Arthur Dalaloyan bursts into tears after his floor routine in Tokyo 2020 qualifying round

ROC gymnast Artur Dalaloyan tore a ligament in his foot just a few months before the Olympics. Before arriving in Tokyo, he had no idea if he would be able to perform on all apparatuses. But his floor routine not only went well, but also gave him a ticket to both the Team and Individual All-Around events. Relive these incredible emotions with Olympics!
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[@Billy-dj8zw]

He is so incredibly BEAUTIFUL

[@user-zn7xi2ks3s]

Наш герой! Я, когда узнала о его травме и сколько прошло времени, не поверила. Артур сделал невозможное! Уважение и восхищение!

[@luisfelipesilvavilchez6836]

He is so gorgeous 🙄

[@matthewfajardo8461]

From body language during competitions I think him and Nikita are Lovers

[@luisfelipesilvavilchez6836]

@@matthewfajardo8461 hahaha thats could be so hot !!😂

[@marianocarlinivisintainer8024]

@@luisfelipesilvavilchez6836 like you!

[@carlosalenduran4630]

He is

[@willcookmakeup]

I know it’s so ridiculous

[@teresasilva1478]

I hope that Artur wins some individual medals at the olympics in Paris, because he really deserves it.

[@erinpilla]

I hope he does!

[@PremierCCGuyMMXVI]

While I’m not athletic myself, I admire people like this. They work hard and achieve their goals. Definitely something special about Olympians.

[@chocolatesouljah]

Well stated!

[@Alexander-rq9he]

What a beautiful expression of emotion …to cry because you have achieved something that you’ve worked so hard for.

[@markbeck8384]

Tremendous pressure and a lot of uncertainty. He was brave, and I congratulate him!

[@philipsmith3084]

There must be so much stress these young people endure! He performed beautifully and I wish him every success!

[@user-xm4ci6bp4b]

What an incredible gymnast - has everything going for him : looks, talent and it seems personality as well.

[@HawthorneHillNaturePreserve]

He’s so beautiful to watch!

[@r.j.powers381]

Phenomenal. Powerful. All that self-imposed pressure can finally be released. Salutes to you and your determination. 👍👍👍👍👍

[@introvertimelancholii]

One of my favorite gymnasts!

[@barbarakempf761]

Magnificant display of power, control, skill and body strength

[@wagnerpolveiro]

Wonderful my dear Artur, this is a beautiful spectacle, thanks for sharing 💖

[@mskimyu]

When you see a Russian cry in the Olympics, you actually see what bravery, courage, and determination are. All Olympians are heroes.

[@artbabayants1050]

He is actually of Armenian origin (with a Russian citizenship).

[@ayurbadmaev7174]

@@artbabayants1050 зачем врешь? Родился в Молдове, мать русская. Отец бросил семью в детстве, мать одна воспитывала двоих детей.

[@user-kx7eq6oc3w]

Гимнастика стала запредельной. Чего творят гимнасты - это фантастика.

[@user-jn6bi7mn4m]

Poetry in Motion!! Excellent!!

[@beverlytate2669]

Absolutely phenomenal performance! I still want to see the men dance around in between passes like the women have to do, though.

[@Sarah-eh7bw]

Same! They look like robots between passes, it subtracts from the flow and artistry of their routines imo

[@Person-mh6xq]

@@Sarah-eh7bw agreed!

[@matthewfajardo8461]

Me too

[@suchisthismystery2814]

You call those soulless, mechanical, disconnected movements that the women gymnasts do these days "dancing" 😂🤣 Thank goodness the men do not cheapen their floor routines so. Oh for the glorious days of the majestic Elvira Saadi.

[@beverlytate2669]

@@suchisthismystery2814 it's better than taking the giant strides into the corner that the men do now. Maybe they could shake it or SOMETHING! Or maybe shimmy?

[@miguelalvarez7057]

Que gran porte y gallardía de éste atleta. Todo parece indicar que éste chavo está BUENÍSIMO!!!

[@CASAPALMAREAL]

Bravissimo! Increíble hazaña!

[@DerekWilliamsMusic]

That was an astonishing performance - magnificent. No idea why the tears, as I didn't understand the commentary. A beautiful sight from start to finish.

[@user-azalika]

He had injured his achiles 5 months before OG

[@nunemanukyan9758]

Браво! Герой

[@anthonywalsh785]

just beautiful in every respect

[@jpz7850]

I do understand the frustration. But danm you did wonderfully. Beutiful performance. PROPS.

[@davidkelkins510]

Dalaloyan is one of the greats!

[@JohnWhite12]

*Артур Далалоян и Никита Нагорный отлично смотрятся вместе!*

[@erinpilla]

He cried because he didn't expect that he will make it. He said it in his Superheroes interview

[@BairMendoza]

So taped up. Those landings had to hurt.😔

[@erinpilla]

@@BairMendoza Yeah everytime he lands my heart breaks. He must have cried from the pain too

[@Goldun-nah]

Gymnasts have the perfect bodies.

[@iskatel39]

Артурчик , ну что так переживать, ведь все выполнил классно!

[@user-gv9vq8cu7q]

У него накануне игр была сложнейшая операция. Всего через три мнсяца он выступает на ОИ. Герой. Через боль.

[@stevenj9970]

Bravo!!!!!!

[@vadimkrasnorada1805]

I just want to hug him

[@erinpilla]

Me too hahahahaha

[@SarahZi1998]

Team USA’s Sam Mikulak did that for us after Artur’s TF Floor routine

[@wisjoh1]

Immensely beautiful 🤩

[@timsullivan4687]

Arthur is as close to perfection as you can get

[@mitchellwhite9920]

Superbly executed maneuvers.

[@chrisrdgymnasticsmusicsports]

Dalaloyan Is a total Package, talent, looks and Amazing Physique! Fan from Oman

[@alyssa6215]

Wow that is determination

[@queenbutterfly7519]

Awww xoxo for this sweetie. Great job 👏

[@roberttrepagnier9149]

Great job.

[@Mcfreddo]

Poor guy. It's all for one day. It makes it so hard. No doubt he performed faultlessly in practise. I see he has injured feet with the strapping support. This surely made it harder to be at his best. It was an off day. Condolences to him.

[@shutch3849]

Seems like a nice chap.

[@user-jj4zb5jd6r]

bravo!

[@captainbryce1]

Wasn't he competing on an injured foot? His doctors actually advised against him competing and we defied them to compete anyway. I seem to remember the announcer's saying that there's no way he could be doing this stuff without being in serious pain.

[@SarahZi1998]

Not a injured foot but a torn achilles tendon. He tore his achilles 3 month before the Olympics so he wasn’t even supposed to run at the time of the Olympics

[@carlosalenduran4630]

He did perfect .

[@jamesaaronmanarang]

Love it!!

[@heinrich3925]

It's amazing what men are able to do.

[@aaronusernamefiller9435]

Actually women are a lot better at this and can do more since they are more flexible

[@Whit-kj6fr]

@@aaronusernamefiller9435 well that’s not true either. Wag and mag are practically different sports. Neither wag nor mag is “better”.

[@MrChrismlamorte]

@@aaronusernamefiller9435 No. Actually the men tumble much much better then the women. They do much more difficulty also. Thanks!

[@piratesswoop725]

@@MrChrismlamorte I think it's because of the clear difference in their bodies. The men tend to be more muscular and their bodies are more "adult" if that makes sense? Gymnastics in women, they are mostly teenagers and they look like it. Small, thin, compact bodies. They're either very slim and "tall" like Liukin or Khorkhina or a little shorter and "stocky" build like Biles or Johnson. You would not see Arthur doing the things the women do, but that's because his body is built for these more explosive movements. Women's gymnastics still has more dance elements and more graceful than mens, which seems more geared toward strength.

[@lisaquinlan1292]

hey @ashwatson, why did he burst into tears? Did he do well? Were the hops ok?

[@jtg3765]

Was that "bursting into tears" out of relief and that he did great and it's over? Or, was it sadness that he messed up somewhere or on some points?

[@romeotaninia8447]

❤️❤️❤️

[@richarddamico5639]

Wonderful performance but did I miss the burst of tears???

[@DavidLS1]

At the very end, but they never explained why he was crying.

[@JoeyMrTurbo]

I’ll comfort him

[@user-azalika]

He cried because he had a difficult way to Olympic games. Just 5 months before games he had injured his achiles, doctors said the it's impossible to recover,but he managed

[@user-Argen22]

Для спортсменов ОИ самый главный старт в карьере, Артуру чемпиону мира думаю обидно, что на игры он приехал с травмой и не смог на 100% выложиться здоровье не позволило, а на следующие игры попадёт ли большой вопрос!

[@slavaro1992]

Обидно? Не было никакой уверенности, что он вообще сумеет восстановиться, а он в итоге в последний момент вышел на многоборье, очень помог команде и стал ОЧ. Ему, уверен, не обидно, а распирает гордость. И сейчас есть время нормально восстановиться, да и ОИ не так уж далеко - всего 2.5 года. осталось.

[@sassysarina9718]

AMAZING

[@stanleyolivar7381]

It’s a Wow! from me. 👍✌️

[@embott1]

It’s so hard. Pressure is so intense. It’s like a pressure valve that fails.

[@dannygriffith6185]

Burst into tears???.....Hardly. He was excellent however!

[@ronaldsanfran]

Attention spans are short it seems

[@gentillydanny]

I thought he was great!

[@carlosmauriciocabreramerca8140]

me da cosita que nadie le pone atención, pobrecito... me recordó a Barbara Durango

[@Planttree579]

Congratulations

[@DragonBornGirl50]

He's Armenian so that's cool! As a fellow Armenian this is really nice! 🇦🇲

[@Inyourlap]

He was born in Transnistria / Moldova from an Armenian father but his mother is Russian and he’s now Russian.

[@ulpetzmaznat1366]

Are you actually from Armenia or Canada?

[@llwc9435]

​@@Inyourlap That's like saying a Frenchman born in China is now Chinese. He may be Chinese by nationality, but he is entirely French by ethnicity. In other words, Arthur may be Russian by nationality--but he is Armenian by ethnicity. You can't change someone's DNA, no matter how hard you try. But yes--if his nationality is Russian, he is Armenian-Russian.

[@donpazer]

His Mother is Russian, and now he has Russian citizenship too.

[@Inyourlap]

@@llwc9435 Armenian is not an ethnicity. Neither is Russian or French. You mix up ethnicity and citizenship and Artur wasn’t even born in Armenia (a country I love by the way). He’s always claimed to be Russian and has always embraced his Russian nationality. He’s in the Russian team, not in the Armenian team, not in the Moldovan team. That makes him Russian. Unless he had dual citizenship, which he hasn’t.

[@bethschneider5223]

Wow 😳

[@derekrosdahl1484]

He’s so handsome my ovaries exploded watching this. And I’m a male

[@rodolfocoronel487]

Artur Dalaloyan yes I do the cooking yes I do cleaning!

[@davidh9844]

Hasn't anyone explained to that kid about something called gravity?

[@TR0Y72]

у меня суставы ног болят от этого вида прыжков 😃

[@Marketoromagnolo]

I prefer him over Nagorhyk

[@YummyFoodSecrets1]

❤❤🇵🇰

[@user-le5ij4hh4p]

Какой же это стресс, даже для мужчин

[@SailorGreenTea]

2:14, it is more unhealthy to be ashamed of tearing, correct?

[@huajie666liu8]

Men floor needs music too.

[@xadam2dudex]

His name is spelled Artur

[@BigBirdy100]

That's a lot of work just to be on a box of Wheaties.

[@ryxyxx3035]

He looks like a manga guy and the music sounds like an intro to an anime show :)

[@TCt83067695]

Il pleut. Pourquoi ?

[@dougl945]

I can barely tie my shoes

[@pinoytutor]

He cried because he was not representing Russia. He represented the Russian Olympic Committee instead because he is one of the deserving ones.

[@rusganeev]

Почему он плачет?

[@ann2683]

Он за 3 месяца до олимпиады порвал Ахилл, это серьезная травма и на восстановление нужно 6 месяцев, чтобы просто ходить и 9, чтобы выступать, а он прошел этот путь за 3,5 месяца, от операции до выступления на олимпиаде. Он не делал прыжковые снаряды (прыжок и вольные) до квалификации, то есть здесь он делает вольные упражнения впервые полностью, от этого и такие эмоции, что он сделал невозможное

[@aelius93]

Wait. I thought he cried becuz he failed. He screwed EVERY landing. How did he make it?

[@roger0929]

The judges were probably all from Russia, Belarus, China, etc.

[@ThePrissy11]

I thought he cried because his landings were messed up?

[@losinyen3011]

He and Nargonyny should have had better placings in the olympics. Their gymnastics has poise and style, much better than other gymnasts who only know how to tumble with bad form.

[@user-cr7mm8ol1f]

He so did not

[@artsylovelylady]

This is what happens when you lose your perspective. It doesn't matter if he won gold. He did an incredible routine at the Olympics! Simone Biles didn't even get to compete on floor because she lost control of her body at the worst possible time but we didn't see her cry once. I hope he looks back on this and appreciates the insane difficulty of this routine and he feels proud.

[@mafmaf82]

LOL

[@mr.trampoline]

Узнай больше

[@franklesser5655]

His physique is not unlike mine.

[@losinyen3011]

The world tends to award more on mediocrity, that is why Arthur was overlooked in the Olympics. This was the case with Averina, she too was overlooked and robbed. The Russian team knows power and aesthetics well - sports power aesthetics. They represent refinedness.

[@SarahZi1998]

Artur was not overlooked, if anything he was the gymnast everyone was talking about

[@matthewfajardo8461]

Their country was banned for doping . I think it’s hog wash they were even allowed to give themselves a diff name and compete. The world didn’t want to award them I think even though they did well.

[@Urban_Legend_0]

Anyone from India?

[@bondjames-bond7664]

🙋🙋🙋🙋🙋🙋

[@Urban_Legend_0]

@@bondjames-bond7664 Hi!😇

[@Urban_Legend_0]

@@bondjames-bond7664 where are you from?

[@bondjames-bond7664]

@@Urban_Legend_0 hey 🙋.... Hi !!!!

[@Urban_Legend_0]

@@bondjames-bond7664 where are you from?

[@oybekomonov4118]

Я первый

[@Methodz1001]

Congrats!

[@chrisrdgymnasticsmusicsports]

Why He Cries?

[@ann2683]

He tore his Achilles 3 months before the Olympics, this is a serious injury and recovery takes 6 months to just walk and 9 to perform, and he went through this journey in 3.5 months, from surgery to competing at the Olympics. He didn’t do jumping exercises (vault and floor) before qualifying, that is, here he is doing floor exercises for the first time in full, this gives such emotions that he did the impossible

[@user-nd4bw3pz2g]

Сколько горя принесли нашей стране. Убийцы.

[@JENDALL714]

I would love to date a female gymnast, you stand on the threshold to the magical world of sensual delights that most men dare not dream of.

[@rosariotapia962]

Hay porqué hablé de llorón,no sabía qué iba a llorar,Pato se parece su rostro.

[@meleona2399]

Respeto. You need to respect his feelings, you'll never know how an athlete goes through challenges and how he feels. Quit being a complainer.

[@victorguaracho9910]

He's a fighter. He went through a lot before Tokyo, he wasn't even expected to compete at the Olympics and he did it. He even got a gold medal. He cried because of his journey and it's normal for men to cry, or at least it should be. You're just a loser, I actually feel sorry for you

[@SarahZi1998]

He didn’t cry because of pain, he cried from relief. Do you know how strong someone’s determination has to be to win a Olympic gold medal only months after what could’ve been a career ending acl injury? He wasn’t even supposed to be able to walk yet he was doing Olympic level gymnastics. He’s a hero cause without him the historical win of the Russian Men wouldn’t have been possible

[@matthewfajardo8461]

Tu eres pato

[@DavidLS1]

He's crying because he mutilated his perfect body with that stupid cross tattoo.

[@rosariotapia962]

Igual a Patricio Parodi,pero la diferencia qué el no estramposo y llorón y es olímpico.

[@user-ql9vv3qm1u]

Артур порвал ахилл за три месяца до олимпиады.

[@user-yp9gq7oz6q]

@@user-ql9vv3qm1u это му человеку бесполезно что то писать доказавать он или она не поймут таких чувств

[@user-hr4jc8ge6z]

ЭТОГО НЕГОДЯЯ И ЗАВИСТНИКА ЕЩЕ НЕ ВЫГНАЛИ ????????

[@user-dn3ey6xv5j]

Чё

[@liorastreet6202]

I loves the olympics