th is soooooooo underrated among all.

  • @carolball5764
    @carolball5764 7 месяцев назад

    Lilia Podkopayeva has the beauty of a Ballerina ..

  • @amentia338
    @amentia338 5 месяцев назад +1

    Simone Biles gehört für mich nicht auf Platz 3 zu wackelig

  • @ThevintageSB
    @ThevintageSB 9 месяцев назад

    I never did rate Prodinova (maybe spelt wrong) she was far too heavy handed with moments - fast hard and aggressive

  • @Pangdoodoo
    @Pangdoodoo 7 месяцев назад +11

    Simone is like GOAT but those wolf turns on beam need to go. Looks so inelegant, sorry

  • @anaclaudiafragaamaral9580
    @anaclaudiafragaamaral9580 18 дней назад

    Shawn jhonson é a melhor!

  • @cr528
    @cr528 Месяц назад

    Russians & Chinese are amazing ❤❤❤🎉

  • @jelenajelenkovic8123
    @jelenajelenkovic8123 Месяц назад

    Gina Gogean

  • @hansemannluchter643
    @hansemannluchter643 4 месяца назад +1

    What a joke..
    Neither are Elena Mukhina, the greatest female gymnast who ever lived!
    RIP....

  • @marciafischer7391
    @marciafischer7391 9 месяцев назад +1

    Laurie changes Leo’s during the video…

  • @wheresbaby7783
    @wheresbaby7783 10 месяцев назад

    I am at gymnastic efficient Edo and I can’t believe that she got a bronze medal by falling off the beam or holding onto the beam with her front. Flip, I mean shouldn’t have gotten the bronze. I don’t care how many points she has or what the difficulty is if you fall off the beam, you should not be able to getting metal at the Olympics

    • @gymnasticfan9148
      @gymnasticfan9148  10 месяцев назад +1

      In 2016 it was a 0.5 point deduction only (now it’s 1 point), she used to score 15.6+ with her beam, while the rest would score a 15(If we exclude the top 2) at their very best, but they also didn’t perform 100%.

    • @jesuspalomo5143
      @jesuspalomo5143 9 месяцев назад +1

      In that beam final, only the top 2 didn't have mistakes on their routine, the rest was a little bit SHAKY

  • @ΑΦΡΟΔΙΤΗΤΣΑΤΣΗ
    @ΑΦΡΟΔΙΤΗΤΣΑΤΣΗ 9 месяцев назад

    Where is Aliya Mustafina

  • @tudormiller887
    @tudormiller887 9 месяцев назад

  • @alinazamfir7679
    @alinazamfir7679 10 месяцев назад +2

    Sane W. should be removed from this list. She is specialist in spins and NOTHING else.

    • @lena-gk4vb
      @lena-gk4vb 5 месяцев назад +1

      Thank you so much for this comment!! I hate her routines, she can't do anything except of spins. And won gold for this 😂

  • @mariaespinoza6358
    @mariaespinoza6358 8 месяцев назад +1

    Quiet enough to hear a pin drop .. when Nastia was up. Not 🚫 a single sound .. compared to the ither girls. Eerie .... ((I like her. Just weried. Be quiet, especially for Nastia))

  • @jordansparks6113
    @jordansparks6113 4 месяца назад

    Very odd scoring. People with no tumbles and numerous stumbles getting 16+ points
    And people with numerous difficult tumbles and perfect routines getting 8 or less.
    Maybe the judging changed over time. Not sure..
    I feel the scoring is a lot more consistent now than it used to be.
    And simone biles grasping on to the beam for over a second is a bit ridiculous. It’s equal to falling of frankly. How does this get bronze medal? Come on.

  • @Kim4Kin
    @Kim4Kin 10 месяцев назад +1

    man i really wanted to be able to do what gymnasts do but life isn't fair for most so...

    • @paradiseb5950
      @paradiseb5950 6 месяцев назад

      Yeah i wanted to be a gymnast so bad my whole life but they didn’t really have that where i live so i did my own thing as a kid but later just couldn’t-adulthood. But i have such butning drsire to do it i can’t explain it. Guess the universe mixed and matched wrong this time😁

  • @jacquicanfield9865
    @jacquicanfield9865 10 месяцев назад +1

    A lot of great beam work here, but none as beautiful to watch as Nastia.

  • @josuecastaneda6032
    @josuecastaneda6032 8 месяцев назад +2

    Excepto Nastia y Shannon, pero las demás atletas estadounidenses, no son nada artísticas, son toscas y duras.

  • @MsJubjubbird
    @MsJubjubbird 10 месяцев назад

    I would more call this "people who are good at beam" than beam specialists. AA medalists at either worlds or the Olympics are not specialists
    Eremia is often overlooked in the history books but she was a great beam worker

    • @missbradicah
      @missbradicah 10 месяцев назад +2

      When you edit and upload your own video, you can call it whatever you like.

    • @MsJubjubbird
      @MsJubjubbird 10 месяцев назад

      @@missbradicah when you upload a video into a public forum, you can expect people to comment

  • @timgriffin3368
    @timgriffin3368 9 месяцев назад +3

    Was enjoying the video until i saw Hernandez with 2 different riutines spliced into 1; costume change back and forth. CHEAP CHEAP CHEAP. Show one routine through, Channel

    • @gymnasticfan9148
      @gymnasticfan9148  9 месяцев назад +5

      I wish I could upload only 1 routine, but the video was being blocked due to copyright. Do you really think I really wanted to mix 2 videos? The only way I found to still use a footage from the Olympics was by doing that.

  • @ceenone3310
    @ceenone3310 5 месяцев назад +1

    horrible editing

    • @gymnasticfan9148
      @gymnasticfan9148  5 месяцев назад +2

      @@ceenone3310 You have your channel, you can make your own videos. Good luck

  • @cynthiajones4332
    @cynthiajones4332 9 месяцев назад +1

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  • @내꼬야-p3t
    @내꼬야-p3t 10 месяцев назад +1

    victoria komoba 🩵