Justin Spring - 2008 Beijing Olympics - TF HB

[@AnEducator]

Mesmerizing dismount! He let go of the bar in Beijing and landed in Shanghai.

[@hmrhuang]

That's the SICKEST dismount I've ever seen from any apparatus!

[@kras118]

I remember watching this live and FULL ON FREAKING OUT when he landed that triple. what a great routine and what a great guy, too!!

[@WickedWordzz]

I loved that entire 2008 team. They brought a fight to the games!!

[@roberthorton9820]

I was there with his parents. FANTASTIC!!

[@leenalinz]

Justin Spring, you and the rest of the team are amazing!!!! I'll never forget watching this on tv in 2008. I'm pretty sure my family and I were jumping around like maniacs after that landing.

[@miketennis19ny]

I've checked a hundred times, and i cannot find one high bar routine at these olympics that recieved better execution scores than this... I remember watching this live and freaking out!

[@elven678]

The triple back was AMAZING. He completed his second flip ABOVE THE BAR.

[@SweetLew]

it was on a patch of glue!! LOL

[@intldawn]

Patch of glue. Who would even think of that? Awesome. I'm waiting for someone to upload the BBC broadcasts of the London Olympics so I can actually hear some insightful, unbiased commentators who don't hesitate to get excited for all good performances, regardless of nationality. Take notes, NBC.

[@TheGymEffect]

one of my favorite moments in gymnastics at those olympics :)

[@hames100]

That stick and the clap and the teammates behind him brought a huge smile to my face

[@kanishasilva5122]

He is the best !!!

[@Digitalman271]

I parkour and freerun. No idea how I ended up here, but that was freakin amazing.

[@yankeeclipper27]

his reaction his priceless i met this guy at my camp he is real cool

[@saragrant9749]

My goodness what a dismount!! Did that USA team win a medal? I can’t remember, I only remember the USA women getting silver.

[@mikeg8375]

Yes they won a bronze! Surprised a lot of people in the process.

[@saragrant9749]

@@mikeg8375 awesome!! And now our boys just did the same thing yesterday!!

[@mikeg8375]

@saragrant9749 yup and that competition mirrored this one. They started and ended on the same events, and it came down to Nedoroscik's horee routine the same exact way it did for Artemev in 2008! Both of those guys ended up waiting the entire competition for their one routine, knowing it would come down to them and they both delivered. That's worth celebrating! Now the USA mens program needs to build on this momentum heading into LA in 2028. Some will say it's a long shot, but i wanna see our guys win the gold there like the ladies did in Atlanta!

[@saragrant9749]

@@mikeg8375 yes!! It would be the perfect fairytale story for LA.

[@thatguyupstairs]

justin and jon are the fittest people ever!!!!

[@cornflakeclusters]

That was incredible.

[@alaspock]

MONSTER SET!

[@1jaaay]

He holds our name up pretty well :)

[@jmeteora63]

awesome routine!

[@jamchew1982]

wow he has some interesting elements in his routine... very interesting

[@hannahindaworld]

Ahh yeah I'm familiar with the tie breaking procedure, but I just didn't know that Jon qualified 8th...thank you! (:

[@miketennis19ny]

@hartlj90 His execution score was 9.375. Huge number considering how many little deductions the judges can nickel-and-dime the gymnasts with on this event. He might not have the best natural form but Justin gains a lot of that back in amplitude, as we see with the release moves here. People are free to disagree with this, but i think he does the Cassina better than Cassina does.

[@gatlar28]

I agree, there is something about his Cassina that I like better than when others do it. I actually used to work out at the same gym as Justin when he was a little kid, like single digits.

[@gymnast157dancer]

That part is so cool at 0:39 !!! :) Amazing!

[@chessi1820]

yeah whenever they have tie they do a tie breaker like they did in the london olympics for example Mustafina tied for 8th place with Beth Tweddle on Floor but since Mustafina had a higher E score she went to the final

[@G36cFGN]

he was my rings coach at igc just saying

[@budichk]

Haha...you can hear Horton scream "YEAH" when Spring lands

[@LETMEINGUYS]

That dismount was nothing. I did that when I won $800 on a scratch off.

[@bsheldo18]

@LMA629 Yes, he is. that's him. :)

[@miketennis19ny]

He scored a 15.675 for this routine - had he scored that in qualifications he would have had the fifth highest score and made it into event finals. He scored 15.375 and just missed qualifying.

[@rodridun5743]

WHATS???? OMG it's AMAZING

[@Chhplayz13]

He is my friends dad now

[@hannahindaworld]

Hey so this is just a general question- it's obvious that Justin SLAYED the high bar scene, similar to Jon and Joey, but if wikipedia is right, which it may not be, Jon and Justin scored the same in prelims, and both should have made high bar finals. Was some sort of a tie breaker invoke for a tie within teammates or something? I was only like 10 or 11, so I just don't remember.

[@michaelmanleygymnastics8681]

He used to go to my gym

[@KadenLunt]

@miketennis19ny what was the execution score?

[@MrPokemonmaster0009]

so you don't have to have a coach to put you on the high bar?

[@ZyiganMontoya]

what was his score?

[@thiagoguerreiro8308]

Muto Bom.

[@XtremeTkatchev]

@miketennis19ny I would have thought that kohei Uchimura beat him on that

[@MrDris56]

15.675!

[@loleandooo]

Triple back fantastics...¡¡ LoL

[@bigsleep32]

@USAGymnast HB? Oh never mind I get it, Hat Boner, right? Or is it Hope bootleg? Got it Harry Belfonte.

[@hortonjonathan3527]

ふぉおおおおおおおーーーーーーーーーー！！

[@miketennis19ny]

@CassidyMcComb2010 9.375

[@sabsab225]

@glenncoco237 oomg i knoow! he is

[@gibbs-13]

he is sooo good. what's his name? oh, good not to be Justin Bieber =)

[@daynzka]

i just don´t understand his little, unnecesary and certainly numerous mistakes while performing low-value elements. amazing routine

[@ghmasterjj]

USA USA USA USA

[@glenncoco237]

hes so hot

[@daynzka]

low value... in comparison with the rest of his own routine

[@with0utskill]

what was his score?