Olympic Champions - Athens 2004 Team - Romania - Part 1 of 2

[@libercuratfiresc2315]

Romania was outstanding in Athens. Good execution and super difficulty!

[@pakopaez]

And artistic.

[@vilcudoina4955]

A făcut istoriei în gimnastica românească! Felicitări! Felicitări! Felicitări! Mulțumim pentru toată evoluția ta şi pentru toată munca depusă ! La mulți ani, sănătoşi, frumoşi şi fericiţi, Cătălina Ponor !

[@cherylcheung5588]

Romania team FOREVER ❤️🌷❤️

[@Seven35888]

Such beautiful extension and flexibility in Catalina’s legs when she goes in for step out layouts. One of the best bean workers ever!!!

[@ralucagymnast]

This Romanian team were absolutely incredible; they were so well prepared. Every one fantastic. Now that Belu is back maybe we will see stars like these girls again? I hope so:)

[@xrictinagymnastics]

Many people say that 2000 the Romanians won because of the Russian mistakes. It's probably true but noone can say the same about them in 2004. The 2004 romanian team was simply the best team in those Olympics.

[@sktzn6829]

Yeah the 2000 team barely won over the Russians, but the 2004 team was untouchable. It was a competition to see who would take silver and bronze.

[@dougraddi908]

Dominant when people lose they always find an excuse

[@soledadferrer1325]

But staying on the apparatus is part of the game! I don't believe in the "she won because the other fell", since the prize is awarded to the athlete who performs well under pressure, that is fair I think. It is part of the mental game to deliver when it matters. That is why I prefer the old scoring system, a mistake changed the outcome, competitions were much more exciting!

[@alessiacojocaru863]

xrictinagymnastics yes

[@mikeg4576]

They were definitely way better than Worlds 2003.

[@getatoma5754]

O echipa bine organizata a câștigat aurul olimpic. Felicitări dragilor.

[@theimpalervlad8920]

these girls are flying omg... incredible

[@pearlestrada5822]

My favorite team ever..

[@wkwk3632]

You are amazing Catalina

[@wkwk3632]

I like how they call Catalina a floor specialst.Has anyone ever noticed her on the BB.At her rate she may become the best the world will have ever seen.Larisa Iordache too.

[@catalinagrecu5636]

Wonderful Girls, bravo and thank you fir everything Girls.

[@alexzjay]

Eremia's dismount is beautiful.

[@MsJubjubbird]

The American commentators didn't say one thing about Eremia's routine. The BRitish commentators give lots of detail

[@lesandres23]

They look pretty...delicate... Not ordinary like the US

[@OanaBanOfficial]

😍😍🤸🏼‍♀️🤸🏼‍♀️❤️❤️Very nice moments!

[@RogelioDominguez-e9j]

Spectacular performance . The best gymnast on balance beam with so many intricate Acrobatic acts . Catalina ponor.

[@TheRomanitza]

this is art!!!

[@mustihanciorabai1363]

Mușețel

[@Claudius123]

Actually, Romania wasn't the main favourite to win the gold that year. Yes, they were the reigning champions and had the best reputation since 1976 but after Sydney the entire gold team of Amanar,Răducan and Olaru retired and B&B needed to build a brand new team in less than 2 years between various press scandals. It was a though challenge for them. From that moment Romania started the slow but sure decline of its system until the catastrophic 2016. They lost the world title in 2003 to USA after 10 years of dominance. The only gymnasts that seemed capable of acheiveing gold were Ponor and Munteanu. Munteanu went out due to injuries just before the Games and Romania wasn't seen as a certain favourite. The discipline of B&B got the gold, not the mistakes of the Americans and Russians. But...in 2005 the actual team was disolved again, only Ponor remaining in the field. B&B retired and the decline really started.

[@soledadferrer1325]

Yeah, but since 2000 Belu had declared that their system would not survive unless there was a change, specially on the allocation of resources to the small clubs. I hope their current " tare, tare"project succeeds, there are already some talents emerging.

[@jorgeantonioreinoso7579]

Soledad Ferrer these are very good news. This year 2020 could damage the progress of the juniors and new seniors

[@soledadferrer1325]

@@jorgeantonioreinoso7579 this is a weird year for sure.

[@kalaway]

Their bars feel very tight, but amazing beam!

[@tariqwaheed2981]

Nadia .Olga .Elena mukhina were very fast and perfect on uneven bars even today's athlete can't compare with them

[@jgsh8062]

I think Nadia and Elena were better than Olga. Olga seemed to struggle casting to handstand

[@kras118]

so true!!

[@volinakis]

@ralucagymnast she/he (but I bet on "she") had another comment about Oana Ban and her look, and now that comment is removed or edited. Usually I don't react in this way but the comment was beyond the common sense.

[@ralucagymnast]

@volinakis I think you misunderstood what she/he meant by "ugly"; she meant that their bars routines were ugly, with bended knees, she didnt mean that the Romanian gymnasts were ugly;)

[@johnhenry4113]

Poor picture quality

[@Sandra-zu4ff]

The video is over 15 year old , it’s the 2004 Olympics

[@MagicalMukhina]

I love Romanian gymnastics. But this team were nowhere near as good as previous teams that came before them.

[@dumitriuflorinel1957]

Era mai interesant cu comentariu în limba română.

[@lucasblackburn3178]

Those poor girls abused all those years Stand up already!!!!! The American women finally did! It’s beyond Nasar it’s the coaches who let that happen!

[@justiniantbh]

Daniela Sofronie was lovely on bars imo :)

[@cj222100]

I really like the second girl's beam mount into that crazy pose. That was really different. Never seen that before.

[@pakopaez]

alexandra eremina

[@kaioemanuel1939]

best olympic team EVER! love them

[@CandidoMembrebe]

Nice beautiful gymnastic performance courtesy of the Romanian team thank you for showing this video God bless...

[@lilianabartosi7356]

Cele mai grațioase și elegante gimnaste din lume!... A, să nu uităm că sunt FOARTE BUNE!! 🇷🇴❤️

[@lilianacuciureanu7432]

Sunt din Romania- 🇷🇴👏👏👏👏👏

[@lilianabartosi7356]

@@lilianacuciureanu7432 👍🥳

[@Frensis26]

"I keep waiting for them to make a mistake" Classy.

[@knequestrian93]

Frensis26 that's NBC for you.. nothing but class😒

[@kori6804]

Romanian legends 💪💪

[@enricos.4993]

Eremia was beautiful on beam

[@luzmariag1433]

Quisiera que algún día Rumania vuelva a ser campeón por equipos en gimnasia artística en unos juegos queridos y tengan de eterno rival a Russia.

[@regirockboy]

I Love catalina ponor... Go cata., ❤️

[@alexandrezaptiedopoulos7514]

Puterea noastră, națiunea noastră România este în creștere din ce în ce mai mult când văd țara mea progresând și aplaudând la nesfârșit bah spun că nu există niciun cuvânt 🙏🙏🇷🇴 Haï România 🇷🇴

[@adrianciobanu5856]

România dispare nu progresează

[@antonprodan1646]

❤

[@catalinagrecu5636]

What kind of stupid gives dislakes to some thing like this?

[@cuddlesdizzy028]

love the romanians

[@Tifa161]

I absolutely love every single one of them😍 the way they competed together and even separately was so inspiring they’re so beautiful to watch😍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍

[@murdok1119]

Last girl on the uneven bars amazing beautiful to watch

[@browniechua2830]

This team was my favorite, they almost got the golds, but not in AA, and bars

[@leakeber2776]

Outstanding, impeccable performances. Nadia Comanecci would be proud...... 👌👌💛💛

[@lilianacuciureanu7432]

Este mandra , are urmare pe măsură ei , hai România !!!!! 🇷🇴👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@TheRomanitza]

talent and hard work they truly deserved to win

[@melacord7279]

Fantastic ! I am so proud of these girls !

[@annamingasson1357]

România is the BEST. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@eliarosa2610]

I hope will be again strong ...

[@maia9056]

QPHashSS77 They beat China by two points in London and won Bronze in ‘08 and they’re still triple Olympic champions.

[@adrianciobanu5856]

@@maia9056 acum sunt zero

[@chriscruciat2469]

This competition was the pinnacle of Romanian gymnastics which unfortunately was tarnished by Olympic Comiittee’s decision to strip Andrea Raducan an of the all around Gold medal for taking a cold pill

[@marianmary1959]

Wow super😄😄😄😄😍😍😍

[@esequiasfrancisco6746]

Uma equipe que deu show.

[@TheRomanitza]

bravo fetelor sunteti mandria noastra

[@catalinagrecu5636]

Outstanding Românian gymnast, great Girls, good 4 them!

[@dougraddi908]

Oh my favorite. Gina Gogean and Shannon Miller are my all time favourites

[@kuraudiu]

the other day a romanian almost took gold in european AA but the bars killed her:(

[@dumitrubutuc4517]

Romanian team is a good power in gymnastics, it's true.Good luck !!

[@veveritaviktoria7645]

Simply ❤The Best❤

[@edwardoneil3962]

Incredible unbelievable perfection lolx 😀❤😀

[@dand7763]

and then ...romanian governments after 2012 decided to make big cuts for sport budget ...almost to zero ...so no wonder that romanian sport (for Olympic Games) suffered greatly and is dead now ...

[@victoriaparkinson3720]

English commentators are so much more professional than the Americans

[@antoniocarvalho785]

Essa escola romena é maravilhosa.

[@mariadanila4170]

Felicitări! Fetelor ați strălucit! Bravo!

[@zhangshinyi]

ban did lot of layouts lol

[@marciamfb]

OMG! 😮❤🎉

[@yuttasakarakkitsakul4288]

Think of Romanian female gymnast. Why did not see them in Tokyo 2,021.

[@pasqualemanara7142]

C

[@adiblaptopbucur7536]

ce AA

[@DJKiara88]

Bars at the Romanian gymnasts ugly! As the Sydney ... One Daniela able to pull your knees and toes.