Aly Raisman's Floor Exercise at Rio 2016 to "Red Poppy" | Music Monday

[@Olympics]

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[@TheChouquette12]

Oréane Lechenault from France in Rio 2016 ! Her performance was a masterpiece 😍🇫🇷

[@yucelifuentes3724]

Luisa Portocarrero Guatemala in barcelona 1992

[@AhmadKhan-sm6gb]

viktoria komova 2012 floor AA

[@pedrocastro882]

Yes Luisa Portocarrero FX Barcelona '92

[@jcmq1997]

Catalina Ponor 2012 Fever floor routine from finals

[@joyziegenfelder9117]

It’s been almost 3 years and I’m still amazed with she controls her first pass. She is amazing.

[@tomgallowitz]

That first pass sets the tone, once that’s cleared it’s basically smooth sailing

[@sofiacaceresv4563]

she started to did that pass at 2009, it would be weird if she do if cant control it

[@hannahtanski3911]

that pass is known as the “raisman”

[@noyesnohaha]

7* silly 😅😅😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@demetriromano565]

Some fun facts about this routine: - After taking time off after 2012 and then making a comeback, this routine is harder than her 2012 one - She was the only finalist without an H pass but still placed second because of her connections and tumbling execution - Raisman has never been a natural dancer, but she worked so hard on it (look at how steady that double L turn is) Excellent routine, well deserved silver, and if she hadn’t been competing against the greatest WAG tumbler of all time (Biles) she would have repeated as Olympic champion.

[@_JoyceArt]

I wouldn’t know she isn’t a natural dancer by looking at this routine.

[@Andrew-pf5fj]

Her first pass's main tumbling element itself may be rated an E, but with the collective connections, it's an I. That's how I've always looked at it.

[@demetriromano565]

Andrew Yes, that’s absolutely true and what I was trying to get at with “connections”. Instead of throwing one huge skill she took a different path towards building difficulty and ended up with an I-equivalent pass.

[@kp395]

And her first pass is actually "I" equivalent in terms of difficulty.

[@yuji8906]

@Rachel Dashow I think it's the difficulty of the pass :)

[@SP-cd3wo]

Does anyone else think she’s underrated, her landings, tumbling and popping right off after millisecond landing into flips right after a complex combo with such power and finesse is wow

[@SuAva]

Not really, she was the reigning Olympic champion at this point defending her title, and won silver here only behind Simone Biles. It really shows because this is pure legendary quality.

[@joeyhawkins1870]

She's not underrated

[@cyril4046]

Underrated by whom?

[@shefali3105]

It's been YEARS, and yet She remains my all time favourite gymnast. This routine is amazing

[@shrutirathaur5546]

She is the only person who had even a slightly chance to beat Simone on floor and in the all around. This is my favourite routine and i wish she had not retired

[@juanfranciscogarza2180]

Larissa Iordache was closer in 2014...

[@rodneymills6477]

On the floor. Not the all around. There are other girls who could win the all around, and I don't think Aly was one of them.

[@Bxyxox]

@@rodneymills6477 she placed second in the all around lol, nobody else really stood a chance

[@kauanvital3808]

Rebeca Andrade is on the game.

[@Joilsoncosta-sw1cz]

​@@kauanvital3808é isso aí Brazil tá com tudo nosso fenômeno Rebeca Andrade está aí

[@karthikviswanathan2858]

That height on double Arabian piked and the posture after landing the double pike. Gr888 execution, that is why Aly Raisman is one of the greatest floor performers😲😲

[@jojox9791]

All her passes are astounding. That double layout was sky high as well

[@mindstone6883]

@@jojox9791 It was so satisfyinggg + the landing and the sound of her feet against the floor

[@jojox9791]

Aly worked SO hard on her flexibility. Dance. Presence. That was the best dbl L turn of her life! She always hit when it mattered. Her FX is legendary

[@toffoliausfloripa]

The undersplits say otherwise

[@grizzbear5406]

will NEVERR get tired of this routine!!!

[@JosephCampanella614]

I love that you actually see improvements that Ali makes over time. Her dance to this was lightyears away from her 2012 performance. Her double layout in 2015 needed a bit of polish, and by the 2016 Olympics it was fabulous. That double-L turn got better every time she performs it. Still one of my favorite routines. Well done.

[@TheAmerican-RENEAssance]

My favorite gymnist of all time...what a performer nothing but perfection! I miss her competing

[@StrawberrySkyAct1]

I am always and will never stop being floored at how she conducts herself on the floor. Incredible control and poise, and one of the most incredible athletes the U.S. has ever sent to the Olympics. Team USA at Rio 2016 was packed with some of the most talented gymnasts on the planet and every time I watch any of them I'm speechless.

[@m.lizziebrooks8889]

I could watch this routine all day long. I miss seeing Aly perform ! Thanks Olympic Channel :)

[@krissy7342]

The facial expressions on the international competitors faces at the end says it all.

[@triplefull7057]

Amy tinkler was like there goes my silver

[@meryc2311]

One of my favorite Floor routine EVER😍

[@SuAva]

I keep tearing up whenever I see this routine. It's just so great, the music and the gymnastics are both great in their own rights but they go together so perfectly. It's pure art through so much skill!

[@citizenoftheworld6363]

Rio 2016 has the most beautiful arena of all times💚 outstanding colours

[@alikh4649]

She always performs best in Floor Finals!

[@elliesoska5687]

This truly feels like a performance, not just a routine! I get chills whenever I watch it!

[@kels4754]

She will forever be one of my most beloved gymnasts.

[@azhareeshah1347]

Aly double straight never disappoint me.From the beginning of her career till her last tumble,I cannot resist her charm on that landing

[@Ckillen2422]

I love her floor exercise, so powerful and ELEGANT!!! And she is one LOOKER.

[@charlottevolpe1784]

When I watched her in the Rio Olympics I was a semi-retired band geek, and immediately recognized the music from The Red Poppy. Less than a year later I joined a community band, and not long after I played a solo on what's commonly known as the Russian Sailors' Dance. I'm not sure if Aly was partly responsible for me picking up my flute again, but still an awesome connection.

[@almedinabajric9407]

This is gold I watch it daily lol it's my favorite floor routine

[@tiffanykuo4256]

Aly worked so hard to build her musculature and it gives her big power and stability. She did not tend to get injured, wobble or eveb hop.

[@matthewkretschmer7010]

It's good to have her representing USA, in this 2016 Olympic gymnastics. I love her floor routine from skills with the music. I really miss seeing compete.

[@ausclassy2997]

Who only just realised this was the official Olympic channel and you’ve been subscribed for 2 years?

[@Italianstallion813]

Her double lay is perfection 👌🏽 😍

[@ScorpioMojo]

She killed it on that performance... doesn't get any better. U-S-A

[@mariam__x]

One of the best and most memorable floor routines ever

[@Dorothyredshz]

The best and one of my favs!!!❤

[@kda4003]

The extra hand flourish at the end of the routine was such a nice touch as this was the last time she would ever compete 🥲

[@miromiro5368]

I’ve never thought of it that way😭😭

[@francisnguyen6349]

I hope if Aly Raisman is going to Tokyo, Japan 2020 Summer Olympic Games next year to win her Olympic gold medal.

[@JetBlueAirways320]

Francis Nguyen Her gold medal will be in the team final

[@demetriromano565]

She has stopped training to focus on advocating for survivors of sexual assault. Even though she won’t be competing anymore and probably won’t win any more medals, she is still doing important work because nothing would stop her from doing what matters to her.

[@sso.blueskye]

no lol, the only thing she wants to do with usag rn is sue them.

[@mcwyman7928]

Probably not going to compete there because of her advocacy work, and she hasn't given any indication that she's been training at all, and she'd really need to be at this point if she was planning on competing. I think she sees her work with other sexual abuse survivors as more important to her.

[@vinnywa]

Ali performs what I consider to be the best floor routine ever, always fabulous. Great work Ali.

[@michaelmather7719]

I always remember mom and dad squirming in their seats throughout the routine.

[@edwardelguezabal-proa6530]

My personal gymnastics floor routine favorite of all time.

[@queenofnevers6990]

The first pass and the double layout are just omfg 😳

[@susieq8424]

Such beauty, grace and amazing execution! Aly Raisman is forever #1 in my book and my heart! ❤️

[@Fliptwisttt245]

She was fantastic in London but IMO so much better in Rio!

[@fantastiv]

Watching this after reading her book. I am amazed that I have never watched this before!!

[@doublebassbilbao]

Absolutely brilliant performance!!! I really like watching this routine. Congratulations!!!

[@emenem6131]

She was the best on the floor in Rio. Beautiful not gonna argue about it she was the best in Rio on the floor. 😉

[@jakob1095]

I never get bored of that routine

[@swastikan.7352]

damn, look at that stick-landing double layout

[@Italianstallion813]

swastikanata one of the best and most powerful double layouts ever. The force she lands with! So amazing

[@jellocat4100]

As a third pass too

[@mustachesmay9504]

Love her! Thank you for posting this

[@cheezukimbap_3810]

Such a great performer!💕

[@a.w.thompson4001]

She is superb!!

[@LePhamTheVu]

So admirable! She is so talented

[@kaylajones4356]

I miss her so much

[@andydonovan7974]

She always does these beautiful Arabians in almost all her routines. Very elegant and powerful.

[@nathan10120]

She’s known to have a really good double Arabian. If she tried I bet she could have done a triple Arabian.

[@andydonovan7974]

@@nathan10120 That would have been monumental. 😍

[@joshferrer5891]

Perfect 10 for Alexandra Raisman!!! 👏👏👏👏👏💯

[@jackobeeruiz9155]

This is so iconic

[@nbaoldgirl]

Umm I need to cry after watching this beautiful routine!

[@johnramire704]

Queen of the floor

[@wickedphant0m]

The first pass is just so outrageous...

[@PneumaNoose]

To this day my favorite floor routine of all time.

[@corygunz2673]

My beautiful babe ILY always Aly raisman ❤❤❤❤❤

[@lizmiller7681]

I watch this over and over and over. It’s absolutely amazing and beautiful. She’s my favorite... always will be. 🥰 ⚡️✨🤸‍♂️✨⚡️

[@tatilalima2874]

I love so much this performance 😍

[@tiffanykuo4256]

The high angle of this camera really understates Alys height in the ar, especially in the beginning. Weird

[@j.a.y9493]

Gosh her double layout is insane

[@lauracelati6996]

She is amazing!

[@SquirtlePower809]

Alys floor is still my fave

[@Wirtschaftsinformatiker]

Truly breathtaking

[@Olympics]

Sebastian Pini Couldn’t have put it better ourselves!

[@jgsh8062]

What's breathtaking is how she managed to rob Ponor twice in 2012

[@vivalavita5506]

Aly sei bravissima, strepitosa!!!! Una numero unooooo!!!

[@ferchodekker4769]

She nailed a "Dos Santos" in front of brazilian crowd. She got the nerve.

[@victorromero3169]

Amo a Aly

[@twentythree6362]

Finally 😍😍😍💗💗💗💗

[@CarlosHenrique-rc1qk]

Aly maravilhosa!❤️

[@JJ-hj2vd]

Queen!!!!

[@sovannyem]

She's fantastic!

[@hannahm.j.7595]

NOBODY STICKS A LANDING LIKE RAISMAN

[@linhhuyenvi9560]

she's wonderful

[@salmabenmoussa9417]

I can only do the first skill in her first pass, the roundoff. Ans look at her, adding back handsprings and double arabians and layouts.... I'm blown away

[@m00nrac00n]

1:13 - 1:14 Just wow.

[@himaninikose8813]

It's actually "darling ankho se ankhe chaar krne do" 0:40😂

[@diversidadecomatheus]

2024 and I still love it.

[@zoefurlonger2194]

What an absolute machine

[@SURESHChand-sc3xk]

I think background music is Bollywood's song " Darling aakho se aakhen chaar karne do! " 😂😂😂

[@NYJason]

Legend 🙌👌👏🔥

[@elel5707]

My first love in gymnastics

[@mustachesmay9504]

Fun fact: Aly used to do a front tuck instead of a front layout on her first pass

[@MajorMajesticIce]

Mustaches May she said layout looked cleaner

[@petercampbell4185]

Amy Tinkler's face after that routine xD

[@binah1013]

LOL. She gave stank face.

[@jojox9791]

That's what happens when you wish ill will on another. You never want to win because of another's mistake (of course much of this sport goes down like that) but come on....Amy is not even in the same stratosphere as Aly on FX...

[@LemonSlushie96]

@@jojox9791 did she wish ill on aly?

[@serenageiler5484]

Goosebumps!

[@otherworld11]

She only got silver? That was outrageous. Flawless.

[@alannabrown4]

she would’ve gotten gold if Simone wasn’t there, Simone only won bc she had harder tricks, Aly’s was neat simone’s difficulty was harder than Aly’s

[@sueturcotte811]

Magnificent!

[@extra_ice_girl]

This is gold medal worthy over Simone’s. Yes, I understand the COPs, but I still think this had more artistic qualities to it.

[@tiffany3784]

Might be more artistic, but it lacks other qualities that Simone's routine had!

[@demetriromano565]

Definitely two amazing routines. This music fits Raisman perfectly, but Biles has better facial expressions and is a lot smoother in her dance. Artistry is so open to interpretation- I’d have said Biles is more artistic, actually, but also see where you’re coming from- which I guess is why we need a code.

[@MsLinjohn]

solid landing she's beautiful and super talented

[@Python57]

If she hadn't retired she would've won floor at Tokyo since Simone widthrew.

[@TheAninhas11]

Never clicked like so fast!

[@mattiaburatti5101]

she would score around 14.7 nowadays

[@joandc.gonzales9913]

She's pretty... And what an excellent performance...

[@je333ful]

WOW!!!

[@lilisasil35]

Perfeita

[@matthewwolfe1980]

First Thank you :)

[@matthewwolfe1980]

Thank you

[@edisonpalencia5534]

Rayman, Mustafina y Catalina Ponor, las mejores !

[@cinthiaveras9638]

That's intimidating!

[@ameepatel1565]

Pleease do Evgenia Medvedeva’s Anna Karenina FS

[@georgegeorgiou2913]

Perfect

[@pegahrezvani6656]

Every time I see this, I think of tinker bell :)