Mykayla Skinner (13) | 2010 Nastia Liukin Supergirl Cup

[@mashajacaranda807]

Wow you can see her power and talent on floor and vault, and also her general focused and poised demeanor (I adimire that about her, her mental strength and consistency). And you can also see how hard she worked on bars since then

[@givipixie]

Honestly she was so good!! Im really glad she made it to the olympics.

[@saragrant9749]

If she only knew the amazing journey she would embark on in the sport… world champion team member TWICE, heartbreak as an Olympic alternate in 2016, stellar collegiate career and then an Olympic silver medalist!! What a legend.

[@zombieloveproductions]

My heart ❤. I love this “old home video”

[@ainelawlor5755]

Wow she had awesome energy then 👏 I'm so happy she got that sliver medal 🏅

[@TheGreenSweater]

Almost another lifetime later, her dream of going to the Olympics came true!

[@vandecirprizon2590]

Tem que tirar o chapéu é determinada com 13 anos fora de série orgulho

[@JB-sg1vy]

She had better form here on some events than as an elite

[@justlina2769]

But, exact SAME form on her back acro series on the beam. Also her technique on her turn on the beam never changed from what it was here. Just totally interesting.

[@BDjoetaxi1999]

I recall her talking about having tight tendons- not good flexibility. More difficult to keep legs looking straight and flexing ankles fully. I think she did the best she could with what she was working with 😅

[@Its_Elise_C]

She is international elite here she is just a junior

[@jurgenschur9210]

A very talented and beautiful girl. She remembers me at Nadia Comaneci, a famous girl from Romania, many years ago. In any case, I wish her much success furthermore and never to have an accident.

[@Defosaur]

her choreo was better at 13 than as an adult lol

[@TheGreenSweater]

Thx for posting!

[@gymnast0811]

I can’t believe she was doing all this crazy stuff at 13. I’m 13 and I’m in platinum 😂

[@Diana-kk6qz]

Does it ever make you feel sad? I’m definitely upset sometimes.. I’m 13 and platinum too

[@gymnast0811]

@@Diana-kk6qz a little, but then I remember that it is EXTREMELY rare to see 13 year olds at her level and that most people my age would be in platinum too.

[@lvega5606]

​@Diana-kk6qz it doesn't matter where you start but where you finish. Kathy Johnson didn't even begin gymnastics until age 12 and became an Olympian at 24. These days, women do gymnastics into their 30s, so there's no rush.

[@gymnast0811]

@@lvega5606 yeah, I’m just amazed at her talent. Thanks tho! 😊

[@yooowhatsgood]

I truly believe if they would've invested in her bars forms she would've been in any all around competition, specifically her releases which could've given her a much higher start value, she clearly had power which she could've used to make up for lack of flexibility, they really did wrong not investing in those type of skills

[@surgeon1016]

Prior to her catching Covid she was supposed to have a bars routine that was meant to be the most difficult bars routine but she never got a chance to compete it as Covid has weakened her a little bit so her bars wasn’t as difficult as they had originally planned

[@amethyst5512]

@@surgeon1016difficultly was never her issue. It was her form & technique. She was never going to be a true AA factor in the field she competed in unless she had taken the time to improve it.

[@janetslater129]

I wonder when she started doing her vault with just the one hand.

[@andreagrey6097]

When she realized she couldn't get the Cheng around doing it correctly lol

[@jameswhitelaw7363]

@@andreagrey6097 not necessarily, i don’t remember ever seeing her compete a half on half off, but the same issues could have happened when she learnt that vault too, i think it was a issue of very very early twisting which thank goodness she fixed in her last year competing

[@kktypescript2137]

@@andreagrey6097 lol she lost so much time trying to cheat it. I think she started the one handed cheng around 2013. 7 short years later she figured it out

[@soapygirl83]

Her coaches claim that they just wanted her to work on difficulty and that she would get bored. Working on fixing incorrect technique and I think that really impacted her

[@melissaclark6578]

Wow! She’s come a long way. She looks so different now. No facial comparison from a child to teen to adult because it would look like 3 different people! She looks so different now!

[@undefinedd1147]

Yup that's the 10 layers of makeup

[@johnvelas70]

she had the same "just let me live thru this" face before her routines as she does now

[@Smielyb2000]

Her form never got better. It actually got worse smh

[@nszxvz]

be fr

[@matthewhines9787]

It is at this point I wish WOGA or preferably Chow had gotten her to change gyms. They could've calmly progressed her skill level while improve her basics.

[@anovemberstar]

Not many people look completely different as a child to what they look like as an adult. But she does. I can't even see a flicker of her adult face in young Mykayla

[@Cmc995]

I can see it, without her lashes or makeup

[@kbird6208]

It's more obvious in profile

[@laurenbonn3651]

I can see it in her smile, she has the same smile

[@anastasiarogich7839]

Are you serious.. she looks just like her adult self. She doesn’t have makeup on-she’s a child.

[@DJcyberslash]

Maybe she wears a lot of makeup nowadays

[@bethmissbenett]

Awww, baby Ma kay may

[@gidgetgucci4578]

I like watching Women's Gymnastics, Mykayla did a Good job doing it ... 🙂

[@gidgetgucci4578]

🙂👍

[@gidgetgucci4578]

😊

[@angeliastone-tolcher2386]

before she was a superstar

[@vandecirprizon2590]

Linda graciosa e espetacular brilhante ginasta

[@cherylsosciacassidy6701]

Well that was adorable

[@amalexander7711]

Just realized. Isn’t this the same floor music that Carly Patterson used?

[@marcpamp962]

I'm amazed at the instant speed that gymnasts get on take off into a jump and the height they get from it, beside the amazing memory it takes to get a routine down like they do

[@edavids7254]

She's so beautiful

[@rosataylor9278]

‘she’s done camps at the ranch’ didnt age well

[@kennethhowell5291]

Good performance! Great job! Great girl! Yay for her trainer and her parents also!

[@bekahwren]

The ponytail 😄

[@wallyohrel9086]

I m going to try this tomorrow, don't tell anyone. What I'm going to do.🍺

[@georgelammers4751]

Practice makes perfect

[@shamyiagilbert9652]

youtube petty

[@aliciadear]

her lack of flexibility is so apparent in her leaps omg

[@kirbywebb]

my favorite gymnast ever!

[@isabellemyzer1807]

What music is this?

[@wheresbaby7783]

All the Top girls can do at 13 what they do when they go to the Olympics all of them pretty much

[@Katelovesanimalsmost2134]

Yeah ..at 13 this isnt that crazy ...for these girls. Look at Jenny Thompson and Dominique Moceanu..DM was national champ at 14 and doing triple backs off bars at 9

[@Cmc995]

This floor music will always remind me of Tasha Schwikert

[@susandilaudo9534]

100%

[@beambreaker]

No question! That middle part I can see every part of the dance in my head! Lol

[@Shane_2022]

I love her

[@danieltello1179]

Graceful Perfection Beautiful!!! Solid Stick!!! Perfect 10!!! 🔥🌹❤️ Go For The 🪙🥇!!!

[@shootergal5]

Wow time flies man!!

[@surlywithfabshoes]

I like watching the Olympic gymnasts when they were just little squirts. So cute!

[@ManfredPohl-uu1xd]

super

[@ajoajo701]

👍👍👍

[@beambreaker]

This music has Tasha Swaggart all over it

[@amethyst5512]

She looks so much better without all the lashes & excessive makeup. She looks so fake now.

[@abigailjaison6423]

Nice

[@hushhush8461]

Супер кьют)

[@ГришаКостинян]

Helo love you

[@nikereebokpuma3406]

Would love to be her brother!

[@gidgetgucci4578]

🙂👍

[@eurekamreum5458]

So her leaps and splits were always bad lol

[@RossOttaway]

Your are very good wot u do

[@MrReed314]

She is The Mykayla Skinner?..She did have the trademark FX power..

[@autumnwishes8364]

My least favorite gymnast

[@vicinvesta8349]

She is not Nasty Looking at all !

[@Charity_never_Faileth]

I can definitely see how someone could screw up and give too strong of an opinion on overall gymnasts. Having watched gymnastics for decades I've felt that much of the technique has gone out the window and tricks, overall strength has become more important, but this is coming from a dancer who used to find gymnastics so beautiful and pro- dance quality, with things like pointed toes, full splits, fluid movements. THINGS HAVE CHANGED, and not so much for the better but in SOME ways yes for the better as they are changing things to be safer for gymnasts, and not pushing being hyper-flexible, as it is bad for the joints. The attacks on this girl are unwarranted in my opinion, she apologized, she was a high profile person and her words are going to be scrutinized and taken to heart and personally, but... she is entitled to her opinion and I doubt anyone would have flinched if Simone left and did NOT compete again and said the technique was overall bad and quality wasn't good at the tryouts (again speaking generally), the news would have agreed with her! It's politics and who's more popular at the time that make words better or worse...

[@Mia_M]

It’s not just her recent comments though that people have an issue with. I don’t care how old anyone is, you don’t excuse r*cism.

[@Charity_never_Faileth]

@@Mia_MI didn’t hear her saying anything criticizing other races, just making a general criticism of the effort the women made in the trials. It’s not as good as it used to be. I think like her, aside from Simone, the technique is flawed and mostly because of lack of effort.

[@Mia_M]

@@Charity_never_Failetha lot came out about the stuff she used to post online

[@onlythewise1]

blonde pretty and all nonwhite so jealous

[@АндрейКаменев-э4ш]

Грязное исполнение, при вращении уводит, оступается.

[@randomvintagefilm273]

Ma Kay Kay? I think she is a little too old for that

[@JuicyFashion11]

I thought they shaved their legs… I’d be embarrassed for a zoom on my legs for something that’s gonna stick around forever on tv

[@sarahcollins1418]

Keep in mind, she’s only 13 years old!!

[@JuicyFashion11]

@@sarahcollins1418 well… it’s not like o told her to hit her bikini line…. But, with someone on a professional side or anything on national TV/Media, you aim for the part which is something that will also help the LEO slip. There are gymnastics shaving well before 13 even not on the professional side. And it’s not like that’s the only option to remove it.

[@junglesuperstar9270]

@@JuicyFashion11 you must be put in jail , pervert

[@philmccracken2534]

She has always been so clunky on floor! You’re supposed to make this look effortless, not like you’re about to break!

[@lesliebennett4366]

That’s her lack of flexibility

[@Thunderpaws111]

She is 13! Time to enhance her artistry.

[@philmccracken2534]

@@Thunderpaws111 Mykayla is not 13 lol she is in her mid twenties I believe 🥴

[@Thunderpaws111]

I stand corrected!!

[@АлькаЛоцман]

Russian gymnasts are much better ! Russian girls are champions !

[@tanithschneider3051]

Nah, Russian gymnasts are not that great anymore.