Most Epic Rotation Ever? Romania on Floor, Athens 2004

[@bbatjargal1549]

Yes, the Romanians! The Romanian team was always the most graceful and beautiful! Bravo! My favorites are Catalina Ponor and Andrea Raducan - the living legends!

[@nouezecetreihaidabbaa4335]

What is with the best in human history Nadia Comăneci!!

[@bbatjargal1549]

@@nouezecetreihaidabbaa4335 Nadia is definitely one of the very best! But then, there are other Soviet and Romanian female gymnasts who can pretend for that title - the best in history: Latinina, Korbut, Shushunova and Raducan!

[@tricisport8259]

Romania has no money to send its athletes to the Olympics in Paris this summer, Prime Minister Ciolacu said last Friday. They will ask the National Lottery to issue a special ticket for this. Romania is eaten by corruption, so for a looong time we will not see a Ponor, a Răducanu or a Comăneci :(

[@costealucia5357]

@@tricisport8259 And you and yours sleep, sometimes you wake up to complain on the internet. Those young people at Revolution died for lame asses to live in romania today!

[@tricisport8259]

@@costealucia5357 I'm not complaining, I'm stating facts. And don't tell me about "Revolution". I was born in 1969, I was a soldier at Boteni air unit in December '89. Where were you at that time, to teach me about "Revolution"? Oh, and it really wasn't a revolution. It was a coup.

[@catalinasimonacihodaru8241]

Va iubim .Respect nationalei de gimnastica din romania in frunte cu antrenorii lor

[@darwinlapitan1759]

Missing this kind of elegance and artistry

[@malgorzataabramowska806]

Absolutely agree, it is very athletic now

[@HollyGolightly078]

Well, Americans have ruined it, so...

[@pimpalola]

Inderdaad. Now you just see muscular power - no grace at all. It's a pity

[@rodrigoarecheta5786]

Romanians are the best. So many amazing gymnast... Nadia Comăneci, Simona Amânar, Lavinia Miloșovici, Daniela Silivaș, Gina Gogean, Cătălina Ponor, Ecaterina Szabo, Sandra Izbașa and the list goes on

[@andreigabrielion9575]

You can add Larisa Iordache to your list ;)

[@adrianciobanu5856]

Ungureanu Răducanu

[@carefulpilgrim]

It's because they not only had great talent, they had the greatest, most beloved coach of all time!

[@MsJubjubbird]

Raducan, Rosu, Porgras, Cojocar

[@MrSoldierperson]

Rodrigo Arecheta, You don't have to name a few. All Romanian women's gymnasts were supurb. Every last bit of them. It's too bad they didn't qualify for 2021 Olympics.

[@iluvunot]

I’m always so amazed that they know where the edge of the floor is without looking

[@greatdeal4094]

Pensaba exactamente lo mismo! 😉✔

[@frankiejayii2190]

True hehrhe

[@rebekkapoulsen7879]

Years and years of repetition and hard training! Their space awareness is incredible!

[@donaldholderdoc2910]

Hours and hours and hours and hours and hours of repetition. The lines are in these gymnast heads and muscle memory.

[@ianfrankish4826]

Probably get a slap if they miss in training.

[@maximus5465]

The exercise of Ponor was like a Matrix scene.

[@carcrash1875]

But Matrix is an American movie.

[@tarastreasure]

​@@carcrash1875 so what? 😂

[@carcrash1875]

@@tarastreasure The Americans lost the gold medals to the Romanians. You should mention a Romanian movie scene.

[@tarastreasure]

@@carcrash1875 welll, maybe they didn't know any... Because we don't have movies quite like Matrix. 😅 That's a widely known movie good for making a point that most understand. Who would get the gist of what they said with a Romanian movie. I'm Romanian, but we're small and might have some known sportspeople etc, but surely no action movies. 😊 So I approve of that comparison.

[@andrada1270]

Și al Oanei Ban la fel.

[@IoanaHaitchi]

It is so painful (for us, Romanians) to see the level of Romanian gymnastics 18 years ago compared to today. These exercises would be enough to be on any podium of today's great competitions.

[@ninachilargi3247]

Romanian Gymnasts are still great but the judges discriminate them big time. I don't see any difference between Simone, Andrade and Sabrina and Ana Barbosu!In fact on August 5, 2024, at Olympics Games Sabrina and Ana were performing their floor exercise much better than the Americans and Brazilinas!You need to appreciated them for they are excellent, super talented and beautiful!They've been working hard since the age of 4 years old. Every day they work between 4 to 7 hours a day. That Is a lot of sacrifices and dedication for Artistic Gymnastics!

[@inexplicableromance4332]

No they wouldn't because you need to have wobbly landings and a rough looking routine to get on the podium now.

[@ninachilargi3247]

Go and watch Sabrina Voinea videos for some years and see she is a Star of Gymnastics!She has been training herself with her mama and other couches since the tender age of 4 years old. And she spent 7 hours a day practicing Gymnastics in the Gym.Ana Barbosu is very good herself in Gymnastics. She is very professional and has excellent routines. Amalia is also excellent gymnast. These judges are corrupt and discriminate the Romanians Gymnasts. Why do you think we can' t see their routines from Paris Olympics Games 2024 ? Isn't weird ? I see a lot of Romanians Gymnasts doing excellent and even better than Rebeca Andrade or even Simone Biles, or Chiles. I just wish the judges will be correct fair when giving ratings.

[@senseirat8893]

❤ 🇷🇴 I'm Romanian and watching this over again 20 years later seems like yesterday. They did such an amazing job. Brought tears of happiness to my eyes...lol 🇹🇩 ❤️

[@kamipersonal2687]

❤❤❤

[@mariavictoriatantau1156]

Besos y abrazos !!!!Las mejores del mundo !!!

[@syrilwayne]

This rotation somehow made me smile, especially when oana ban made the crowd cheer and excited. Anyone else?

[@weirdstream9572]

we need romania back in shape, hope that they will come back strong enough to compete again in the worlds and Olympics

[@nemetamalia9680]

Never again. There are no romanians left.

[@dancingrick1014]

@@nemetamalia9680 wdym? The younger generation in Romania are all amazing and seem to be pulling through. They’re looking like they finally got their things together

[@randomuser918]

@@nemetamalia9680 What are you saying? Have you even seen the new generation? They're pretty solid, much stronger team and the juniors are shining too. Shut your mouth if you don't know what you're talking about

[@iliepetcan1736]

@@randomuser918 absolutly

[@cherrylove9142]

@@nemetamalia9680 just search Ana Barbosu and you will see the future seniors are amazing !!! I’m sure we will see them in Paris 2024!!

[@vanessacheung6475]

Catalina's floor routine was so beautifully choreographed. Sublime!

[@lavinianegru4303]

"Romania unquestionably the best". So proud of you girls.

[@AdrianStoica-e5b]

Beautiful team of Romania..!!❤🎉

[@andjelkajovanovic3014]

The best ❤❤❤

[@maussolo]

The good old days when real artistic gymnastics was rewarded.

[@monicakelly6273]

Sure Jan

[@mangos2888]

This music was terrible

[@HollyGolightly078]

@@monicakelly6273 Americans have ruined artistic gymnastics 😭 It is completely unwatchable nowadays...

[@seductivemotivelda1830]

@@HollyGolightly078 a kind of Robocop thing….They have no idea what is artistic gymnastic about. Period

[@ohhiitsjustme3445]

@@HollyGolightly078agreed! I didn’t even watch the 2024 Olympics, cuz I knew the gold would automatically go to Biles and the U.S. I miss the days when Russia and Romania fought the U.S. for gymnastics supremacy

[@ninachilargi3247]

Who is watching this July 31, 2024 during the Paris Olympics Games? Romanian Gymnastic Women were judged unfairly at this Olympics Games of the year 2024. Some judges don't like The Romanian!They are still good but they score low because some judges decided to hate us!Besides they even didn't show all of Romanian Artistic Gymnastic routines at Olympic Games Paris 2024.

[@mihaigeorge85]

Nu mai plange

[@Nature-God]

Me

[@BusuMary]

13th of August here. After the Olympics

[@Elena-fe3os]

No hate, they do mistakes or show favours, for years. They have answered to appeals and got 3rd and 4th place. If higher degree of difficulty, maybe would have won mor emedals. Stop whining

[@corina-silviacoulson7585]

SO TRUE! F@ THE HATERS!

[@codobaturamaiastra32]

Au trecut douazeci de ani și le privesc și acum cu drag, cu emoție și lacrimi de bucurie! Ce generații de copii talentați si dedicați. Câtă muncă , sacrificii și suferinta ascund acele momente de bucurie.Dar a meritat! ❤

[@alinadanielalazar2914]

Sunt și acum copii talentați . Din păcate , nu prea mai are cine sa le antreneze!

[@yellowpurple600]

aesthetically the step outs on floor are more graceful than a regular stuck landing imo

[@beckykent6674]

Amazing that these are the same jumps on floor that they are now! However, the artistry is so much better in these videos. I miss that!

[@YouTubenonesense]

The real drama of the Romanian gymnasts is the number of good gymnasts that never ever had the chance to shine because the competition for the national team was so strong. In those days we had enough good gymnasts for at least 3 national teams. For most of them was just hard work and little to no reward....

[@carcrash1875]

And much hunger, and beat from the trainers.

[@sahpire75]

As an American, I love the Romanians so much- so graceful yet powerful . Andreea Raducan was such a sad situation. So many amazing gymnasts from this country.

[@etherospike3936]

Si bataie, cum s-au plans ca Belu si Bitang le bate, cum nu a mai existat performanta !

[@callmej5337]

They are like the russian figure skaters in 2021.

[@st.6959]

Yea so skinny. Even this year I’m seeing the us gymnastics look well fed but some other gymnasts look so small still.

[@ctalcantara1700]

The most epic rotation was the final rotation of the 1987 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Rotterdam where Romanians scored three 10s in a row on FX with Voinea, Dobre, and Silivas- now that was epic!

[@worldartgym]

Did you see Vol. 2 of this series? It was indeed epic!!!

[@manuhd0645]

in that rotation they overtook the USSR and practically got the gold

[@malgorzataabramowska806]

Thank you for sharing this info. I watched it today after reading your comment. Incredible and beautiful.

[@Ingrafre]

​@@worldartgym Can you tell me the name of the music/track at the end?

[@redherring8929]

Pretty much the same rotation was at the Seul Olympics in 1988. Pure joy to watch

[@random_dude6395]

ne-ati fost singurele raze de lumina in ani grei post-comunisti. Va vom ramane etern datori pentru momentele de bucurie oferite!!! Va iubim!

[@acapannn]

Baby Catalina..she is still an amazing gymnast. One of the icon

[@melacord7279]

I smile and I cry watching this ! Bc I am romanian !

[@diannabee7805]

Me too loool

[@andyjim1798]

I love Ponor. She is graceful, beautiful and has a dark style to her.

[@tobyrose6906]

And they didn't need make up....😂😂😂😂😂😂🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@thesovgc]

Dark Lady!

[@andyjim1798]

@@thesovgc most beautiful

[@ayesha_jane]

She is so graceful and beautiful! What factor do you deem dark about her style?

[@lioaragheorghe1151]

Un intelectual spaniolspunea atunci,că trebuia să nu se obosească să participe,să li se dea medalia de aur și celelalte echipe să lupte pentru argint și bronz .La acest comentariu am plîns . Ce vremuri !

[@antonprodan1646]

Corect!❤️❤️

[@VeroNikko]

Minunată apreciere a fetelor noastre!

[@tiagomota4734]

Ai plans mult sau putin? Adica, cate minute asa in total?

[@GigiDuruDuru]

Un pic de engleză nu te omora. Comentează în română la clipurile puse de români , nu fi țăran

[@goldwingedvic]

5:09 - Catalina here was like "you all ain't seen nothing yet".

[@Squarehammer1]

Lol

[@Alexchen456]

Catalina Ponor had a Superb choreography for here age (16 year old). Very mature, she is so talented! And N. Daniela Sofroine, she deserved that floor Silver! So consistent!

[@maussolo]

Love how she drops her jacket.

[@Kenabukanyo]

It was 5:31 :)

[@andjelkajovanovic3014]

A spodobe iz USA samo se jedu.Gledajte nabedjene Amerikanke kako rade to najbolje na svetu.Slucaj Radukan je najveca kradja i nepravda u istoriji olimpijske igre

[@michaelgrinder5946]

Im an American and i think Romania did an excellent job in their performance.

[@mihaelabruma8006]

Cât va iubesc și va respect, scumpele noastre gimnaste. Câtă bucurie ne-ați dăruit! Bunul Dumnezeu să vă binecuvânteze!☀️

[@cschaka1]

They make me proud of being Romanian 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 Thank you girls for making your country proud !

[@gheorghemanolache7145]

Am trăit aceste momente de aur. Este nemaipomenita senzatia când știi ca deja ai aurul chiar înainte sa primești nota. Și mai e ceva minunat sa vezi adversarele din Rusia și America cum își musca buzele de invidie:)))

[@ludmilav_sb4244]

​​@@iarenaedinarusu2149Aici a fost MUNCĂ SI TALENT incredibile, cu tonele !!!!! ROMÂNIA A FOST DE AUR atunci si AURUL E AUR !!!

[@kaioemanuel1939]

Definitely the most epic rotation ever and the best team... i love these girls!

[@pakopaez]

Agree. Iconic

[@VeroNikko]

Sometimes.... beauty and perfection of movements. Romania gave the exact time in the gym! Proud of my compatriots! We love them forever!🥰💝🌹🌹🌹🥳🥳🥳

[@mihaelaileanastefanescu4257]

Superb! Gratie, feminitate, profesionalism! ❤

[@florianastaicu4918]

Bravooo ,iubitele noastre gimnaste,mândria României!!!! Au trecut 20 de ani dar continuați să fiți mândria României alaturi de celelalte gimnaste dinaintea voastră și de după voi.Bravoo fete de aur!!

[@carmenandreea]

20 years later...I watch this glorious past in tears...

[@marcosleon6950]

Brillante Sofronie!!!!! Que elegancia, que estilo, que talento...

[@nadyu8432]

Congratulations to Romania team for the gold medals at the 2020 Europeans

[@claudiacontrerasgutierrez7724]

And why did not came to Tokio? Missing them not running but flyiing over there!

[@murasakino101]

@@claudiacontrerasgutierrez7724 I think iordoche was injured and they didn't have enough people to qualify a team sadly

[@constantzadavid1346]

Talent, dedicație, muncă multă și antrenori de excepție, cam duri dar rezultatele mărețe așa se obțin, mai ales în cazul țării noastre.

[@ligiaionescu8981]

Doamne ce minunii de fete ❤❤❤vă iubim pană mor,,,,,sanatate multa ❤❤❤succes viitor ❤❤❤❤santeti România ❤❤❤❤multumesc din suflet ❤❤❤❤Torino

[@apt5044]

My favourite gymnastics team of all time! Loved this Olympics. Catalina & Oana really stood out, as did Danielle, on the floor.

[@glenwoodite]

Yes, definitely artistic grace, beauty and utter skill, not the mechanical, robotic tumbles you see today.

[@arturomora1868]

Catalina ponor..belleza.. elegancia y talentosa

[@НадеждаМ-э9п]

Супер команда! Девочки просто чудо, одна лучше другой, всё чисто, красиво, очень сложные упражнения! Браво! ❤

[@redherring8929]

Whenever I am depressed and need a boost of my mood, I watch videos from the golden era of Romanian gymnastics. Gives me a good cry, but I always feel better afterwards. Thank you, girls! You were indeed the best

[@nancyharman4795]

Each nation would love to see its own team win the gold, but no matter what your nationality, it's an incredible privilege to witness gymnastics at this level. Exceptionally well done, ladies! 💖

[@margal172]

Ejecuciones maestras! Esto sí era gimnasia artística, no los robots musculosos que actualmente promueven.

[@VeroNikko]

Tienes razón, ¡Biles supera los límites!

[@VeroNikko]

@@andjelkajovanovic3014 We don't know if another gymnast will be born to match/surpass her in acrobatics....

[@andjelkajovanovic3014]

The best

[@darlenemoak63]

Great video!! Catalina Ponor has become one of my favorite gymnasts - great staying power & she just seems to be enjoying the heck out of performing!!

[@merlinoner]

Wow! Catalina Ponor was so beautiful and her routine was perfect

[@GholaTleilaxu]

Very good, strategic choice of music, they won the public and more with it. Daniela Șofronie performed on "Marbella" by Armik (Spanish Flamenco) Oana Ban performed on a version of "Conga" by Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine. Cătălina Ponor performed on a mix of "Gia" by Despina Vandi and "Egyptian Disco" by DJ Disse (the Spanish guitar, Flamenco part at the end)

[@crisandiana2567]

I remember watching the olympic games in 2004! Such a great performance!1

[@sqlcomp]

1987 floor rotation to me was the most epic of the Romanian team at the world's.

[@cecil6004]

Cu ce emotii am revazut aceste momente! Ce mult mi-as dori sa putem retrai aceste bucurii! Hai Romania!!!❤

[@madalinac9226]

Emoționant!!!

[@janethchavez]

Danza, expresión artística, ritmo y acrobacias. 👏💕 Cuánto ha cambiado el deporte desde entonces, hoy día pura acrobacia y agitar los brazos

[@LuisGonzalez-we4ie]

Eso es la escuela rumana. Se la extraña

[@wrennmyere939]

The Romanian choreography is superb!

[@donaldholderdoc2910]

Was indeed a banner year. Kind of the epitome and storyboard of the teams that were (Romanians)and the teams that were going to be(USA). Perhaps Romanians best overall team ever.

[@Dumitru-f5e]

This is artistic gymnastics, not the Soleil circus we have today. USA COULDN'T STAND TO BE AFTER ROMANIA ON PODIUMS

[@vanessacheung6475]

Sofronie, Oana Ban and Catalina Ponor. What a fantastic sequence. From great, greater, greatest. Of course Oana' s performance here has sort of went into the Hall of Fame . Bravo Romania!

[@SandraMC7]

You can say whatever you want but Romanians were and will be the best gymnasts ever. Not even the big current stars have half of the Romanian combination of beauty, grace and strength, it's just such delightful to see their performance. And the real GOAT is Nadia Comaneci!!!

[@mhinternational2203]

Exactly. 👑🇷🇴❤️🫂😁💐🥇

[@edisonpalencia5534]

Rumania, extraordinaria !

[@senseirat8893]

That crowd was going wild!!!! That's alot of Romanians in the mix! ❤❤❤ 🇷🇴 They had the whole audience clapping! 😊

[@adagross2488]

Beautiful! It looks very easy, simple and elegant....but this hard work behind...it is worthy!

[@deliaaludeini9080]

Im proud im romanian.our Girls was the best in entire world and they are a legend in gimnastic start whit Nadia Comăneci .Bravo România .

[@maia9056]

I love Oana Bans floor, it’s such a shame she didn’t get a chance to do it in event finals.

[@hennessy4666]

She deserved gold for those rotations for sure

[@ap3008]

As a young Romanjan girl watching this live…I wanted to enroll in ghmnastics right then. I think we were the best dancers besides the gymnastics.

[@margaritalex953]

Ce vremuri frumoase,ce fete exceptionale,ce exercitii superbe erau si f.dificile,ne e dor de acele momete dar din pacate nu se vor repeta!atunci traiam cu emotie fiecare evolutie,azi ne uitam detasati cum castiga alte natiuni...ce pacat!

[@swimmingboy2007]

Ce vremuri.

[@crinabodea5589]

Respect și stima pt munca acestor fete! Considerație pt BItang și BEllu! Legende! 💖🥇🏆

[@cld88808]

….Parca antrenorul Catalinei Ponor era Matei Stanei, el a descoperit o din cate stiu de la tv

[@albertomorgan2140]

No sólo son las Rumanas una de las Grandes Escuelas de gimnasia olimpica, son la Ley en esa disciplina..

[@nelsonbari3609]

Me da nostaligia que Romania ya no tenga fuerza en las actuales competencias olimpicas

[@LuisGonzalez-we4ie]

@@nelsonbari3609 se extraña ver a Rumania en los juegos Olímpicos. Ojala que vuelvan en 2024

[@ionutmihai5172]

What a team!!!!!!! Proud of these kids , back in that time !

[@spanishitalian9435]

So wonderful to watch!

[@SimonaManolescu-o4i]

BRAVO, BRAVO, BRAVO 👏👏👏!!! Fetele noastre de AUR!!! Țara mea de glorii/ Țara mea de dor...!🇷🇴❤

[@valvlad09]

Vremuri apuse..

[@ancaromescu3777]

Am plâns de emoție ! Va iubesc si va mulțumesc !❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@mihaelabanica1130]

Superb... Elegant.. Perfect~~~~~~ Iti dau lacrimile de mandrie si bucurie pt munca acestor copiii! BRAVOOO

[@georgeneagu7233]

Without a doubt, at that moment, Catalina was the best in the world, and honestly at peak, for what she did, not even Andrea Raducan would have beat her score Thank you Catalina

[@andratoma9834]

Thank you for posting this! The Romanian girls were PERFECT- they were robbed of their perfect scores!

[@octavianluncan5091]

Bravo fetelor! ❤ Mulțumim că ne purtați stindardul peste tot în lume! 🙏

[@vanessacheung6475]

A well-deserved champion. Rejoice to Romanian team.

[@francisnguyen6349]

It's amazingly Romanian Artistic Gymnastics performance floor exercise routine.

[@mamabear8516]

So proud to have these girls be our champs❤

[@vanessacheung7781]

Only the Russians can compete eye to eye with the fabulous Romanians in FX routine, IMO

[@eiraremejeene]

That looking down pose of Oana Ban at the beginning of her routine is such a moment. :D

[@MsJubjubbird]

too bad about that second tumbling pass. She could have won an AA medal had she not gotten hurt then

[@aiurea1]

Romania is to gimnastics what Brazil is to football. But we are doing now less and less gimnastics. It's very hard

[@sequiaonda78]

Always is a joy to watch Catalina.

[@mariemcewan159]

Absolutely breathtaking and beautiful thank you ❤❤❤❤🌹🌻🌹🍀xx

[@edisonpalencia5534]

El equipo de Rumanía siempre son extraordinaria, sin quitarle merito a otras Naciones, todas son maravillosas !

[@leandrasegard1777]

I"ve always found them outstanding by their technique level and elegance. 🎉🎉🎉

[@RAFAAMARILLAS]

Belu has the magic, Romania’s got the gold!

[@RAFAAMARILLAS]

@D Leo really?

[@saragrant9749]

Belu is a demon spawn monster who should be in prison for abusing so many athletes.

[@cld88808]

….Or Matei Stanei coach Catalina Ponor?

[@alwaysyogaly]

Catalina è una Bomba!!!...🥰🙏🤸🤸👍👍👍🤗

[@debora2604]

beautiful all three performances, enjoyed every bit of it. Well done Romania. You deserve a medal. Well done to the girls. Best team as described by the spokesperson.

[@alexandrachiritescu5352]

I hope we can be that good again one day ❤️

[@jordansefton]

I would LOVE to see more of these. They’re all so “epic” in their own ways😍

[@josewellington7547]

Saudades desse evento. Pura força das atletas. Lindas ,blessed

[@lilianaprina5991]

Catalina is the last performer which it brings more pressur, she needs to score higher and she kills it. What a perfect body control, I would have giving her a 10 for sure. It was perfect.

[@siletsahar]

I miss the strong Romanian team... they always were the best! And it's so satisfying watching the usa team disappointed 😂

[@luzs.1845]

Oana Ban was insane 😱😱😱

[@kp395]

Not only the gymnasts were focused, the audiences were also ON FIRE! Clapping along the routines and big applause at the end of each of them. A very exciting team final ! By the way, the triple spin step out of Sofronie was so elegantly done. And Catalina 's performance felt like a big finale to this spectacular team competition.

[@worldartgym]

We were indeed a great crowd (I was there)! It was an electric moment, even xx years ago I remember it vividly! 😆

[@kp395]

@@worldartgym I really do appreciate the passion of the audience towards the athletes! It does flavour the whole competition to a whole new level.

[@ekadistem9913]

Just beautiful..

[@lorenapimenta6930]

Wow that brought back memories of watching the summer Olympics my parents old tv with the crappie bunny ear antena 🤯👏👏

[@MsJubjubbird]

When your third strongest athlete on the apparatus wins the Olympic silver medal you know you're in a good position

[@LaurenSnowofLondon]

I love how Terin is living her best life enjoying watching the Romanian team and the rest of the US team are visibly feeling their defeat.