Fabian Hambüchen's massive evolution on the horizontal bar | Athlete Highlights

[@kennikitty]

Fun fact: he wanted to buy the horizontal bar from Rio, but the german manufacturer ended up giving it to him for free. It's now standing in his training hall.

[@serrael-182]

From scores it was only his third best performance. And number 2 was my favorite and 3 seemed also very perfect.

[@adrianj.k.4032]

7th in Athens Bronze in Beijing Silver in London Gold in Rio A medal in every color on his best apparatus. Tell me that's not a dream Olympic journey.

[@adrianj.k.4032]

Fabian HamBiceps is definitely my favourite MAG of all-time. His energy is just unparalleled.

[@BroJo676]

Hes great but his gold medal was due to Zonderland's fail which had me miss the bar while vaulting.

[@adrianj.k.4032]

@@BroJo676 eh Fabian still qualified first to that final (Epke was third) so Epke wasn't guaranteed a repeat gold either without his fall.

[@adamtak3128]

What is that, like a 16 year journey? That's insane.

[@sebastianpaniagua9350]

​@@BroJo676if competitions were like that no one would compete, they would just send their best video or just say I can have a better scared whenever I want so I won't compete and ask for the medal without competing.

[@khelisiesalvatore8173]

It's nice to see someone work that hard come back athens beigjing london and rio you know over 16 years went into getting that gold finally in Rio. Happiness for Germany from USA

[@lynnm6413]

Thank you kindly on behalf of my country! I gotta say, I was quite astonished at the unbiased British commentary for Rio…props for that 💗

[@khelisiesalvatore8173]

@@lynnm6413 the Brits usually give unbiased commentary. I don't know why NBC commentary is always USA centric. Don't get me wrong I enjoy seeing my countrymen BUT gymnastics is my favorite international event. Male or female, team or individual. It's just a beautiful overal event.

[@abhishekharihar8908]

Perfect carrier, every athlete would want. Started from nothing to top of the game. Gradually winning every medal!!!!Dream come true

[@leampunkt3678]

That gold in Rio 2016 was so very well deserved. What a sportsman and what a career. That should have been a gold in London 2012 already. But finally he made it. Great athlete.

[@dylantait5784]

Did you watch the 2012 highbar final? You can’t tell me anything could beat epke’s routine

[@hansimgluck6789]

@@dylantait5784 Epke in london was outstandin but so was hambüchen. he scored .7 higher than in rio

[@mareikearth2660]

He made ist perfectly…. Bronze, Silver, Gold….

[@susandilaudo9534]

he was a BABY in Athens! holy moly

[@MuhammadTaufik-lw3xv]

Excellent Fabian Hambucent. No medal in 2004, Bronze in Beijing 2008, Silver in London, and Finally Gold in 2016 Rio. Respect from Indonesia

[@fahrulrazi9283]

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[@swastikan.7352]

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[@accent1666]

Not 2006 It's 2016 actually!

[@MuhammadTaufik-lw3xv]

@@accent1666 sorry for the typo. Thanks for the correction

[@__Tiziana__]

Such an incredible journey. And what a legacy he left behind! Amazing athlete.

[@OMIMreacts]

first olympic performance at 17, won gold at 29. that is dedication!!

[@fishermansfriend6726]

its crazy how his releases during the routine have changed over the years!!!

[@niwdeonirep4715]

Gold finally. An epic tale of one man's uphill climb to greatness.

[@susandilaudo9534]

so happy to hear the commentary included bc i totally remember how excited they were for him and their "German colleagues" joy, as well! Awww pure joy. god i love it!

[@sandicmxr]

Amazing athlete. Thanks for the showcase.

[@vedantshinde8438]

Respect to the coach 💪🏻💪🏻 From nothing to Gold🔥

[@candyboyray]

A legend indeed.

[@jimstevenson424]

Very few performances where everyone in the arena, including the competition, is happy for the winner. 2012 had to be rough, when he was just behind arguably the greatest athletic performance in history.

[@gccstan31]

That Beijing Bronze was such a gift, with that huge mistake on the Kollmann

[@acizkul579]

Respect germany from turkey

[@natalyataranova2826]

Браво 🙌 Fabian! Молодец 👍

[@hg82met]

He actually scored higher with his silver performance than his gold one.

[@gccstan31]

Different code of points.

[@knightenchanter7908]

His Gold perf was harder. The CoP changes affected the scores.

[@nandanm3826]

Nice and great, all the best for future and congratulations.🙏

[@terriedelph3721]

So beautiful to watch

[@ilseilse3824]

Sehr toller Sport (keine Rempeleien oder an den Hosen ziehen etc. wie beim Fußball und auch keine kranken Fans) und super Ergebnisse- Supermann!

[@mariusa.5863]

Das denke ich mir auch immer. Dieses Getrete, Geschubse, Gegrätsche, Gespucke, Gegröle im Fußball - es sagt viel über Menschen aus, dass dieser Sport so beliebt ist.

[@lynnm6413]

Absolut…der ehrliche Respekt zwischen den Athleten ist spürbar in den Umarmungen … Fabian Hambüchen hatte es einfach verdient..Punkt!

[@professor3095]

Danke, ich dachte ich wäre der einzige der so über Fussball denkt.

[@liceous]

omg his GLASSES in 2004 LOLOLOL male morgan hurd

[@miromiro5368]

First thing i thought of as well😂

[@lauraa.]

His nickname was professor back then 😂

[@kennikitty]

I think he lost his contacts and had to compete with his glasses, which gave him the nickname “little professor“ in Germany. I'm pretty sure that's one of the reasons why he became as popular as he did, because men's Gymnastics is not a popular sport here.

[@carpediem235]

4 олимпиады, удивительно. всегда думал, что у гимнастов максимум 2 олимпиады

[@sovurss]

Germany keeping its hustory in horizontal bar in olympics. The first German olympic champion was Hermann Weingaertner in 1896 olympics. Curiously, Andreas Wecker won the olympic title in 1996, exactly 100 years after Weingartner's victory. But Japan was the greatest country in this event, winning olympic gold medals with Takashi Ono (1956, 1960), Akinori Nakayama (1968), Mitsuo Tsukahara (1972, 1976) and Shinji Morisue (1984). Curiously, horizontal bar was the weakest event to the former Soviet Team. However, the first Soviet Gold medal was won in Japanese soil by Boris Shakhlin in Tokyo Olympics in 1964. In 1968, in Mexico City, Mikhail Voronin and Japanese Akinori Nakayama shared the gold medal. But the Happy End to the Soviet journey in this event was the tie for Gold medal between two Soviet gymnasts, Vladimir Artyomov and Valery Liukin in 1988 Seoul olympics. Russian Alexey Nyemov was olympic champion in 2000.

[@lynnm6413]

Probably technique was more important than doping so that Russia was at a disadvantage with its cheating

[@sovurss]

@@lynnm6413 The doping issue is very interesting. It was magic as former East German athletes became "clean" when they change their shirt to the Unified German team. And when steroids were used in large scale and athletes from all countries increased their results in track and field, for instance, between the years 1950's and 1970's. West countries food, as meat, rice, bean and eggs, were very magic! It kept West athletes competing in the same level than East European athletes, even they using doping.

[@arisdobla2774]

I grew up watching him on tv

[@visual_chris]

legend

[@mayukhpurkayastha2649]

this like a rhythmic dance. 🇧🇩🇧🇩🇧🇩🇧🇩🇯🇵🇯🇵🇯🇵🇯🇵🇧🇩🇧🇩

[@элвэргаларга]

He has little boy in 2004 jejej

[@motohyun9359]

독일애가 기가막히게 잘한다!! VIVA ! UNIFIED TOICHILANT !🌿🌿🌿

[@rcmoedas]

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[@claudiagranqvist9990]

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[@mayukhpurkayastha2649]

Sports Science And Ninjusu science and gymnastic science. 😄😄🇧🇩🇧🇩🇧🇩😄😄😄🇧🇩🇧🇩🇧🇩

[@BroJo676]

Bruh...

[@hvnman_f4]

Tocayo

[@Mara-hc7to]

8:30 hi Nile 😂

[@pavlof8898]

kommt er aus Hamburg ?

[@Nemshee]

Nein, Bergisch-Gladbach in der Nähe von Köln.

[@mariainesdeandradealcantar3263]

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[@juliam8139]

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[@남성이은호]

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[@rolandgruber917]

🙂

[@lauralaura5042]

How come he managed to win the bronze in Bejing? Didn't he mess up that Adler? And wasn't he supposed to continue the swing after that Kolman? Someone explain!

[@mayukhpurkayastha2649]

😇😇😇😇😇😇

[@xxCarlosEdxx]

his score in Rio was bad, he had lucky at that point.

[@foobar5809]

you cant compare it to London, the Code of Points changed in the meantime

[@foobar5809]

which lowered all scores

[@foobar5809]

same thing between Rio and Tokio

[@babyfrance8270]

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