Gina Gogean's unforgettable routines at Atlanta 1996!

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[@sophier5508]

I remember those days, she was called boring and sad and her gymnastics was not spectacular ... Ok, she did not smile, but she had a fantastic execution, not so many gymnasts have this level of excellence, it is nice to see her again in a video :)

[@GymnasticsSavesLives]

fantastic execution? Have you seen her bars dismount?

[@meganhigley8838]

@@GymnasticsSavesLives Yes the second flip on the double lay got wonky, but that 1.5 pirouette was better than a lot of the top bar workers today can do.

[@reginarobertkrystyn]

I’m sure she had lots of reasons to not smile

[@Castro-sl5qw]

Her routines were designed around the new code of points at the time. Certain connections and leaps. Her stoned face only made her routines boring. Although I do think she had more potential but she just followed orders for her coaches glory for their government. I think that's why she never looked like she had any personality.

[@rolandgreen7484]

@@Castro-sl5qw Yes I think it was a job for her. She didn't show any joy until a bit in 97 and 98 which is the first time she looked a bit relaxed.

[@mikeg8375]

Maybe not the most flashy, maybe not the most artistic, but she was consistent, as tough as nails, and did some difficult moves on the power events. And she deserves some credit for relative longevity.

[@benrobinson77]

She has always been the queen of STUCK landings. Rarely have I seen her give those points away.

[@danielsullen3065]

absolutely

[@nathanwilliams2152]

Very powerful and tough gymnast. Not as elegant as Simona Amanar who I also loved watching in the 1990s, but on vault, as well as floor, Gina was formidable.

[@kristannestone1748]

I love her choreography. I miss those days.

[@juliea2864]

I love her music for her floor routine.

[@guyrichie710]

She was so basic.

[@glaznflip1501]

I will always remember that she won the silver after recovering from an emergency appendectomy weeks before the games.

[@MariaGuadalupeQuevedo-m5w]

😳 impresionante

[@Thebraids]

Her FX is beautiful and difficult. Gina is probably one of the most consistent and reliable gymnast ever.

[@saragrant9749]

And now she’s coaching the Romanian women. Can’t learn from anything better than the voice of experience!

[@PeirsolFan2]

There have been reports that she’s an abusive coach.

[@saragrant9749]

@@PeirsolFan2 oh dear, I hope not. There’s been enough of that with Octavian Belu and his cronies. If she is, I hope she faces consequences.

[@it2313]

@@PeirsolFan2 do not spread false rumours please.

[@PeirsolFan2]

@@it2313 it's not false. Look up Amalia Puflea.

[@punchingkwan3052]

@@PeirsolFan2 First you have no evidence to prove, second abusive coaches work in some sports, I watch volleyball too, and I often saw the coach screaming and yelling at his athletes during breaks in competition, sometimes people need to get scolded or punished to realize the problem, but that's not the case for everyone, and, personally, I'm not too fond of it, but it does work for some athletes

[@MagicalMukhina]

Great video Thanks. I personally think Gina was a great gymnast - she had a lot of difficulty in her routines and made it look easy because of her fantastically reliable execution. She was always knocked because of her serious look and lack of facial expression but that was just the way she was! Her stoicism was admirable. Gina was one of the greats for sure!

[@principessadellefiabe]

I'm so grateful to you for all these routines from Atlanta, my first and favorite Olympics🙏 I remember how I always appreciated Gina Gogean despite her lack of artistry and beauty. I think her humble attitude was a lesson to me. Besides, her floor music is really beautiful.

[@Claudius123]

Actually, the most decorated Romanian gymnast ever...and this is a huge thing in a country with Silivaș, Comaneci or Miloșovici.

[@dougierichardson484]

Silivas has many more individual golds which gives her a more impressive and decorated career.

[@trichiem]

Some of the highlights -- That AMAZING 1.5 pirouette on TOP of the bar. That STUCK double back from two back handsprings off beam. A STUCK full-in at the end of the routine.

[@pianemova]

She's amazing

[@kenmoreSF]

you can always count on Gina to hit routines after routines. She does not give away deductions. Just look at the full-in dismount on that floor routine.

[@mauriciohuaman9688]

That last tumbling was insane!

[@vibesmom]

Huge fan of Gina. That’s one of my favorite iterations of her floor.

[@davidcheung7789]

Sixteen Olympic and championship medals because of one stuck landing after another. She was one of the "toughest" female gymnasts of all time.

[@mariadanila4170]

Super ! Gina Gogean ❤

[@Laura-ch7fl]

She was fantastic!

[@punkrockstar]

The most stoic gymnast ever. The Romanian team was all business.

[@maria_haarajoki]

If you compare her routines to likes of Shannon Miller, Henrietta Onodi, or Lilia Podkopayeva, I wouldn't call her unforgettable, but she was consistent, i'll give you that. And she worked the code very well in the 90s.

[@Cassandrapopea]

AWESOME GINA 😳👏💐

[@miquicaballo3750]

Great Gina! ❤️❤️

[@marinbucateli6942]

Fantastic, Foarte frumos.

[@stephenquillen1479]

It's nice to see the Russian coach applauding in the background after Gina sticks her full-twisting double back.

[@nelutusmusiclesson9457]

It is one of the Romanian coaches.

[@mihaelabruma8006]

Qeen! Respect, Gina Gogean!🏅

[@flower1990-B]

The sad part is that nobody from Romania ( television, internet content creators. etc) cares about this champions today. All are forgotten .

[@cristinapaun4792]

Bravo Gina ,oriunde ești acum,probabil America

[@Dumitru-f5e]

Some comments are purely idiotic... guys, you just watched one of the most decorated gymnasts ever!!!

[@TheMateusMarquess]

Romania was outrageously overscored during the 90’s and Gina was one of the many gymnasts who were benefited from that. However we can’t deny how consistent and hardworking she was and IMO those were the main reasons why she had great results throughout her career

[@it2313]

Another bitter American?

[@uravghuman]

She and her coaches played the CoP very well I'd say. They understood it and took advantage of it. Had just enough difficulty and made it up with beautiful executions to win.

[@it2313]

Bitter American? Get over yourself!

[@uravghuman]

@@it2313 oh no. That was my compliment. They had a very smart strategy. And I'm not American 😉

[@emeve3377]

I miss seen her compete

[@joeymarange20]

Were gymnasts not required to have a flight series on beam?...or was the 2 backhand springs considered her flight series?

[@GymnasticsSavesLives]

wow no acro series?

[@heatherjay843]

I thought the same thing!?

[@gymdecoder]

Under the 1993-1996 COP, an acrobatic series of at least two elements was required. However, unlike the current COP, a salto was not required to be part of the acrobatic series. Gogean’s back handspring step out + back handspring to two feet portion of her dismount series fulfilled the requirement at the time.

[@Gazmeizster_Wongatron]

@@gymdecoder What baffles me is that this rule still wasn't amended by the next quad, which allowed her to win a beam title with no real acro series.

[@ParisInTheSpringtime999]

😂At the 4:00 mark you can hear coach Steve Nunno saying “…Shannon, come on now”. I’d rather watch Shannon Miller any day. Not knocking Gogean’s consistency.

[@SG-mw1ey]

Like others have said . She worked the code of points extremely well , taking advantage of some quirks in it . Most noticeable to me on beam . The 92 routine of Gutsu was much more difficult

[@angelat.8997]

Ehh, let’s remember that Gutsu’s “magic” was controversial. 😬

[@Zarumaans]

Gina Goegean? I only remember her from when her kindergarten beam routine in the 1997 Worlds won gold over Kui Yuanyuan's monstrous routine 💀

[@izrankamal3080]

Octavian belu is the best coach

[@karentomlinson1401]

Gina was one of romania more successful gymnasts regarding medals won. Of course Russia and the USA were never overlooked.

[@stanleygagner]

I don't know if "unforgettable" is the word I would use to describe her gymnastics...

[@singsongeric]

She was very exciting in the early 90s with some stunning skills on each event but by 96 and 97 she was completely forgettable. In this AA final against the likes of Podkopayeva, Mo, Kochetkova, Khorkina, Miller, Dawes and etc I didn't even notice she was there. Heck, even Milo and Amanar had more presence. But in the end her consistency paid off!

[@Gazmeizster_Wongatron]

NBC didn't notice she was there either - they only showed her first and last events!

[@singsongeric]

​@Gazmeizster_Wongatron yes! Even in the tape delayed stuff where they knew she medalled, I still don't recall them showing all 4 of her routines.

[@angelat.8997]

This is an interesting point. I hadn’t really thought of it from that perspective, until now.

[@JB-sg1vy]

Sadly these performances WERE Forgettable in 1996. Overshadowed by GREAT USA performances but even by Gina's standards from her earlier years these were some of her MOST stock routines. I first saw her in 89 and thru 1992 she was a VERY exciting gymnast with HIGH difficulty on ALL events. Hard vault, crazy combo's on bars at Euro 92, full beam difficulty and full in in some cases off it to boot, and MAD paced choreo with FAST combo whip thru to combo's on floor. But after 92 the only thing that remained of interest were her EXTREME cat-like stick landings that impressed me and her flare, but everything else had been lost unfortunately. Others her age increased they difficulty like Shannon etc but Gina seemed to go the other route even if it still spoke to the code it was to basic and I lost interest.

[@Zarumaans]

USA great performances?? Apart from Shannon, USA had atrocious form on most of their skills with bent knees, flexed feet, cowboyed summersaults, crossed legs on twisting skills, lack of amplitude on many of their skills and etc. just to name a few. Luckily, during that era, the scores didn't reflect those obvious problems at all. Whereas the Chinese were the ones that really stood out. They had immaculate form and execution but unfortunately it didn't give them any advantage in terms of scoring. They did much more difficult leaps that got credited exactly the same as the much easier US leaps for instance.

[@jorgebonilla2234]

The Chinese also showed up as headcases to Atlanta and lost out on several easy medals.

[@it2313]

Haha, lemme guess: a sour and bitter American.

[@TubbaTubba-em2tm]

Miller was not that impressive. Dawes and Chow were better.

[@janetjohnson7279]

👍🏻😀👍🏻

[@buddyboy1309]

Well deserved silver

[@2010hotmale2010]

Cuz every one fell

[@BlankFormatted]

@@2010hotmale2010 and she was very consistent

[@2010hotmale2010]

@@BlankFormatted when the routines are easy, OF COURSE THE GYMNAST WILL BE CONSISTENT…. She had no E skills on bars or beam and ONLY one salto on beam, so it’s hard to classify her as a great all-around gymnast.

[@klilhen8830]

Wow! I’m surprised that her floor music was הבאנו שלום עליכם (Hebrew folklore). Always nice to hear it. Were any of the romanian coaches/ choreographers Jewish?

[@floralgem]

There's nothing wrong with being a more serious/composed performer, which is what Gina was. It's a shame the 97 beam final is what people think about when they hear her name.

[@robcrisall787]

Was that where she had that terrible crash?

[@liliansmeenge3297]

What happened?

[@floralgem]

@@liliansmeenge3297 No. She won over several competitors who had much harder routines (Kui YuanYuan being the stand out). After that many thought she was overrated and the "boring performer" discord became larger.

[@mht4908]

@@floralgem I definitely don't think she should've won that day, but with the perfect 10 system, Kui indeed had more visible errors. It's a shame that she wasn't born in the open ended code era, she was so ahead of her time

[@floralgem]

@@mht4908 Yeah sadly the wobble on the layout full probably did her in. This is also an example of something people show others why open ended scoring is superior.

[@ServingUptheT]

Her bars were bloody terrible - should never have been a 9.700.

[@lucasfred131]

Quite the opposite, her routines are pretty forgettable

[@EmanuelCardenas-u5v]

She was so emotionless and boring.

[@KDJi399s9cd0]

I wouldn't call most of these routines "unforgetable" lol I do like her floor routine a lot though, all the other routines were very meh (even if adjusting for historical scoring)