Teenage Nastia Liukin Worked Hard for Olympic Glory | Before They Were Superstars

[@Tigerheiress]

nastias lines were to die for. she could've been a great rythmic gymnast or ballet dancer.

[@CCRoxtar]

Her mom, in fact, was a rhythmic gymnast in her youth in the Soviet Union.

[@brettonoverton6902]

Her mom was not just a rhythmic gymnast, she was a world champion.

[@mx.heirans]

Nastia Liukin is my top favorite gymnast. She epitomizes true grace, beauty, and elegance in all her routines. She was a born to be an Olympic Champion. Actually, I think she was the first Olympic All-around Gold Medalist under the open scoring system in gymnastics.

[@268482]

She always looked more like a rhythmic gymnast

[@rhythmicsgymnasticsaudiosw2178]

Hugo Retamal she did

[@xXthinkxthinXx]

Her mom was a rhythmic gymnast.

[@Sophie-un3zi]

She's built like her mom

[@Janellabelle]

Which made her such a beautiful artistic gymnast. Like a supermodel among a pool of minions.

[@karlhaddad8031]

I love nastia luilkin perfect lines!!! Her story is outstanding

[@dancegymedits9258]

wow Nastia looks so much like her mom now

[@manzanitakatznellenbogen2870]

With that ballet, it's no wonder her lines were so graceful. A real mix of modern skill with the balletic style

[@MsSuperqurl]

7am is hard for her because of all the mental and physical draining from the practice / day before

[@matthewkretschmer7010]

I'm a huge fan of Nastia, for gymnastics in competing or training. Interesting that her parents are gymnasts like, except her mom was a Rhythmic gymnasts.

[@Jayden-pq2fc]

I LOVE nastia luikin is the best gymnast ever

[@valeriaconcepcion4482]

i need Aliya Mustafina or Jordyn Wieber or Aly Raisman :(

[@kneumann4133]

Valeria Concepción yeah Aliya

[@luciasantos9338]

Valeria Concepción ALIYA PLS

[@tildah3525]

Valeria Concepción ALIYA

[@mxvseq]

YAS ALIYA MUSTAFINA WE NEED IT.

[@Janellabelle]

Then move along!

[@eloiseallan8340]

I'm so happy this has been posted! I've seen bits of this video but nothing in HD

[@nataliestaheli51602]

She's an incredible gymnast! I wish I could understand what her dad was saying! I think he has a lot of advice on the sport, and possibly on life as well!

[@Elong.]

Turn on the English captions. Also another post wrote what they said.

[@stelllou.6740]

I need Aliya Mustafina

[@sonjawursthorn616]

Stella Al. me too

[@na-vl1ih]

Stella Al. Yesss

[@stelllou.6740]

Harry Potter Lover because she's also a gymnast duhh

[@wee2480]

hmm... 2010 All Around World Champ 2012 MOST DECORATED OLYMPIAN MALE OR FEMALE AT THE GAMES Gold on Bars, Sliver on team, Bronze in the AA and Floor 2015 European AA Champ 2016 Olympics: Gold on Bars, Sliver Team, Bronze All Around. And she doesn't deserve it?

[@marinaplana7669]

You dont need to be all around gold medalist to be a good gymnast! If you use this logic, Aly Raisman wouldn't deserve that either, or Victoria Komova, or many other amazing girls who didnt win the AA!!!

[@edwardadaba8734]

I just love love love Nastia. I just wish i could meet her one day and tell her how magnificent she was.

[@mezzofondo]

Great video,but I did not see subtitles for Mr. Lukin's comments.

[@alexmiller770]

mezzofondo you have to turn them on for it to work

[@Elong.]

Alex Miller Thanks for the tip!

[@sashasheremetyev7103]

mezzofondo Lol, I knew what he was saying because I am Russian

[@mxvseq]

Turn on Closed Captions

[@ninalevites614]

Sasha The Gymnast same

[@akawhippy]

I wanna see Fabian Hambuechen of Germany.

[@margaretm2430]

i've met nastia before she's so nice

[@JennyyDong]

nastia is one of the best gymnast now,2018

[@madmaxmayfield86]

3:59 OMG Rebecca Bross is behind Nastia

[@Elong.]

Good eye; I missed her!

[@blamemorgansmith7826]

It's cool her parents taught in New Orleans, I live next to it in Baton Rouge, I have a flight this morning from New Orleans too

[@Teresa31]

Great family!!! Humble and united

[@Laura-lf9oj]

As soon as I heard the word rhythmic gymnast I feel like I need to cry because i spent a lot of time doing it but they only told me how bad I was at it and if you don't care skip this comment

[@monazedan7469]

People do care.

[@Elong.]

unknown child I think we all have something we love but just aren’t great at. At least you pursued your dream!

[@junehelafine]

When Nastya came to the sceen I fell in love with her when she performed on the balance beam. I thought to myself that's how you do it.

[@caitlin7690]

Her slight southern accent 😍😍😍😍

[@amypaul4149]

Alex. gelm helo

[@strawlone]

She actually lived in Parker Texas. But Plano is a bigger city so I guess they used that.

[@Elong.]

Ya the gym is there too

[@zoielabayen8372]

at first i thought the narrator said "autistic gymnastics" then i realized she said artistic 😂😂😂

[@JustGettinBy1321]

Kawaii Kolours Me, too, LOL

[@mxvseq]

HarryPotter FanFiction LOL

[@GymnasticsParadise]

Same xD

[@larissarose3764]

Harry Potter Fanfiction same

[@CJ-mn6iw]

I knew someone would comment this because that’s exactly what it sounded like she said 😄

[@graciesgymnastics4947]

It would have been cool for her to try rhymic gymnastics when she returned

[@ash10roddy]

Looking back on this is always great because I went to Woga from the ages of 6-10 and I always saw Nastia training and she inspired me to be better.

[@a55tech]

that's cute how come u stopped at 10?

[@ur920]

Wonderful family Liukin ♥

[@violetgilbertson1990]

I'm trying to go to the Olympics and I practice around 30 to 35 hours a week I do monday, tuesday, Wednesday,thursday, and Friday I do a lot more hour that a lot of the girls in my gym

[@Janellabelle]

Most Olympians practice 40 so you're doing good! :)

[@jodilynokeefe2800]

I am a half polish and understand MUCH of russian 😂❤

[@tayshaquay]

Hey thanks for translating the Russian.

[@blamemorgansmith7826]

That's awesome someone from Russia was near, I live in baton rouge that's right next to new orlea

[@ryanmisner8824]

Am I the only one who couldn’t understand what her dad was saying in the interview?🤔

[@Altoclarinets]

He's speaking Russian, you have to turn on subtitles in settings

[@richardvergara]

Subtitles during her parents segment would've been helpful.

[@Elong.]

You need to turn the “CC” subtitles on in English

[@Altoclarinets]

What was this interview originally done for, that Valeri and Anna would be speaking Russian? I know the fluff pieces for US TV they generally spoke English

[@ВикторияГригорьева-э3к]

А что плохого в том , что они говорят по русски?

[@Altoclarinets]

@@ВикторияГригорьева-э3к Nothing wrong with it! Just interested in what programs in Russia cover gymnastics

[@shuklingwan3301]

I need Viktoria Komova.

[@evelyndagymnast843]

i ❤️ nastia!

[@dancesongs6455]

Did anyone else think Nastia's dad was speaking in his original language. But then realised that he just has a really thick accent?

[@kittipos44179]

Olivia S. I don't think it's a thick accent. It's actually Russian he speaks.

[@kittipos44179]

Olivia S. Only when he said "More pains in here, less pains in the gym" that was English. Did you mean this one that he has a thick accent?

[@ruthiet3374]

Olivia S. That was actually Russian, I can understand it and it's not English

[@danagofman6814]

Riley Brown ya same

[@anyawanyawoo]

Olivia S. he was speaking Russian 😂

[@juniekim2077]

I met Nastia,Aly,And Simone

[@starletprincecaydency5030]

At 3:23, I think I spy a young Rebecca Bross on the beams!

[@marshajulessa2995]

Yup that's definitely her

[@jojos6797]

Did anybody count how often she said „you know”😂 this triggered me hard

[@heatherpaiz6022]

I love her

[@Agny777]

She's one of the best gymnasts we would ever seen. And she cannot use chopsticks. Wasn't thinking uneven bars were easier ahahah

[@olgawilcock5515]

I have the same name as her and I'm from 🇺🇦 Ukraine

[@ivanliukin9956]

Nastia is super

[@ashhhyep]

Put on captions if you don't know what her dad is talking about

[@hin3336]

Drinking game: every time she says "you know" take a drink

[@ADEAL918]

SKochishmiiish that is a little odd--I've noticed that hearing her speak in more recent years, while her messages are articulate in their content, she has started to use "like" more often than she used to.

[@danielachacon5611]

Oh man! I thought this video was 8:00 minutes long!

[@laurenmarie9125]

Wow I saw Rebecca Bross when she was little there

[@animallover751]

I wake up at 6 am cuz I'm a gymnast but on Sundays, I wake up at 9am

[@SenEmChannel]

she look like her mother !

[@frafra9654]

Could you do Aly Raisman with her redemption story please?😍

[@ЕленаПривалова-с2ъ]

Вот папина гордость🎉. Браво Валерий

[@amyk4288]

k wait why aren't there subtitles for valeri bc i have no idea what he's saying lol

[@meilinwu1731]

Amy K turn CC on

[@longislandartist]

Truthfully, I couldn't believe he didn't bother to speak English 😬

[@trackyeab]

Her mom is rhythming gymnastics world champion her dad also 4times Olympic champion

[@tildah3525]

I need Aliya mustafina

[@abbeyerb33]

I can't understand a word her dad is saying

[@danagofman6814]

Abbey Erb he was speaking Russian

[@aureatetm859]

Abbey Erb • Turn on CC.

[@Angel-xe2tl]

Im not from the USA. I had no idea she was Russian!

[@TheNonMakeupGuru]

Shes not really. Her heritage is

[@Elong.]

TheNonMakeupGuru she was born in Moscow but she became a US citizen. She probably has dual citizenship

[@jadedodds1455]

3:59 I fr thought that was rebecca bross😂

[@Elong.]

It is

[@izzyevangelista6597]

i swim and my training starts at 6 and goes till 8 (am) after i go straight to school but my friends would get up at 4 am 5 times a week for swimming so..... yeah

[@shaytards1fan455]

izzy evangelista I ama. swimmer too! i have practice at 5:39 to 6:30 than go to school then right after school i practice from 3:30 to 5:30!

[@willowsmith5503]

same! except i swim from 6 to 8 in the summer and during the school year I swim from 5 to 7 every day.

[@Janellabelle]

My cheerleading went from 2pm to 6pm and 8am to 4pm on Saturday.

[@alexiswooz4581]

i always wake up at 6:40 (with no alarm)

[@BaddiePurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr]

In my opinion, Mustafina is the best, but Nastia is still great

[@TheNonMakeupGuru]

Shes not though. At the end of the day the medals and standings speak for them selves

[@ashhhyep]

Put on captions so you know what her dad is saying

[@Elong.]

At the top right of the screen touch and turn in the “CC” (closed captions) on in English

[@sarahhaberli2173]

Well, it's hard to wake up at 7 every morning? I have to get up every day at 5.30 😂

[@tinaloye2014]

Sarah Häberli for a child, yes. 7 am is hard

[@sarahhaberli2173]

For a child? I'm 15 now and I have to wake up at 5.30 since I'm 12... 😂

[@tinaloye2014]

Sarah Häberli is it not stressful for you?

[@TheTfroggy912]

Sarah Häberli I think she means like never sleeping in a in weekend like other kids.

[@dorinha4866]

lol i also wake up at 5:30 am and im 13!

[@tinhdraw5875]

you heard that! a bunch of hard work

[@badmingtonsunset1386]

Do Aly raisman please

[@zoemusicofficiaI]

when was this filmed?

[@Olympics]

In March 2006, as it shows at 0:38

[@TheNonMakeupGuru]

right before 2008 olympics i'd assume

[@alyssaw748]

5:26 owww!!

[@amaliead]

Yes she's a great gymnast but as a dancer those sickled feet killed me

[@jadathompy8277]

I wake up at 5 o'clock most mornings for gym!

[@heathermiller76]

You really didnt even care enough to add subtitles for Valerie's comments? It's extremely disrespectful especially after everything this family has given to USA Gymnastics. PLEASE FIX THIS!

[@kickinkimi]

Do they speak Russian to each other?

[@Janellabelle]

Yes. They can all speak Russian so I'm sure they do. :)

[@verthib]

Subtitles would be nice

[@Elong.]

There are but you need to turn them on.

[@sandropeta]

Why isn't this translated????

[@thomasdemay9805]

does the cc button not work?

[@daSlipurySlinky]

I need subtitles

[@thomasdemay9805]

click cc button

[@willmoritz7560]

Did they forget to translate her father ????

[@Elong.]

Turn on the English captions

[@sereinsantos1075]

The mom looks like Jenna Marbles omg !!!!

[@krissy7342]

Its “LEE-ooh-kihn”. Not “LOO-Kihn” Lolol. 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@Fliptwisttt245]

Did she just eat sushi with a fork...

[@angelshark8305]

Isn't woga hwere whitney is training or no

[@gymnastvsgymnast5644]

Lpsyandere Lover1987 no that GAA

[@angelshark8305]

Gymnast Vs gymnast thx

[@theroyalgiantgamer5586]

Where's subtitles can't understand what her dad saying

[@Elong.]

Touch the top right of the screen and touch “CC” to set the captions to English

[@GoldForAnna]

Could the US coaches train girls to be gymnasts like her instead of wrestlers!

[@TheNonMakeupGuru]

thats so rude. coaches play to the strengths of the athlete and their natural ability.

[@Elong.]

I doubt any other gymnasts had a tall willowy rhythmic gymnast mothers gene pool

[@GoldForAnna]

@@Elong. Many girls have tall willowy parents. For basketball or ballet dance coaches and physicians select girls when they are very young. In the USA for WAG they select girls like Simone Biles. They could also let tall and willowy girls be top WAG athletes.

[@Elong.]

@@GoldForAnna In the US the girls themselves decide if they want to become gymnasts or not. It’s not a government decision.

[@GoldForAnna]

Absolutely, but as Nastia told, when you are a thin child, everybody tell you “It will be very difficult for you to succeed in Artistic Gymnastics”, and great coaches won't be interested in loosing their time coaching you. In the US, if the parents have no money, and if they are tall and thin, their daughter won’t be an elite gymnast. Don’t you think so?

[@vizaodavida9563]

Very good

[@Amanda8O1]

Oh I thought he said autistic in the beginning then I realized he said artistic lol

[@topdoc33]

i didn't know she was russian

[@icarrus4u]

Luikin...? Duh.

[@KellyK387]

How does her dad have a gym in the USA if he doesn’t speak English?

[@pakopaez]

Aliya Mustafina

[@horizontical8888]

to wake up at 7 is tough? girl i wake up at 4.45 for gymnastics till 18.00

[@amigozz4l]

pelin s Sure, you do 13 hours of gymnastics per day

[@bjf8962]

Andrea 😂😂 I know right. People love to lie

[@TheNonMakeupGuru]

because that aint illegal. All because you think you have it tougher than someone doesnt mean you do and definitely doesnt mean you should go around bragging

[@a33qyuy72]

Sure your parents didn't push you to do it, sure....whatever you say Nastia.

[@Elong.]

She said her mom made her take piano and do other sports and she would be upset because she wanted to be in the gym. Gymnastics is fun!

[@TheNonMakeupGuru]

They both said they didnt and her at sixteen was clearly saying she does it for her self. theres a difference between force and establishing clear rules and boundaries

[@lizspac5324]

algum brasileiro?

[@andreid.8568]

She's that person who eats sushi with a fork. So am I

[@livzamanthabadong2571]

😍😍

[@jessicaellengutshall9268]

Wish I spoke Russian.

[@betsyh3544]

Sushi with a fork

[@ashleysavell5249]

Aliya mustafina please

[@sophiescameraj4980]

Simone biles 4 life

[@afridgetoofar1818]

6:10 Those dogs are likely dead by now

[@melanieabel4592]

Why her parents are nötig speaking enflish

[@Elong.]

They probably express themselves better in Russian. Turn the “CC” caption on to translate to your language

[@allamaganilkacase204]

that's not true