2003 World Team Final NBC (60fps)

[@FrancesBaconandEggs]

And 16 years later, Chellsie is looking incredible training beam...

[@hasteurcat]

Watching Chellsie now just amazes me,some of her skills in 2020 are better than during theses worlds-She has always been one of my favorite gymnasts.

[@joyfuljaj]

I wasn't keeping up with stuff during her first career, (really don't remember much about gymnastics during this quad cause I was stressed in grad school) so I'm excited to follow her current training. She amazes me.

[@Kaya112345]

You've got to love this trio of commentators. Al, of all people, is the one who brings up how dangerously close Alexandra came to being seriously injured on her second pass and it gets glossed over. And this is after Elfi voices disappointment and they talk about how the James Bond music "didn't fit." It's like no one truly cared that this young girl narrowly avoided a life-changing injury.

[@FrancesBaconandEggs]

Kaya112345 yeah they were savage the whole time.

[@running_girl5512]

Well this worlds was a bit of a shit show, not the typical year before the Olympics. People falling everywhere, Russian gymnasts talking back to coaches, it was nuts. More like a high school meet than a Worlds competition.

[@Cmc995]

These commentators are complete dicks.

[@TsubasaDreams]

I love watching this competition for nostalgia reasons, but I can for the life of me never figure out who was rotating with who. It always feels like this broadcast was edited together with like no continuity at all haha

[@jcneverquits]

One of the most awkward meets I've ever seen. Gymnasts almost dying left and right. Elfie drunk on the mic. And poor Al trying to keep the broadcast together. Just craziness..

[@turbojon8117]

Yeah ... poor Al. That's certainly a take. Elfie was drunk on hatorade, I'll concede that. LOL

[@kakumei77]

Lmao Elfie drunk 🍹🍷🍸🥂🍺🍻🤸‍♀️🎤

[@mirnapelayo5660]

.......

[@murasakino101]

I still can't believe what she said about Alexandra. She should have been fired as a commentator then smh. Not only could she have seriously injured herself but it's disgusting to talk about a gymnast like that when they years of hard work into their routines and don't expect to falter on them like that

[@saragrant9749]

Ellie wasn’t drunk, she’s just a b*tch. I’m so glad she’s not doing this anymore.

[@TheMW2informer]

I love watching the NBC version of these, the commentary makes it way more watchable for me at least.

[@lc1715]

"Ohhh, that's too bad." Iconic.

[@Smielyb2000]

Iconic!

[@saragrant9749]

I cracked up at that one- Carly definitely wasn’t sympathetic lol

[@biggestgymfan7230]

This meet was just pure craziness

[@AlexaLink]

Chelsie always performed so many unique skills! That jam to handstand on bars is insane and gives me sympathy pains. Still one of my absolute favorite gymnasts to this day.

[@susandilaudo9534]

Every time i watch her do that in early part of her career, i think,"guuurl, u r gonna have SERIOUS shoulder problems in the future."

[@MeriPT]

Yes still my favorite gymnast! 😍♥️

[@melaniesmyth1040]

Watching this 17 years after the event, again, and I STILL cannot believe Elfie said that. Just wow.

[@saragrant9749]

Exactly when you realize there wasn’t a roll of duct tape big enough lol.

[@melaniesmyth1040]

@@saragrant9749 lmao 🤣

[@ashleyc8373]

Was she wrong tho? Nope.

[@saragrant9749]

@@ashleyc8373for saying it as she did- on TELEVISION- as a professional commentator, YES SHE WAS. If she felt that way, fine she should have kept that to herself. She could have said “I’ve never seen someone so inconsistent,” or “I’m surprised they are using her on floor after a difficult qualification.” What she actually said was extremely toxic and unprofessional. You want to defend her? Then you are part of the continuing problem.

[@allisonlangston6593]

@@saragrant9749 I had to rewind and rewatch that part 4 times to believe what I was hearing. What a BIT*H!!! Unreal

[@gaelgarciabernal2434]

I attended these championships for a day of event finals. No Americans qualified for balance beam or floor exercise finals, so it was a marvelous ambiance!!! No loud, obnoxious USA chants or Bela/Mary Lou Retton circus! I got to see CATALINA PONOR'S ravishing beam and floor routines. The Chinese were sublime and sophisticated on beam. Ludmila Yezhova was spectacular on beam. Former competitor Yelena Prodounova was a coach. To top it all off, I sat close to JORDAN JOVTCHEV from Bulgaria! Great memories!

[@ardianworld777]

Gael Garcia Bernal those were some serious old school beam workers 😍❤️ The queens of intricate connections!

[@captainbryce1]

In the men's competition, Paul Hamm won the all-around, and the floor exercise.

[@TheMW2informer]

Good luck trying to do that again without seeing any Americans 🇺🇸

[@saragrant9749]

And where exactly is Romania with their horribly abusive coaching system now? Oh, right NONEXISTENT. If having pride in one’s country is an issue to you, then I’d say you have a severe issue with feeling inferior. Trying to bring others down while ineptly attempting to bring yourself up is comical- and a failure to completion. I don’t miss the days of seeing Romanians win beam golds with boring, unimaginative routines that essentially repeated the same small core of skills in different combinations. Today the beam (and floor) are won with routines that have personality and variety.

[@mingming9604]

respect for underdog chellsie. kinda remind me how morgan came in to secure the 2017 worlds AA gold medal after the favorite ragan got injured. It sucks her 2019 seaon has not been so great.

[@agneseditsstuff]

so true! I'm honestly just here to watch her ;)

[@mingming9604]

@@agneseditsstuff Also, I still cant believe that annia was actually 25! i mean we think of simone now, and aly last quad, but annia at 25 is like almost 10 yr older than a lot of these girls. age is just a number sometimes?

[@agneseditsstuff]

@@mingming9604 definitely! And Svetlana here was doing much better than the younger girls from Russia at the same competition.

[@gigisimpson3915]

I’m still crushed for Ragan she had an amazing 2017 tho

[@luispraqui]

amazing Chellsie Memmel absolutely beautiful!!!! specially on bars, love her dismount!!

[@heatherwicker9990]

I remember watching this live and Elfi’s comment about the Russian girl was uncalled for. She’s still human and someone’s child. I hope her family didn’t hear that. Not like Elfi was all that great either. This competition was a splat fest at times. Moreno looked sick to be honest. To do a good vault they need a bit of muscle on their bones!

[@staceymackinnon9366]

That is exactly what I thought (about Moreno) - it's difficult to have energy and lift while clinically anorexic. No doubt about it and her coach(es) should he ashamed to have not been on top of it.

[@mattlorenzosam604]

Stacey MacKinnon Moreno had ZERO block off the vault. I freaked out because I thought she was going to land head first.

[@riquebusta8652]

Matthew Sam is I, Mbox360 which Moreno?

[@mattlorenzosam604]

Rique Busta Patricia Moreno of Spain

[@riquebusta8652]

Matthew Sam is I, Mbox360 ah okay I didn’t think it was her because I thought she looked fine at the 2004 olympics.

[@pettygryphon9285]

"I never expected the Russians to put an Athlete..... Pauses.... with such little talent on their team" Damn Elfi, you SHADY.

[@spencerc2782]

I thought the same exact thing lol.

[@mattlorenzosam604]

If I were Elfie I probably would’ve said something like, “I never thought the Russians would put someone so inconsistent on their team,” or “...someone so nervous on their team.” Shevchenko didn’t have a whole lot of experience and the Worlds was just too big of a competition for her. Does anyone know if she tried to go for the Olympics in 2004?

[@stellarseren]

Matthew Sam is I, Mbox360 no, she was badly injured and needed multiple surgeries which ended her artistic career. But happy ending, she now competes for Russia in Parkour! Take that, Elfi! www.gymnastics.sport/site/athletes/bio_detail.php?id=71781

[@saragrant9749]

@@mattlorenzosam604 Elfi had too little tact to ever say something diplomatic like that. And no, I’m pretty sure the young lady was pretty much ignored by Russian gymnastics after that.

[@junglesuperstar9270]

Just listening to one of Russian competition . They are remembering floor routine of Shevchenko - and surprise surprise they loved her , still remember her and apparently don’t think she was lack of talent

[@susandilaudo9534]

I LOVE tascha's woot and double fist pump after that incredible vault! (Wth with that score?) Memmel's performance here has got to be 1 of the greatest clutch performances in gymnastics history. i still can't believe, nor understand, how she was left off of that Athens team. I remember thinking at the time they accidentally read the wrong name and meant to say Chellsie's. But because it was TELEVISED(dumbest thing ever) they couldnt change it. Sorta like the urban myth surrounding Marissa Tomei's oscar win.

[@liliansmeenge3297]

If I remember correctly, Chellsie was still coming back from injury. Maybe that's why she wasn't chosen on the Athens team.

[@mikeg8375]

I think if Chellsie had been healthy and up to full difficulty on all four events she would have been on the team. Obviously i was not at selection camp, but I think we can assume that she would have had to be basically at her very best to be on that team given how she had not competed at Trials.

[@hasteurcat]

Scary how skeletal many of these gymnasts look.

[@portishphonic]

lol, they look normal, it's present day gymnasts that look weird, like truckers on steroids.

[@perfectly_cromulent]

@@portishphonic being underweight is not normal

[@JB-sg1vy]

@@perfectly_cromulent well at least they can fit in their leo's unlike today with all them bootays hangin out n all trashy

[@saragrant9749]

@@JB-sg1vy if that’s what you’re noticing I’d say you have a serious psychological issue. The girls back then quite often suffered from eating disorders and other problems trying to be as thin as possible because otherwise they weren’t considered good gymnast material. At least today the women are encouraged to be strong, healthy and ATHLETIC rather than stick figures.

[@Kennyyyb]

Omg I didn’t expect to see Prod helping out with the team😊😊

[@Smielyb2000]

I think she was Yeshova's coach at the time.

[@evanwilliams6406]

Nonetheless, it's good to see her around.

[@kdaze10]

It was so crazy when one of the commentators said something about possibly the gymnastic moves having become too difficult for the gymnasts...lol...looking at today's gymnastics compared to this just shows how everything from technology to sports has continued to become so much more intricate and difficult...

[@Lana2k6]

14:20 Actually, Khorkina scored a 7.387 in the bars final at the previous year's Worlds.

[@thricemarked4831]

Khorkina also got a 4.something in vault finals in 1997, because after she ate mat on her first vault, she didn't bother doing a second one.

[@kiersontitus7322]

@@rolandgreen7484 she knew and she oh so used it to make herself known.

[@williamt594]

I like how Elfie keeps saying that other teams are putting up girls with very little experience, I.e never been to worlds before, yet this was chellsie memmel carly Patterson and Hollie vise' s first worlds.

[@nicolefrankel7597]

So weird watching the Americans put up 3 one and a half Yurchenkos

[@kiersontitus7322]

When 9 years later they had 2 and a half!

[@maurened5969]

And 21 years later, Chellsie is running the show.

[@traerichard]

Haha wow elfie. I never thought russia would put someone with so little talent on the floor.. 🤤🤤

[@susandilaudo9534]

Maybe she meant to say something along the lines of "lack of experience" rather than "lack of talent?" of course, she isnt known for her excellence in broadcasting.

[@jennifercook1875]

I love the shade

[@meganhigley8838]

Dustin Gabe Dina? You can't be serious? She was a stunning gymnast.

[@joyfuljaj]

I could not believe she said that. I obviously was busy with grad school back in 2003 cause I never saw this mess. Khorkina surely was livid. I have never really liked her, but surely she was not part of the lack of discipline they referred to. Or perhaps she could have had the idea "I know better than the coaches"? - since they mentioned the talking back to coaches.

[@joyfuljaj]

@Gary Henzler I had the same thought for a few of the falls. They were close to serious.

[@susandilaudo9534]

was elfi under the influence of something during this broadcast? lol

[@turbojon8117]

Hatorade?

[@withlove312]

I can't believe Al ends up being the most sympathetic of the commentators lmao

[@annaheldt1236]

Right, it was actually very refreshing that AL took up for that gymnast. He said "Never mind the scoring and deductions, she could have been seriously injured!" Way to go AL. Elfie can suck it! There are so many other words to use other than "little or no talent." Yes, this gymnast had a horrific floor excercise, but it was her first international competition and she was all nerves, poor thing. This gymnast had plenty of talent, just didn't have a good day and it was very unfortunate for her, but she at least wasn't severely hurt or crippled. Plus you've got to hand it to her, she could have easily walked off and not finished, but she sucked it up, smiled and finished with class. More than we can say for El Hag. 🤭

[@rexjdk]

I always thought Al and John Tesh got bad raps with their commentations at least they carried that someone could seriously have gotten hurt. Tim didn't even say anything in defense of the poor girl. Sickning.

[@MargoIndigo]

did they say that they were barely allowed to even warm up? was the training before this hugely rushed, were many main athletes injured or what’s going on because i’ve never seen anything like this 😳 also- 43:56 holy shit that skill! and with a full twist?! 😱

[@surgeon1016]

So they made a major change at this worlds and that was the athletes couldn’t warm up on the apparatus they were using for the actual competition what ended up happening was that multiple teams were then unprepared as a result as many teams did not train for an event like that however one of the reasons the USA girls did so well was because they trained for this exact thing since they were warned ahead of time Marta had the girls at championships do it without warm ups the girls in the gyms did their routines cold as a result they were able to adapt to the no warm up situation

[@katertot4643]

Whaattt... awesome! I don't know if I've ever seen this... Wait, have I seen this one? Thank u NF :)

[@katertot4643]

Oh right, Hollie's number..... yep.

[@mingming9604]

The 1.7 point team margin victory back in those days was basically over 3 falls margin! Pretty dominant margin even if it wasn't a 12 for 12 performance.

[@sprinklefriend]

Wow - the Spanish girl on vault hit her foot on the table! I was wondering why she was crying, but now that I realized that, it's a wonder she wasn't sobbing!

[@lilbatz]

God I forgot what a dumpster fire wrapped in a goat rodeo this was. Scary scary stumbles and falls.

[@itzzy1859]

this was the "slender," era for a lot of the countries. most of these girls are scary skinny, and i think a lot of these falls are due to straight of lack-of-strength issues.

[@CarlsCozyCorner]

@@itzzy1859 yeah. Basically everyone in elite had severe eating disorders at this point. A shameful era in this sport that only recently ended.

[@extra_ice_girl]

I love your channel! ✌️

[@AsukyMiakawa]

iamkarenh I love Nutella

[@iceskatergirl10]

I know the USA won primarily because other teams had some major errors but it's still awesome that they won at home

[@twindecks]

"With so little talent" *sticks full in double pike

[@e2theeyepie]

Followed by scarily flinging herself out of bounds, followed by falling out of her whip to triple twist.

[@spencerc2782]

Ikr!! That was a great first pass!!!!

[@williamt594]

I bet Elfie shit herself a bit then

[@meganhigley8838]

That routine was awful lol. Elfie wasn't wrong.

[@anneharvey1032]

Elfie sounds jelly.

[@thecatspajamas8918]

I just don’t understand why Svetlana Khorkina was so revered. I find her gymnastics so awkward and sloppy with flailing arms and legs.

[@kdaze10]

Especially her vault...

[@vanessaebony529]

I love Svetlana and I have great respect for her. I understand your comments her vault is sloppy, but I love her bars and what made Svetlana revered was that she defied the odds of her sport. Gymnast are small, under 5 ft like Keri Strug and Kim Zmeskal were 4'7 that body type was liked cause it would allow them to do the hardest stuff and fly on tumbling in floor exercise. Svetlana was 5'4 or 5'5 which is tall for a gymnast; coaches and gyms turned her away saying she was too tall and couldn't be a gymnast until one coach told her Svetlana you can be special. The USSR was a gymnastics factory always creating. She created moves to accomidate her height and has the most moves named after her in the code of points. That's why she is so revered. She did 3 Olympics which not many gymnast do.

[@vanessaebony529]

I just think Khorkina was lucky she was a gymnast during that time cause I don't know how her current routines would be scored under the 2017-2020 code of points

[@captainbryce1]

You have to put it in context. Yes her gymnastics did look rather unorthodox (even sloppy) particularly on the vaulting and floor tumbling events. But her style actually worked very well on the bars and beam. It was also very unusual back then to have a gymnast be so tall, so she had to basically create a new style that worked for her. That's why she has so many moves named after her (she couldn't do some of the moves the smaller gymnasts could do). The real reason she is so revered is because her resume. Like her or not, she is a 3-time world all-around champion (the only person who's won more is Simone Biles), and a 3-time Olympian as well. On paper, she is one of the all time greats, regardless of how anyone subjectively viewed her as a gymnast.

[@AltusPlateau82]

There was also a lot of "hype" around her. Queen of this ... she and the media played flirtation over and over again . It was good for her and them. It leaked into her scores. You know "they" always gotta pump something or someone up to be the soul Source. Lol . She had great drama and mystic. A great expression and dance. Tumbling. . Eeeeehhhh. She worked with what she had .... and well . So that is great gymnastics from that pov

[@RachelB887]

Damn, Elfie is savage! 😂

[@kimberlygilliam6112]

Marta always grabbed the back of the girls necks when she wasn't happy with their performance. You can see her do it to Hollie Vise after her bars routine. Knowing all that we know about their regime, it makes me so angry to see the control she had over them.

[@JB-sg1vy]

She then would fart in they face and pull they hair and would bark at them and feed them dogfood

[@mulliganbrian]

At 58:01 I was sure I’d see a wolf turn...

[@ethanrichardson796]

Elfi: I was kinda said that Russia put a gymnast on their team with such little talent Few seconds later takes a huge deduction

[@beerur1122]

it’s kinda amazing how Vault is the lowest scoring event during this time. Today, Beam is.

[@unknown-lf6zx]

Beam is? I didn’t know that! That’s insane…beam is so hard!

[@owenweikert7978]

Chellsie memmel is an inspiration

[@turbojon8117]

Chell yeah! I'm 39 and made some goals on paper, thanks to Chellsie. Semi-accomplished one of them already (180° pirouette on one arm on FX [from back extension roll for now]) ... but yes, huge inspiration for so many adult/recreational gymnasts.

[@nathanielhalls1893]

She was the glue that held USA together. Her performances were so solid and consistent

[@agneseditsstuff]

Chelsie carried this on her shoulders! Amazing girls

[@422SAPD]

Never noticed before but during Chellisie Memmel's front with a half on beam she hits the beam with her fist! It's obvious she wasn't grabbing for balance but I'm surprised they didn't catch that. Glad as well!

[@agneseditsstuff]

I watched it in slow motion and I don't think she touched it! She's amazing

[@nathanielhalls1893]

I don’t think she touched

[@riquebusta8652]

Alexa Moreno: 19:42 Elfie’s comment on Alexandra Chevtchenko 11:26

[@johncastro39]

Chelsie-so young and so polished.

[@anneharvey1032]

I can’t believe that commentator called the Russian girl untalented. She’s not being paid for that type of ignorant remark.

[@captainbryce1]

But was she wrong? I mean the girl she was talking about literally messed up her entire routine and destroyed Russia's chances for a medal on just one event.

[@bethengel6691]

captainbryce1 she did not put herself on that team, did she? it‘s not her fault, it‘s the team coordinator‘s.

[@captainbryce1]

@@bethengel6691 True. I'm just saying the commentators statement was objectively correct. It wasn't an ignorant statement albeit perhaps somewhat insensitive.

[@TheMW2informer]

She proved her right less than 30 seconds after her saying it by taking that huge fall

[@junglesuperstar9270]

@@TheMW2informerso cough cough every gymnast who falls is untalented ? Got u . Sunesa lee must be the most untalented for falling on the beam twice and kicked out of the team with shame

[@kitisabuebos]

Oh my Car... Ouch Chellsie.. That Split is Beautiful... But I Felt the Pain...😰😳😁😂😄 love you Chellsie 💓💓💓

[@abrahamnextel]

Is just me or the Romanians were terribly underscored on beam ? Oana Ban for example, after that wonderful exercise only got 9.537 ?? what the hell 1:02:10

[@Capt_Sulu]

What's Tim talking about with the whole "Romania didn't have one athlete score into the 9's at the last world championships" at 20:55? There wasn't a team comp in 2002, and in 2001 Romania clearly dominated and won gold. Someone help me out here?

[@sktzn6829]

He said they didn't score into the 9s on bars last championship, and he was right. Romania won team gold in 2001 with 8.525, 8.587, and 8.762 on bars

[@koolaidman6251]

I was on a gymnastics-themed message board a long time ago and I will never forget the thread where people were asking if Terin Humphry is black LOLOLOLOL so funny.

[@L.JPawtraits]

That Tim Daggett is so full of bs. He talks like he's best friends with everyone and knows them perfectly. He never shuts up and is frankly the most annoying commentator ever.

[@TRUNGNGUYEN-bz9th]

This is super routine!! 🥇🇺🇸🥈🇹🇩🥉🇦🇺

[@itzzy1859]

carly deserved half of the hype she got.

[@saragrant9749]

Considering she was the Olympic all around CHAMPION a year later, I’d say you’re just displaying your own sense of inadequacy. Nice try, epic fail at bringing your small little self up.

[@rAvDoG420]

You sound like Elfie-a raging bitch

[@rebeccamunoz1645]

I agree Maybe even stronger than ever

[@elisapendleton5710]

The Russian gymnast doing her floor exercise thought she would break her neck😣

[@traceytillman7453]

Elisa Pendleton I screamed watching this live. Most sincerely could been very injured.

[@annapavfan4680]

US celebrating when Munteanu falls but little did they know Romania, was going to show them in Athens. Memmel was awesome on beam otherwise.

[@Kristrea]

They were not celebrating a fall

[@saragrant9749]

They were kids for one thing, and were simply excited about the opportunity to be world champions for the first time. What’s comical is where Romania is now- NOWHERE.

[@francisnguyen6349]

Tim says, "Ohhh, that's too bad."

[@ferdyspears]

Would have loved to see everybody healthy and everyone on the America team hit in Athens. Salivating over a Patterson, Kupets, Memmel, McCool, Humphrey, Bhardwaj Team in this quad.

[@surfer_playss124]

Honestly, for Elfi to say that Alexandra Chevthenko has no talent is just wrong

[@susandilaudo9534]

Watching this for the 37th time and just realizing and admiring the perfection ifFan’s pak into the stalder. The entire furst half was amazing. The pirouetting into jaeger into that gorgeous pak:stalder combo was like looking at a piece of art. Lame they wait ro 🇺🇦 until they have a fall. And to make matters worse, they inly televised the fall. Ugh.

[@gryffndrgrl85]

Florica Leonida's stare looks just like Ecaterina Szabo.

[@annapavfan4680]

You follow gymnastics and play flute? Same here!

[@Sam-ho8dd]

Does anyone know if it’s a deduction on a dismount to swing your arms and be off balance if your legs don’t move

[@ekleamon1]

depends on the judge and the severity of the swing. if the judge doesn't feel like the gymnast is in control of the landing, they can take a deduction.

[@jaidensakamoto4300]

It is in the 2017-2020 code (I believe it’s a tenth) but I’m not sure that it was a deduction in this code.

[@francisnguyen6349]

Team USA 🇺🇸 Women's Artistic Gymnastics getting their first time ever gold medal in 2003 World Championships.

[@amd724]

This was painful to watch, there were so many scary falls and misses. And the girls are so tiny and young, it's worrying.

[@tomsk14]

The way the evil NBC trio spoke, regardless of how right or wrong their point was, was utterly disgusting, unprofessional and shameful.

[@KatieLHall-fy1hw]

Nunovurbznzsodontask eh... I think it would have been better if Elfie ended with “no talent at this level of competition” because it sounded like she meant she had flat out no talent for gymnastics, which I think is easily seen to be untrue.

[@TheMW2informer]

Evil nbc 😂😂 yeah okay, it wasn’t the best commentary possible but I don’t think it was *that* bad!

[@SociallyDistantnow]

Lmfao how dramatic 😂

[@JoaoAlvez87]

*Anahein* Historical Cycle for Brazil (Daiane dos Santos EF FX)

[@stellarseren]

Elfi making a comment like that was super unprofessional, no matter how terrible the gymnast did. Neither she nor Tim Daggett ever competed in an Olympics, and Elfi only competed in one Worlds, winning a bronze in vault (and probably then only because the Worlds were in Canada that year and they threw her a bone). Don't get me started on Al. None of them had experience in the level of gymnastic moves they were commenting on as this competition was 10 years after either of them were even halfway relevant in the sport. NBC's decision to replace Elfi with Nastia Liukin was a well called move.

[@scoutz0rs]

Tim went to the Olympics in 1984? And won an individual bronze and team gold?

[@stellarseren]

lol fair call-I think I meant the Al dude but I did say Tim. But the comment about Elfi and the fact that the gymnastics they did back in the early 80’s were less complicated than what these athletes were doing in 2003 still stands. I will say that I’ve watched a lot of these and Tim tends to be a little more gracious in his opinions. But Elfi is hateful just about every time. She disparaged the Romanians and Russians every chance she got but when the Americans screwed up she would talk about how awesome they usually are. I think that’s what rubbed me the wrong way. Anyway, thanks for the correction!

[@sopranomegs]

Umm Elfi never ever won a worlds medal. Lol She won a bronze at a World Cup event, not a World Championships. Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs was the first female Canadian gymnast to win a medal at a worlds (balance beam 2006).

[@running_girl5512]

But she was right by Russian standards, should have said it nicer than she did but this girl was nowhere near the Russian standard. Her split jumps where subpar, her tumbling could have broken her neck or broken her ankle. Obviously Elfie had seen her perform before to make that comment, she could have worded it nicer. But she is on a team with Khorkina, who would have murdered this girl with just a stare.

[@stellarseren]

running_girl I believe that gymnast is now famous for Parkour and competes for Russia. I saw her on a gymnastics show and she talked about how devastating the comments that people made were-she knew she’d screwed up royally and was likely off the team but when she heard the things people said she was damn near broken. That’s why I prefer the BBC or FIG broadcasts-they may make comments but they’ve never been cruel.

[@letsdothis3332]

Those commentators. Wow. " ive never been so disappointed by the russian team by allowing this gurl with so little talent on thier team "

[@stephenmichalski2643]

Hollie Vise.......cute as a cupcake here.

[@JB-sg1vy]

A cherry one with sprinkles on it yaaaas

[@melaniesmyth1040]

Is it just me or does it look like Terin Humphrey has been punched in the face in the video before she starts floor, just on one side? I initially though it was bad blush application, but now I'm wondering if she was covering up a beating! :(

[@turbojon8117]

I sure hope not! On the other hand it's a quite dangerous sport and she may have "eaten the bar" (or the beam) as they say. During training. When you train gymnastics 6-8 hours a day, accidents come with the territory.

[@nlm2183]

She has a birthmark on one side of her face. I am not sure if it is showing through her makeup or if her makeup is just more heavily applied on that side.

[@saragrant9749]

She also had a pretty heavy fall on beam just before nationals and it gave her a nasty bruise on her cheek. That may have been part of it.

[@julialovegym8953]

Wow Chelsie😇

[@Marlboroboy123.]

This team win was great. But the scores were kinda low

[@hannahdiynation8781]

Mary Lou and Nadia 💗💗💗

[@willsbob123]

How xhellsie wasn’t on the 2004 team I’ll never know.

[@saragrant9749]

She was coming back from injury is the only reason. If she’d been 100% she likely would have been there instead of McCool.

[@turbojon8117]

CHELL YEAH!

[@bbhouk1]

Does anyone know how Memmel was allowed to compete even though they say at 2003 Nationals that she was still 14 and about to turn 15?

[@bbhouk1]

Add Munteanu to that question

[@LemonSlushie96]

bbhouk1 prior to the 2009-2012 quad, you could compete in the worlds the year before the olympics if you were going to be turning 16 in the olympic year. ie., shawn johnson turned 16 in 2008 so she was eligible for the 2007 world championships.

[@stephenmichalski2643]

It was later discovered through strenuous efforts by the MiB that this Olympics was held during a guarding angel strike.

[@captainbryce1]

This isn't the Olympics. Its the 2003 World Championships.

[@Kaboomboo]

That's upsetting for Russia and Romania. The floor doomed them both!

[@MajorMajesticIce]

Unpopular opinion if Oana Ban had this beam routine and perfected it she definitely would’ve beaten Ponor! Just think about!

[@jackh.2182]

Why didn't Terin do bars? Wasn't she silver in 2004???

[@nikkirebecca7125]

jack :D i guess they just liked holly vise more at that point

[@saragrant9749]

Terin’s bars were actually not as good as Hollie in 2003. She improved massively in 2004- which ultimately won her silver. Sadly, Hollie’s back injury ended her Olympic chances.

[@carmenluschnat9147]

,,Schimbă-ți fața, că ăştia te filmează!" îi ordonă Belu, Andreei Moldovan, cu o față neagră de furie. Bietul copil!

[@MichaelBartleySocrates]

I have been watching this thing for 40 minutes and have yet to see the standings. What a shitty broadcast.

[@saragrant9749]

Elfi proved at this meet that she was nothing more than a mouthpiece with legs… even Tim and Al seemed a little annoyed at times with her comments.

[@mihaelabruma8006]

SUA a concurat singură? Că alte echipe n-au fost arătate?! 😄

[@alicemcfarlane9717]

The steaming hot mess this meet was demonstrates just how truly toxic WAG was during this era. 😢

[@adamtravis9380]

Carly Patterson telling Terin Humphrey that taking out her double Arabian dismount made her routine only out of a 9.6 to justify her 9.312 lol. SV was 9.8

[@SociallyDistantnow]

Wow this was a dumpster fire of a competition. …Anyone got any other recommendations for other competitions that went this off the rails?

[@doodlemunch2774]

One of the Visa Championships was rough, I think it might have been 2011?

[@ferdyspears]

THE 2000 Olympic All-Around was THEY dumpster fire.

[@samuelrojas5954]

De que se burlas las americas? Si las rumanas fueron mejores que ellas, ante todo lo que es la gimnasia artística no solo acrobacia

[@terrycole5334]

Yeah..Romania may have won the '79 world team with out the AA services of Comaneci....however had Comaneci not performed on beam ..Romania would have counted eberle....8.95 beam and Russia would have won...selective memory Marta!

[@ctbozzzz]

I have never liked Elfie Schlegel. She has no class.

[@lc1715]

37:15 What the hell?? haha

[@paulnegro8383]

Who was the announcer that said she cant believe that the Russian team put someone on the team with so little talent. How rude! She should not be an announcer.

[@running_girl5512]

But she was right with Russian standards, that girl messed up and could have caused a serious injury. Russians typically have a strong team and talented girls, this girls was subpar by far.

[@running_girl5512]

I am sure Khorkina ate her alive for dinner after that.

[@Wyndlespindle]

It was Elfi Schlegel. She was a Canadian gymnast in the 70s and a truly horrible commentator for entirely too long.

[@Sharmuta6311]

Was she wrong?

[@venithomas201]

For Elfie to say " an athlete with so little talent " is so gormless. I like to see her flip and tumble like so on a championship arena in 2003..sorry Elfie, you brainfarted on this one!!

[@laurenkennedy7822]

Elfi was always way too harsh

[@lenaz1178]

Personally this is my least favorite era of gymnastics. It doesn’t have the grace of the 70s and 80s or the power of the later 2000s and 2010s not to mention the constant falls. Also the floor routines for the most part were 20% panting in the corner and boring choreography. I know all of these girls worked hard and I’m not pointing out all that they’re doing wrong I just personally don’t like this gymnastics.

[@captainbryce1]

What about the 90s? (Kim Zmeskal, Shannon Miller, Dominique Dawes, Kerri Strug, Dominique Moceanu, Vanessa Atler, Elise Ray, Lavinia Milosovic, Gina Gogean, Simona Amanar, Svetlana Khorkina, Elena Prodonova, Elena Zamalochikova, Lilia Podkopayeva, Mo Huilan, Liu Xuan)?

[@lenaz1178]

captainbryce1 besides the velvet leotards that are not only ugly but very hot- it’s alright. Floor routines were entertaining and difficulty was getting up there. Bar routines were weird (dead hangs to backward handstands) but beam and floor were pretty good

[@nikkirebecca7125]

this is so funny

[@ellamorris931]

wow this worlds really sucked.....

[@luispraqui]

thumbs up for USA!!

[@sulin807]

ㄙ

[@user-qwertyuiopasdfghj]

NBC commentators are so annoying

[@rafamatinho]

NBC’s commentary disgusting as usual