McKayla Maroney - Floor - 2012 Visa Championships - Sr. Women - Day 1

Score: 14.600 -- June 8, 2012
Chaifetz Arena -- St. Louis, Mo.

[@cellieeeeee]

Man I miss McKayla. Especially that stunning 3.5 twist.

[@rachelplows3001]

I wish that more Americans would do the 3.5 twist.

[@J-cy8hq]

The judges reaction was so good

[@TheEpicPaperclip]

i think she was way more capable of doing more than just vault...

[@aaronabuan6642]

pasta witch yeah me too. Such a shame she was injured during the London Olympics

[@annapavfan4680]

Yes sadly. Mckayla had really good lines and her bars in 2013 were marvelous (besides the form breaks;). S Her coaches just didn't know how to deal with all that talent.

[@DY-zk2zt]

True. Had she been coached properly in the years heading up she really could’ve given Gabby a run for her money. Maroney was extremely talented.

[@brennenrivera4288]

Unfortunately, her coaches did a HORRIBLE job with her routine construction in this quad. Her floor routine and bars routine had unnecessary built I'm deductions. Her 3rd pass on floor and her clear-hip 2nd low-to-high bar transition caused her constant problems. Both her floor and bar routine in 2013 were perfect and much better. But her horrible routine construction relegated her to a vault specialist in 2012, even if she didn't get injured.

[@travellite309]

Is it just me or does anyone else realize she cut that double back to stay in bounds? How amazing to be able to assess where she was on the floor, adjust her snap down from the back handspring, more assessment while in the air in order to land upright without over rotating and therefore going out of bounds!!! That’s more than air sense #LoveMcKayla

[@gerrymiller7401]

It was good, except she under rotated and took a huge step forward which resulted in pretty much the same deduction.

[@sarahdez1]

I think her vault was soooo impressive that she was overlooked as an all-arounder

[@jnielson3683]

That first pass was one of the most beautiful I’ve ever seen. Her twisting just gracefully arced and floated through the air. I’ve never seen anyone else do it like that

[@jboww2121]

it’s insane that the in the third pass she realized how far she was from out of bounds and adjusted her back handsprings to fit it in. so amaziny

[@treebear8364]

I don't understand why a 3.5 twist is the same difficulty as a double layout. 3.5 looks a lot more difficult to do.

[@chipb7685]

I know right. I guess you just need a lot of height on a double layout which requires lots of power, like a 3.5

[@kameroncoleman9293]

Yeah. A Double Layout to not get deducted, you need to be real floaty on it (have amplitude). Otherwise, you incur like a 2 or 3 tenth deduction. Example is Shannon Miller in Atlanta she would have incurred a 5 tenth deduction today. Like, if you tear your achilles on the take-off on the DLO, then you are going to like tuck up or travel backwards out of bounds.

[@treebear8364]

+Kameron Coleman yeah but mckayla generates so much power on all her passes so correct form is not a problem for her. It's so sad what happened to her :( screw her coach :/ she could have come back with a triple.

[@kameroncoleman9293]

tree bear She landed on her back attempting a 3.5, she only got the triple full around so, i'm assuming that she was like "You know what? A Double Layout is an F and for me, all I got to do is don't touch my legs and open up."

[@treebear8364]

+Kameron Coleman I think it was Marta or her coach that told her not to do it. She has done 3.5 many times...that was only one incident when she fell but yeah you are right that a double layout would have been safer.

[@lorelaim3294]

I actually really love her on floor

[@gummybearfilms6562]

Lorelai M I love it to

[@beyblade332]

But Simone Biles is way better than Mckayla Maroney on floor no offense but it true

[@kayleehall6598]

@@beyblade332 Yeah, Simone has way more difficulty, but we still love Mckaylas floor either way.

[@spiderlover678]

@@beyblade332 man I kinda can’t wait for Simone’s reign to be over so people will stop bringing her up when literally nobody even asked.

[@jacquelyynb1111]

@@spiderlover678 this aged well. Lol

[@camilbaudh]

McKayla is by far the most artistic gymnast and really should've done floor. I wish her toes hadn't been broken! (And for those of you saying that Aly, Jo, and Gabby are more consistant: that may be true but Mack has her 1 1/2 add she did do floor at the 2011 worlds and they were all on that team.)

[@beambreaker]

If you watch her latest video, it turns out she HAD A FRACTURED ANKLE, NOT A BROKEN TOE. LARRY NASSAR LIED ABOUT IT. It’s unbelievable they even made her compete.

[@murasakino101]

@@beambreaker I think she really wanted to compete herself despite the injury and nassar being the disgusting troll he is made accommodations for her. She really wanted to make the team but with an injury that bad, they shouldn't have let her compete at all so she wouldn't be injured more. Goes to show how little they cared about their athletes smh

[@dana4751]

She's good👍These women endure any sports injuries or whatever

[@courtneylewis5355]

0:17 the judges admiration of her first tumble is cute

[@rollitonhome]

that was Al Trautwig, one of the commentators, not a judge. That is the selection committee/commentators panel. The judges are on the floor.

[@kjmo10]

Mckayla PLEASE bring back the three and a half! We are all literally begging D:

[@JosephCampanella614]

Sadly she'll probably never bring it back. Double layout is the same difficulty score, and it's effortless for her. Meanwhile the 3.5 she got a concussion during podium training for day 2 of this meet. I still don't understand why she had to do the 1.5 to the double tuck. She already had a tumbling pass with connecting elements. She could have done a double arabian - which hers is very good, so long as it's not at the end of her routine when she's probably exhausted.

[@destiny236231]

Well all the Chinese girls are doing them now. Mao Yi and Shang Chunsongs are pretty good but none are Mckaylas.

[@charlottelacy1395]

Joseph Campanella

[@user-kh9ki3kq8m]

Kevin Morales she was injured while practicing it so she stopped performing it. It’s understandable.

[@juliagrund816]

She is so beautiful and her gymnastics are so beautiful she is very underrated she an amazing all around gymnast not just amazing on vault. I hope she is healing from that monster

[@missregansays]

LOVE her style on floor...gorgeous.

[@meilinwu1731]

This is the most incredible thing I've ever seen!!! She landed her double back at literally the same place she started it?!

[@zachd6537]

Wonderful performance. I wish the toe wasn't in the way in London smh. That 3.5 twist with the form, and the sound of her running and tumbling was just stunning.

[@beambreaker]

Turned out to be a FRACTURED ANKLE NOT A TOE, LARRY NASSAR LIED ABOUT IT AND THE FORCED HER TO COMPETE!! Watch her latest video, it’s absolutely SHOCKING!!!!

[@zachd6537]

@@beambreaker that angers me. She was my favorite gymnast in 2012 and had so much potential all-around

[@Laura22862]

@@beambreaker He lied FOR her, not to her. McKayla was aware that he was lying the whole time, and he did it as a favor to her so she could stay on the team, because he knew how badly she wanted to be on it (part of the grooming process). McKayla could’ve backed out when she got injured. She wanted to stay on the team. Nobody forced her. There were alternates waiting/wishing they could take her spot if needed.

[@JR-ss7qz]

@@Laura22862 Sadly, I truly believe Nassar's motivations for lying about the injury and keeping McKayla on the team is for his own selfish reasons (which we all know what). It just coincided with McKayla's wish.

[@itstoriayo]

I don't know why McKayla wasn't used for more events in the Olympics. She's great at everything! Sure there's room for improvement, but still, she is a beautiful, well rounded gymnast. Definitely one of my favorite gymnasts - not cocky, but very confident, which is very intimidating.

[@LizziesAnswers]

Her leotard is beautiful!

[@aansmith6775]

So pretty! I wish mine was like that!

[@Rogueman37]

That's nothing! You should see mine....

[@justadjie]

What is a leotard if I may ask?

[@carnaps7995]

I miss her.

[@prettypixychick]

Still amazing! I get chill bumps watching her routines.

[@RGDanceAcromania]

yeh i wish people would give her more credit as an all around gymnast!

[@hobbojoe097]

gorgeous on FX.

[@Qehcaval4]

googled: McKayla Maroney initially broke her toe in late May, and did it again the next month. She split the bone further during training last Thursday doing a dismount on balance beam… Associated Press 2012. So much about reading emotions in facial expressions.

[@faeryquene]

McKayla gets such awesome height on the 3.5 I swear she could get a quad around! :)

[@builtdifferent18]

My favorite gymnast of all time!!!!!

[@ilovetraveling7]

0:57...McKayla has one of the very best - controlled spins ever. not only is she an AMAZING vaulter...she's really good on floor

[@flfm6736]

ilovetraveling7 so it is one of the easiest spins

[@trendymaths2467]

Spins? I think you guys mean turns. But yes, she looks so graceful when doing them.

[@TheAllysandra]

I kinda love everything about this routine it all suits her... she is definitely one to watch... such powerful and smart tumbling lines!

[@adamtravis9380]

Never understood why she didn't replace that third pass with her double Arabian

[@flfm6736]

Adam Travis because it was inconsistent

[@Laura22862]

Adam Travis She actually did replace the 1.5 to double tuck to the Arabian double front for the 2013 season.

[@X_MissMary_X]

I love this routine! My favorite on the US team (well, other than Weiber's, but I don't count that because it's just for the music) It's like watching an 8 yr old do Swan Lake (a very good 8 yr old, mind you)- it's so beautiful and graceful and elegant, but it's McKayla, so it's still just automatically cute.

[@sayshal]

I think that's a smirk of BIG confidence. McKayla's just a different kind of pretty gymnast.

[@ChosenHandle]

She put in such a professional performance given what she must have been going through.

[@mungoclarkson]

Mckayla is such an elegant gymmast, and I think this routine suits her really well ... but the wrists, mother of god! Get this girl to a ballet class!

[@tatilalima2874]

Uma pena tudo que aconteceu, pois tinha muito a mostrar ainda essa atleta. Espetacular 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@DAS505]

I love her intensity w/o a doubt if she had more time to perfect this fx routine. We would be seeing her the fx finals. that 3 1/2 twist in the beginning was amazing. The choreography and dramatic music is right on point!

[@kristyanderson5081]

it could be a look of evil but you can see its also a look of determination, she knows shes going to kill her routine right at the beginning and you can see it in her eyes. it does look kind of like a smirk, when she is actually smiling it doesnt look like that though

[@Spoiledbabe1011]

She is amazing

[@JustCallMeAnnie]

Absolutely beautiful

[@kyle02ish]

i love the look of the judge (in red shirt) after mckayla did her first pass...

[@ronaldmajor6624]

Absolutely amazing woman!

[@alexandreluizalves]

Beautiful beautiful beautiful woman😍😍😍, and what a performance

[@TD-sl3ee]

I miss her gymnastics so much.

[@SaidyLorenzo]

I love her Music

[@anilaasllani9102]

I love you,McKayla Maroney

[@Laaaaaaaaaura]

I don't know how this kids are so talented and disciplined 😍😍😍😍

[@dvus1977]

She's my secret pick for gold at London .. if she recovers from her injury and is in fighting shape like in worlds! She possesses poise, artistry, power, and consistency.

[@fe-ne1ri]

Maroney is legend.

[@tinglypalms227]

This girl is absolutely fantastic.

[@JJ.Grgurich]

Her music for that is so gooood

[@TheJumaco63]

Tremenda complejidad!! ... eso hace que los detalles uno simplemente los omita. Ella es una impresionante gimnasta.

[@robertbobbycamerlinck9223]

Timeless Perfection 🥰 💞 ✨️

[@robertkagucia441]

no fall or out this time!!🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆

[@charlietango5163]

Thanks, McKayla!

[@areading12]

I love her tumbling 0_0 beautiful! I hope that she goes to Rio doing more events, if she stays healthy, I'd say she has the potential

[@mikerozic7225]

What a sweetheart

[@cristy7pr]

And I'm so glad her 3.5 twist looks much more controlled than last year! I hope she is healing well and able to complete at Trials!

[@poom641]

0:15 That continual twisting how she did it is almost unbelievable. I've always been athletic since childhood and i can't even comprehend how that's done. I guess it's just lots of training , training by one heck of a gifted person

[@teganbracewell]

She would be a beautiful ballerina!

[@doooshy77]

love this girl

[@JonaStevensTV]

0:17 person in red shirt. "Ohhhh we got a badass over here!"

[@peytonmcdonnell9723]

Literally Amazing

[@sgeetha7350]

The way she floats her 3.5 twist reminds me of Sui Lu's 3twist.. the way it hangs in the air after the whip n while they twist..

[@sparklesxx17]

she is so good I

[@tannerschell23]

Don't know why they didn't change the 3rd pass to just a double back instead of having that 1.5 step-out in front of it... I know the D score would have changed if they took it out but I think it would be made up on execution because she wouldn't have to fight so hard to stay inbounds while also loosing form. Still love this routine though!

[@brandonaldaymachuse6669]

She needed a side somersault and the 1.5 layout step out combo pass (C + D/E) is more valuable than just doing a random side somi (A).

[@Vivianthegymnast]

OMG I LOVEE her leo!!!!!!!!!!

[@ULibby]

Yes that's Al the guy who seems to know nothing about gymnastics even though he's been covering them for 20 years.

[@victorialawrence9845]

what an amazing gymnast she my fav

[@HavingFunForever101]

She is so pretty, she is my favorite American gymnast:D

[@galveston]

No, she doesn't look like she's smirking or plotting. She merely looks confident and carries herself well. Nice to see women still get criticized for that. McKayla does not need to apologize for having pride in herself and her work. What's the matter with you?

[@Cmc995]

Beautiful lines and dance. Impressive tumbling too.

[@matthewplampton955]

Looks like she could have done a quad tumble. By far the best twisting skills gymnast we've ever seen.

[@nolansandage1396]

her ability to keep her third pass in amazes me even to this day. it literally goes completely vertical with practically no horizontal movements. it’s insane.

[@Snowp89Soph]

Maroney had the best choreography out of the whole U.S team this year

[@xxTotallyGawjusxx]

I liked her old music a lot more!

[@MrReed314]

That's called 'Attitude', baby! Self-assured, confident, and with some arrogance thrown in...How can anyone not like that in a gymnast?

[@boytoyville]

It's the coverage. I was there and the music was perfect in the arena.

[@ThisWreathingNurse]

she is going to london regardless.. her amanar has sealed the deal on that team.. its one of the best in the world, if not the best

[@gergelysari146]

Her 3.5 twist was so high, I think she could have done a double double with ease

[@claromepa4582]

Holy that double tuck/back/Arabian/salto WAS AMAZING HOW DID SHE STAY IN BOUNDS. The reason Mckayla is always too close to the corner is because she runs up before while other gymnasts just hurdle and do it

[@ethanvaneck2971]

The most underrated gymnast in my opinion

[@beambreaker]

Wow! Epic! I love this girl!!

[@MrReed314]

I think she could be the team's ace-in-the-hole, the wild card, the ringer. She's a solid gold for vault for the team, with her 31/2 the upper 1/3 of scores on the floor. An easy middle of the pack for scores in beam, maybe higher than that, but if she nails her bars, the team will be hard to beat. Also, all athletes want to be peaking at the Olympics, but I don't think she has yet, I'm looking forward to her at the next Olympics.

[@Utube322]

hands down best comment ive ever read

[@taytae92]

I totally agree and i love IT!

[@cbs710]

Right, Izbasa is really old for gymnastics nowadays. And her face is the opposite of Mckayla, her smile is so beautiful and she always looks sweet.

[@savyahalley8535]

linda e deslumbrante sou fã

[@guardianofthegalaxy2051]

Its because on floor after they do the handspring they directly start twisting which give them more time in the air, while on vault they have to block the table and do the somersault first then they start to twist....

[@beingkizzy]

Happy Birthday mckayla dec.9

[@Seven35888]

3.5 FULL twists effortlessly when a lotta gymnasts struggle to get a triple all the round ... I feel like if they put in as much work on the other events like they did for vault SHE COULD HAVE BEEN UNSTOPPABLE

[@MariaVana]

You're hearing both the music playing on the floor and over broadcast, sometimes it's a lot worse

[@catherineb8595]

Yes she does. Very very few are able to.

[@fastenough3287]

love this floor routine, but I wish she would have changed her 3rd pass. I hope the 3.5 twist gets a D score upgrade

[@mssymarie]

She's just a badass and knows it. Nothing malicious.

[@kcmark1]

I think she deserves at least a point higher for her effort and awesomeness

[@jboww2121]

3.5 twist NEEDS to be a G skill. honestly could be an H. 90% of US gymnasts can do a silivas and a lot of other gymnasts but hardly any could do a 3.5 twist. it’s so beautiful too

[@BraedenSyon]

I like mckayla maroney

[@istealspoons]

I love the little *ding* at the end. After such a powerful routine, it's really cute.

[@katerinakat8133]

Oh, at 17 seconds, yes it is. You can see Al raise his arms up. I thought you meant at the very beginning of the video.

[@ronaldgabriel97]

she will be perfect playing a character like catwoman, etc in a movie

[@flipper8256]

This was an extremely difficult, under appreciated floor routine. A true 3.5 twist.

[@seer1623]

Gorgeous routine, gorgeous gymnast. Why she of all people thought she had to botox herself up the wazoo is beyond me. One of the most talented gymnasts of the second decade of the 21st century bar none. Breaks my heart that she never reached her full potential. So much more than a vault specialist, to my mind.

[@Turbo9987]

like a boss