Dominique Dawes - 1992 Dodge Challenge Perfect 10 Floor Exercise

[@TheTimo5494]

Not many gymnasts in history get a standing ovation. She was and still is something special.

[@kueen7538]

So true!

[@BDL1888]

@Tim Roberts I just showed this video to my 6yr old niece who likes to tumble. She loves doing splits and flips and is actually self taught since 2yrs old and really good. I told her that the Dominique was the G.O.A.T. and that because of her...the "back to back" pass was banned from the Olympics, and my nieces response was "Why....because they suck?!." 🤣🤣🤣

[@carlasuannelockett1694]

I've seen several gymnast get them!

[@jayaye1055]

Awesome Dawes-ome!!

[@amandaalford9311]

Yes!

[@Wordalways]

Before there was Gabby and Simone there was "perfect" Dawes!!

[@somerpatterson5182]

Awe!! You're right!! There was no one like her praise God for HER!! 😊🙏😉

[@onetwocue]

You mean awesome dawsome

[@user-mx5oo1ej4b]

Awesome Dawesome!!!

[@joycenierman6225]

Awesome...Awesome Dawson!!!

[@ericae6611]

She's still the most exciting to watch, hands down

[@themaximum97]

She medaled in three consecutive Olympic team finals and was the first black woman to win an Olympic gold medal in gymnastics for the US. Dominique Dawes, always and forever the G.O.A.T 🐐

[@helenreid9899]

Their greatness is not diminished, Each one of them is celebrated in their season❤

[@incognito4522]

In her time she WAS great but Simone is the Real G.O.A.T. No one could touch her. Now we wait to see if another comes along who is better. I do hot think its possible.

[@1erniedee]

@@incognito4522 Dominic was the GOAT in her time and the same for SImone, The GOAT in this season but!! There will always be somebody greater. JMT

[@1erniedee]

@@helenreid9899 absolutely

[@incognito4522]

@@1erniedee I agree to an extent. Where Simone is a stand out is she is doing things only men could do before. It will take a woman with similar stature and mental capacity and be able to avoid being injured to take her place as a GOAT. Greatest of all time. Simone has stolen that title from Dominique. Its like a world record. We now wait and see if anyone can steal it from her.

[@haverscutie]

Who else out there is old enough to remember watching this? 🙋🏻‍♀️

[@KreativeKerri]

🙋🏻‍♀️ I was always so excited to watch her perform. Watching the 2024 Olympics and thought of Dominique and the barriers she broke for those (Gabby and Simone) to come after her. I loved her double backs on the mat. Like the one pass was not long enough she had to extend it some more 😂.

[@marie6885]

I certainly remember it and being son proud of her. I just don't remember her being or looking so young. 😊 She was flawless and courageous!! ❤

[@eliciaellis7428]

I am!❤

[@jannacoleman7466]

ABSOLUTELY!!

[@desirethunder385]

Girl I no I old 😂❤

[@TheTimo5494]

Not many ever got standing ovations but this one was well deserved

[@brittneytaylor2996]

I named every doll I had after Dominique Dawes. I broke the bars in my closet trying to do the uneven bars like her. Jumping on the back of the couch like a balance beam and everything. She made my childhood amazing.

[@rodra167]

I get dizzy if I stand up too quickly…this girl did tumble after flip after tumble…pure athleticism!

[@JM-pp5ji]

😂😂 You and me both. At least we know our places right?

[@alicegauteng2358]

Me three. Let alone popping my knee if I turn funny

[@vinista256]

And yet there is also a grace and an artistry to her routine that, too often, is lacking in today’s gymnasts.

[@rhiannonrede]

With grace & artistry.

[@whosbotheringme]

😂

[@terryabrams604]

Paved the way for so many black female gymnast. Thank you Dominique♥

[@rneumeye]

2:47 - She adjusted and added an EXTRA element to her tumbling in the middle of it to make the double back work!!!?!?! 😲 That level of gymnastics mastery... I have no words! 🤩👏🏆

[@joycenierman6225]

To me Dominique Dawes was the BEST !!!!!!!!!How could anyone top that PERFORMANCE. What a Talent !!!!!!!

[@dydydufjfjfuf4500]

That’s y they call her Awesome 😎 Dawesome !! and she grew into a beautiful woman !

[@1erniedee]

Yes‼️ she is still beautiful,intelligent and doing great things

[@justinjun3896]

always been my favorite gymnast since 1992. i wish routines were this energetic and filled with this many skills.

[@lateshiachilds3640]

so is my favorite too. time moved on too fast it felt like yesterday she was just a teen flipping in the Olympics

[@jackycook64]

What I love is that she does an excellent job with clean tumbling passes and many skills but does not lose the artistic element like you see so much with today's gymnastics.

[@truthhurtsohwell05]

they weren’t making them bulk then

[@theshevirgo]

She was legendary the first black girl with major achievements that I personally ever saw in gymnastics. I remember when they had the gymnastic Barbie I named mine after her

[@blkgreeneyes28]

She was the best gymnast in the 90's and I've followed her through her career. She has paved the way for African Americans in gymnastics. I am definitely proud of her. I've always wanted to see her personally. Today I am 51 years old and wouldn't mind seeing her and telling her that she has done a great job on this routine. A PERFECT 10+.

[@Browneyes288]

She was awesome. Artistry & power. Grace, fluidity, & athleticism. So rare for a gymnast to possess the talent she had. Loved her.

[@starlahoehne7781]

She is still my favorite gymnast on floor excercise of all time.

[@k.g.m.254]

💯👍

[@mama-ayanna]

Yesssssss! Graceful, powerful, and dynamic! I’m watching this in 2021 with my daughters and looooving how amazing she was!!!

[@jadiva23]

I joined gymnastics because of her! love her!

[@ajarfullofjoy]

Literally just listened to an interview she did about protecting children and athletes especially in gymnastics

[@Inksplash52]

I didn't appreciate this as a kid but watching this as an adult this is amazing

[@khalfani414]

the fact that she was this perfect, this refined, and this powerful during a time where all gymnasts were starved and heavily worked to the point of never developing past a prepubescent body is incredible. truly one of the best of all time.

[@chrisjone7555]

Yeah the body type of a gymnast is very different today.

[@Kimboslice1127]

Wow best floor I've ever seen

[@jeannetchuenteu3881]

Really she's good at it

[@sammy9103]

The original Goat🤩

[@kenhobs5379]

Dominique you were the best on the floor exercise - so exciting to watch even today no one does the floor better!

[@9melissal]

This is so much more entertaining to watch than the routines today.

[@loveleeeventplanningl.l.c.7539]

I wanted to be just like her as a kid! I remember being in awe of her❤️

[@weepingz]

She is exciting to watch. I've never seen a gymnast like this before. She looks like she's having a great time and her skills are through the roof. She should be called the goat because I've never seen anyone flip in so many directions

[@Listenthenspk]

The GOAT...I said what I said...power, athletic, graceful...all around amazing. Dawes was the best.

[@brandonwilliams5526]

Yes agreed she is the GOAT

[@FitBabe]

As a kid I always loved Dominique Dawes and really looked up to her. That tumbling sequence is one that I never forgot!

[@PhenixJoe]

It’s so satisfying to see multiple back handsprings in a row. I wish we saw more of that today

[@fourq2049]

You're pretty😁

[@juliejohnson2928]

A floor routine can never get any better than that, ive watched floor routines to this day and never saw anything better than this!

[@aishacolbert1421]

I remember this was the first time we EVER saw tumbling like this in a floor exercise!! INCREDIBLE!!! 🎉🖤🖤

[@ashleywest9635]

Am i the only person who had chills watching this performance?😮 Excellent job🎉

[@marquitasparks121]

i was 9 years old when i watched this...i remember that second pass like it was yesterday...so amazing.

[@sasakidotcom2232]

I grew up watching Dominque as the GOAT! This never gets old.

[@NicolePoliskey]

I adore Dominique Dawes. She was so powerful yet so fluid and graceful. I do miss the gracefulness of yesterdays Gymnasts.

[@lattybrown7056]

How can someone watch something so beautiful, just to give it a thumbs down , sad people

[@HIP54]

Very sad...full of envy, jealousy and can't take the fact, that she better than all her competitors...brown girl..in the ring..tra la la la la...😊

[@pat8497]

.....only the satanic does that.

[@JaedroCruz]

Awesome Dawesome is what we would always call her ❤️🏅🤸🏾‍♂️💙

[@universalparadox5412]

60 Haters ..she will always be my favorite. 🤩

[@saragrant9749]

I would like to see some of today's gymnasts do that second pass- one end of that floor and back again!

[@maikiayang4934]

That was insane!

[@maggietheprincesscastle9776]

@Elizabeth Marie oh I had no idea. After having watched Dawes’ back and forth run I have always wondered why nobody replicated that. Don’t understand the reasoning behind it though

[@shaneselanae1341]

As a competitive cheerleader a lot of cheer competitions have tumbling passes like that and they're always fun to watch from going one corner to the next

[@foulmouthjapanese6316]

@Truth Hurts i think you maybe right

[@yvetterenee8256]

Yes, that was cool!

[@sugarandspice2136]

One of my favorite gymnasts of all time.

[@jnyerere]

Absolutely Amazing! I can't do a freaking cartwheel to save my life. This girl might as well have been a superhero to me. Just completely blown away by that performance!

[@skylar0628]

I miss the days when gymnastics was balletic and graceful. This era was great for US women’s gymnastics

[@sammy9103]

Yea, me too. Was so much more back then.

[@kat64470]

It's not anymore?

[@mama-ayanna]

Yesssss

[@AnAdorableWombat1]

Thru are so brawny now!

[@AA-ct7cb]

Like a ballerina doing gymnastics, she has beautiful lines.

[@strange4change_6]

We all love Simone but this Dominique my hero as a child😊

[@VondaTriedIt]

Omg! I LOVED watching her as a kid! She is the reason I put my kids in gymnastics and I have them watch and learn from Dominique!

[@queenqueen1685]

I knew she was going to get down the way she was “STANDING “ in the Beginning! Great job 👏🏽 She’s beautiful as well ❤️ I love my people 🙌🏽🙌🏽 just amazing

[@LoyannParker]

Love, love, love. Not only astounding power - she has grace, flexibility, and exciting choreography.

[@nolagiirl]

The best to ever do it in my opinion!! This girl was a beast!!

[@jkm1460]

August 2024. Absolutely AWESONE 💯

[@SkyLove80.]

Dominique Dawes has always performed beautifully energetic on the floor. This routine is way better that some we see today.

[@micahimdieke2246]

that one pass was so amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@imcurlyblue]

I watched this loved her as a gymnast. Have you seen her today. She’s still gorgeous, looks like she can still kill it on the floor exercise and her kids are adorable.

[@followthebluebutterfly]

How does she move so fast literally like faster than the speed of light. Quickest tumbling of any gymnasts I've ever seen ...Awesome Dawesome indeed

[@justanotherwhitegirla7093]

She was always my favorite during the nineties.

[@a9p6m4]

Best floor ever preformed! Hands down! Standing ovation!! haven’t seen it since.

[@jeweltalktuesday3156]

I love seeing her perform! She is still GREAT to look at in 2021.

[@lhdollbaby]

Simply amazing!! I'm still waiting for my standing ovation... FOR ANYTHING!!🤣🤣🤣🤣😅

[@asantewa3]

Such grace and incredible skill.

[@francene01]

Love Dominique Dawes! She was awesome at the '96 Olympics in Atlanta. It was a terrific to see Team USA win the gold that night!

[@deestefmorr]

I remember that day, Awesome Dawesome!

[@zenobia328]

Perfect 10 10 10 ❤❤❤, this is amazing, incredible. She dominated that mat every single second..bravo🤸🏽‍♀️👏🏾😲

[@donnam.5578]

I have been watching gymnastics since the '70s. I kinda got away from it but I do remember being amazed by Dominique Dawes and a few others.

[@wandacorley2251]

I remember Dominique Dawes I've been watching Olympics since 19 65 I'm so proud of my brown people stepping up their game in the Olympics. I love the Olympics. There's a lot of heroes out there and the Olympics give all who wants to challenge their strengths their minds and bodies I love their accomplishment and the rewards they receive no matter if it is a bronze, 👍🏾✨🏆

[@dianepereira1860]

So young to be performing with such perfection! Definitely an athlete to aspire to.

[@ChuckoDaBoss]

One of The best gymnasts EVER !!!

[@deniserutherford9250]

PURE PERFECTION... EFFORTLESS Dominique Dawes... Beautiful Queen 👸🏾

[@GoldSag1]

I miss this level of style and grace in gymnastics today.

[@carolegastin2495]

Époustouflante ! 🙃🤩 Quelle détente, quelle aisance, quelle grâce, quelles difficultés réalisées avec perfection ! 👌 Magnifique enchaînement 💖 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@jarbon5]

Loved how (when she'd do a back flip routine across the floor), she'd finish it off with a front flip, then do a round off, and back flip across the floor the other way. Loved seeing her do that! Still, don't see that too often these days. That just showed how awesome she was:)

[@cchrstp]

She was everything to us! Thank you Dominique!

[@MrCcoolg]

gave me chills & made me proud of her when I first saw this in '92 & is STILL amazing today!

[@camillewright7914]

Chills at the Both the Crowd reaction and Dominique's performance!! I adored all of the girls that became The Magnificent Seven but Keri and Dominique were my favs. As a young Black girl, it was everything to watch Dawes execute such high caliber gymastics and to look like me. It was EVERYTHING. She inspired so many young girls to pursue this sport, from Gabby Douglas to Simone Biles, now History Makers in the Sport because they were looking up to this Gal. Dominique Dawes is a National Treasure to America and a Superhero to the African American Community. We adore you.

[@commentsay2120]

Definitely one of the most adorable routines ever done. Love her! She grew up to be so beautiful and intelligent too. I saw an interview before the 2012 games where she called it that the US would win!

[@deborahjohnson1441]

Awesome Dawesome!!! Still one of the greatest. Dominique, Gabby and Simone- Black Girl Magic!!!

[@one4truth236]

Always a treasure for the USA 🇺🇸 I loved watching her perform.

[@Maria-kg1nh]

One of my favs growing up...she paved the way in this sport as well. God's love and blessings!!!

[@nicolelrichards3870]

I remember being13 & watching this and being amazed at how great she was and how beautiful:)

[@elizabeth5985]

I remember watching her career. She was so amazing. I love those runs where she goes one way and then flips forward and goes back again! What an incredible gymnast.

[@Shell0517nj]

Beautifully done with such power and grace.

[@a.nash.594]

She’s so tiny!!! Awww how wonderful!

[@praverbz3161]

This is gymnastics as I remember. 😍🤩🤩

[@bardistv9653]

2020 and I am still her number 1 fan ❤️🔥

[@FriendofYahweh29]

She was a role model to me back in the day..

[@ebonnymack2560]

She was so amazing! I wanted to be a gymnast because of her even though my parents never let me, they thought it was too dangerous...but she was always my role model when I was growing up!

[@Kawaiicutiebaby]

She’s simply nothing but amazing 🤩 then and now 💕👏🏾

[@lexxipearl]

Perfection! She was an inspiration then and even now today. 👸🏾🏆🏅

[@mscdwatson]

Powerhouse!!!! Absolutely Amazing!!!! Speechless! I miss watching her perform, Now I have Gabby though, maybe my niece will be one of the next greats!

[@emeralddream4428]

I remember looking up to her as a little girl! Such a nostalgic feeling watching this!💖💖💖💖

[@michaelsabatino8763]

Never seen anyone do a run down and then turn it around and come back down the other side like she does at 0:45

[@feleciasharpe2140]

Wow! Stupendous performance my dear Dominique😊.

[@shirlenet8529]

The first and truly original G.O.A.T!🌷

[@veee9192]

One word: "OUTSTANDING!!!"

[@MissBlackNC2012]

She was and still is my favorite gymnast of all time. I wanted to be her as I did cartwheels in my room watching her perform. There wouldn’t be a Gabby Douglas or a Simone Biles without Dominique. ❤️#representation matters

[@zee_lolaj7382]

She was EVERYTHING!!

[@sexychick1258]

She was and still is the best that ever did it hands down

[@chrisandcrys6520]

She will always be my favorite! I love Simone too

[@thealchemist333]

I never forgot her. She is among the greats like Simone and Gabby who came after her. She was amazing to watch

[@carolinaburkholder2509]

OMG!! She sould teach the new generations how to do things with excellence! I am more than impressed with Miss Dominique!!

[@conradmartinez4175]

I KNEW THE FIRST TIME I SAW HER THAT SHE WAS SOMETHING SPECIAL!🤸🥇🏆

[@tiffanypittman04]

Dominique and Brandy Johnson were my favorite gymnasts back in the day.

[@ninjakitty8944]

Yes!!! She had me glued to the tv as a child. I wanted to be just like her!!!

[@NicoleP36]

She was my favorite when I was a kid!!