2011 World Gymnastics Championships Women's Beam Finals Part 1 BBC.wmv

[@blokflip13]

Her dance skills were switch 1/2 (D), full turn (A), switch leap (C), wolf jump (A), and split jump (A). Instead of giving her the switch 1/2, she got a switch leap. The switch leap was counted in the beginning, it doesn't count when she does it in combination meaning she loses .1 for not connecting it to the kochetkova. Her 3 counting dance skills are the switch leap and 2 A's so she loses .2. The significant wobble was after the free walkover which lost her .1 for a missed connection.

[@Louloloulolou]

True but BCC show more gymnastics and show all teams. The NBC show the gymnasts getting off the podium and them waiting for their scores.

[@Romaniangymfan07]

Catalina Ponor was competing in 2007, so it was not 7 years that she was out of competition.

[@kras118]

The VT/UB final was actually held the day before the BB/FX final, so she didn't change between rotations or anything :]

[@blokflip13]

Her switch 1/2 leap did not get credit. If you look at the slow-mo, the feet aren't fully rotated. I think the judges should have given her the leap and just taken off a few tenths. If the judges gave her no credit, I think Raisman also should have lost credit for it.

[@aashisharibam4946]

Catalina the queen of shady looks

[@annapavfan4680]

LOL besides the look, I loved the leotard she used in this final. Has got to be one of best she's wore.

[@violet46]

But even so, it's such a joy to watch! I really wish some gymnasts would start doing that again.

[@yellowbanana104]

I can't believe you paid attention to such a thing other than commenting on the beautiful performances of the girls.

[@blokflip13]

To sum up, she lost .3 because she counted easier dance skills than in prelims. .1 because the switch leap combo got no bonus. She lost .2 because she didn't do her second series which she did in prelims.

[@thomaskroon6631]

Kui Yuanyuan did it at Worlds '97. Triple split leap into FF-LSO-LSO.

[@violet46]

Not quite, she did 2 back handsprings followed by a laid out back flip. Still very difficult though. But I still yearn to see the 2 or 3 layout series.

[@alexanderalex2773]

Catalina Ponor was penalized because he missed an item and if the item lost and missed the connection of the other, if it was easily welcomed 15,500 (sorry for English me is from Roumania)

[@lanpingpug]

@peaceluvcheer97 Well, they are Japanese announcers. As someone who is learning this language, I can assure you, they have no names like that in day to day Japanese so I think that you should give them more credit for their pronunciation.

[@violet46]

Komova is one of the only handspring layout, layout series I see on beam these days. I haven't seen anyone perform 3 layouts in a row since Dominque Dawes. Why does no one do them anymore?

[@rjh4736]

It's interesting then that an undercooked tour jete got downgraded all the way to a switch leap, as they could have called it an overdone switch 1/4 instead, thereby giving Ponor the switch leap/FF full combo later on. I don't have the COP in front of me but I wonder what it specifies.

[@96horseluvr]

this bb final represents everything that is wrong with gymnastics right now. there were two gymnasts each from, russia, china, usa, and romania. nothing else. compare it to the vault final

[@feeer8]

Actually, it's because she lost 2 acrobatic elements and 2 connections. After her front aerial (where she had a wobble) she was supposed to do a flicflac and a back aerial. She did not.

[@FlutePlayer777]

If I am not mistaken Shawn Johnson did something like that. I could be very wrong.

[@kras118]

It's such a risky skill that isn't really rewarded well. So too much risk for not enough difficulty. Gymnasts pretty much stopped performing it after the '96 Olympics. I agree with about Komova! She's so fluid!

[@Alibrook613]

Jordyn Wieber changed her gym suit since the bars final :P

[@TheBoondoggler7]

For some reason, when I hear Christine talking, I always think of Sharon Osborn.

[@callmeShmingle]

the judges couldn't do that because there are separate judging panels for difficulty and execution they don't get to communicate with each other and decide what to do.

[@seanthefriendlywhale]

pause at 2:39 that's a perfect split what are the announcers talking about

[@kda4003]

No, unfortunately it is not. 😂

[@kras118]

plenty of gymnasts have bhs-loso-loso. I was responding to to the fact that 3 loso went out of vogue after 1996

[@gillianbaybaii]

Yeah, I'm sure they are told to do that-champion the other American gymnasts, whether or not they are even at the meet! I feel that with the BBC commentators who always talk about Beth Tweddle so I guess the same goes for the USA. I do like the NBC commentators though, I must say. I've pretty much learned about gymnastics through their commentating. They do a great job describing and picking errors etc I think, at least!

[@SweetLew]

the Brits say window open the Americans say door open. weird

[@Swankdor]

@96horseluvr well but these 4 countries have always dominated the sport for years since the 80s... so I dont think its really an issue.. just like any other sports there are always just these few countries that dominate and thats all..

[@Davylp]

So how much was that leap worth? Her start was 5.7 and they mentioned it was 6.3 in qualifying? Was it that along with all the wobbles?

[@seanthefriendlywhale]

I know but that was supposed to be sarcasm but I guess you can't tell when typing

[@ronalmeida9962]

Gostei

[@Davylp]

So what caused Ponor's start to become much lower? Was it the wobbles? or did she miss a connection? she seemed a bit perturbed about it?

[@happyjellyfish]

Yeah, I've also seen them just plain ignoring the gymnasts altogether because they didn't feel like talking about them/knew nothing (the one from less present countries) or start talking about Wieber or Sacramone or idefk throughout the whole routine of some other poor gymnast, without making a single observation about what's happening on screen at the moment. They have no sportsmanship at all, so embarrassing.

[@laurenbrown7403]

Is there a NBC version of this?

[@SkiRacerMinnesota]

Catalina always has high cut leos

[@gillianbaybaii]

Never mind mangling the names, I've heard them get the name wrong entirely! Calling one gymnast by another's name! Surely it's not too difficult to double check, it must be frustrating for the gymnasts!