Marian Dragulescu - Vault - 2004 Olympics Event Final

[@actorboy2]

That first vault takes your breath away. Gymnastics at its finest.

[@chuksnnene1861]

His first vault was one of the best vaults ever. I felt so bad for him when he fell on the second vault. Sad that he never got the gold medal his talent deserved but his consistency let him down.

[@harrynickerson3481]

They didn't count it as a fall and he came third. He performed the same vault as Kyle shewfelt. Kyle landed it and came fourth.

[@--julian_]

so very similar situation with mckayla maroney

[@TheMajesticice01]

@@harrynickerson3481 he wasn't suppose to medal! That should've went to Shewfelt

[@dwilliams02]

That one and Maroney’s where she stuck the landing cold are the two that I’ll always remember.

[@look4keith]

This still upsets me when I see it. Marian is so awesome; I wanted to see him with the gold.

[@sallydaniel1023]

He deserved a 10.00!!!

[@Sergio_Gomes474]

u can see when he enters in the "table" his legs are slightly bent so that's why its inst a 10

[@ztatchu5060]

And cowboying with the legs in the tuck

[@jgsh8062]

@@ztatchu5060 That wasn't deducted back then I don't think (can't have been because if it was he couldn't have got a 9.9)

[@Montrosesister12]

Those fucking judges. That was a 10 from Dragulescu if I’ve ever seen it It’s 2018 and I’m still pissed about it.

[@E_Love83]

its 2023 and im still pissed about it. there should have been at least one mf judge on that panel that put down a 10

[@heyytundo7844]

he's basically the male Maroney. everyone knew he was the best but one mistake ruined everything

[@soloevasolo1932]

Maroney???????This men invented a vault.

[@johnstollsteimer1083]

SOLO EVA Solo yes, but she was also the best vaulter in the world at that time and she made a mistake which lost her the gold

[@jose4877]

EXACTLY!!!!

[@schumi246]

That is the best that vault will ever be performed, just like Maroney's TF Amanar will be the best that vault ever will be.

[@jose4877]

AGREED!!!!!

[@xuarxu]

I was there in that gym that night,i expected a 10,00 for his first vault,but so disappointed when he fell in the second...

[@schumi246]

Probably the same way Maroney's in TF 2012 was judged to not be perfect.

[@70swunderkind]

Marian, you are the best buddy!!! I hope you NEVER retire, but I understand you have to at some point. I so love watching your routines.

[@incognitoblur3396]

2121 ,he didn't retire, hehe

[@Polarcupcheck]

@@incognitoblur3396 He is working on a Dragulescu 2 with a blind landing. Would love to see him compete it and stick it.

[@theaterqueen95]

This, McKayla Maroney's Amanar in team finals at 2012, and Tomas Gonzalez's Tsuk double pike in men's vault finals in 2012 = perfect vaults that were robbed of a matching perfect score. Proof that perfection apparently no longer exists...

[@campbellka]

Shannon Miller's vault in 1992 should have scored a 10 as well, and then she would have been the all-around Olympic champion.

[@eueueutututu1]

wtf has this video to do with McKayla ?

[@vettegaddia6234]

Andie Bunker Uchimura's V in the 2014 AA final was also amazing.

[@ninkiminjaj1754]

rene ruiz Exactly, but 3 years later and even after you can see her in slow motion people still dare arguing it was perfect.

[@zacharypeters5148]

Andie Bunker his toes werent pointed thats an easy tenth in deduction.

[@AliciaDupres]

Nowadays there is no perfect vault or anything else in gymnastics. They always find something to deduct. For instance here the legs were not prefectly ''glued'' together on the landing. Yeah, this is stupid, I know, but this is how judges.. judge.

[@josephqualtier961]

It’s not stupid it’s integrity, if someone can keep perfect form they should be rewarded, errors needed to be deducted equally.

[@E_Love83]

problem is, our cultural history of 10's were full of slight hops and slides, even from nadia and marylou. and we all ignored that detail because of the virtuosity or amplitude of the gymnast performing. i "get" where ppl want to side with the discriminatory nature of the sport in moments like these, but imo it's those discriminatory choices from the judges that snuff out the soul of excellence that deserves to be celebrated in this sport. even in the open code, we still want to see 10's, and we all friggin deserve to still see them, even if it'll show up as a 16.5 or whatever the d will make it 🤪

[@pedrogarcia-maurino6468]

Next to Gervasio Deffer, this two were real legends

[@PeanutButterGtr]

What the flying fuck? How wasn't that vault a 10?!?!?

[@hazelabdrabbo9393]

Great champion 🇷🇴👍👏🏻

[@josbypintopinto8335]

vengo por el podcast

[@AndWhyMusic]

X2

[@sirio26vd2]

X3

[@kazomeb]

@@sirio26vd2 X4

[@nahuerodo7656]

See

[@f23r23]

That's how you turn gold into bronze. No magic required.

[@Elbembu2]

The first vault was a perfect 10. Those judges sucked.

[@jgsh8062]

Bent legs on pre-flight. Don't say the judges suck because they definitely know a hell of a lot more than you do about the sport.

[@sallydaniel1023]

I'd have given his first vault a 10!!!

[@everythingyonce1770]

9.325?! Wait so how much was a fall back in those days ? 0.5?

[@intldawn]

Points taken, but I think you'd be hard-pressed to find someone who does a double front or this vault with better form. I'm not sure I've ever seen someone point their toes in this. Certainly, I've never seen anyone keep their legs totally together, but I have seen guys do this with their legs spread far apart. Should those things you mentioned warrant slight deductions? Perhaps. Perhaps it wasn't empirically perfect, but it was the most perfect this vault has ever been done.

[@intldawn]

Nah, don't think so. That would be a deduction if the vault were in piked or layout position, but since it's tucked, he wasn't expected to have his knees straight when he did the twist. If anything, I suppose, his toes weren't pointed. That's the very definition of nitpicking. Still worth a 10 in my book.

[@fv6125]

I was so sad when I watched this back in 2004 and to this day I feel bad for him.

[@mathseacav]

Why the hell the first vault wasn’t a ten?

[@AliciaDupres]

Not perfect but close. However, completely inconsistent, in view of what he did for the second one.

[@dirdam1]

Fantástico salto. El mejor de la historia. Gervasio Deffer ganó el oro, merecido porque hizo dos saltos excelentes. Así es el deporte: muy duro.

[@cesargarciaplaza2311]

Hermoso....

[@javiernavas9126]

Habia un venezolano allii

[@mrd8782]

🇷🇴🇷🇴🇷🇴

[@intldawn]

This seems a classic case of a gymnast having to perform a vault they almost never do in practice and only compete a few times per year. As superior as his technique and air sense were on his first vault, it was completely lacking on the second. Such a shame.

I am Spanish and the first jump is truly better than the 2 of Deferr, a pity that the last failure, at least think she deserved silver and no bronze but well... how nice is risk. If you had been born in another era, before 1992 surely I had done some 10 to another.

[@eliarosa2610]

He had bronze ??

[@intldawn]

@Nocturnelle72 His landing wasn't deep at all. He landed with his chest up with normal knee bend, which is all the more impressive considering what he did in the air. If the judges didn't give that a 10, nothing was getting a 10 at these Olympics.

[@GAGALOVER347]

The one mistake was the legs apart as he his the vault table

[@SimoneLeonardis]

Codio che salto

[@vodkanpilsrs99]

clutching at straws here, maybe because when he twisted his knees were bent?

[@Nocturnelle72]

@Elbembu2 I think it's because he did land a little deep... but still.

[@DjSwoshy]

@samiracle Uchimura stuck His landing as well, where were the deductions? Anyone?

[@Lexartis]

Grande gervi

[@user-ei2gj8pb8n]

完璧やん

[@unickgodess]

No.not always.

[@fatnsassy99]

10!

[@benweikert6512]

He should have been fourth