Team Romania rocking the balance beam! 🇷🇴🤸‍♀️

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Team Romania took the silver medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. Aurelia Dobre,
Eugenia Golea, Celestina Popa, Gabriela Potorac, Daniela Silivaș, and Camelia Voinea showed an outstanding performance. We bring you team Romania's highlights from the balance beam. Enjoy!
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[@marialidiana9516]

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏❤

[@solecito927]

The best Romanian team of all time! When the gymnasts were elegant, graceful but with strength and power, without neglecting the beautiful lines.

[@unknown-lf6zx]

Blown away! The best team ever! Daniela is my all time favorite gymnast!

[@liukin95]

The 1988 team is unquestionably the most talented group of gymnasts Romania ever produced, even more than the teams from 2000 & 2004 where they won team gold.

[@gutsfinky]

Agreed. The 87/88 teams had a lot of style. Romanians afterwards won on their consistency but Belu drained all the style out of them. Remember, there was a different head coach at this time, Adrian Goreac.

[@vanessacheung7781]

Romanian gymnasts - Best beam workers in Olympic esp their choreography, style, hand movement, leg extension, toe point... just to beautiful to watch them

[@gilliangroundsell665]

Best gymnastic ever. Please bring back this style. Gymnasts performing today all look and do the same things.

[@vernonhendricks867]

This was the A team. Elegant young ladies that did their country proud. Awesome to still be watching each of these spectacular performances in 2023. Simply world class Team Romania.

[@lovewasawillow]

When every routine here is better than any beam routine at the 2022 world championships, you know there's something wrong

[@stephanfourie6879]

I totally agree with you. Ive completely lost my appetite for women's gymnatics since 2012. Fortunately then King Keiho came along.

[@rmc2001]

It's all gone very 'samey'. Particularly on the beam

[@randomedits7325]

if you stay on the beam now ur gana place high😭 and yes the routines are so much better here

[@wenam87]

I like the open ended code - however, I agree with everyone that the FIG really needs to reevaluate the current code because most routines are starting to look cookie cutter, especially on bars and beam. Gymnastics is kinda boring to me rn, and not as interesting. Maybe they should add a bonus for incorporating unique skills and movements.

[@pappysprite]

EXACTLY! The sport is literally going backwards.

[@venithomas201]

The style...even the dance was to the date. Breakdancing on beam..awesome!

[@ranaantonio]

Potorac, Popa and Silivas float on that beam !!

[@gutsfinky]

Potorac and Popa were criminally underrated. Great gymnasts but overshadowed by Silivas and Dobre.

[@ranaantonio]

YES BEHIND 2 GREAT ONES , AND POTORAC WAS A NEWCOMER , FOR ME SHE HAD BEST BEAM ROUTINE @@gutsfinky

[@beautitudes]

pure romanian beam excellence. Fast and percise

[@sara_lzrs]

This level of gymnastics won't never exist never more, it's such a pity

[@tambam6744]

Yeah because we are moving past the era of prepubescent stick insects being abused for medals.

[@meganhigley8838]

@@tambam6744 You can train in a healthy manner and still have an attention to detail, a level of presentation, that is rarely seen anymore. Today's gymnastics is just so...sloppy. That has nothing to do with body type or abusive training. It's just lack of fundamentals that started when compulsories went the way of the dodo.

[@marialorena2123]

​@@tambam6744 That has nothings to do with the way artistic gymnastics should look. The foundation of beauty and artistry is not there anymore.

[@marialorena2123]

​@@meganhigley8838totally agree

[@tambam6744]

@@meganhigley8838 Compulsories only further enforced an unattainable standard of artistic gymnastics that was used to justify harsh training and exploitation.

[@indrahx5905]

When people prefer to watch sports from decades ago rather than today's stuff, there is a problem. I remember enjoing this in the 80s, and I still do. It's just beautiful.

[@juarezpessoa1398]

I miss the Golden Era of Gymnastics, and Seoul-1988 was the end of it.

[@rachelmorales3870]

The 1988 and 1989 Soviet and Romanian teams were amazing.

[@marwahussein666]

1980 was the end of it***

[@saragrant9749]

I don’t miss it. An era where only a couple of countries were granted the best scores, no matter who else was more deserving… an era where the athletes were forced into a specific, tiny, skinny and unhealthy looking mold of appearance and who were abused incessantly in the name of winning gold… and era that is thankfully gone by the wayside.

[@tambam6744]

@@saragrant9749 THANK YOU!!!

[@lf2ut]

Stuttgart 89 worlds in my opinion

[@E59th]

I was only 7 but I remember this like it was yesterday.

[@Sakura_OHSHC09]

Daniela Silivas ❤🇷🇴

[@frenchwithstef]

Fun Fact: Camelia Voinea is Sabrina Maneca-Voinea’s mom, and her daughter will compete next year at Olympic Games in Paris 😅

[@mariadanielapanazan1713]

O ECHIPĂ EXTRAORDINARĂ A ROMÂNIEI! VALORI APROAPE EGALE, TALENTE ÎNNĂSCUTE, MARI CAMPIOANE ALE GIMNASTICII! ❤💛💙❤💛💙

[@MrCARRIVERO]

They are iconic

[@just_uwu6385]

A escola romena de ginástica revolucionou a trave .

[@saragrant9749]

The Romanian school? You mean the one that treated the girls like property, that forced them to work relentlessly without care or consideration for their mental or physical wellbeing? Yep.

[@mihaelabruma8006]

My Dream Team! Respect!

[@darkswan80]

They were AMAZING!! Such a joy to watch them perform ❤

[@wynterfel1749]

Aurelia Dobre is my all time fav. She was the reigning world all-around champion but unfortunately she had knee surgery before the games. Had she been 100% I truly believe she would have been Olympic Champion.

[@Jajadore]

Thanks again for a wonderful video! I never saw the beam routines from Voinea and Golea before.

[@citizenoftheworld6363]

The best team ever

[@marialorena2123]

You can tell the training was way more intense then. These routines are textbook. Compared to what we saw last year at the World Championships, the current gymnasts looks like amateurs, without exaggerating.

[@JennaLeigh]

Voinea's LOSOs were incredible! She just floated through them!

[@josephqualtier961]

With her bent knees ofc

[@JennaLeigh]

@@josephqualtier961 bruh. This is 1988. These are trailblazers. No skill is perfect upon debut. The entire sport has been polished and built on the shoulders of the women of this quad!!!

[@josephqualtier961]

@@JennaLeigh well people complain about modern day gymnastics being ugly or horrible, but they look past the blatant flaws of the golden era of gymnastics.

[@JennaLeigh]

@@josephqualtier961 no argument there. What I think most people are referring to is the artistry of 70's/80's/90's gymnastics. As a fan, you know what I mean! Once upon a time, to be the very best in elite WAG, you simply HAD to have a strong dance background- ballet specifically. The grace, balance, and poise that ballet teaches is invaluable- and seeing a lot of this never generation exposes that. Don't get me wrong, the entire world's WAG programs have progressed enormously. The difficulty these ladies are competing is truly astounding. But in the rush to add skill•skill•skill•connection•skill•bonus 0.1 has created a place in which a crucial element of artistic gymnastics-- the ARTISTRY, the ARTISTIC in Artistic Gymnastics, has been all but abandoned. I know lots of people like to say "if you wanna see dance elements, go watch dance/figure skating/cheerleading", but there really does need to be a balance of artistic skills meshed with world class tumbling.

[@josephqualtier961]

@@JennaLeigh I just think the older gymnasts get too much praise in a way that brings down current gymnasts. Gymnastics isn’t some niche Eastern European sport anymore, western styles have influenced it a lot and I think that it’s totally fine. Not everything has to be classical ballet style to be artistic or beautiful. Yes it helps but there have been some awesome more upbeat routines in the past that aren’t classical at all for example larisa iordache in 2014

[@eiraremejeene]

They move as if they are on level ground.

[@maribeldejesus279]

All beautiful rutine, excellent!!!👍🙂

[@pacificrules]

0:07... I honestly want to see Camelia Voinea on the dance floor. She looks like she got some moves on her. 💃🏼💃🏼🕺🏼🕺🏼💃🏼💃🏼🕺🏼🕺🏼

[@arnas88]

You should see her floor routine from the 1987 world championships, it’s epic

[@gutsfinky]

​@@arnas88yes! The breakdance routine is pretty wild..

[@fshonuff]

Wow there is no denying the dna between mom And daughter when seeing these throwback images here of Camelia.

[@anniehope8651]

Was that a Korean fan who managed to offer flowers to Aurelia? Never heard of that incident before.

[@urbanaquatics1455]

Each routine beautiful and DIFFERENT! so exciting to watch

[@miquicaballo3750]

Best team ever

[@vibesmom]

Great beam set from 1988.

[@kday6085]

They were excellent!

[@ameliabedelia7018]

Camelia Voinea 9.800 Eugenia Golea 9.850 Celestina Popa 9.900 Gabriela Potorac 9.900 Daniela Silivaș 10.00 Aurelia Dobre 9.900

[@janeswinbank5872]

Just flawless ❤ I must say I love the high neck Leos too

[@gutsfinky]

Also, the national colors and not PINK, no rhinestones and seeing their butts covered makes for a nice change from the leotards of today.

[@Marketoromagnolo]

SILIVAS POTORAC POPA DOBRE deserved 10

[@anniehope8651]

Dobre obviously had a few balance problems and missed at least one connection. It shows that she wasn't as happy and relieved as the others were. Which is a shame, as she had the most interesting routine.

[@kristimoore8763]

@@anniehope8651 Yes, her knee never really healed well sadly.

[@Anthony-lp1jn]

@@anniehope8651 she probably was in pain the whole time her knee wasn’t healed at all

[@gutsfinky]

Poor thing. What awful timing. 1987 was really her year, at least she has that to be proud of.

[@rosalbaortiz7348]

Ejercicios muy perfectos que no puedo dejar de ver.❤

[@4forey]

PERFECTION !!!!!

[@franciscodefreitasbasiliof1865]

Impressionante como elas são ótimas e seguras! A técnica é elevada, mas hoje as ginastas não atingem o mesmo nível! Por que a Romênia caiu? 😯😯😮😲😲😳🤯🤯🤯

[@marwahussein666]

As famílias estão preferindo não levar crianças à ginástica mais.

[@saragrant9749]

Because they can’t train in the manner they used to- like machines, tools forced to work relentlessly with not a care in the world for their mental and physical well being.

[@av4840]

🇷🇴🤸🏻👏🏻

[@chechucabj]

Celestina and Aurelia 😍

[@liliansmeenge3297]

Sabrina's mom, Camelia Voinea!

[@unknown-lf6zx]

Does anyone know who medaled? I agree this was the best team ever!

[@arnas88]

Silivas ended up winning the beam title

[@melissakerber8287]

The Romanian team won the silver medal, the previous year these ladies won team gold at World's (with Ecaterina Szabo instead of Gabriella Potorac.)

[@markb7163]

This is artistic gymnastics!! Beautiful! It so sad to see what this sport has morphed into! Basically power tumbling now 😢

[@erinames7783]

Do we know all their scores? What great footage!

[@jamesrobertsiv]

Voinea 9.8 Golea 9.85 Popa 9.9 Potorac 9.9 Silivas 10 Dobre 9.9

[@ellenmichener9719]

@@jamesrobertsiv Popa & Potorac 9.900 is really underscored.....

[@akimbohr]

@@ellenmichener9719 I agree. In the team finals and AA the judges had only two options: 9.90 or 10. They could give marks in 0.05 points only in the apparatus finals

[@user-zc8tj8dp1e]

❤👍

[@stephanfourie6879]

Todays women's gymnastics is a joke!! Thanks for this wonderful video.

[@saragrant9749]

Today’s gymnasts are allowed to be ATHLETES, not little stick figure preadolescent girls abused to the point of absurdity. Don’t like? Don’t watch!!

[@ismaelflores7037]

The saddest thing is; Romanians out of the elite teams ? They were queens, who reign the sport. We can only hope that they return to thrill us all ! !😊

[@jadeyukiful]

Aquí las rumanas dominaban la viga y las soviéticas las barras

[@ameliabedelia7018]

Anyone notice the South Korean fan at the end push Popa out of the way to get a pic with Dobre? They were so rude collectively at that games as Hosts. I’m thinking it was a cultural thing back then. Now is a different story (I hope).

[@sorinrusu1022]

Tokyo??? Or Seul!!!

[@terry3872]

Seoul

[@mateofesrivlaes7576]

the best team. nothing to do with the russian team supported by judges

[@simonfea2]

The hand flourishing is silly to me, even when done now. It seems like an inside joke to the athlete to waste a little time before a difficult thing.

[@JoaoZamae]

what the f did they do with their hair...OMG I saw Silivas on a recent interview saying she regrets it

[@saragrant9749]

You watch this and their HAIR is all you notice? You have a lot of issues.

[@gutsfinky]

Haha! Yes, 1988 was not Dana's year, hair-wise. She looked very cute in 1987 with her bun and her wavy pony in 1989 was cute, too.

[@pathompongpoodestiny3999]

Where’re team Romania gymnastic at Olympics 2012-2020

[@magdaionescu1029]

Why do you ask? How many decades do you think a gymnastics team should last? All the great teams have had periods of eclipse.

[@saragrant9749]

Romania has had a threefold issue that has seen them not as present at the Olympics in recent years. One, the open ended scoring system forced them to have to add much more difficulty to their routines, rather than just enough to get by. Second, they can no longer treat them like property and train them like machines, meaning the athletes don’t have to deal with abuse. That last part is important as no athlete should ever be treated as such. Third, a loss of coaching infrastructure. They are getting that part back, slowly.

[@lidiapetre]

back when gymnasts still looked like people and not 'roided up barrels.

[@lalanam1660]

Oh my gosh, I wish they would eat something, they all look so hungry

[@ameliabedelia7018]

Sadly, none of these women have made an Olympic or World Championship team.

[@marwahussein666]

?

[@cristinabb9956]

This team was world champion the year before and Dobre was AA champion...they also won the beam floor vault in that world championship. The video is from 1988 olympics were they won silver as a team.but 3 gold medals in the event finals... Dobre was after surgery..so she couldn t defend her world title.

[@fairygodbrotherr]

??????

[@Gazmeizster_Wongatron]

This was literally the 1988 Olympic team 🤷🏻‍♂

[@josephqualtier961]

What terrible leaps, people saying this is the best gymnastics, it’s very funny to me

[@josephqualtier961]

Not to mention the sloppy form

[@meganhigley8838]

Still better than the lackluster routines we see today.

[@josephqualtier961]

@@meganhigley8838 not really, these would score terribly nowadays, and should’ve have scored so high back then either

[@meganhigley8838]

@@josephqualtier961 I mean can you honestly picture many gymnasts today getting through compulsories without looking like Godzilla stomping through the city? I was watching the 1996 compulsories not long ago and was trying to picture today's gymnasts doing it. Maybe the Chinese could do okay, a couple Russians. But that's about it.

[@soledadferrer1325]

180 was not mandatory for leaps so they did not train them. It all depends on the era they belong to. You can't deny the originality though. And consistency.

[@onetwocue]

I dont know whats worst, these ugly hair cuts or the over use of glitter in hair

[@chitownlokito]

Why don’t you ask the Americans, they still use it 😂😂

[@pappysprite]

Seriously?!? You're going to make a nasty and immature comment like that about these exceptional athletes and exceptional routines?!?

[@magdaionescu1029]

Poor you!

[@redherring8929]

You do realise 88 was 35 years ago, do you? Fashion did change over this time, but these executions are still breathtaking. And frankly, i think nothing is as kitschy as the sequined leotards used in today's gymnastics, as well as their ill fit on the muscular bodies belonging to the gymnasts of today.