Svetlana Boginskaya - Balance Beam - 1996 McDonald's American Cup

[@GROOVYJOJO]

100 years from now gymnasts will be watching her for attention to detail toe point ..grace...focus...consistency. she has always been the ultimate gymnast. I miss those mounts tho. In my opinion beam skills more athletic than elegant but ive been watching since 1972 olga korbut days.

[@pricla777]

She is just gorgeous! She is the queen of gymnastics!

[@saragrant9749]

Nobody performed gymnastics with the same style and sass as this lady.

[@ChristianMoffet]

I loved her but I do wish she had upgraded her difficulty sooner. That was what allowed her teammate Gutsu, Zmeskal, and later Miller to all surpass her in 91-92. We see in her comeback in 95 and 96 she upgraded her difficulty bigtime on every event. If she had done this sooner in 91 and 92 I think she wins the All Around at both 91 worlds and 92 Olympics. I know some think she should have won 91 worlds anyway, but with upgraded difficulty they wouldn't have been able to deny her regardless.

[@michellemurry2180]

Femme fatale beauty💛

[@GROOVYJOJO]

She certainly was and is still beautiful...seems very happy.

[@LCAmarkymark]

If this Bogi was in Atlanta she would have metaled in the AA. She did so well here.

[@rolandgreen7484]

She was in Atlanta at the Games. And nowhere near medaling in the AA.

[@victorbeauregarde1502]

Dustin Gabe She’s saying that if Svetlana looked like this in Atlanta, she could have been a medal contender.

[@tylerbam7183]

@@victorbeauregarde1502 I doubt that. She lost by a considerable margin to Kerri Strug here. And are you going to say Strug was capable to medal in the All Around?

[@laurielynne2006]

Very possible

[@DempseyBloom]

@@tylerbam7183 She took AA Silver at the Euro's - just behind Podkopayeva. Had she replicated those scores at the Olympics, she would have taken AA Silver at Atlanta. So yeah, very possible!

[@jojox9791]

Love love and love

[@ИринаЖулева-ч1о]

Молоток, отбойный - СИЛА И КРАСОТА! Браво!

[@paulocesarsilvadefarias3343]

Bravíssimo!

[@milayalyuda1]

One of the kind Gorgeous stable very confident ❤❤❤❤

[@Hervinbalfour]

I miss beam mounts like this.

[@GROOVYJOJO]

Meeeee too!!!!!

[@РиммаЗахарова-ф2ъ]

После Мухиной никого не воспринимала,но эта гимнастка просто покорила!Талантище! Супер!

[@lucianjpf1637]

She was so great

[@guadalupequevedobata8755]

Svetlana 👏👏👏👏👏

[@adelaidedicori2928]

Perfetta. Bravissima

[@rolandgreen7484]

A joke she got a lower score than Kerri even on BEAM. With Kerri having a step on the landing to boot. The Scam Cup is such an effing joke.

[@corymajor7811]

@Mara L Yes those are all valid points but Strug is a fugly mess on beam. Even a halfway decent performance from Bogi should always outscore Strug. Bogi's 9.737 was a fair score, while Strug's score was too high. Strug deserved a 9.65 at best.

[@Marcus538]

There are beautiful women & beautiful women ,

[@karenKristal]

wow, how come she was getting coached by Bela??

[@evanwilliams6406]

Probably a number of reasons, to work towards a comeback in 1996, be a mentor and coach for the girls and have someone in the building who has been successful to lean on for advice plus he probably had good facilities to train in.

[@thesovgc]

Legends coaching legends. You love to see it.

[@rebeccasoto9592]

@@thesovgc Abusers coaching legends. I hate to see it.

[@mariaellis2882]

@@rebeccasoto9592 how is he an abuser? He produced some of the finest gymnasts in the world.

[@Hervinbalfour]

@@mariaellis2882 apparently you haven't kept up with US gymnastics and all the controversies the Karoyli's have been in the past seven years...

[@joecattivo69]

I don ´t remember Boguinskaya doing an aerial walkover on beam? Did she ever competed it?

[@kenmoreSF]

Did she do one in this routine?

[@mariacostanzabrunetti6987]

Bravissima

[@FrancesBaconandEggs]

She looks like Harley Quinn

[@quickthinker7582]

Bela karolyi trained bokinskaya too? I I though Russians don't trained outside russia

[@MrGemini1983]

It was a brief time that she trained with the Karolyi’s. She’s from Belarus. After the Soviet Union broke up, the smaller countries didn’t have the money for good training equipment or the good coaches. If she was from Russia, you’re right; she wouldn’t be allowed to train outside of Russia.

[@thesovgc]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/g5jIc6qsj86aY9U This is Bogi's beam routine from the SF @ 92 Worlds--the best routine of her career. It is a masterpiece!

[@irlandagandara7188]

Ella estuvo en el equipo estadounidense?

[@barbarachaplin886]

No. She chose to be coached by Karolyi when she was trying to make a comeback after the breakup of the Soviet Union. She competed for Belarus.