Chellsie Memmel - Floor Exercise - 2008 Olympic Trials - Day 2

Score: 15.850 - June 22, 2008 - Wachovia Center in Philadelphia, Pa.

[@joelioo]

you know it's good when you still get hype after 10 years of seeing this

[@jojox9791]

She is training again! She is still freaking amazing

[@peettteerrr]

She is indeed training and I couldn’t be more happier :)) I really hope she stays healthy enough to at least make it to nationals. Even if she doesn’t make the team, I would just love to see her compete at her best again, it would totally make a statement to Marta, a big F**k U for thinking my career was over at the 2016 classic.

[@Matthew-jh6oh]

Peter Rodriguez *2012 classic lol but yes

[@shannon1050]

i literally don’t know why this doesn’t have at least a million views yet

[@marcushamner5994]

Chellsie is going to kill it in the Olympics next summer! 😊👊🏾

[@SweetSirenia]

Most underappreciated gymnast in my lifetime. She was so clutch.

[@cats7414]

And now she’s back!!!

[@abramquinn7726]

@@cats7414 ❤🧡💛💚💙💜

[@carolineblueskies]

just WOW. it's so rare to see an audience get so into just the dance portion of a routine, she killed it! and her tumbling was fantastic too

[@sprinklefriend]

Well I was there and what you have to realize is that unlike most competitions, this was NOT an event where people competed simultaneously. It was split up so that only two events happened during a given rotation, and only one gymnast performed at a time. So usually during a competition, people are focusing on different things, but at this competition each routine had everyone's full attention. Plus if I recall correctly this was at the end of the night on the final night (for men AND women - I was there all 4 nights and the men finished the night before so this was the end of Trials altogether) so we were all pumped up. The place went wild for each routine for the most part though!

[@Amanda-dx9jv]

That double pike though.

[@jakejavier185]

5 tumbling passes?? Great execution. Who came here after seeing her training for 2021?

[@mezzoBella]

I did!!!

[@dccarlos15]

@@mezzoBella I that's the first time I've seen 5 passes and it's an old video! Mind blown!

[@GQisthenewblack]

pretty sure there was at least one year where 5 passes were required. i think chellsie mentioned it in one of her new training videos when talking abt old routines

[@abramquinn7726]

ME!

[@klw8173]

The code counted more elements in this quad. Many of the gymnasts did 5 passes. Some put a double full or front full as a side pass, rather than the diagonal. A big criticism was that the amount of elements left no room for artistry.

[@kjmo10]

You know you're a badass when you could still be winning a medal with this routine from 12 years ago. 🤯🤯🤯

[@ericyu2270]

i love her face when she's about to do a big pass. i swear her eyes have fire behind them

[@revaew1379]

I know Bela sucks but it always makes me smile to see him jump up like that for her because there was no camera in his face to ham it up for, I think he meant it. No matter what Marta thought about Chellsie, she was insanely talented and she NAILED that routine. I'm having so much fun watching her comeback! Go Chellsie!!

[@lpoco0006]

@@sallygreenfield6991 how did Chellsie do that? what happened

[@mylesfinkley7332]

wait marta didn’t like chellsie?

[@mattjp_91]

she literally gave me chills that night. i’ll never forget watching this live. LEGEND. so proud of her

[@Appaddict01]

You’re really lucky to have been there. What a brilliant way to end an event.

[@coll4455]

Lucky duck to get to see this live!!

[@alradomes7912]

GLAD TO KNOW SHE'S BACK FOR TOKYO.

[@homemadeguacamole2883]

Underrated

[@oscarw.b.4752]

This is the routine of the quadrennium! What I would not give to have seen it at the Olympic Games!

[@cspoonapple]

this is my favorite routine ever. I love the standing ovation the judges gave her!

[@isaacreisbord3957]

I remember watching this at the Olympic trials in person I WAS 4! this was one of the routines that made me want to be a gymnast!

[@rcarnegie78]

ICONIC.

[@annamurcko5516]

I literally just watched this and started crying at the end. To see this and also be watching her comeback so intently, I'm in complete awe of her and what a wonderful person and competitor she has been and still is. I can't wait to see where this comeback takes her!

[@rezmy10488]

an absolute queen

[@KJ7JHN]

2021 needs more landings like this. Nicely done.

[@TheWorldAccordingToV]

it's crazy how I've never heard of her in the fame of nastia and shawn, she's amazing

[@BritneyPhoenix]

Her injuries were a misfortune throughout her career, that's why, but despite all that she was right up there with them in terms of level and execution of gymnastics.

[@kluna-ox3vo]

The Queen is back!!!!! 2021!!!

[@julieglover3684]

This was such an incredible and iconic floor routine by Chellsie MEMMEL! I know that Ali Raisman received so much notoriety for her floor routines in the 2012 & 2016 Olympics. (and others) Chellsie’s Floor routine at the 2008 US Olympic Trials was so underrated!!! Even though Everyone jumped to their feet! (Even Marta & Bella) Such a highlight! Nastia & Shawn were the stars ...but CHELLSIE WAS ON THEIR LEVEL, & an international WORLD CHAMPION and a STAR. as well. .Chellsie never got the recognition she deserved. I am cheering for her for 2021. Her comeback & adult gymnastics journey has been nothing short of spectacular. She has truly served as a source of INSPIRATION FOR SO MANY.

[@aaronjordan7602]

Who's here before Chellsie competes at Classic 21' tomorrow?

[@X_MissMary_X]

Usually, beam and bars are my favorite events to watch. But this- this sent chills down my spine!

[@beatricemenarini3416]

That last double pike😍😍 WOW, this whole routine is a wow, she’s a wow

[@mitchya7990]

Chellsie was an absolute BEAST during her heyday(prime).

[@insanegrl11]

I have actually watched this video one hundred time. She's flawless. I love it!

[@sydneybaade]

This routine gives me chills ugh! What a star she will always be!!!

[@tomsk14]

I have never seen a gymnast look so in control of these huge skills... her spacial awareness is absolutely fantastic. Ive never really been very aware of chellsie until recently, but she is absolutely outstanding... I am so impressed....

[@bobfanton4887]

Wow i had goosebumps from the first pass to her last amazing double pike! This was amazing and i hate how her story ended but she is coming back and will be stronger than ever!!

[@jenniethefan]

holy crappppp. i didnt think that she would be this good. honestly i never paid attention to her until i saw this. damnnnnnn.

[@samanthahough3202]

This honestly was a floor and a half routine from chelsea. Pure perfection

[@dianashields6002]

Omg she's incredible.. those landings were spot on

[@jaimerobles3691]

One of the all time best floor routines! 5 tumbling passes, all great landings!

[@kellyshahan5080]

I love Bela Karoyli's reaction after Chellsie landed her double pike it always gives me chills WOW!!!

[@troybradley2575]

IVE NEVER SEEN ANYONE STICK LANDINGS LIKE THIS EVER AND IM 50 1/2 YEARS OLD JUST PERFECT

[@marilyn8328]

She’s amazing I never got tired of seeing!!!

[@hyl1265]

Chellsie and Shawn are my favs of all time !!!

[@bbhouk1]

still get chills, 15 years later

[@zhangshinyi]

it just occurred to me that she stuck her dismounts on fx, bb, and ub on this second day.... incredible.

[@SH-co8de]

I always coming for this video so good

[@lucasblackburn3178]

She is the best always!!!! I’m so glad she is coming back for Tokyo 2021

[@simplyalina427]

I got chills. She is incredible.

[@focusx77]

I swear that Drum Set in the Floor Ex music. Totally hyped up that amazing double pike.

[@TruBlu8]

0:11 Was that a piked double arabian?! What?? And that double back pike to put an exclamation point on the whole routine. This is for sure one of my favorite floor routines.

[@alankazdinz1087]

Yes it was! :D

[@nicolasthainer6313]

YES, it was a DOS SANTOS I 😍

[@MarkyBoy36]

The music adds to it also - very engaging to listen to. The tumbling is amazing!

[@brodypenn]

Here after she said she’s officially coming back.

[@kjmo10]

OMG THAT WAS BRILLIANT. I get chills every time i watch it! I always think that her Olympic story would have been way different if she had been healthy and strong during them. I'm gonna miss Chellsie soooo much :')

[@TikiBoy382]

This gives me chills everytime I see this! This was such an AMAZING routine, she got the whole audience behind her, and everyone was cheering at her...I wish she would have been healthy during the Olympics, so we could have seen this routine there!

[@watercoloursgrey]

BRILLIANT! So beautiful. Just gorgeous.

[@deenibeeniable]

She looks just as good RIGHT NOW!

[@plantycassy]

I watch this at least 3-4 times a week 😂

[@tatilalima2874]

Chelsie era surreal muito boa. Maravilhosa espetacular

[@kamilaford5752]

Chellsie’s floor is a perfect example of not being the classical balletic style of dancing in gymnastics, but still being engaging and captivating. There’s this obsession with tall, skinny gymnasts with classical music and classical dancing in gymnastics, and I’m not going to sit here and act like those routines aren’t beautiful, but I think this is what modern, powerful, dynamic, and artistic gymnastics can and should look like. I think the days when gymnastics looked more like ballet and was feminine and delicate are over, and it’s time for this kind of gymnastics to be front-and-center.

[@iamagirl9938]

OH MY GOD! FINALLY, SOMEONE WHO AGREES WITH ME. Like, let the past be the past. Live the present. this is the present of gymnastics. And I honestly love the current state of gymnastics so much more. I mean okay "delicate" gymnastics was aesthetically pleasing to watch but it never really made me want to get up and cheer and scream.

[@Squarehammer1]

Her Memmel movement is so elegant, no one can do ir like her!

[@henryhernandez1793]

MARTA STOOD UP!!!!!!

[@marcushamner5994]

Chellsie Memmel is an inspiration! I’m glad she came back at this year’s Tokyo Olympics! Cheers to many more successes! She liked my post before. I can’t wait to meet her and the team! What a goddess 🤩🥰😘😊👊🏾💍🌹

[@FrancesBaconandEggs]

I hope she has those super recognizable drums at the very beginning for her comeback routine, which then abruptly stop and change to something completely different 😏 because she’s the old Chellsie, but so much better now!

[@hoopdini6953]

literally just commented on how she should use a remix of this song for her new floor routine... the iconic drums would literally send chills down everyones back

[@marycollier6455]

SHE DID!!!!!!

[@anikokoren3417]

SHE DOES HAVE IT!!!🤩

[@potski706]

i really LOVE chellsie memmel

[@minoyd]

Absolutely immaculate

[@misssvets7728]

Her first pass….. dude that is probably the best landing I’ve ever seen on a Dos Santos….

[@allycameron2942]

Thought I was tripping when she was setting up for her last pass...like "didnt she already do 4?" Freaking legend.

[@kevinreyrabuya7477]

Who's here because of her comeback on 2021 Olympic??

[@taylorheath2695]

This was literally perfect! I can’t wait to see what she has up her sleeve, I think it’ll be even better!!!

[@iamagirl9938]

I love this floor and her floor from 2011. both are masterpieces of their own. Ready to support her all the way through 2021.

[@declaration27]

i'm obsessed with this routine. its perfection.

[@michellecai8129]

She's my favorite gymnast of all time :)

[@meadowlane37]

she's a beautiful gymnast.

[@aronvic2627]

I am new to watching gymnastics and THIS is the most exciting video I have seen regardless of the Olympics to date. What an amazing and exciting gymnast! You have already accomplished the world Chellsie!

[@pottercito7]

This routine was definitely the highlight of the trials! Amazing! :)

[@lucasblackburn3178]

This never ever gets old ❤️

[@joeharp9257]

Such an iconic routine

[@pottercito7]

This routine is epic! Best piece of American gymnastics of the decade. ;)

[@crazynightsinparis]

GOOSEBUMPS every single time I wacht this. She's an amazing gymast. I'm really really hoping she makes that 2012 Olympic team and returns home with, at least, one medal (hopefully gold) in one of her best events. :D

[@gemclumsyninja]

I just love how, for once, the commentators just shut up and are amazed. It's good to hear them, but sometimes the amazing purity of Chelsea's routine just needs to be heard. Beautiful.

[@JBluver18]

The crowd was loving this. She was amazing. I'm going to miss her so so much.

[@luckyclubpenguin]

best exercise ever performed ever me thinks

[@BenThompson]

I,ll never get tired of watching this, so wish we could’ve seen this in Beijing- Only gymnast in US history to get a standing ovation from the selection committee

[@mortella23]

i am in love with this video

[@Tienchen15]

i´ve got tears in my eyes.... Beautiful!!!!

[@rg1whiteywins598]

We need her on the Olympic team. If she can still pull of this quality of tumbling. Her form on so many things is super.

[@adrianobatista3394]

And she came back! I coud not imagine this!!! A great gymnast!

[@gymnast768]

LOVE how she stands there for a second after her double pike with her legs together, and THEN takes a step back so deliberately. It's almost like she's saying "look at that judges. stuck that shit cold"

[@leannets]

You can see the determination in her eyes before she begins her run for her last pass, and that was probably one of the most precise landings I have ever seen!! And i LOVE her routine!! I'm completely biased, but to me she has Shawn's power and Nastia's grace!

[@L1L0]

that perfect landing at the end!!!!!

[@stevec6002]

Unless you were there, it's impossible to truly understand how electric the atmosphere was during this routine and just how...1,000,000% BEHIND Chellsie every single person there was. This video does not do it justice. I'll never forget it.

[@amazinggymnastben]

I cant stop watching this routine over and over and over and over! :] AMAZINGG!!!!

[@piratemzn123]

i luv her perfomance!!!❤ Awesome! Amazing! she is the best gymnast ive ever seen!!

[@q162551]

In my opinion this is better than the routine shawn and nastia performed at the olympics. It is too bad she was injured. This routine is amazing!!

[@KrossMaxim]

the one and only

[@callmeShmingle]

she does the memmel turn so much differently than everyone else

[@gemclumsyninja]

Those landings were so beautiful- she earned that standing ovation!

[@julieglover3684]

Chellsie did the butt bounce first. (Not Simone or Katelyn). Chellsie performed it in the 2005 World Championships. Chellsie was 15 then. Simone and Katelyn were just 7 years old at the time. Incidentally, Katelyn won the 2013 AA TITLE at the American Cup beating out Simone Biles. Chellsie had just retired right before Simone turning Senior. Simone’s success came much later. It Would be just incredible to see Chellsie compete as Simone’s teammate in the Tokyo 2021Olympics. Her comeback training & routines are coming together. Chellsie would be 33 and Simone 25? Just an amazing feat! I believe it is possible. These two women are incredibly strong and both remarkable gymnasts in terms of longevity!

[@julieglover3684]

Chellsie Memmel also did the butt bounce in 2003 in World Championships in Anaheim!

[@BlackSharpies]

she is definitely one of my favorites. i love her music.

[@whenwillfridaycome]

I have such high respect for this girl. She's definitely on my top 10 people I would love to meet.

[@jackyingling3150]

Chellsie is really into the music

[@ronvavra]

The look of sheer determination and concentration!

[@kfriedhoff]

omg, the double layout was gorgeous :O

[@owenweikert7978]

She’s AMAZING

[@declaration27]

this is AMAZING! a perfect double pike! and a double layout! wow just WOW!

[@bbhouk1]

chellsie+gymnastics+floor+choreo+music+last to perform+whole crowd watching=fantasic!

[@rizzo02481]

This is so iconic! Despite my feelings about Martha and bela, Bela’s reaction was so fun