Nastia Liukin - Vault - 2008 Olympics All Around

[@justincartwright252]

Sports isn't always about having the biggest tricks, but doing your tricks to perfection. Nastia did that. Good form, clean landing, boom.

[@vettegaddia6234]

Justin Cartwright That was the very best V Nastia has ever done...perfect form and nailed the landing standing it up straight. That V won Nastia the AA.

[@vettegaddia6234]

Vette gaddia Without that V, she would be in the silver medal position, no doubt.

[@GeometricMason]

I think she has actually said that was the first and last time she ever nailed a vault.

[@maia9056]

Vette gaddia Well she won by 6 tenths, so it didn’t come down to vault.

[@thegreenskittle]

Agreed! There was a lot of intelligent planning from Valeri. He knew it's not her strongest event, so they did a relatively easy one, but made sure to do it as perfectly as possible, then focus their attention on her advantage, which is her flexibility, and channeling their effort into a super high bars score. Brilliant move.

[@tyer1997]

I just want to point out that her legs were squeezed together from the very beginning, taking off from the springboard.. Not many American gymnasts do that now a days. She was absolutely perfect that night.

[@patem7379]

since Nastia no other gymnast from the United States gives a damn about the aesthetics of the leg and feet position while performing their technical elements, it shows how much she cared in a tiny work that most of the gymnasts and fans didn't mattered

[@lydiabuercklin4646]

@@patem7379 Simone's vault has some of the best leg/feet aesthetics I've seen. She does slightly cross her feet, but other than that it's pretty darn close to perfect.

[@emmsy9295]

@@lydiabuercklin4646 No, Simone does ridiculously hard vaults with great power but her form is not that great. imgur.com/a/vHNYuS0

[@bethanymclean2136]

@@emmsy9295 I'd argue Gabby Douglas and Mykayla Maroney both had great vaulting form. For some reason Gabbys vaults look better in slow motion than they do in real time.

[@LivingInElysium]

@@bethanymclean2136 Yes, McKayla for sure!

[@nathaliexlr8]

May be low difficulty but that form was exquisite and many times better than any today. I couldn't find anything to deduct from her form.

[@kamilaford5752]

The only deduction I see is a very very slight pike of the body in the air, but other than that her form is perfect. I don't understand where the judges see nearly 5 tenths in deductions.

[@ItzKatieRoleplays]

Ya the pike is one but you have to see that even Simone Biles gets deductions for height on vault and Nastia didn't go that high either so she got alot there

[@melodypond1003]

nathaliexlr8 ; still a blind landing

[@jjh2456]

@@kamilaford5752 it’s a tiny pike though.

[@bellab1142]

@@jjh2456 they literally said "very VERY slight pike" ..................

[@AndrewHokanson]

Nastia made vault look elegant and effortless, never see that nowadays.

[@skitzo429]

+Andrew H. You don't see people doing vaults that easy nowdays.

[@lorelaim3294]

Mckayla Maroney's vaults were elegant. She was extremely fluid in the air and had the difficulty that goes along as well.

[@MarkiNani]

Lorelai M Maroney is the last elegant gymnast

[@MarkiNani]

Lorelai M *Last elegant *AMERICAN* gymnast. Russians are so elegant

[@meu4972]

Have you ever watched NCAA Gymnastics on Vault?

[@maryanneevans9563]

Perfection. Nastia put so much grace and beauty in her work.

[@stellargymnastics9982]

Ah, the days when you could cleanly execute a 1.5 twisting Yurchenko and win an AA...now girls are killing themselves to have an Amanar just to try and contend for an AA medal.

[@Elong.]

And slacking on UB

[@kamilaford5752]

God I hate this new code so much, perfection like this isn't being rewarded. The idea of being able to do less difficult routines, but executing them perfectly has been thrown in the trash for dangerously difficult skills with atrocious form.

[@skitzo429]

+kamila Ford If the code didn't promote higher difficulty over time people would still be doing full twisting yurchenkos and elite gymnastics would look like NCAA.

[@kamilaford5752]

+skitzo429 To be honest, I prefer perfect form and a stuck landing on a full Yurchenko more than poor form and steps/hope on a double or two and a half Yurchenko. Of course there are gymnasts who have perfect form on the harder Yurchenkos so it's all subjective I guess.

[@quokpaka8365]

Nastia could only win with a 1.5 twisting yurchenko because she could compensate it with her huge bar routine. (And that code clearly prefered bar workers: Nastia had a 7.7 sv which was ungettable on the other aparatus without nearly killing themselves). She wouldn't have won without this advantage, so you can't really say that.

[@VendelaTarrents]

That was flawless

[@ItzKatieRoleplays]

Not really. She barley got any height, she piked at her landing, and she didn't block enough

[@Chelseacaps]

I love that on vault, Nastia focuses on execution rather than difficulty, its refreshing to see!

[@singsongeric]

She's stuck this vault in other competitions but this was the most emphatic stick ever and set the tone for the rest of the night. I'm actually surprised this scored lower than her prelims vault where she took a little step.

[@MrErinholbert]

Such a beautiful gymnast. Her lines, grace and style are amazing.

[@SPohl-zy4rz]

The very definition of a perfect vault. Amazing. So clean and precise.

[@bbhouk1]

This is part of the reason I really like Nastia on vault. Unlike basically every other gymnast, she actually has INCREDIBLE form in the air, with her legs glued together and toes pointed. Nearly everyone else has their legs crossed and overlapping and their toes slightly flexed. Not the most difficult vault, by any means, but did you see that execution score? That's really high for the nitpicky judges of today.

[@Mel__21]

by far the best vault I've ever seen this chic does the best landing too on every thing

[@annajohnson308]

Watch Simone Biles or Mckayla Maroney vault and they'll do an entire flip on top of this.

[@Mel__21]

Freja Dabney oh lol I meant like just from her like throughout her career alone

[@SoCalhco221]

Almost 5 tenths deducted?? That was perfection!!!

[@josephqualtier961]

they probably took height .1 distance .1 hip angle .1 and crossed toes and seperated legs in the preflight .1 .1

[@JennaLeigh]

That may be the most beautiful vault I've ever seen her perform. I still gasp at the landing!

[@canyoustop5731]

I had never noticed how clickbait-y the thumbnail was😂

[@MyAvrilLavigneFan999]

the vault was so perfect and underscored!

[@jfeathe1211]

One of the best vaults of all time.

[@misoginainternalizadaopres7131]

Simple and perfect, just as the old days

[@adrianops7]

The translation for this vault, in every single way: Perfection.

[@thegreenskittle]

Something about Nastia really fascinates me. A lot of people (myself too) would do great during practice or less important competitions, but then fumble with the most important thing due to being nervous under pressure. She does the opposite. She focused on what she wanted even while knowing Shawn was the favorite to win AA gold, trained hard, ignored the naysayers, AND delivered her absolute best performance on the most important routine of her life. For each of her routine on aa day, I don't think she ever did better in any previous competition, except maybe bars dismount where there were a few times when she didn't take a big step. Her mental fortitude really impresses me how she can deliver under pressure instead of caving

[@30251]

considering the really rocky seasons she had leading up to the olympics, how she was constantly being portrayed as an old injured has-been...she really just showed up and did her work quietly. love her

[@ivybaseli0127]

This was the moment she knew that this was her night

[@RP9_rp9]

her landings are freakin perfect dude!!!! don’t see that much 😭😭😭😭

[@kururugi8221]

THERE IT IS!! The song Break the Sword of Justice is playing in the background 🥰

[@darklight1030]

The most elegant and artistic vault out there!

[@yoni9984]

wow that was perfect

[@sandraanne1490]

That Is The Best Vault Routine I've Ever Seen In My Whole Life.... Crazy Performance .. Speed Details Grace And That Landing Is Better Than Any Plane 👸👸👸👸👸❤️❤️❤️❤️ 10 Years And I'm Still In Love With It

[@allisonle8596]

Blind landing. Absolute perfection!

[@nathaliexlr8]

Underscored.

[@jimenadominguez9860]

I wouldn't say really underscored because her dfficulty isn't really that high and even though she had a perfect landing and made no mistake in the air she didn't get much height when she pushed off the table so that's why her execution wasn't closer to being perfect. if you want to see real height watch a Makayla Maroney vault.

[@nathaliexlr8]

Jimena Dominguez I don't think it should amount to nearly 5 tenths.

[@kamilaford5752]

+nathaliexlr8 The most the judges could take for lack of height is one tenth, I don't understand where the other four tenths come from. The only other place I can see a possible deduction, is a slight pike in the air, but still her form is near perfect. Definitely underscored in my opinion.

[@nathaliexlr8]

kamila Ford Exactly.

[@yoni9984]

murthyna1 She doesn't need to get such a height like Simone because her routine is simple compared to Simone who needs that air because her routine is much more difficult

[@huajie666liu8]

Do what you can to perfection. That is what she did.

[@kras118]

I had a feeling at this moment that she was going to win when it was all said and done.....she had that fire!

[@ninachavez8020]

this was nastias' day

[@jacquicanfield9865]

Wow, that was beautiful.

[@thegreenskittle]

she's a great gymnast, but Valeri is truly a brilliant strategist. He maximized showcasing her strengths (flexibility on bars, artistry that emphasize her body lines), and on her weaker event (vault), he didn't push her too hard. Instead of forcing her to do a vault that's too difficult and risking more injury or doing it imperfectly, they just focused on execution. Shawn may have had higher difficulty on vault, but the execution was not great (underrotated). With her perfect executions on almost all the routines, Nastia was able to chip away at Shawn's vault advantage, then get a huge boost on bars. Hats off to Valeri for great planning and Nastia for her ambitions.

[@louiethemouse]

Dang, this was perfect!

[@donaldholderdoc2910]

This THE most underscored vault in Olympics history! That was spectacular. But even with that, her stick in this event and the beam won her the AA Gold.

[@fulladoubt]

Ugh....Nastia...I miss your gymnastics :)

[@knocturna9731]

The deductions came from the block and the slight pike in the air. Still think the score should have been higher. Phenomenally done.

[@msms68]

I'm happy she won...im very excited for the games this summer to see who will take the gold!

[@12macko10]

The music goes along perfectly.

[@ashleang6056]

the thumbnail 😂😂😂

[@milayalyuda1]

I Love her gymnastics ❤

[@shanekilpatrick3378]

Nailed the landing. Nadia couldn’t have done better 👍🏻

[@karlishajames4394]

Yeah when she landed that vault so perfectly she knew she was on!! I loved her style it merged 2 nations .

[@camilaosorio2623]

BEAUTIFUL!!;););)

[@marloesss10]

Where are the deductions? And the most stupid part is the judges get away with that. Perfect vault, not a perfect 10. The execution score should have been at least 9.80

[@hannibaljustincase9985]

lack of height, bent arms, piking on landing

[@juliay3333]

Stick it goals

[@kjmo10]

This is so stupid because she got a higher score during Quals, and that vault wasn't even near to perfect as this one

[@jellybelly715]

nastia's landing was just perfect no doubt about it!

[@Goldenlocks1998]

That was an amazing landing

[@teuannahodge9192]

You go girl

[@mht4908]

I found at most 3 tenths off, and that was being harsh based on the 2006-08 code. How did the judges score her lower here than in her qualifications where she took a step? No idea where the rest of the deductions came from, but doesn't matter anyway since she won

[@stephensurveski4409]

NOTHING IS IMPOSIBLE IF YOU BELIEVE nastia said that

[@jjh2456]

Score aside, she did what she needed to do on this event because on bars and beam was where she was going to put it away. Vault was never her favorite event, but she did what she had to do and yes the score was correct and it was the score she wanted.

[@angelagotz729]

0:47 Does anyone know what that music in the background is? It's so beautiful:)

[@frozenriver2008]

Break the sword of justice

[@angelagotz729]

@frozenrivers2008 Thank you so much!:)

[@cheyenne8180]

What's the Floor music called in the background?

[@kris78787]

She sure stuck her landings though! Amazing!

[@jorgepda]

i could watch this vault forever

[@goodyougetastar]

okay... but who was on floor absolutely nailing that 2.5 punch half

[@eastrun]

It looked perfect.

[@cookiesareyum1043]

Does anyone know what the background floor music is??

[@dai-f4s]

break the sword of justice, tsubasa reservoir chronicle soundtrack

[@kristoferlaguardia9477]

Holy crap legend

[@MrJpman2]

It's hard to believe this was probably the last vault she's ever done

[@brettpresents]

Does anyone know who is doing there floor routine in this vid

[@aarulf]

yes she was. The team finals was before the AA and that is when she won the team silver medal

[@JillyTheGymnast]

I love when Tim says "Fellow olympic gold medalist." She wasn't even an olympic medalist yet. :) :) :)

[@sara-yf2vk]

I was this video's 2000ths like :)

[@caitlinoconnell9883]

Judges, where were the +.4 in deductions? Lack of height and distance?

[@lilaelizabeth2674]

The max for height is 0.3 but I would definitely take 0.2 MAX, distance was fine, I’m still searching for the other 2.5 tenths lmao

[@yellowdayz1800]

Perfect.

[@FernandoMartinez-ns1wf]

Perfect 10.

[@MyAvrilLavigneFan999]

great pretty leotard!

[@Tigerheiress]

It is

[@GeometricMason]

She looked great that night. Although in recent years she has said "Hot pink leo with a hot pink scrunchy... what was I thinking?"

[@MyAvrilLavigneFan999]

@@GeometricMason really?

[@steveb.7278]

Can we revisit this and talk about how drastically underscored this was haha I remember laughing when I saw how many deductions they took from this. Can anyone break down where all the deductions were?

[@nomisgilakudy8438]

sticked it nast no woner you got gold

[@tatilalima2874]

Perfeita

[@ednajay5724]

I just want to point out that the thumbnail of this video is unnecessarily risque

[@karenKristal]

how come she lost more than 4 tenths?

[@liceous]

+karenKristal i believe the judges took off due to lack of amplitude. but i watched the slow-mo replay, it's hard to find any form errors... if you pause right before she lands, you can see a leg separation, though.

[@krisagathos89]

+liceous lack of amplitude in the sense that the vault wasnt high or long enough?

[@liceous]

+Chris Anthopoulos honestly idk but I've heard commentators talk about vertical height off the table and distance from the table

[@krisagathos89]

+liceous i know for a fact that there such deductions nowadays but wasnt sure if they existed back then.

[@nathaliexlr8]

+karenKristal Practically everyone said that she was way underscored on her AA vault. Even those who favoured Shawn said that Nastia was underscored here.

[@jamestonbellajo]

Anyone else hear Break the Sword of Justice from Tsubasa Chronicle when Nastia starts running? I remember it was used for someone’s floor exercise. I think she was from an Eastern European country.

[@Tensillyreys]

Pena has landed it in competition, off the top of my head I don't remember the name of the competition, but it was with a very deep squat. So with the execution deductions, any other vault would probably get her a significantly higher score.

[@mariamerchant5373]

PERCECT

[@fruilibrum]

Slight leg separation onto the table and a TINY TINY bit off-center... that's all I saw... that was amazing.

[@Kata397533]

@cwaykid2 I agree Shawn does a lot harder stuff, but her execution is sometimes inconsistent. She underotated quite a lot on her AA vault

[@anngranit4794]

His heart jumpd so high ;)

[@L5593]

How did the judges find ANY deductions in that!?

[@lilaelizabeth2674]

I saw a little of bent arms 0.05-0.1 off and probably 0.15-0.2 in height but that’s at LEAST a 15.25/15.3 vault. It was her best vault I’ve ever seen from her

[@faeryquene]

Would've been a 10.00 in the '80s. Deserved a 9.70 or 9.80 her in E score imo.

[@morgangreenlee2091]

Clean!!!

[@kras118]

Absolutely- we're all mentioning how he meant one thing, but just made a simple error

[@louiethemouse]

I totally agree!

[@lilaelizabeth2674]

To this day I’m still trying to find the 4 tenths off🤣

[@steveb.7278]

Lol @ the judges finding more than 0.4 deductions. In what world

[@kjmo10]

I try to open my eyes as much as I can, and a see NOO errors, that was literally perfect. The only thing not perfect about this vault is that maybe it was not very high. Other tan that it was just perfect!!!!! This should've been a 15.400 or a 15.300

[@adamkrusemark5211]

go nastia lukin nice vault

[@Bubbaaaaa101]

How many times have she fell on any events?

[@jameswhitelaw7363]

how did they find anywhere to deduct

[@ShawnVikaKomova2012]

I realize, but you are not understanding my point. There was no 2005-2008 CoP. There was a 2006-2008 CoP though. 2005 was the last year in which they utilized the perfect 10 system.

[@mariaaishere]

Wow nice landing! :)

[@Zara-ej4lu]

What is that thing she is wearing in her hand while doing vault?

[@kras118]

probably a wrist guard. Many gymnasts will wear something around their wrists (that may wrap around the thumb) in order to help alleviate the pressure

[@Zara-ej4lu]

I think those are tiger paw wrist guards Anyways Thanks

[@olive12121]

I only saw that her feet were slightly apart in midair at one part of it, and that she bent her knees prematurely. Where did the rest come from?

[@MeenaLei]

@JillyTheGymnast he was talking about her dad

[@faeryquene]

That's not a mistake. Her legs are still tight and together. Virtually no leg separation except a very slight one on the pre-flight.

[@ericyu2270]

In the 2005-2008 CoP, the Yurchenko 3/2 was worth 5.5, now in the 2009-2012 and 203-2016 CoP, it's only worth 5.3.