Beyond Medals: Best Beam Specialists at Worlds from 2001 to 2019 - WAG

[@JanitaShowaars]

Catalina ponor will always be my favorite beam worker... she’s got such style and attack to her beam personality

[@mjamitche5245]

@QPHashSS77 I agree that her skills lacked a flow in the way they were arranged. Of the Romanians, I think Larissa had better flow to her routine.

[@gymworld8609]

I love her 🥰

[@fortheloveofcats2462]

@@mjamitche5245 Cata had so much confidence on beam, she hit 95% of the times without making even a slight wobble, even on difficult skills. I am sad she never won a gold at worlds.

[@andreid.8568]

@QPHashSS77 jeeez, everything ok at home, Karen :))))?

[@andreid.8568]

@QPHashSS77 if it starts with "she is", that's not an opinion, Karen...

[@eleodynneli9068]

Sui lu is a such a good beam worker my god. I'm amazed every time I see her performances

[@shaunkamakea-young9672]

I agree. Stunning form with interesting skills. I was so heartbroken for her when deng linlin won the gold for London. I like deng linlin but the style and lines of sui lu is top notch.

[@DarthVader-yv3xs]

Also one of the most sexiest chinese gymnast!!

[@eimardgomes1128]

Me too. She was and still is till today so UNIQUE!

[@stannctforclearskin7977]

Darth Vader Aside the point and kinda perverted but ok

[@DarthVader-yv3xs]

@@stannctforclearskin7977 Well commenting someone as sexy is a compliment in my books, but for your narrow mind it's too much to comprehend...but It's ok, i get it too.

[@alicemcfarlane9717]

🥰 Aliya Mustafina = perfection combination of strength, elegance & mindset. 🥰 So many injuries, yet she always overcame them. There will never be another competitor like her.❤

[@DJcyberslash]

She's the hottest

[@frankli3802]

Deng Linlin only competed in 2009 and 2010 world championships, and she got a gold and a silver. That’s very effective.

[@leonilasano9138]

Catalina and Aliya are my favorites forever!

[@JanitaShowaars]

I love this series you’ve done... how could you not love clean execution?? More please 😇

[@JanitaShowaars]

Can you do a video on the highest execution score for beam every year? 😁

[@royjs9108]

please make it for only World's/Olympics too, can't stand seeing so many execution scores that are a bit to high at the other competitions

[@sshark2683]

Highest D score per year would be cool too.

[@dukemydogy]

nice idea!!

[@gymworld8609]

Lowest d score would be cool

[@royjs9108]

great video! awesome to see liu ting ting so high, love all the gymnasts listed here!

[@Karltonx]

zero hesitation in simones connections. godly.

[@leanderhartley4987]

her beam is ridiculously boring though

[@Karltonx]

@@leanderhartley4987 certainly not the most entertaining routine in terms of grace or dance, but what an athlete

[@tambam6744]

@@leanderhartley4987 She’s better than Cheng Fei 😂

[@saragrant9749]

One athlete who I felt always had incredible beam skills was Ludmilla Ezhova. Her first acro combo was insane in its creativity. She absolutely should have been the gold medalist in 2001 beam finals as her routine was far more creative and smooth than the one that did win (and who won reputation alone). Sui Lu was another one who was incredible, so smooth and fluid. Her 212 beam routine was more of a gold medal worthy routine than her teammate’s. Chelsea Memmel was the first I saw to do lots of huge acrobatics on the beam. Simone is fantastic on beam… when she hits. I still find Pauline’s signature skill confusing- but really cool.

[@RiqueBallet]

Catalina e Nastia minhas favoritas.... Simone nem parece ser desse mundo, ela é perfeita

[@karyon1007]

Obsessed with the commentator for the Sui Lu and Kyla Ross routines.

[@manoelarciga]

The David Attenborough of Gymnastics 😂

[@gymworld8609]

His voice is ASMR

[@cauthoncrazy]

Lol just commented the same. Tim Daggett who!?

[@mathfincoding]

Was about to riot when you showed Simone's full-in. I thought you wouldn't show her eponymous dismount.

[@anovemberstar]

i wish more gymnasts did the old style mounts with controlled handstands like Iryna. absolutely beautiful

[@Demetri450]

It looks great but if you stumble or fall game over. Just get on the beam.

[@PierreSaidIDontCare]

I love the variety here, but I must say, where’s Viktoria Komova and Shawn Johnson?

[@andreid.8568]

Neither of them has any beam world medals, which is the point of this video

[@mjamitche5245]

I really love the old school routines that were just one long connection. On a side note, I still don't understand how people can't manage to stick a gainer. Its not a blind landing, its not hard, its literally the easiest way you can get off the beam that's being done currently.

[@eimardgomes1128]

Well if they can't stick than it proves it is not as easy as you think.... probably the reason it was a D skill for a long time.

[@DJcyberslash]

Why don't you show them then

[@saragrant9749]

If you think it’s easy, show us YOU doing it perfectly! It still takes precision control and just the right amount of rotation and push off the beam to get it right. Preach it? Practice it!!

[@LL-gg8eg]

I'd really like to see Simone doing a more difficult mount ! Chinese are the best on the beam😍

[@mjamitche5245]

She's saved her difficulty for the dismount. There is no need to burn the candle on both ends.

[@alisade127]

The Karoli s changed the mount on beam. No need to risk getting in the beam. But I really miss the beautiful and innovative mounts of the past. They are amazing. Now most just get up on the beam.

[@eimardgomes1128]

I agree. I'd probably apreciate her beam more if she did a cool mount.

[@MD-722]

@@eimardgomes1128 Exactly. It doesn't even have to be difficult; even a stylish A-value mount would be fine. Because as the 3x World Champion the least she could do is open her programme properly. I like Biles, but her beam-work officially became overrated to me this quad. It's average composition with a big dismount--which is fine for the AA but not for an EF. So I hope she makes dramatic improvements if she intends to compete for gold in Tokyo.

[@himanshisingla6925]

Aliya makes top 5 on a list of her weakest apparatus. Just Aliya things.

[@fortheloveofcats2462]

Beam isn't exactly her weakest apparatus, it's quite strong on the contrary. Her weakest is vault. She can only do a DTY since her acl injury, and can never win another medal on vault with a DTY

[@ansonpang]

@@fortheloveofcats2462 Her DTY is very, very consistent... she struggles a lot with the acro series on beam and the nerves does get to her (at least at the Olympics)

[@colesmith7509]

Even when she was doing full difficulty on vault, she threw a terrible Amanar and a half on full off that was so piked it shouldn't have been credited. She also vaulted at her best when there wasn't deep competition. I think she would've medaled maybe once if she hit from 2013-1018

[@plp666]

It’s pretty amazing that she turned her most inconsistent event into arguably her best(at worlds 😉) obvs she went a level above at the Olympics on Bars 2X #aliyathings Her 2 1/2 spin at 2013 Worlds is so iconic. Totally could have gone for the Okino.

[@Plaspos]

@@colesmith7509 yeah but at the last two Worlds she'd definitely have medalled on vault

[@ctruth6185]

All the Chinese are gorgeous on the beam the amplitude in their leaps and the elegant body positions they achieve make their team generally the queens on beam. Kyla Ross from the U.S was something special though. Simone Biles is a great beam worker as well she's fearless & daring on this apparatus. When she is on nobody can touch her. She makes it looks so easy she's a beautiful beam worker. Beam is the best event its tests mental strength, one's determination & confidence. The gymnast needs a will of iron.

[@cauthoncrazy]

This commentator on the Sui Lui video may be my very favorite!? So calm and collected

[@andreding6401]

Liu Tingting❤️❤️❤️

[@ilovecake1980]

Why I don’t see best of Carly Patterson? Shawn Johnson? Alexandra eremia? Don’t quite understand this...

[@penguinboba9773]

The person who made the video used a scoring system based on placement at worlds, not including Olympic medals. Shawn only won a balance beam medal at the olympics. Same with Carly and Alexandra. Don’t get me wrong, I love all three of them and their beam routines but based on how this video was made it more focuses on longevity and number of worlds attended rather than how good they were at that one moment during the olympics

[@letty1047]

Deng Linlin siempre será mi favorita.

[@filippozanchin6635]

Hi do you think you will edite for floor too?

[@francisnguyen6349]

Flavia Saraiva is doing her best Gymnast. Or maybe Simone Biles is doing her best WAG.

[@cristiancifuentes4012]

Catalina Ponor la Reina 👑🤍

[@DJcyberslash]

Biles and Mustafa are my favorite

[@aaronshruby2915]

What do the numbers in the upper left hand corner mean??

[@shaunkamakea-young9672]

Unfortunately that skill wasn’t named after Chellsie. :(

[@eimardgomes1128]

wasn't it?

[@shaunkamakea-young9672]

Eimard Gomes I don’t think so. I don’t remember seeing it in the code of points :(. I

[@bluepanther1013]

@@shaunkamakea-young9672 Prodonuva did it first. It's named after her. Aerial round off to two feet.

[@shaunkamakea-young9672]

@@bluepanther1013 thanks for the clarification. I went back to watch videos of Prudonova and it makes me sad that she took out the skill after 96 :(

[@melissakerber8287]

It’s actually named for Cristina Grigoras of Romania. She was on the Olympic team in 1980 & 84. She was also in the beam final at the 81 worlds. It amazes me that the commentator didn’t already know this.

[@darrylrutledge6719]

Elvire Teza of France performing the move named after her.. i believe it's now illegal because of the danger. would have been nice to see it once more😮

[@murasakino101]

It's not illegal, gymnasts just don't do it since it's not worth the risk given the low rating it has. Teza is the only one who's done the skill

[@his4evr2c]

Where's Shawn Johnson She won World's twice

[@perfectly_cromulent]

No, she didn't

[@WAGgymSuperFan]

Not on beam

[@cyrielle_]

Lol. Shawn Johnson only competed in 2007 Worlds ( and 2008 Olympics of course). And Nastia won BB in 2007. Shawn won AA and floor in 2007.

[@a-mz1000]

Uhm... did you somehow forget Sanne Wevers' gold medal in 2016???

[@rubyjones274]

This is at the world level I think

[@靖理]

This video is about World Championships ONLY so.......

[@acapannn]

Her gold winning was on Olympic. This is world championship

[@alove6722]

Not liking the editing of this video sorry, would had loved to see the complete routine of each competitor.

[@gymnasticfan9148]

One word: copyright

[@tajaehayles9282]

Where Shawn where is shawn Johnson

[@yagofernandes3900]

OMG! Where is Shawn Johnson ??? The queen of beam .-.

[@knocturna9731]

She only competed beam once in an Event Finals at Worlds in 2007. She fell twice.

[@ctruth6185]

Should have included Sanne Wevers 2016 Olympic gold medal performance on beam it was perfect. The routine you chose to include is flawed. Her Olympic gold on beam was the best of her generation. She was so elegantly, unique, stylish & beautiful. Her routine also masked the power & superb precision needed to pull such a feat.

[@JennaLeigh]

So what you're telling us is you didn't read the title & description, nor did you understand literally the entire point of the video 👍

[@MajorMajesticIce]

You left out Shannon Miller

[@KristinCortez]

Shannon Miller is one of my favorite beam workers. This video is from 2001-2019, which is after she retired. If a "Best Beam Workers of all time" video is done, I imagine Shannon would be in it.

[@gymworld8609]

Simone leads by 22 LOL

[@daniellemoews6507]

Laurie Hernandez? Samantha Peszek? :(

[@gymworld8609]

Laurie never went to worlds

[@WanessaAgataNerd-wl9co]

😅😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😅

[@fredrika27]

Shouldn't Sanne Weavers have 18 points? She has a gold from Rio and a silver from Glasgow World Campionships! She also has three medals fron European championships in which one is gold for beam which she got in 2018! That would give her 28 points!

[@gymnasticfan9148]

All points here are only from Worlds

[@fredrika27]

@@gymnasticfan9148 Gotcha! However, I think you need to go back and recalculate her score because she has been an elite gymnast for a long time and her record goes back to 2007! en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanne_Wevers

[@gymnasticfan9148]

@@fredrika27 Her first beam final was in 2015

[@fredrika27]

@@gymnasticfan9148 Her first beam final was in 2008 at Glascow World Cup where she got a gold, according to Wiki! Which world cups and world championships are you counting?

[@gymnasticfan9148]

@@fredrika27 Only World Championships, not World Cups

[@renzdelara7658]

Uhm hello? Shawn johnson?

[@bluepanther1013]

Shawn fell. She finished in 8th place at the 2007 World Championships. She didn't attend another World Championship after that. This KZbinr isn't talking about the Olympics.

[@WanessaAgataNerd-wl9co]

A melhor parte é o povo sem noção nos comentários pedindo ginastas que nunca participaram de campeonatos mundiais ou pior, que nunca ganharam medalhas Só pra rir mesmo Kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk

[@tomioka1081]

You can't say Shawn is not a specialist on beammmmm

[@andreasolinas111]

she never won a world title on beam.

[@tomioka1081]

Andrea Solinas i know

[@fortheloveofcats2462]

She should have continued competing after the Olympics, she was a mini Simone, having the power to execute difficult routines flawlessly. Her gymnastics career practically ended after the 2008 Olympics.

[@靖理]

This video is about World Championships ONLY so.......

[@jodavitow]

Simone will literally be the most successful beam worker of all time. Managing to get into finals and medal every worlds and Olympics she's been in and people will still be like: "bUt ShE's NoT tHaT gOoD oN bEaM"

[@gymnasticfan9148]

Because Beam is her 3rd best apparatus (out of 4). Her beam is outshined by her Floor and Vault, she is by far the best Vaulter and Floor Specialist ever and at Beam she has more competition.

[@Plaspos]

@@gymnasticfan9148 not really much competition on beam tbh, she has the most beam golds and most beam medals of all time. As much as I love Liu Tingting and Guan Chenchen, they only defeated Biles because of Biles' mistakes, which even then were still enough to medal. Not to mention that being in 7 major beam finals and staying on the beam in all of them is insane in its own right given how inconsistent beam is vs. vault or floor. Ponor hit 6/7 in major beam finals (medalling in only 3/7). I'd say the only beam workers in the last ten years who could have defeated Simone at her best were probably Iordache, Sui Lu, and Deng Linlin.

[@Demetri450]

The word elegant is overused and misused.

[@leanderhartley4987]

No doubt that Simone Biles has the most boring beam set ever. Such robotic movement. The only interesting thing is the dismount.