She is so impressive, especially coming out of retirement. She did well at worlds, but not what she hoped for. I hope she doesn't get discouraged and quit before the Olympics because she is awesome and could get some medals there
Welcome back, Catalina! Welcome back, full twisting, double piked on BB! Oh Gosh. I really hope she's great in London. And the most amazing: London-2012 will be my first internacional vacation travel! \o/
@ShawnVikaKomova2012 I was just going to add a response about how much I love that dismount, but apparently everyone else does too! I really only love it that much when Cata does it!
Yep. She left out the series after the aerial walkover. Her switch half at the start was downgraded to a regular switch leap, making the switch leap before the Kochetkova null. Because of that, she loses the connection points as well.
@JTGPCFL Me too, I mean most gymnast who make a comeback need about two years to have all their skills back. And she has 90 % of her skills after training for 7 months? How is that even possible?
@JTGPCFL a tuck and a pike are worth the same (G=0.7), but I'm pretty sure she was deducted 0.5 for having her shoulders below her hips and chest by her knees when she landed it. She should stick with the double pike.
@ShawnVikaKomova2012 She actually competed the double spin at the romanian nationals but had a wobble. Maybe that's the reason why she didn't compete it at worlds. But hopefully will see it in 2012
Crazy that she went into finals PLANNING to include an A dance skill in her routine. Unfortunately she counted 2 A elements in this routine! Very poor routine construction IMO.
@alejandroono74 sure she can, she just had bad luck in EF, her score from team finals was higher than Wieber's score, so if she had performef like that she would have win the bronze. And still, it's amazing that she got almost all her skills back after just a few months of training
@LadyMelena You misinterpret what I wrote. It isn't mean to say that I prefer choregraphy and gymnasts who are more than 20 years old, than 15 years old "over trained" girls with too big muscles. It has nothing to do with being tall or slim or pretty. J'espère que je n'ai pas fait trop de fautes en Anglais.
@xrictinagymnastics Yeah, that's why I posted that comment about wishing she had brought the double spin to Tokyo. I never really liked the way she did it, but it was usually consistent. She could possibly throw a 6.7 beam set, or higher!
@QueenieQue Same here. Although Ohashi does it well, I think. Who cares about the low landing and the form. No one else took such a risk in Tokyo. Not to mention she's been on this comeback for what... Seven months now?
Well if life is hard for them we shouldn't enforce that and make it harder :( I understand what you mean, but Nastia Liukin has a different body type than Catalina Ponor and Aliya Mustafina yet they all look lovely. Sadly you are very very correct, and I have to give you that cuz it's so true. And sadly I can't think of a graceful yet bigger woman. But I still think you can be like Shawn Johnson (strong and happy!) and still be a woman.
If you watch it in slow mo you can see that when she takes off, her right foot has already turned a little. Then notice where her left foot is pointing upon landing. So she cheated the take off (which they may overlook, IDK) and still didn't get it all the way around.
Did the dismount get downgraded to a full twisting double tuck? I know she was going for a pike but looked tucked at the start. I'm litterally MIND FUCKED as to how she's still in the game?! I was not expecting this at ALL!
Actually you need to have a perfect body to give a beautiful show in artistic sports like gym or ballet. In rythmic gym, a routine will be of no interest if the gymnast is fat or too small or too skiny. Look at the excellent Ukrainian or Russian rythmic gymnasts, they look like top models. If Nastia Liukin was ugly, she won't have that success. That’s life. Life is hard for women.
i really hope this comment is a joke or that i'm being a dumbass and i'm not reading this right. can't women act any way they want to? why can't they be not graceful and elegant and just playful?
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She is so impressive, especially coming out of retirement. She did well at worlds, but not what she hoped for. I hope she doesn't get discouraged and quit before the Olympics because she is awesome and could get some medals there
Well 6 years later she's still around and winning gold medals in international competitions.
Love her face at 6:16 though... like wtf????#'=@°°+#*o@??
It seems so long ago when only four countries in the world were capable of accomplish world class beam work: Romania, China, Russia and USA
1:06 I love that stare, kinda shady haha
has anyone noticed in this beam final and the 2012 Olympic final, there was 2 americans, 2 Chinese, 2 Romanian and 2 Russian.
Ponur ponir
ponir
Ponur pomur
Yes indeed
Ponir!😁😂
Same in the olympic beam final in 2012
Yes
Welcome back, Catalina! Welcome back, full twisting, double piked on BB! Oh Gosh. I really hope she's great in London. And the most amazing: London-2012 will be my first internacional vacation travel! \o/
Her look at 6:18 "Are you fucking kidding me?"
Mr. Congo today she did the same ahahah
AT 6:22 SHE WAS LIKE "I DON'T UNDERSTAND THIS SHIT!"
THEN AT 6:26 SHE'S PISSED
Superba !❤ Cătălina Ponor !❤ Felicitari !❤
@ShawnVikaKomova2012 I agree with you. Full twisting double pike dismount is so difficult.
@ShawnVikaKomova2012 I was just going to add a response about how much I love that dismount, but apparently everyone else does too! I really only love it that much when Cata does it!
Yep. She left out the series after the aerial walkover. Her switch half at the start was downgraded to a regular switch leap, making the switch leap before the Kochetkova null. Because of that, she loses the connection points as well.
Ponor is Romanian for bad ass.
6 years later - she's still mad at a recent beam score and makes this same face.
She has a strong personality, never afraid to show disagreement
Catalina is elegant. We appreciate to watch "women" gymnastics instead of "little girls looking like boys" gymnastics.
Great roundoff layout!
She was underscored.She deserve a higher mark for execution.
@JTGPCFL Me too, I mean most gymnast who make a comeback need about two years to have all their skills back. And she has 90 % of her skills after training for 7 months? How is that even possible?
Queen of combinations
@JTGPCFL a tuck and a pike are worth the same (G=0.7), but I'm pretty sure she was deducted 0.5 for having her shoulders below her hips and chest by her knees when she landed it. She should stick with the double pike.
@ShawnVikaKomova2012 She actually competed the double spin at the romanian nationals but had a wobble. Maybe that's the reason why she didn't compete it at worlds. But hopefully will see it in 2012
Crazy that she went into finals PLANNING to include an A dance skill in her routine. Unfortunately she counted 2 A elements in this routine! Very poor routine construction IMO.
The First Curse strikes again. I know this isn't Ponor at 100%, but she was underscored, IMO.
that score was too low she got robbed
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@alejandroono74 sure she can, she just had bad luck in EF, her score from team finals was higher than Wieber's score, so if she had performef like that she would have win the bronze. And still, it's amazing that she got almost all her skills back after just a few months of training
Lovely. What a shame though... I wish she had brought the double turn as well. LOVE THAT DISMOUNT!!!!!!!!!!!!
@LadyMelena You misinterpret what I wrote. It isn't mean to say that I prefer choregraphy and gymnasts who are more than 20 years old, than 15 years old "over trained" girls with too big muscles. It has nothing to do with being tall or slim or pretty. J'espère que je n'ai pas fait trop de fautes en Anglais.
@xrictinagymnastics Yeah, that's why I posted that comment about wishing she had brought the double spin to Tokyo. I never really liked the way she did it, but it was usually consistent. She could possibly throw a 6.7 beam set, or higher!
CATA QUEEN!
@alllitangio Thank you so much! Im so excited!! *-*
@QueenieQue Same here. Although Ohashi does it well, I think. Who cares about the low landing and the form. No one else took such a risk in Tokyo. Not to mention she's been on this comeback for what... Seven months now?
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@xrictinagymnastics Probably. That's where most of the Romanian girls are born.
Well if life is hard for them we shouldn't enforce that and make it harder :(
I understand what you mean, but Nastia Liukin has a different body type than Catalina Ponor and Aliya Mustafina yet they all look lovely.
Sadly you are very very correct, and I have to give you that cuz it's so true. And sadly I can't think of a graceful yet bigger woman. But I still think you can be like Shawn Johnson (strong and happy!) and still be a woman.
Alright, I see your point. Still makes me kinda sad though :P
Why was the switch leap half downgraded? A wobble on landing, yes it was an execution issue, but how was it not credited?
it was underrotated
If you watch it in slow mo you can see that when she takes off, her right foot has already turned a little. Then notice where her left foot is pointing upon landing. So she cheated the take off (which they may overlook, IDK) and still didn't get it all the way around.
Yes, you can be like Shawn and be a cute woman. But nobody will call you for modeling (and you will make less money than Nastia Liukin)...
Did the dismount get downgraded to a full twisting double tuck? I know she was going for a pike but looked tucked at the start. I'm litterally MIND FUCKED as to how she's still in the game?! I was not expecting this at ALL!
Why did she do 2 layouts to two feet?
brain drain the second was considered a pike back. It was just a little more open than it should be but still solid
Jordyn looked so slim here!!
@ShawnVikaKomova2012 She definately could, to me it looks like she was born on a beam
Actually you need to have a perfect body to give a beautiful show in artistic sports like gym or ballet. In rythmic gym, a routine will be of no interest if the gymnast is fat or too small or too skiny. Look at the excellent Ukrainian or Russian rythmic gymnasts, they look like top models. If Nastia Liukin was ugly, she won't have that success. That’s life. Life is hard for women.
i really hope this comment is a joke or that i'm being a dumbass and i'm not reading this right.
can't women act any way they want to? why can't they be not graceful and elegant and just playful?
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Messy as always