The Mount That Dare Not Speak Its Name

[@sarah-ue4wr]

old beam routines were so beautiful

[@dedebones1967]

Amen

[@sdrkelley]

It has a lot to do with the code of points changing. They adopted a new system of scoring and got rid of the original 1-10 point scale. They did this by making certain skills or apparatus have a max possibility score and then deduct from that max score as the gymnasts perform to give them a score at the end. So now harder moves and quicker connections and stuff became more important than the elegance and artistic look of things. It's more of a gamble now to do pretty moves because they won't always result in a higher score with the new code of points sadly

[@vietgrlterifa1]

Right. Marta Karyoli also realized that creative/risky mounts were no longer worth the value and may actually lead to falls that will result in loss of medals under the code and the 3 up/3 count format also makes federations more risk-averse. Notice how we don't see a beam mount like 2008 Alicia Sacramone's beam mount from the U.S. anymore after she fell on it during the Beijing team finals. Also, the code itself undervalues many risky mounts. However, I also think whoever is dominating the sport also plays a part is going above what the code rewards and is asking for and that makes all other federations follow suit. The Soviets did not have to be creative, dynamic, risky in order to dominate gymnastics, but they did it any way which inspired other gymnasts to do the same. Same with the Chinese on bars and beam. I love the U.S. gymnasts themselves, but they play to the code more than trying to push the sport further, with some exceptions. This started with the Romanians under Belu and Bitang in the 1990s.

[@corazoncubano5372]

+vietgrlterifa1 Thanks for that explaination. I thought the change of style had something to do with code, but I wasn't sure.

[@LittleQueue]

Strait up a lot of the new implementations of scoring was to keep the western world from getting stomped on by Russian and Asia. They started to deem things "to dangerous" as a weak reason and throttled the training regimes of a lot of athletes. It's sad to see the fall of gymnastics. It used to be beautiful when the top dogs were allowed to be top dogs. They dumbed down the sport.

[@TwilightLuver216]

The mount at 0:48 is literally the most impressive mount I've ever seen. Maybe it's not the "hardest" but dear god the amount of control that gymnast has is unbelievable.

[@terrywilder9]

See the 5.08 video "Tsetseglen Odgerel"

[@jrockhardest]

TwilightLuver216 you can do that when you only wiegh 60 pounds and are 4 and a half feet tall

[@annielukesylvan]

It looks pretty damn hard to me! But then I'm not a gymnast...

[@jrockhardest]

Annie Matheson-Allen it made me pretty damn hard! but then i'm a gymnast

[@cahdijones2832]

It is beautiful. It is what Acrobatic Gymnastics does on their routines but on partners.

[@aishamstout]

New judging rules has killed the artistry and creativity of gymnastics. This was beautiful

[@denig2000able]

Agree the years of Daniella Silivas were the best and her team mates

[@Darlena62]

Same with ice skating

[@samanthaferris4976]

Hell, with the new point system you can fall off the beam and still get bronze in the Olympics 🙄

[@mariamyupperz7614]

yeah but some are justified. don't want anyone breaking their necks

[@eclipsejamie09]

Okay I was about to post a question on why mounts aren't like this anymore

[@kikesemore7045]

I am shocked by the sheer amount of grace, strength, and talent.

[@cynthiak.4261]

Frickin' powerful ladies. I couldn't stop imagining the amount of pain it took to train for some of those moves.

[@Softball-lx3nk]

Ikr

[@vincytreasure]

How is it that we don't see these moves anymore? These days it seems as though everyone is the doing the same stuff.

[@offbrand_2863]

+vincytreasure because we go for what has the highest point value most of these mounts don't score much today it is a shame

[@vincytreasure]

+Venessa Dalmeida Yeah...I guess you're right and it is a shame...truly.

[@RainbowCharms58]

The Voldemount

[@Isa.bellevie]

do not speak its name!

[@queenofthorns6746]

Excuse you it's the YouKnowWhoMount

[@elitelokkz]

+Queen of Thorns he who shall not be mounted

[@queenofthorns6746]

King AndMoreKing That sounds like the title of a gay porn.

[@jessicamartin4582]

+Queen of Thorns Fear of a name only increases fear of the thing itself ;)

[@tkmcnichols]

Gymnastics back then was so unique, it’s sad you never see any of these skills done anymore :/ these routines were literal art

[@thelmadunn7598]

Right?! I'm impressed at the athleticism of today, but these are mind blowing

[@M.Elle-]

Most of these are pretty dangerous and and are banned. Thats why they will not be seen anymore.

[@tefflefluff8507]

Check out the videos of gymnasts breaking their necks (literally). Accidental suicide is not art.

[@miriam4628]

@@tefflefluff8507 yeah the huge issue with most of these mounts is that most of them are extremely dangerous... Obviously if done perfectly these are exceptional to see, really majestic routines... But I'm glad that at least nowadays the athletes' safety is considered a lot more important than the artistry of the exercise proposed.

[@aesinam]

Yea dangerous art. Rightly banned today.

[@kcfamilam5109]

All these dank-ass mounts but whenever I see this event on TV its the same 2 or 3 mounts over and over.

[@Colette92017]

Because they concentrate on highest point/ difficultly values which generally come from the crazy tumbling routines and mental dismounts they do on the beam, not the mounts.

[@tzinot1608]

I wish they would bring some of this back. It's so much more interesting to watch.

[@J88-q9q]

The same 2-3 mounts that you could never do

[@kcfamilam5109]

In section 12.2 of the event code, it is specified: “The maximum 8 highest difficulties including the dismount are counted for DV [difficulty value].” Looks like this is why, in case anyone else was wondering. The point code doesn't specify that your mount has to have any particular level of difficulty, so if you do 8 skills that are harder than your mount then your mount effectively doesn't matter to your routine anymore. Since difficult mounts are hard to land, almost everyone just goes with a graceful-looking easy mount instead.

[@helenvancougat3770]

This is true, but then again, it is totally boring watching it. Give me Shushinova, Yurchenko, almost anyone from this era. You never knew what amazing stuff they would produce. Just because the current mounts are more difficult doesn't make them entertaining. Doesn't make you go "wow"...it's just a bunch of muscly little girls with no grace doing power moves borrowed from the mens' gym

[@lordbyron3603]

Dang! .... The girl mounting the beam with a one handed handstand,, then twisting her body in such beautiful angles .... just spectacular.

[@byamu8040]

The girl at 0:48 ?

[@1chelib]

Right fknnnnaeee that was amazing

[@stephtaglianetti6023]

Yeah, that was my fave for sheer show of strength.

[@red.gem_]

legit, so strong + balanced + flexible like damnn

[@serpentines6356]

@@red.gem_ Yes Amazing. The shear strength, and balance of that. Wow. Helps to be petite, and thin. 😊

[@keller109]

0:48 I would argue that this mount is the most difficult out of all of them. The amount of control, flexibility and strength! 😳

[@Janellabelle]

Yea but can she do a double double dismount? 🙄 i hope because that's all they care about now.

[@Visitkarte]

Excellent Jackie Bender (CAN) kzbin.info/www/bejne/pX3QiXhmaNV3aNU

[@75claymont]

3:16 performing a planche to a handstand is something I've never seen done by man or woman. WOW!!!

[@scottfeeney7594]

Absolutely the most controlled display ever. I was quite stunned by the the strength and balance.

[@bredeabrahamsen]

Yeah amazing

[@kittykat248100]

while i really admire the extreme athletics of today's gymnastics, i can't but feel that some sense of artistry and creativity was lost in the process

[@peachiscarmen2]

It has , in a way, lost its artistic aspect

[@TREUBEN]

agree

[@faithcecelia4369]

I completely agree. I used to figure skate and the same has happened there. If you look back 30-40 years you had so much grace, beauty and style, now its about big jumps and spins. In both sports you see far fewer 'perfect' routines because the overall routine is now less important than the individual elements and athletes consider falls worth the risk to have the chance of big scores. Its a real shame.

[@heyitsnataliec]

It's because so many techniques and moves have been banned over the years. Now the gymnasts are so limited when it comes to originality

[@katarzynarak8267]

Kelly Angel Burn rhythmic had its legs cut off too, Ballet's really all we have left

[@DiscoLiz]

Wow... this made me realize how much I miss the old style of gymnastics. Wish we could go back to these days. Now it's just technical and boring to watch everyone do the same moves.

[@Hervinbalfour]

I agree! I never realized what has exactly been missing in gymnastics over the years.

[@TREUBEN]

+Hervin Balfour agree

[@umm.elisha3117]

i personal think today's is better because or uneven bars and vault

[@irrelevance3859]

They ruined bars as well, there used to so many good, creative skills back then but they've banned them. Its really only vault and floor

[@mocneeuq]

It is technical but more objective judging. Unlike before, judging is subjective.

[@maryscott5730]

That awkward moment when your coach tells you that your mount is to complicated and will cause extra deductions

[@wandererstraining]

I know right? It's so sad that so many awesome skills aren't developed anymore in gymnastics because they aren't worth the effort/risk (referring to risk in terms of points, not in terms of physical trauma - physical trauma is bad).

[@shelialaw2113]

Hi, a non-gymnast here. I was just wondering, why will there be deductions due to it being complicated? I thought the more difficult the routine, the more score?

[@RondaBernstein]

@@shelialaw2113 You get deductions for lack of balance. The larger the balance correction, the more deductions, so, if you do a more difficult mount that is only worth slightly more than a less difficult one, but then have to struggle to stay on the beam, you score less than just doing the other mount in the first place. I don't know if that makes sense or not.

[@london2757]

@@shelialaw2113 the more complicated or difficult a skill is, the more likely it is that you will mess up or fall. the whole point is for you to not do that, so a lot of coaches won’t let us be creative or have fun with our beam routines.

[@shelialaw2113]

@@RondaBernstein ohhhh I understand it better now. So it’s not worth it to do a routine that has a similar score than a more complicated routine, especially risking deductions due to factors such as imbalance, etc.. so it’s more practical to create a routine that scores high score but easier and safer to execute.

[@blues2oo]

I have to say that this is quite beautiful, so much grace and elegance

[@vanessa9307]

Agreed.

[@mariecapers8231]

agreed

[@kaylaswhales1943]

Marie Capers .*+♡+*.

[@arbyarby3259]

These young ladies are AWESOME!! Wow!!

[@allison1173]

I can do that! In a place with no gravity and a beam a meter wide

[@deadaccountghosted]

Allison1173 Same!

[@likesgymnastics5767]

same, just need to get me some flexibility implants

[@chocanewt37]

😂 yes!!

[@ccitnavrae]

I rather not even try some of those moves on a football field, but inside a swimming pool yea I may 😂🤣 a deep one

[@eve7232]

Hilarious

[@lulub1433]

2:25 I didn't know this existed. Literally no hands on the beam!

[@Kaneki6386]

These girls are strong and precise AF. This is absolutely amazing. Look at 0:48. Like wtf.

[@ImpureForce]

Azula1001 That one at 0:48 made me go "NO. FUCKING. WAY."

[@briemcpherson6483]

+Azula1001 Just amazing!

[@lilyjoseph5104]

I only have a one handed press on floor and I don't even make it most of the time and I've been training that skill for 4 years now WTF ON THE BEAM!?!!!! 💪🙀 HOLY 💩!!!

[@Alchamei]

Azula1001 Does anyone knows who is it?

[@bernadetterousseau8842]

The gymnast at 0:48 is Jackie Bender.

[@unknownuser_99]

0:00 Daniela Silvas 0:11 Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs 0:15 Mo Huilan 0:25 Anna Pavlova? 0:28 Dominque Moceanu 0:35 Li Li 0:42 Svetlana Khorkina 0:48 Jackie Bender 1:07 Zeena McLaughlin 1:13 Svetlana Baitova 1:18 Anastasia Dzyundzyak 1:25 Hollie Vise 1:31 Lavina Miloșovici 1:41 Luisa Portocarreo 1:58 Bai Chunyue 2:01 Aleftina Pryakhina 2:07 Shannon Miller 2:26 Tatiana Lysenko 2:31 Tatiana Godenko 2:42 Maria Olaru 2:46 Yang Bo 2:58 Tina Erceg 3:01 Homma Leah 3:09 Yekaterina Vandisheva 3:16 Armine Barutyan 3:31 Mirela Barbalata 3:34 Maria Filatova 3:45 Kelly Garrison 3:48 Jacqui Dunn 3:54 Elena Grudneva 4:00 Kristin Furukawa 4:07 Lavina Miloșovici 4:15 Tatiana Groshkova 4:28 Ling Jie 4:35 Kristie Phillips 4:46 Maya Hristova 4:56 Samantha Shapiro 5:05 Monica Martin 5:12 Iveta Polokova 5:17 Natsumi Sasada 5:20 Shaya Worley 5:31 Elena Gurova 5:38 Aleftina Pryakhina 5:44 Ludmilla Stovbchataya 5:54 Betty Okino 6:07 Daniele Hypólito 6:12 Fan Di 6:16 Elvire Teza 6:21 Oksana Omenlianchik 6:29 Summer Reid 6:35 Svetlana Boginskaya

[@fernandodasilva-producoesa1023]

5:38 is Pryakhina

[@chantalnoble1161]

Wowwwwwwwwwww u know a lot of gymnasts!

[@TheClairei]

Is 4:35 Kristie Phillips, she had that iconic haircut

[@TotoSpud]

1:07 is Australian gymnast Zeena McLaughlin

[@askingyywhy]

1:25 Hollie Vise from 2003 Worlds; 1:41 Luisa Portocarreo from 1992 Worlds Prelims; 1:58 Bai Chunyue from 1999 Worlds

[@detectivewiggles]

This is so much more interesting to watch than what people do on beam these days. These are all so beautiful. I am totally living for that tiny girl doing pommel horse stuff on the beam.

[@nadinea5551]

This seems to be back when gymnastics was less about power moves and crazy tumble routines. You notice gymnasts from before the 2000's tend to be less muscular than the power gymnasts today. I would love for there to be more variety like there used to be. They could still all kick my @$$ though

[@basbleupeaunoire]

it is beautiful. the problem is that this style required them to be tiny, so there were all kinds of problems anorexia and exploitation of girls.

[@DelusionalDarcy]

*sigh*

[@basbleupeaunoire]

I know that the athletes are shorter and slimmer than most. But until changes in rules and scoring, there was a time - the time we're looking at, when the athletes were young, and eating disorders were a major problem.

[@sweetpjeb23]

@maseratic boychik Amazing that the Karolyis were still in power after all of the bullshit that's happened under them. Thank God someone's FINALLY doing something about them.

[@brumels1570]

@maseratic boychik this abuse was because the gymnastics scoring back then favored tiny slim flexible pixies that you see in this video. All those dominant East European countries demand tiny slim pixies. With the new scoring system you need power which opens up different body types but unfortunately artistry is not well rewarded.

[@PlasmicPenny]

I wish people would remember the artistic in artistic gymnastics. Sometimes I feel like I'm just watching tumbling with apparatuses. It's a respectable sport, just not the same one.

[@morgannoltensmeyer3458]

5:05. When you can tell her favorite event was bars😂

[@yvoneclairesalmorin7855]

Is she Oksana?

[@djboo7779]

I wish gymnasts would do cool things like these.

[@kameilahking1743]

you mean gymnasts today

[@shaiapouf8486]

there are many that do, like denusha francis

[@djboo7779]

Yah. Because most of these routines are older.

[@djboo7779]

Ok, I mean, I'm sure you know that. I was just agreeing with what you said, "you mean, gymnasts today" Because I guess I didn't specify in my original comment.

[@djboo7779]

+Kameilah King Oh, it's fine! I didn't take it in a mean way, just wanted to make sure you knew what I mean. Sorry😊 I would try gymnastics, but, I have too many other things to do, plus, isn't 15 a little too late to start?

[@NicoleM2108]

All are excellent...but WOW at 0:49 (flexibility), 2:24 (no hands for the length of the beam!) and 4:33 (control) - just superhuman and gravity defying! Thanks for the post!

[@lavender5765]

NicoleM2108 add 4:49 on the list

[@sweetpjeb23]

2:24 is actually not THAT hard to do and is fairly common.

[@ecampbell9506]

They look like they're floating for a few seconds

[@VocalSpiritPresents]

Great comment. 💕

[@souldancersbyjennifer]

​@@lavender5765yess... That was otherworldly!

[@jessicam.3672]

Okay, I haven’t seen this much talent and grace in the present time.

[@lucy8025]

The present is comparatively ugly. Simone Biles is very athletic but even her balance beam routine is frigging pathetic compared to these!

[@Janellabelle]

And you won't again until they score it enough to make it worth it. None of its worth more than a D....right? Aren't all dance elements capped at D currently?

[@Janellabelle]

@@lucy8025 they've completely removed any incentive to do any dance/balletic work and put all the points into acrobatics. Then they don't even award the most difficult acrobatics correctly since they fully admit Simone's acrobatics are underscored. So it's like, what does the FIG even want then?! Lol I've even seen "feminists" on here comment that the women should have no dance elements on any apparatus and compete like the men do. On floor, for instance. I'm a feminist myself and I strongly disagree. D. Dawes said, when answering google questions on here (YT vid of her), if you take the dance and music out then it wouldn't be Womens *Artistic* Gymnastics anymore, it would just be tumbling. I completely agree with Dawesome. There is *nothing* degrading to women about artistry in their gymnastic routines, and we have to start seeing more or it's just going to end up being tumbling.

[@lucarit4107]

@@lucy8025 True. I use to train as a Gymnast when I was young way back 1995. Looking at new Gymnast routines, its somewhat very dull compared to the old routines. But I also understand the new ones have no choice because most of the moves in this vid are now banned and some does not have a score or low score which is very useless if it were used in their routine.

[@vfvf8495]

Well, and you won't. Gymnastics is only getting boring. But do you wanna know what we're gonna keep seeing? The same 4-5 vault skills, the same 5-6 floor skills (with double and triple twists, which are completely unnecessary since the viewer can't observe the difference), and of course the same stiffness during floor exercises, with zero class and artistry. Oh, and the girls are progressively looking more like dudes too. Well, I guess that's it.

[@veganmacaroni8702]

Back then: Impressive, Gravity defying like mounts Now: DoUBle WOLf tURn MouNT

[@Popculturenostalgia01]

That mount today is seriously sooooooo boring 🥱

[@jeffpetrie7744]

I despise wolf turns more than liver with runny eggs and sauerkraut.

[@ariahazelwood3842]

Challenge while watching gymnastics: take a shot every time you see a wolf turn and then die of alcohol poisoning 💀

[@detectivewiggles]

It's so weird to me that that's worth as much as it is. It looks like something for kids who haven't yet gotten good at tumbling. I know why everyone puts it in their routine, but it's just so silly and boring.

[@shaskins15]

Its safe, I guess. Like all the rules and penalties in the NFL...they are ruining athletics and sports.

[@devanf17]

i miss interesting gymnastics. the routines now all seems the same. the new judging system has taken the personality and art out of gymnastics.

[@briemcpherson6483]

+devanf17 I agree too!

[@francescagatica2799]

+devanf17, I agree!!!

[@keennickolas8575]

+devanf17 word!! It's like with EVERY KIND of artistic sports!! Only for Television and for EASIER COUNTING OF POINTS ... that's so ridicoulously BAD!! It's NOT only a sport, but also an ART!!! Only Circus people can still perform without limits. I started Longboard-Dancing, because it was still new and WITHOUT ANY LIMITATIONS ... but ALSO THERE it already STARTED, that you have to do a move, how THEY WANT IT TO BE... WTF?! It is DANCING and FREESTYLE ... but we don't DANCE anymore in competitions, NOR is it in ANY WAY FREE(-style).

[@SeaSong14]

+devanf17 And that's why i only watch the men's competition nowadays. But it makes me happy to find some Russian, Chinese, French or even the Dutch girls that still have originality, difficulty and artistic, but even they are losing the artistic value.

[@manatee580]

Can someone please explain to me the new judging system

[@sandrasanders706]

Thank Olga Korbut for all of this for bringing fun,creativity, and gutsy moves in gymnastics!!!

[@fredpearson5204]

Thank her for her performances--thank her coach and choreographer for the content of her performances.

[@Lucretciela]

And I thought it was so cool that I learned the crow pose in Yoga.

[@pixelatedfart5748]

Lucretciela I know how to do the scorpion

[@blah7983]

Pixelated Fart what about the needle?

[@andreadeagon2301]

You made me laugh, thanks for the gift.

[@flowepots4852]

what about the pigeon pose

[@chantalnoble1161]

That is cool tho!! I can do needle, walkovers, chest stand, elbow stand, and a whole lot of other contortion related things, yet I can't do crow pose 😂

[@amayakierra6806]

After watching this video I now see that there is a huge difference between gymnastics from then to now.

[@aidanirene5926]

My reaction to every mount: 'Bitch, wtf?!'

[@_justinblizzle]

Righttt 🤣🤣🤣

[@ericoliver1603]

Lmao!!! They're all ridiculously impressive. Like what even are these creatures?

[@randomvintagefilm273]

You are so classy honey. How many tats do you have?

[@wvmom2727]

@@randomvintagefilm273 you follow Newsmax, your opinion is not valid here. You believe liars.

[@barbleigh5571]

It really is tragic that a whole generation of humanity can only express themselves using vulgarities

[@elly7780]

Does anyone else miss the art like this in gymnastics?

[@Emmss_]

🖐 I do!

[@Popculturenostalgia01]

I do too

[@rhiannonrede]

This is why I think Nadia is GOAT. Her work is to me the most beautiful & still so athletic. I enjoy the athleticism today but I miss the incredible beauty & grace of that era.

[@ibm650]

The mount at 3:00 is not only impressive but amusing, since it sends a message to the male gymnasts, "Anything you can do, we can do better!"

[@tijanam9251]

ibm650 this isn't about gender us women aren't discriminated anymore and female gymnasts are as respected as male (if not more) so sit your feminist ass down and enjoy the video

[@lauren3355]

Sigh. When did "feminist" become a negative term? Feminists want *equality*. It's not about women being better than men or men being better than women. Simple equality, that's all.

[@lauren3355]

Sure, there are women who hate men. There are also men who hate women. But that's beside the point -- the specific term "feminism" and feminists came about not to take power away from men, but to push for women to have equal power as men. It's just depressing that such an important idea has been lost and replaced by "feminazi" and other derogatory terms. There are *always* going to be haters on both sides of any issue. I think this one is worth saving. Being a feminist is *not* being a sexist. The terms are incompatible... actually, to be honest, you yourself sound very sexist in your comment. That's not a good way to gain respect from women or from men.

[@tijanam9251]

Ana B listen u sound smart and all and i agree on most if not all things you said, but you completely misudnerstood my comment. Feminism and feminists are everywhere nowadays and feminism i good in theory, however this girl sad "yeah men all you can do we can do better" which i think is completely unnecessary and the word "better" doesn't indicate equality but superiority. I don't want to start a feminism internet war i just thought that it was uncalled for.

[@lauren3355]

Looda dooda Gotcha. I agree, using the word “better” is not in the spirit of equality. Sorry if I offended you!

[@rikki3292]

Beam used to be so beautiful, it showed the different skills and muscular endurance these girls had. Now, all the routines are basic and repetitive.

[@amandahupman1645]

and safer

[@loriharrod2147]

Super human focus. Super human strength and control. I was slack jawed throughout this whole video.

[@kristilambert3416]

@@loriharrod2147 same

[@crystalm4324]

Now its super human trick…. Stop.pose.smile.flick the hands or toes. put on serious face. next super human trick.

[@MD-722]

@@amandahupman1645 Safer like how? Back in the day you had compulsories which meant that gymnasts had to have solid proficieny in the basics and a celing score system which meant that only so much difficulty was required. Now there is no compulsories (hence why even in an Olympic event final it is rare for all 8 gymnasts to stay on the beam) and with the open-ended scoring system it is just the cramming-in of trick after trick after trick in 90 seconds which has resulted in a wave of injuries.

[@bribri10213]

This is why I love gymnastics; it's both a sport, and an art!

[@nickleforapickle8992]

So true!

[@bribri10213]

:)

[@Isa.bellevie]

Perfectly put!

[@bribri10213]

thank you!

[@sophiaalford1062]

yes it is amazing to watch and do, I am glad some people just realize that

[@sophiapiper4978]

I never knew gymnastics could be like this, holy shit. I enjoyed watching Olympic gymnastics but I think this vid may have just ruined it for me.

[@limlaith]

Gosh I know what you mean. I am old enough to remember when gymnastics was like this - beautiful, truly artistic. I miss these beam routines. I miss the ballet in the floor routines. I miss the days when doing a "less difficult" routine extremely well was worth more than attempting a massively difficult routine but doing it poorly.

[@sophiar1855]

This is the gymnastics I remember as a child. Artistry and power.

[@1chelib]

I totally agree with you.

[@lulub1433]

I grew up with these gymnasts and the mounts really set the tone for the routine-was literally confused one day to see a gymnast jump up hop onto the beam on their feet...😭

[@mirror1675]

I can’t imagine the amount of training and dedication and pain and effort that these young women went through to be able to do these wonderful gymnastics.

[@WAKUSEl]

they werent women , they were little girls. Children.

[@sophiakaiser8379]

Old school gymnasts always had the best beam and bars routines

[@nejah.6487]

Back when their feet were pointed as they should be, gracefully

[@dianaolvera492]

The coaches should bring miss Abby Lee yo shout at the gymnasts "Point You God damn feet or I would kill You!!!! XD

[@bubblegum2741]

Yeah. As a dancer, it’s so weird seeing people not pointing their feet for tricks. Even if we’re doing a crazy trick or something in our dance routine, we would do that trick over and over until everyone’s feet were pointed. Especially in a lyrical or jazz routine.

[@nejah.6487]

@June Friedman i know that it is hard, but thats why coaches teach young girla from the start, to point their feet at each occasion. And so they train different drills and practices for feet 🤷‍♀️

[@nejah.6487]

But now the acrobatics and super mega tricks are more important to quickly learn and achieve, so you can become the best of the best, and the feet become 'forgotten'

[@kathleenirish]

Amen

[@triciabarr4620]

The mounts were they flip on "blind" always terrified me to watch but they are also the most exciting and incredibly amazing to witness. The unreal strength agility and balance of some of the other mounts sometimes from standing starts are works of art to behold. As a former competitive swimmer myself who swam and trained for 14 years, I fully understand the dedication and hours and hours of work that it takes to achieve the skills and abilities that they have. Just incredible to watch, thank you. I love watching gymnastics men and women's. All the disciplines! 👏👏👏👏👏

[@kittykat248100]

3:16 holy shit she actually hit a perfect full planche... i want these moves back!!

[@Brendonmakesmesmile]

0:57 holy crap

[@aubreykue]

THAT CHICK IS SOOO STRONG I MEAN THEY"RE ALL STRONG BUT OOOMGGG

[@mollypollypie212]

like yup imma just chill here WITH MY FRIGGIN LEGS DEFYING THE LAWS OF PHYSICS

[@glendagraw620]

yup

[@glendagraw620]

yup to molish

[@kirstenterkelsen5082]

ikr

[@vav2868]

Wow vintage gymnastics blows me away! So graceful and beautiful.

[@emmacnnt3677]

I know it's impossible but I would love if the 2020 olympics would go back to old gymnastics.. It was so graceful and beautiful, it was a pleasure to watch. I do admire today's gymnastics, but it's all about speed and strength, there is no more of that little magic there used to be. (Sorry for the writing, I don't speak fluent English)

[@katesunderland1415]

Emma CNNT your English was VERY good

[@charleyanne]

@emma CNNT unfortunately what was has evolved into what now is & I doubt it'll ever go back as these gymnasts train to do what they do & it would have to be some up & comer to start a change. Some of these mounts are no longer permitted & some are too minimalistic but they all are beautiful & I too miss & wish we had them & the individuality they brought. I'm tired of seeing Wolfe turns, they aren't pretty & are usually clunky or wobbly & it's a struggle for the gymnast to keep themselves turning. & Your English was great!

[@Karina._.]

I,put my hope in the 2024 Olympians , there are a few gymnasts tht actually have grace and are focus more in the beauty and perfection than just be faster

[@classicaldeb]

You write better than many native English language folks!

[@Roman-bw2fo]

Lmao 2020 olympics

[@laurenr.4858]

INSANE!!! I wish gymnasts on the balance beam were still like this today.

[@mariapholazamora3242]

I wish people could at least appreciate the amount of training every gymnast puts into their performances.

[@jalyn.elizabeth3095]

Maria Phola Zamora ikr! I have this huge meet and have spent so many times just going over routines! Every time I mess up have to do it again! People may think gymnastics is easy but it’s harder than it looks to a certain extent!

[@indiasatterly4795]

You can really tell the difference between the style of then vs now. Back then gymnastics was more stylistic but now it’s just about finesse and power.

[@Mitzi73]

The girl at :48 killed it. The video was over for me after that.

[@mattmcneely8271]

look at the lady in the stands in the background... she's looking around like "did ya'll just see that shit??"

[@mssorayajoseph]

FACTS!

[@RachelsSweetie]

Jackie Bender, Canada, 1991. Wow!

[@chercher304]

utter slayage!!!

[@408linda]

Me too. she is amazing!

[@bluegirl7221]

God bless this girls for their grace, talent, big effort and determination 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@codysagod]

6 minutes and 38 seconds of “Oh, my God!”. Excellent video. Thank you.

[@charlesritter6640]

The skill level these young girls get to is just mind boggling.

[@amandaknauss7727]

Everyone is complaining about modern day gymnasts being bad compared to these girls like it's their fault that they can't show these skills without getting kicked out of the gymnast community and losing their career because no one wanted to see them break their neck in a really cool looking way.

[@jwithdoisfs7240]

Amanda Knauss .

[@meredithcree8337]

Amanda Knauss yes break their neck, but in a cool way. Go down in style am I right ladies

[@flee2321]

They can still break their necks with a lot of what they do now.

[@ccitnavrae]

@@flee2321 true I will break my neck if I try any routine on the beam except walking 😁

[@davidvalerio9344]

That is really rare stop it!

[@nitawest3337]

0:35 Li Li scared the mess out me...all these were amazing

[@federicapiottoli6922]

I thought her arms had collapsed and she slammed her spine 😭

[@chrisgirl1979]

Me too! And when I realized how controlled it was, I had to watch her 10 more times!!!

[@marciturner4980]

She unintentionally pulled a prank on you.

[@NinjaKittyBonks]

These acts are beautiful, strange, awesome, incredible, dynamic, insane, crazy, stupendous, amazing, jaw dropping, magnificent, and beyond my ability to accurately describe!

[@StarDreamMemories]

This is a beautiful compilation and everything I miss about the past of beam routines.

[@emmacattell2520]

0:48 that mount was honestly incredible

[@fabioaraujo552]

You chose a song that represents expansion/growth through repetition and these videos that are the sheer real life example of that... well done, I cried.

[@bellamy222rose]

old gymnastics routines were crazy and cool

[@davab5142]

I was trying to understand why I was so disconnected from gymnastics this year. This video explains it. I cried. The artistry is so lacking nowadays. This was beautifully done. Thank you for taking us back to why we're all obsessed with these incredible athletes and the dedication they give to this sport.

[@gothgirl4evr881]

I couldn't agree more. It has become a sport focused on how many flips and twists a gymnast can do before landing and less focused on the artistry, creativity, flexibility and grace of dance skills mixed with tumbling skills. And as for uneven bars that has become more like men's high bar, since they widen the distance between bars the transition skills between the two bars like gymnasts like Nadia and Olga and many others did just don't exist anymore. There's very little fluidity to the bar, beam and floor routines. They all look the same now

[@robertheilmeier2671]

This is one of the most amazing gymnastics videos I have ever seen.. brilliant in every aspect. Thank you!

[@tasintamron]

This is what gymnastics used to be? Forget this new shit then.

[@blueblue8650]

With all the due respect to Simone Biles, in those years she would not have won as she has at present. Competitions used to be really tough.

[@stephanieyorke514]

Why because she's black. Racist trick!

[@BlizzardGhost]

@@stephanieyorke514 no. it's because of her style of tumbling and routines.

[@murasakino101]

@@blueblue8650 I love her too but I agree to some extent. Simone is mostly power and has sacrificed a bit of artistry for harder tumbling passes (which I love to see too but I miss when she had more choreo like her Rio floor performance. The energy and charisma she had there was EVERYTHING but she's taken a lot of that out now which I can see why. Doing a dance routine AND a triple double + the other hard tumbles would tire her out). The only thing I think she still would have had a chance winning is vault, especially with the yurchenko double pike Edit: now that I think about it, she could still win since there were other powerful gymnasts at that time. Comparing today's gymnasts and older ones wouldn't work since gymnastics is very different now.

[@LOVEandKINDNESS-PEACEandREST]

Right! 😂😂 I was like I thought what I am seeing now was out of this world but after seeing this ...!!!!!

[@e.mysttt]

3:09 I have never seen someone fit 4 flips on a beam before. Amazing!

[@MD-722]

Her name is Yekaterina Vandisheva and she was beautiful to watch. Although sadly she fell during (what I consider to be) the best part of that routine when performed it in competition. But here is a link to a version where she made no major mistakes kzbin.info/www/bejne/a4PCq4mLntBlhpI (the part I'm talking about takes place at around 0.31 mark).

[@callmej5337]

Tatiana Lysenko also did it in 1992 and won a Gold Medal

[@remcat03]

At 2:24, layout on, into two layouts without a pause. Breathtaking - but they were all breathtaking! Anyway to list the names of the gymnasts? Thanks so much for this!

[@hayleycarlton9475]

Gymnastics seems to have done away with the fancy mount on beam. Now they just get on it. It's sad, really. Everything is now being done for points.

[@Elong.]

Yes they'll never be memorable; just the same skills everyone else uses.

[@TheAnonyy]

Your both right this equals boring

[@gretchenhagenlocher5254]

Hayley Carlton So Nadia Comenicei shouldn't have received her perfect 10's, back in the Montreal "76" Olympics?

[@MD-722]

@@gretchenhagenlocher5254 Not her first one, no. She took a small hop on the landing making it an imperfect routine which anyone else would have been nailed for. The bar-work was flawless, but the dismount was not.

[@hainynocomora5314]

The moves back then are so elegant and graceful

[@8rynFarley]

Them: Doing the mounts Me: *trying to find a way to contact simone biles to see if she can do these)

[@londonfleurina2388]

So true!

[@Wordalways]

Exactly... so tired of no artistry

[@Miathegr8]

I can easily answer that question. Simone can!

[@Cut_Throat_Girl]

She cannot do it. She's a stocky block.

[@Miathegr8]

Again, Simone can.

[@nbmki8542]

2:07 is so satisfying

[@11Garrett11]

Boom! My favorite too. Insane!!

[@daramcneil567]

You’re gonna keep my attention when you play Ravel’s Bolero...

[@Ellier215]

My fav!!

[@justaguy5770]

Had not heard this song before but seemed fitting, beautiful graceful and commanding. The song as well the talent and strength

[@royami8627]

@@justaguy5770 you should look up torvill & dean ice skating to this. Best use of Bolero I have ever heard

[@milagrosantana7442]

@@royami8627 yes, love it!

[@manatee580]

You play football? That's cute lol

[@davidmehnert6206]

NAMASSETE When gravyd-ease defyeth teame, Whilom shoneyhse pyesse beame!

[@wiammoutai7484]

Omg stop putting down other sports.

[@arbyarby3259]

Until ya get blindsided or tackled at the knee and there goes ya ACL

[@poop4912]

You’re a cheerleader? Adorable

[@poop4912]

Arby Arby *we don’t need other people to hurt us tho😂*

[@kthegymnast5887]

If I ever get in to the Olympics Imma bring this back it’s so beautiful

[@clarencenewman8872]

The word "fearless" is often overused, especially in sports. These gymnasts who throw themselves around on that teeny sliver of wood are batshit fearless superwoman dog nuts crazy.

[@lilyhanze3682]

Wow. It seems older beam routines were more creative, complex, and beautiful!😍so many of these looked so hard yet graceful and pretty

[@FokinRG]

THIS is where the true beauty of artistic gymnastics lies, the perfection with which difficult elements are executed, the beauty lies on the alignment of their bodies and not the awkward prancing, back arching, and hand throwing around they do in an attempt to look "artistic". Nowadays female artistic gymnasts are mostly incredibly short and bulky, there's nothing pretty about them doing stupid hand movements in the middle of an awesome floor exercise.

[@FokinRG]

+Cakiema Because unhealthy girls are definitely ready and physically able to perform at this level. Being short is good, but the elements look more impressive when a tall gymnast performs them. These girls clearly had enough muscle mass and physical strength to be able to perform these elements.

[@chercher304]

amen preach

[@infaust9293]

The gymnasts in this video weren't exactly shorter than those of today.

[@angedejeudi]

Alle Gretto there was only one competitor in this year's olympics whose routine was absolutely beautiful to watch. It wasn't crammed full of tumbling skills, but had such grace. I feel like a lot of the athletes these days are so focused on tumbling that the basics of beam are no longer valued; it's essentially becoming floor routines with a more limited space, nothing innovative that accentuates the characteristics of the beam like the mounts here do.

[@gabysusanto415]

Alle Gretto As a short and bulky gymnast, I feel kind of offended.....

[@Moonbunny55]

That one arm mount-dang!!!!!

[@Avatargeek23]

Why don't current day gymnast do these fun skills anymore?

[@Colette92017]

Tell that to the USA 2016 Women's gymnast team, they apparently didn't get that message.

[@RobJG1976]

MirnaMinkoff did you see how poorly all the other nations did? it isn't a good thing that the American female team won against crappy competitors. and the Olympics are rigged from the start to distract from what is going on in the world. happy Americans care less about what our crappy government does. and when we see our team win we get happy.

[@davidmoya441]

+RobJG1976 agreed

[@Colette92017]

Whoa, there you need to get back on your meds. You said women couldn't do these skills anymore because they were too busy being "whores, sexting, etc..." and I simply pointed out you were wrong, the female gymnasts are competing at some of the highest levels ever seen - the USA and other countries. The other competitors weren't "crappy" and it shows you know zilch about gymnastics. The USA team is that good, not other countries are bad. This is a video about gymnastics, you are injecting bizarre misogyny and political overtones into it for some reason. There are plenty of youtube videos you can spew all day about hating whores and the govt. to your hearts content. In fact, if you are that upset about, maybe get into therapy and then try to do something to improve the world rather than trashing women on youtube who have worked harder than you ever have to achieve true excellence.

[@Colette92017]

RobJG1976 Take a seat. You've "watched" the Olympics since 1980 lol. We got an expert here folks. My grandfather has watched them since 1956, I'll let him know he's an expert now too. Your "daughters" weren't up on that medal stand kicking ass and taking names at the Olympics, not now, not in 1980. I'm sure their Dad's opinion thinking girls are nothing but a bunch of sexting whores has done loads for their self esteem. You can keep talking shit in KZbin comments and wallowing in your bitter life and the US women's gymnasts will keep winning medals and being excellent. No one cares what angry misogynists online think.

[@CJ-mn6iw]

Pretty sure there was some magic going on at 0:48. 0_0 I mean how did that even happen?! I've been watching gymnastics a long time and that's one of the coolest things I've EVER seen.

[@plmaguire]

+Christina Jones I think this is Jackie Bender (1991)

[@robertheilmeier2671]

+CJ I agree! It was out of this world..

[@kenycharles8600]

That looked strong.

[@leaillex]

Her arm is so thin too wtf

[@victoriavonheals2384]

Wow. I found this much more entertaining to watch. So much artistry and creativity. Each gymnast was different.

[@kgeorgy4]

Gymnastics used to be so much more interesting. I miss it. Simone would rock this.

[@sarahalexandra3892]

It’s all about scoring points now. It’s ruined gymnastics

[@sarahberry6434]

Actually she wouldn't as she lacks artistry

[@witchimarie]

@@sarahberry6434 someone sounds salty

[@Flickymcbean825]

@@sarahberry6434 I totally agree. Biles would be a fish out of water competing against these gymnasts. Today it’s all about who can perform the most daring move/s irrespective of how elegant or satisfying the routine is to watch. I couldn’t care less how many times someone can spin on one leg on the beam. 😴

[@maxxedangel]

@@sarahberry6434 ooohhh you mad. you so mad.

[@sandicmxr]

Wow you found some wonderful and different mounts. Thanks for this look into the art of gymnastics originality.

[@tangerineville]

It’s so beautiful watching the elegance, beautiful lines and artistic creativity of gymnasts back in the day. A lot of them even rival rhythmic gymnasts in their flexibility.. now they can barely get into a full split in a leap 😩

[@magnummax78]

Honestly, I impressed myself with how many of these gymnasts I could recall, by name, based merely on how they mounted the beam.

[@aprilrodgers6904]

I need to go to the chiropractor just watching that

[@mariafinklea9819]

Absolutely amazing😳Every single one of them👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽The difficulty of these routines is very hard..Yet these young ladies make it look so easy and effortless.

[@samanthaclaw]

Wow. Just, wow. I have never been more amazed watching gymnastics. Stunning!

[@DelusionalDarcy]

I do miss the interesting mounts. Dominique M has one of my all time favorite mounts. I also loved Shannon's, especially the handstand. I do wish they did more handstands.

[@Luna-Ro]

I can't get enough of this video! Beautiful compilation of beautiful beam mounts!🙂 Too bad we don't see these artistic performances anymore. 😦

[@mysteryof7]

these girls were phenomenal! best display of acrobatics and flexibility I've seen in a long, long time. we just don't see this cool stuff anymore

[@NicolePoliskey]

I miss these routines. The connection to the beam was so beautiful. We have lost connection in the current scoring system.

[@PurpleGalaxies123]

What happened to this gymnastic style? The creativity and self-control is so beautiful and breath-taking.

[@NanaMamaS]

How witches mount their broomsticks on Halloween. 🧙🏼‍♀️

[@amandajaquez4418]

back when gymnastics was amazing😢

[@choupette_]

The aesthetics of these moves are something else

[@northernsoutherngirl]

This was in my timeline today (12/20/19). Thank you for creating this. 😉 As a former gymnast, I really appreciate this. Alot of people don't realize that the balance beam is ONLY 4 inches wide!!🤸🤸 These ladies were strong yet graceful at the same time!

[@connieatkinson418]

Where has that kind of artistry gone? That was gorgeous!

[@valerievalerie4366]

Tumbling on to a beam is one thing but those suspensions at awkward angles. My mind is **** how these elegant bodies do this. Utter amazement

[@alaly1027]

UGH!!! The new gymnastics disgusts me....I've watched this several times and I miss the handstands, and the flexibility. You can't tell me tumbling on the beam isn't hard. They should change the name to technical gymnastics. It certainly isn't artistic anymore

[@leahkay9698]

+A Laly Flexability? That's almost all you see in some of the routines. I'm impressed by the sheer amount of pain that people are willing to expect of young girls to get to this point. All for a silly medal.

[@annawimberly3114]

+Leah Kay its flexibility not flexability

[@JParkerAdair]

I enjoy both, but I agree with your name idea. The artistry has been gone for a while. But art is impossible to judge without bias. That killed artistic gymnastics (also, the forced labor of eight-year-old Chinese girls whose identifications claim they're 16). It's basically JUST compulsories now...insane, X-Games compulsories.

[@leahkay9698]

Yes, I wonder how old these little girls start? Like some kids can swim before they could walk. Hmm? Dominique Dawes is from my hometown, but was lucky to live in a normal home environment.

[@cocatfan]

I agree. Old gymnastics tricks were so much more interesting. All they do now if flip and twist, repeat.

[@TheGrandmaster1]

0:47 was absolutely ridiculous. I've been watching for 20 years and never seen anything like that.

[@LadyLucija]

Same here (minus 10 years :D). When she started I was like 'oh cool, one hand' and then when she proceeded I went 'whoa... wait... what?' :D

[@aerialkate]

I've never seen anything like that either - and I don't know her name. I feel bad for not knowing - because that move really impressed me. My jaw dropped.

[@uplouder]

aerialkate Jackie Bender, Canada

[@TheGrandmaster1]

uplouder Why didn't she win like 500 Gold Medals in the Olympics. She's insane. Gabby Douglas, Nastia Lukin, Sean Johnson, Shannon Miller, Carly Patterson, none of them could mount the beam like THAT.

[@aerialkate]

uplouder Ta!

[@denicat13]

WOW!!!!! I've been a fan of gymnastics for years but I always watched the competitions on TV or live where you hear their bodies against the equipment and such. I've always admired the incredible athleticism, this is the first time I really saw the beauty, grace and strength of these woman. Just beautiful

[@eandevideos5598]

Some of the most amazing things I've ever had the privilege to watch. Thank you ladies of the past. I don't think this world can do these things again

[@bferrell1512]

I'll speak its name. I'm pretty sure that mount is damned "Damn, girl!"

[@MissHoneyBee24]

ABSOLUTELY AMAZING! I want to see these mount techniques again in today's gymnastics

[@GymSticks]

... you can accomplish anything with infinite training