He Kexin - Uneven Bars - 2008 Olympics Team Final

[@graceconerly4359]

"She need's a 15.200" and she gets 16.850

[@joeyhawkins1870]

And loses that point when Cheng Fei falls on the beam

[@emiliaquach1102]

I am lying in my bed with a Lowes. Light bulb between the legs for no entity to enter Me.because the video is so old .and I am not sexually active and audience is very ruthless vibes they send me

[@tyt.862]

@@joeyhawkins1870Alicia Sacramone immediately gave it back tho

[@intervne]

i honestly dont think this will ever be beaten, this routine was just unbelievable

[@saragrant9749]

Nina Derwael and Beth Tweddle had equally crazy routines that didn’t include a dead hang in the middle, and a smooth transition from high to low. This was great but they have been just as good if not better.

[@intervne]

im talking more about the composition than this specific routine. a toe shoot dead hang isnt as bad as derawel crossing her arms like shes praising the gods on absolutely every single release move

[@alazjaw.8968]

@@saragrant9749 mhm no

[@Victoria-iu5sb]

The rules were different between this routine and the other ones you mentioned. This one was perfectly constructed for the rules at the time.

[@Ajay.Plants]

Kaylia Nemour in my opinion. Maybe not beating He for the most impressive bars, but certainly equal

[@alwaysmycamera]

That straight jaeger really amazed me! My jaw immediately dropped and my mouth was open the whole time. It's definitely one of the top2 hardest on bars. I don't see anyone doing it in Tokyo 2020. It's still SO SO amazing to watch even after 10 years!

[@mou3ad9]

Miss Youu Kexiiin , much love from MOROCCO !

[@ria-zul-zannah7100]

She definitely earned the gold here! 🥇 Such a queen! 👑

[@emmyjo720]

RIP Mitch Fenner, we missed you this week..

[@emmyjo720]

Yes he died in early July of cancer. He missed seeing Max Whitlock become a double Olympic Champion. He was such a good and fair commentator, was never chavunistic....After listening to Monica Phelps and John Taylor in the 80s, he was so, so, much better.

[@juliachaloupka]

seeing this comment just gave me all the feels, RIP Mitch Fenner :(

[@livcat5494]

Listening to that home crowd !! Sends chills down my spine

[@userqwr924]

1. Not all, but many Chinese look younger than Americans. 2. He Kexin started to learn gymnastic in 1997 and because of her good skills on the bar, she was already chosen by the team of Beijing in 2002. According to you, she was 9 in 2008, so wow, she was only 3 when she was picked into the team of Beijing, and she started learning even before she was in her mom's uterus!!! 3. Do you have even ONE evidence to say that she was 9??? If no evidence, your "decision" is not convincing at all.

[@luceafarul579]

No she’s not 9, but what was suspicious was their bodies. Not dwelling on the “small size” which is of course given for Asian girls but the shape. They don’t look to have a body of a 16 year old. What’s even more interesting is that after this Olympics no Chinese female gymnast look as young as some of these girls anymore. They all look actually like 16 and 16+ year olds, and the team also basically stopped medaling. That’s suspicious since we know that women peak at around 13-15 for gymnastics-like sports, then their body changes to have more body mass at lower body parts which creates a bigger “drag”. That’s why in figure skating for example you see 13-15 year old girls doing lots of complicated jumps such as triple axel and quads, but then when they hit 16 they couldn’t do them anymore. Of course we’ll never know for sure.

[@lhukasrodrigues3213]

​@@luceafarul579 mas ninguém tinha 16.850 sendo tão jovem como você quer descrever.

[@luceafarul579]

@@lhukasrodrigues3213 that’s because training and selections have progressed to being very different now, since everybody now has to be at least 16. But apparently China is still stuck in the past way of doing things so that’s why women’s have been on a free fall, as it shows once again with this year’s disastrous Olympics. They have to drastically make the change and transition otherwise they’ll never stand on the podium again, because many more countries are gonna catch up.

[@Hervinbalfour]

My favorite bar routine of all time!

[@Rose07013]

I watched her routine so many times 😊that’s how amazing she was the routine of the century love her style and confidence this was the best bar routine ever 😃

[@yanlee2436]

Her routine in UB final still worths 6.6 D score in the newest COP can you believe? Her another routine which was designed for 2008-2012 COP (eight elements count) worths even more D scores.

[@tasharamckelvy99]

👌

[@samisfun868]

i know i've seen this many time before and this is first time in years i've revisited and WOW i am even more impressed than i thought i was before now watching this. good lordt all mighty. FOUR release moves???? all done PERFECTLY??? the lines the extension... everything is so finished.

[@Taaj556]

Uneven Bars Queen, He kexin 👍

[@CassielMarseille]

one of my fave bar routines

[@benrobinson77]

Its almost as if the the low bar is the nemesis for the petite Chinese gymnasts (and other small gymnasts too). They do the most basic transitions just to minimally satisfy that requirement and come to almost a dead hang. Their artistry is amazing as long as you're talking about the top bar. If you're that small and have all that extra room to almost stretch out fully in between the bars, then you'd better be doing some amazing work.

[@xxSennaxx]

Their transitions are a lot better these days now that they don't do the toe shoot anymore. Though, Jiang Yuyuan had a really great shoot to high bar, her 2010 worlds AA UB performance was wonderful.

[@brandonaldaymachuse6669]

This was before Komova and Mustafina started the Shaposhnikova trend.

[@benrobinson77]

I feel like Svetlana Khorkina kinda started shaposh variations circa 1996 too

[@mht4908]

I don't know if this skill was allowed in the 2006-08 code, but in the 90s, the gymnasts would kind of "sit" on the low bar for a split second and use their legs to push them back to the high bar. Dominique Moceanu did that twice during her Atlanta bar routine and she was even more tiny than Kexin here. It probably would've worked better for the petite gymnasts: kzbin.info/www/bejne/q3OzY4OFZsyJmpI (time stamps are at 0:13 and 0:24)

[@benrobinson77]

@@mht4908 Yeah I haven't seen that "sit" transition for a long time now.

[@miguelQR]

I really enjoyed this competition, China did a really good job here.

[@emiliaquach1102]

Thanks 😊

[@n25bast]

I miss when bars had this kind of artistry and experimentation.

[@camsmith3707]

THIS WAS PERFECT

[@lkiokokpil6153]

Am I the only one who think this routine is way harder than Nastia's one, but got the same D score ?! Late question althought XD

[@Leshamajigga]

J Feng No they both got the same D score in finals too but He Kexin got gold because her execution was higher (once they went through all the fiddly tie break stuff)

[@nathaliexlr8]

LKIOKOK pil Handstands and turns are elements that people often overlook as being difficult but trust me, those are more difficult than they look and Nastia had a much higher difficulty in those elements.

[@vettegaddia6234]

nathaliexlr8 ONLY if Nastia hit those handstands on top. But she was over in almost all of them, so she should not get full credit for them. Her SV should have been far lower than He Kexin.

[@sonnykoh3049]

+Vette gaddia The most innovative and diverse UB routine in modern women's gymnastics. I haven't seen another bar worker whose routine includes releases like the layout jaeger and her iconic Li Ya combo AND has amazing pirouettes which the Chinese are known for.

[@ericmaine]

and there were numerous leg separations for Nastia. I counted at least a point on those and missed handstands.

[@JJJJ-lz1vv]

Light years ahead of what Biles is doing 16 years later….incredible

[@liceous]

this crowd was ENORMOUS.

[@michelesiger6890]

That was fantastic bar’s choreography and technique the ohs and ahhs were well deserved.

[@ItsNastiaFan]

to everybody who says he kexin wasn't 16 why was asuka teramoto smaller than most of my 5th grade classmates

[@Piriitaw]

Hermosa!! Las Chinas son maravillosas !!

[@SusanHussein17]

That's is what you call a straight jaeger salto

[@KateMich12]

Can NBC have these commentators?? awesome!

[@fidelbrandon9895]

What a spectacular routine

[@account-kc1gz]

Indeed

[@FrancesBaconandEggs]

Love this commentator

[@etoreasioqua4218]

I love her layouts so much it's form bruh

[@lalmirch]

00:30 best skill ever!

[@fificaroline1141]

Princess of the UB

[@Taaj556]

Wonderful

[@jalenmorgann7685]

She had a nightmare in qualifications, but won 🥇

[@panicattackman20]

sorry i know this isnt really relevant to your comment but i was watching the gymnastics at the london olympics and noticed the scores were a lot lower than beijing and as someone who love gymnastics but only gets time to watch the olympics gymnastics i didnt know if it was because they changed the marking criteria or simply if the standard dropped and the likes of nastia, shawn and yang yilin were no longer around.

[@LeahBandB]

I hate how they mispronounce her name. Drives me nuts!

[@MoodySushi99]

LeahBandB I'm Chinese and I can confidently say he pronounced her name correctly!!

[@sktzn6829]

I'm Chinese and I can confidently say he didn't.

[@aashisharibam4946]

Huh Kuhcin

[@jgsh8062]

In pinyin (chinese romanisation system) e's are pronounced "uh" and x's are pronounced as "sh". It should have been "huh kuhshin" but they pronounced it like "huh kuhsin"

[@panicattackman20]

thank you, very helpful

[@hungergamesluverx10]

0:40 thats insane

[@Chrisweibb]

Flying little angel "Best Show at olympic year 2008

[@giannacadorna3798]

just cause a bunch of you can't do a cross handed second yager don't be jealous just cause nastia can't do it to. He kexin won get over it. It was a tie but she still won and Nastia has more errors anyway too many leg seperation and an ugly form but he kexin was beautiful just 2 small errors when nastia gets 3 clear errors.

[@syrilwayne]

Its like He kexin's most strength she had on the other three apparatuses got transferred to the uneven bars and in order to beat nastia liukin in a double tiebreaker who was a very strong all-arounder and was also a bars and beam champion she had to be like goku did 10x kaioken when he first fought vegeta.

[@gaviriak]

She was AMAZING!! she beated american's ass

[@ruthmiller9346]

I can’t get over the freaking height on the release moves

[@daphnewong8319]

Hey guys no need to be so mad,the 'e' sound in Chinese is rather difficult for Westerners you know...

[@tariqbhajan8474]

Whos floor music was that

[@wingyan123hk]

1.11 the guy in the back pumping his fists in the air :D

[@kayleewesley2297]

But it would've been cool to see her compete a Comaneci salto

[@jaymahipus3921]

The straight jaeger!! Unbelievable.

[@xxslee001xx]

just wondering, how is that floor?

[@saperify123]

I wonder what her score was... Never did they show it

[@SeaSong14]

16.850!!

[@kerryaileenhamilton]

Score ?

[@Goawayspiders]

That is not a Comaneci but she does the following: Tkatchev, Li Ya, Jaeger (straddled), and Cappucciti (straight jaeger).

[@sunnivabthun4269]

Wasn't this the girl the age controversy was on?? The Chinese team said she was 16(1992), but they found evidence she was 14(1994) also? I don't think she was 16.. She 14.

[@luceafarul579]

There was actually no evidence whatsoever. Their birth certificate all checked out. But then the American media suggested that they were forged. Again with no evidence. The only "evidence" was that there was a news reporting age mistake in the Chinese media and a reporter asking them about how they celebrated their 15th birthday and they replied: "it was ordinary"

[@sunnivabthun4269]

+Luceafarul I see! But even though, they look like they're younger, but most of the girls from China is small and looks younger.

[@yummylemons172]

It was but I understood it since the whole Yang Yun and Dong Fangixiao thing happened back in Sydney in 2000, it was hard to trust China on the ages of their gymnasts.

[@luceafarul579]

+EponineForever Romania had age controversy as well. But of course only China should pay for their mistakes

[@yummylemons172]

Luceafarul I don't remember if theirs was proven like China's was though with Dong Fangixiao.

[@juliagatto2649]

Funny thing is, she's 23 now. That means she was only 14 when she competed. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think that a 14 year old is allowed to compete at the olympics?

[@nithyaiyer286]

Julia gatto She is 25 now.

[@gaviriak]

She is 26 now , cause she was 20 in london ! I'm sure about that

[@shieldmaidenforchrist1310]

I don’t know if we will ever know for sure. She was listed as 13 the year before the 2008 Olympics in an article published in China. That was well known at the time of the Olympics and they just brushed it off as a misprint or something and printed up these athlete passports. I certainly don’t blame the athletes, they could have been threatened with who knows what if they don’t say whatever they are told to say.

[@lhoviebaranuelo6679]

I wish something do deltchev with 1/2 twist and another deltchev

[@MoodySushi99]

It would technically be impossible because you would be catching the deltchev facing forwards. If you add a half twist then you'll be catching it backwards. Then when you are facing backwards you can't do another deltchev, you can do another Jaegar because that's facing backwards..

[@lucyfoster4082]

Okay apologies in advance I obviously don't know anything about this but...Nastia's handstands on the bar seemed to last foverver, whereas this girl seems to have bigger amplitude. Are either of those observations either accurate, or relevant to scoring? Thanks.

[@yasminewells8045]

I think what matters most is that they hit the handstand but depending on the code of points judges might be able to take deductions in regards to dynamics and artistry. Not sure what the exact rules for this Olympics was but it is definitely a possibility.

[@TohSookLin]

COMANECI SALTO

[@TohSookLin]

haha yes wasn't really paying attention :P

[@ferzepeda4939]

Why did China wear the same leotards that wore in the prelims?

[@catherineb8595]

Pfft, because Teramoto isn't beating US gymnasts!

[@cj1319]

that is not a comaneci salto, it's a jaeger

[@raulmb536]

This is such an odd routine. It is great in technical skill but parts of it are quite sloppy. Her transition to the low bar and lack of utlizing the low bar is a distraction. Some of her transitions were sloppy.

[@AazonLee]

Sour Americans, you going around belittling the Chinese doesn't change the fact that He Kexin is the gold medalist on the uneven bars. Gold medal in hand, laughing at the mad dogs.🤪

[@aiyacharlene]

the transitions slow down the rhythm, but she's soooo tiny that it's difficult to keep momentum going when does them.

[@burakkupinkku]

and her re adjusting her grip on that last pirouette omg

[@wassimachourtani3638]

gymnastique gggggooooooooooooooodddddddddeeeee

[@racheldrum1982]

She's 16?! Yeah right.

[@johnnystrange7813]

This is the queen of UB. Kocian, mustafina getting champions is all joke.

[@jackiem3740]

9 years old

[@ellaashtyn]

her feet definitely hit the ground on the pak how did she not get deducted???

[@burakkupinkku]

her toe shoot was always horrendous..

[@cantor7723]

It was satisfying when Mustafina put the smack down on her in London. He’s face was priceless. The dead hang/ muscled parts kill the flow of this routine for me.

[@saragrant9749]

If you find humor in something like that, you must still be in preschool. Strange to think a toddler could have such grasp of the English language. Talk about a nasty statement. Yes, her routine had some areas that were definitely flawed but I’d hardly call it a “smack down.”

[@cantor7723]

@@saragrant9749 First, this is the internet, so no one cares what you think. Secondly, no one said humor. Read better next time.

[@alazjaw.8968]

would really like to see you do any of this

[@Altoclarinets]

lol

[@carolguunvillle9417]

I promise you im not a 👿

[@beyoncestan101]

Overscored and she was underage and had no business at the games!

[@Axb2774]

I don't believe she's fifteen for one minute. When she smiles you can see she doesn't even have her ten year-old molars.

[@george39821]

Not everyone in the world can live like in america.. and have fat kids.. ! mos tof this girls come form very poor family.. asians tend to look younger and be smaller..ans skinnier... how can she be 10 years old... did you watch her in London?? She looked way older like 20... she is a junior at beijing college...

[@emmyjo720]

She competed in two Olympics, she didn't disappear and no 10 year would have the strength in her arms for a routine like that, especially under that pressure. And she has breasts...

[@emmyjo720]

If she was underage, why was she never caught out, she competed on the International circuit for four years. She didn't disappear after this....

[@raina0413]

Jiangnan Feng lol

[@vettegaddia6234]

I believe Hi was 15 at the 2008 Olympics. Because she looked 19 at the 2012 Olympics. If she was 11 in 2008, she would have looked 15 in 2012. And clearly , He Kexin looked 18 or 19 in 2012. So I belleve she was the correct age when she won the Olympic gold on UB. As well that she wowed me more than any other UB worker.

[@hannahhershey3826]

He's good but Nastia should have won not He.

[@gaviriak]

SHE is a woman not a man , and not way... her Diffculty was way higher than nastia's

[@isaacneaves4353]

@@gaviriak the name of the gymnast is he

[@horia4558]

BOI. NASTIA S ROUTINE WAS BLAND. HE KEXIN RULES

[@Maryel_R_R_Palmer]

Her name is HE. Not SHE. Duh!

[@tatilalima2874]

Score?

[@thiagopadua6947]

16.725