It's not just China that needs an athlete like her, the sport needs it too!!
@leiliu63329 жыл бұрын
Miss her so much! China really needs athletes like Cheng Fei.
@uuuupppssie6 жыл бұрын
this deserved more than a 9.662. such elegance combined with difficult tumbling!
@bernardmvella13 жыл бұрын
Best performance since Podkopayeva, now that is a HUGE compliment.
@diemsey177511 жыл бұрын
Probably my favorite floor routine ever. Proof that you don't have to be a "ballerina" to be artistic. It's about performance! That's what so many girls are missing today. With the 10 scoring system (and compulsories), you had to actually work to be perfect in all aspects. Now girls can just ride their difficulty scores and almost neglect the performance and artistry. LOVE this performance so much. What a wonderful combination of artistry and power. :)
@flippyflop23804 жыл бұрын
This post is still so relevant!
@mustyfan1584 Жыл бұрын
What are you talking about? She has balletic line and is using Don Quixote as her music 😆 this is very balletic.
@pedrojorge1912 Жыл бұрын
Cheng Fei was too good for the 2001-2004 era. Powerful tumbling, elegant choreo and moves, absolutely clean, pointed toes, legs locked together. None of these was valued back then.
@GymnasticsSavesLives11 ай бұрын
not in event finals lol@@turbojon8117
@proudpotterfan10 жыл бұрын
She already had all the difficulty and execution back then! I've seen many gymnasts with great difficulty but no one matches her form
@shushunovafan43018 жыл бұрын
Just a masterpiece.
@flippyflop23804 жыл бұрын
I still come back to this routine, she really was one of a kind
@jeduardosilva9510 жыл бұрын
THE JUDGE'S SMILE AT 1.17 OMG ❤️
@wongyokeshim30338 жыл бұрын
Such amazingly beautiful routine and music.. Hard to find a gymnast who performs like a graceful ballerina like Cheng Fei anymore
@Cheshirecatmeow111 жыл бұрын
I never get tired of watching this.
@blessingofficial96256 жыл бұрын
My favorite floor from China next would be Mo floor from 95 worlds . But this one is even better bc beautiful cherography and Cheng is a amazing performer she accents all the details in her cherography and music surf flicks of her hands. Head the reach of her arms. You cant teach that it comes from within ..
@Chels-fz5uq7 жыл бұрын
that deserves a gold medal imo
@gaviriak7 жыл бұрын
Awwwww she was so Little!! I really miss this Chinese Style
@kras11812 жыл бұрын
gotta love when dance and choreography work together! not to mention amazing tumbling
@edgarfuentes51734 жыл бұрын
The best floor routine from OG 2004. Sensational Cheng 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
@albertwilkes48586 жыл бұрын
9.662 for this marvelous and almost flawless routine, and 9.750 for Ponor who had all the bad forms you can imagine in a single routine?
@vitorhugosantana70535 жыл бұрын
It was really all about doing clean dance elements in this cop, Ponor had the cleanest. The worst CoP of all time, but following the rules back then Ponor was the clear winner.
@edgarfuentes51735 жыл бұрын
I cant believe it too
@jgsh80624 жыл бұрын
@@vitorhugosantana7053 The 2017 CoP is giving it a run for its money... getting rid of the D dismount compositional requirement was really stupid imo
@bluepanther10133 жыл бұрын
@@jgsh8062 Getting rid of the d dismount requirement wasn’t stupid.
@yooowhatsgood Жыл бұрын
@@vitorhugosantana7053if you TRULY believe Ponor had the cleaner dance elements idek what else to tell you 💀 there’s no possible way Ponor was cleaner than this. absolutely no way.
@bubbyheart12 жыл бұрын
she's amazing. easily my favourite chinese gymnast of all time.
@MoodySushi998 жыл бұрын
2:25 Honestly the only perfectly executed triple twist I've ever seen!!
@rockymcduffie86038 жыл бұрын
One of my favorite skills to watch on floor! I like Pavlovas from 08 AA and Alicia Sacramones in 2005!
@barahona685 жыл бұрын
You should check the triple twists of Henrietta Onodi in the 1992 Olympics.
@bluepanther10133 жыл бұрын
Landings are a part of execution. It wasn’t perfect. Sandra Izabasa’s 2008 triple twist was better than this one.
@goldwingedvic3 жыл бұрын
@@bluepanther1013 Izbasa is great but... have you not seen her crossed legs? It's very noticeable even at regular speed.
@bluepanther10133 жыл бұрын
@@goldwingedvic That is a .1 deduction. Cheng Fei almost always has a low chest and a step out of her triple twist. I have never seen her stick a triple twist. Sandra stuck her triple in the 2008 floor event final.
@candywong1157 Жыл бұрын
It’s absolutely amazing performance. Art and technique perfect combination.
@yxzh3437 жыл бұрын
it's too good I'm gonna cry
@amarkray015 жыл бұрын
Awesome! It's too bad that she lacked consistency on this event. Not to say that she didn't do well most of the time, but her results over the years reflect that she was either close to perfection (like here) or she would have a major mistake that would take her out of the medals (e.g. 2004 Olympics Floor EF, 2007 Worlds Floor EF, 2008 Olympics Floor EF). This is without a doubt one of my all time favorite Floor routines. There isn't anybody who has her combination of truly elegant dance (DANCING, not cleverly disguised POSING and/or ARM MOVEMENTS) and tumbling (Simone Biles is the greatest female tumbler ever, but she cannot dance like this). Every movement here is done utilizing every part of her body, as well as that intangible quality of the IT factor that simply CANNOT BE TAUGHT. You either have IT or you don't. Cheng Fei had IT!
@ramram705 жыл бұрын
The most beautiful routine of those Olympics games,.., she deserved at least silver.
@cawlsy8 жыл бұрын
My favourite gymnast ever!
@thepinkbed6 жыл бұрын
A star. Brings tears to my eyes :')
@gaviriak4 жыл бұрын
That Trippe twist was Perfect !
@misssofija67604 ай бұрын
Cheng Fei was so beautiful to watch. Lovely form and such a joyful spirit.
@nightlock310 жыл бұрын
She was so spectacular, sigh
@ViardotVSGrisi11 жыл бұрын
Minkus: Don Quixote. Cheng Fei is actually giving nods to the traditional Petipa gestures here. its charming. She should have kept this program in 08
@proudpotterfan10 жыл бұрын
i haven't seen anyone who beats her form
@lukestrong33084 жыл бұрын
The greatest floor of all time!
@thepinkbed3 жыл бұрын
Back to this video and still can't stop watching. Hope cheng is doing ok
@juanfranciscogarza21804 жыл бұрын
She was the best in that final. Her twisting form is the best ever, and not a single medal, very unfair.
@akimbohr5 жыл бұрын
I agree that Ponor was the best in the final but this routine in the team final deserved more than 9.700.
@saragrant9749 Жыл бұрын
Ponor was only the best in her dance elements, which was all that idiotic code cared about. Her tumbling was atrocious in execution. You’ll notice in the open ended system she got annihilated in execution.
@saragrant9749 Жыл бұрын
One of the sport’s true characters!
@wongyokeshim30338 жыл бұрын
Is this performance of Cheng Fei matches that of Nadia Comaneci? Coz this is really a fabulous routine and flawless
@angelkitten27 Жыл бұрын
Chinese gymnasts are Amazing athletes.
@user-hd5lz7qp9p3 жыл бұрын
simply beautiful, thank you Cheng fei
@vanessacheung64754 жыл бұрын
Such beautiful choreography
@Brenttyboy5 жыл бұрын
the chinese were so underscored this entire games
@christinepoppins12 жыл бұрын
now THAT is how you perform a floor routine.
@horsesruleification12 жыл бұрын
"just a single twist in the double pike". JUST a single twist?!??!
@12markito6 жыл бұрын
Sophia Lynch she said it because she had already done a double twisting double back.
@uuuupppssie8 жыл бұрын
China needs to have athletes like her- gymnasts with two specialties and are really good at both of 'em.
@veronicayoung24896 жыл бұрын
I will forever feel Cheng Fei was robbed here.
@saragrant9749 Жыл бұрын
By that code especially. It only cared about dance elegance while completely ignoring tumbling form. She had gorgeous technique on tumbling but a couple of little issues on leap combinations. Those shouldn’t have cost her as much as they did but the judges were forced by that system to hammer her. Once the open system came about she was a world floor champion (twice) while Ponor got bombed in execution.
@edgarfuentes51735 жыл бұрын
Obra de arte 🙌🏻❤️👑👏🏻
@hyacinthoides6 жыл бұрын
like the last properly classical routine 😭 i miss this gymnastics so much
@liujing241011 жыл бұрын
oh baby fei
@unevercalled12 жыл бұрын
This was so amazing...it's sad to say that she never danced like that again :(
@crisp75753 жыл бұрын
Her 2008 team final floor performance was fucking fantastic
@LCAmarkymark12 жыл бұрын
I would have given this at least a 9.7
@calebrich9911 жыл бұрын
She was saying that in reference to the 1st pass
@SDoesNotKnow6 жыл бұрын
Ponor may have won the gold due to Fei's mistakes in the EF and due to that stupid code of points over valuing those stupid dance leaps, but everyone knows this was the FX of these games.
@catherineb859512 жыл бұрын
I also think it's too low- but this is team finals, no individual medals up for grabs. She had a bit of a low landing on her opening pass and tiny adjustments on most of her landings which I suppose add up- but this is just gloious and deserved higher. Considering the gifts they were giving Khorkina...
@saragrant9749 Жыл бұрын
Gifts to more than a few unfortunately. Just look at the floor final, won with the worst tumbling form I’ve ever seen but completed dance combos. That system was a farce.
@justiniantbh11 жыл бұрын
just a single twist in comparison to the double twist in the double double :P
@proudpotterfan10 жыл бұрын
I thought this was a champion-worthy routine? Where can I watch the event finals of this one?
@12markito10 жыл бұрын
Its online. But you'll punch your screen when you see who won.
@supergymnast95429 жыл бұрын
+Sergio Flores What's wrong with Catalina?
@connormccool93106 жыл бұрын
Cheng should not have won lol. at her best sure, but with only a 9.9 sv and out of bounds, she was already starting .2 below Catalina, leaving room for effectively nowadays .4 in deductions. the scoring was fair
@SDoesNotKnow5 жыл бұрын
@@connormccool9310 I think people are just mad about how unfair gymnastics gods can be. Nobody thinks Fei should have won with her actual performance but we all know Ponor would have won even if Fei hit her routine like she did here and that's utterly ridiculous. Both had a 10.00 SV at their best but Ponor's hideous form was not punished enough nor was Fei's superior difficulty and much cleaner form rewarded properly.
@saragrant9749 Жыл бұрын
@@supergymnast9542her tumbling form is what was wrong. It was the worst ever seen and wasn’t recognized at all for its hideousness.
@lilinda75339 жыл бұрын
Loli Fei, so cute~lol
@100SLViks12 жыл бұрын
Don Quixote music!!!!
@jja87504 жыл бұрын
How was that a 9.662? I would have given it quite a bit higher.
@1kenish0111 жыл бұрын
Don Quixote: Act III: Variation of Basil and Don Quixote: Act I: No.21 Variation of Kitri. :)
@dmann3g11 жыл бұрын
Simply ROBBED of a medal finish.
@xxcharless3 жыл бұрын
AMAZING OH MY GOD
@TheJuicyBunj10 жыл бұрын
Si elle avait effectué comme ça pour l'EF, elle pourrait gagner une médaille. Mais elle avait des petits fautes là.
@persatek10 жыл бұрын
Ponor was clean in the final FX event.
@SDoesNotKnow5 жыл бұрын
Not if you don't count her hideous form as "clean".
@saragrant9749 Жыл бұрын
Clean? Only on dance and even that’s up for debate. Her tumbling form was the worst I’ve seen- ever.
@barefacedquestions12 жыл бұрын
I wonder if her score a little too low? Her routine is my favorite of that event. I think she could have taken at least bronze.
@ViardotVSGrisi11 жыл бұрын
cheng fer serving PETIPA REALNESS!
@thepinkbed5 жыл бұрын
Chills
@joeyhawkins18703 жыл бұрын
Whats the name of the song???
@huangdidiel87103 жыл бұрын
Don Quixote
@huangdidiel87103 жыл бұрын
kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZmfCmqqrdt6LjMU
@joeyhawkins18703 жыл бұрын
@@huangdidiel8710 thanks ☺️☺️
@bobbybluntbrown10 жыл бұрын
How old is she
@ChristineF12344 жыл бұрын
So she was 16 here?
4 жыл бұрын
Deserver 9.75+ imo
@TheTimo54945 жыл бұрын
This girl and the girl from Spain should've both finished ahead of ponor In the fx EF . Love ponor but her form was horrible on fx and should not have been given the gold on floor
@Loadacodswallop3 жыл бұрын
I wonder if China had been in the top 3 would she have got a higher score.