What happened in 2000?

Sometime ago in RG...2000
English subtitles available for translation of the texts
0:11 Russia wins gold but not as expected (aka the biggest mistakes in rg history)
4:06 Silver strike for Belarus (we're talking about silver here)
6:48 Eva Serrano made history for France
7:46 Spain : a year of mixed results
9:11 Greece and others (Japan, Germany, Italy and Brazil!)
11:15 Hard time for Bulgaria
12:57 Zaragoza scandal
16:24 The strange competition of Syndey Olympics
18:22 Retirements (18:25 Alexandrova - 20:10 Barsukova - 22:10 Serrano - 24:53 Vitrychenko)
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[@jenna7989]

Clematis is finally back!

[@ClematisRGVideos]

😏 yep!

[@karimaelrh8216]

Amazing, it's like a short documentary. Certainly engaging.

[@ClematisRGVideos]

Thank you very much, I really appreciate it!

[@erinthomasent]

saw this pop up in recommended videos and SCREAMED

[@erinthomasent]

although i will always prefer barsukova to kabaeva i will admit that kabaeva ate up that rope routine

[@RGSuperfan]

I thought I had quite a crappy day, but no, you come and ruin it with a fantastic video about my beloved vintage gymnastics! Glad you're back, I was starting to worry!

[@ClematisRGVideos]

Ah merci, ça me fait vraiment très plaisir!! Merci pour toutes les vidéos sur ta chaîne, sans elles je ne pourrais pas faire grand chose

[@kk-gg6hs]

It was so touching seeing my home country (Greece) finally being mentioned in one of your videos! I think the bronze in Sydney really boosted the sport here and it was the reason my mom signed me up for the sport. Greece loves rg!

[@ClematisRGVideos]

Cannot mentioned RG without Greece! Especially for 1999-2000

[@eimardgomes1128]

Oh wow... Watching this I'm seeing how rythmic gymnastics used to be so so beautiful when they cared about the music. Now it's only tricks after tricks Hope after 2021 olympics things go back as they were before this new code

[@emilymanta960]

Watching this and thinking I was born in 2000... And that I was barely 3 weeks old when the Olympics begun... Glad to see you back! I really missed your videos! ❤️ Love from Greece

[@ClematisRGVideos]

Aww ❤️ Happy birthday (lately!)

[@emilymanta960]

@@ClematisRGVideos Thank you so much! And you aren't late-you are early! My birthday is at the end of August ❤️

[@WhatashameMaryJane]

Oh my god, how much research and work did you put into this video? So impressive. 2000 was the year when I first started following the world of Rhythmic Gymnastic outside of my gym, with the Olympics. So many memories...

[@ClematisRGVideos]

Happy 20 years for following the world of RG outside of your gym!! The most difficult part is to summarise the research 😅

[@WhatashameMaryJane]

Clematis RGVideos You did a great job at summarizing and you’re doing a precious job on your channel for this sport. I’m one of your patrons and I will increase my pledge there, you truly deserve it!

[@xaruzim]

Thanks for your effort. This video is perfect: your point of view, the topics, the editing, everything is on point. This is an example of the kind of content that television were never able to master.

[@ClematisRGVideos]

Wow, thank you. I don't consider myself very skilled at editing (very very far from a nice result) but I try to be accurate and interesting, and I really appreciate your comment. Thank you again :D

[@patem7379]

Sydney shown the line for the future, Russia has to be on the podiums at any cost, always with the excuse with having a higher difficulty despite Vitrychenko and Serrano competing better Kabaeva was favored over they, and Barsukova despite being beautiful won the gold due to the fact that Russia had to win no matter what :/

[@rhythmicmusicswap4173]

it was the withthe last year of the old rhythmic and at the same time the beggining of a new dark era ,where diversity on podium and especially gold would never be possible ,a nera we never still revcovered, althought yana and kanaeva gave us a moment to breath,but with twins and sodlatova here we go again with unfair gold medals,let' not even talk about groups..and at the same time the total deaths of a good rivalrly and diversity in ukraine school, if viner is bad,ans she is ,deriugina is even worse becuase she killed the sport development and competiton in her country .it was too the last olympic with an old way to approach this sport ,from the end of that year nothing would have been the same .

[@patem7379]

@@rhythmicmusicswap4173 I'm not against russian gymnasts winning the titles but doing it when they didn't nailed the performance it's unfair, and this code with open scores gives Russia a lot more of room to use the excuse of having the most difficulties routines even when they do make a mess of program, think the last russian that really dominated the scene, that was a full package was Kanaeva, as od today Selezneva embodies the best compromise of what RG should be, but Viner never would give a shot for her as she deserves it

[@rhythmicmusicswap4173]

@@patem7379 indeed ,i'm not agasint russian per se, with kanaeva and kudryavsteva , I had no problem,it was clear they were the best ,as i said it was the only period in wich it didn0t feel as much as fake like durin 200/2008 and now, thanks to he quality of the 2 gymansts(yana was the emboidment of Rio's CoP,no one was clean like her ). As you said too, i dislike balantly favoritism, the problems is that is't not normal nor acceptable finding lot of analysis and no one is abl to exaplin the D of the russian lot of times ,because even if you try to count everything the D is lower than the one proposed by jugdes....et alone the ridicolous E and EA, seeing the twins getting always over 9,and ea deduction of ,3/0,4 it's just unnerving,because we all know that is just no true . i do respect the hardwork of the twins ,of course, but the favorsitm,even with episde like the infamous knot ,or the way linoy got costantly robbed of deserved gold medal it's just too much, as i said it0s like again libing the dak era of kapranova and sessina. with groups,the situation is even worse, the last world ar baku,was just a sick joke ,one that is not funny

[@patem7379]

@@rhythmicmusicswap4173 I know, it's so sad that these things are getting common, honestly I think Kudryavtseva had a COP very suitable for her, in any other case she wouldn't had shine like she did, but most of the time truth is she earned well her medals, but as time is passing by everybody knows Russia wins are more debatable and unreasonable, I wonder if 🇺🇸 emerging as leading nation towards Los Angeles 2028 would mean a change for the good??? curiously Avrora Vitrychenko will be senior at that time

[@dododimitrov9657]

It was absurd to say back then that russian gymnasts had higher difficulty because we had limited top value. This is the reason for the changes in the last code of points and why the wanted the difficulty score to be unlimited, it basically covers their schemes well but it made the sport nowdays to look even more vague for the fan base.

[@dododimitrov9657]

We know that judging in RG was always bias due to political schemes under the table. The 6 corrupted judges involved in Vitrichenko's case were suspended for 1 year, this speaks alone how hopeless the situation was. Kabaeva ended up 3rd after this horrible mistake, however now Averina will win in Tokyo even if the apparatus leaves the carpet in all 4 routines, because of the unlimited difficulty, questionable judge decisions filling hidden score sheets. RG is the most beautiful sport, but everything under it is ugly and rotten. We still have many people who will not remain silent to injustice and fight to bring truth back to the surface. As one wise man said "not all heroes wear capes", Clementis in my eyes you wear the biggest one. Be safe.

[@dododimitrov9657]

@t If you mean Averina, for once I am happy I was wrong. But now the russians cry because of corruption on the judging panel, so until they made everything transparent and clear we're facing same dead end situation.

[@battlehymnoftheempath3610]

Lenoy won, and Dina still insists that she was wronged.

[@rosab8317]

I've been waiting for this video! Such an interesting year.

[@ClematisRGVideos]

A very interesting year indeed!

[@feitansphatjuicycock2569]

omg the queen is back ❤️👑

[@saem_rg]

here you are! thank you for this video 💕, always very well documented and precise!

[@ClematisRGVideos]

Thank you, I tried my best :)

[@loolita1]

Amazing editing and a lot of people think those Games defined the future of Rg, it was a turning point....who could Say what if kabaeva didnt make this mistake ? It was also the old génération (Serrano Vitry....cid) against the new.

[@patem7379]

Indeed, it was a turning point 3 rhythmic gymnasts arriving from the past Olympic cycle, Vitry competed with 24 years, think she was the first gymnasts in a final with that age, who would had known that Almudena Cid was just in the middle of her career? haha, those were a few of the good things that happened at Sydney

[@angiekh8346]

The bronze medal to Greece is so special. Evmorfia was fantastic as well

[@leoparinthewalls8608]

Evmorfia is a legend here in Greece. Now she is a coach for the national team! She also won dancing with the stars some years ago.

[@ClematisRGVideos]

They were fantastic, really!

[@angiekh8346]

@@leoparinthewalls8608 I know i used to watch her when i was little. She is an inspiration to many ❣️

[@leoparinthewalls8608]

@@angiekh8346 When I was a kid (in 2000) some months after Olympics she came with the team in our gym because my then coach knew them, showed us things we could do. From then you could tell she would be an amazing coach. It was an amazing experience and I feel extremely lucky and grateful. I quit RG in 2005 but still love it as much as I did when I was younger! 💖

[@ClematisRGVideos]

Amazing!

[@marcianoreis5401]

no one has been so wronged in the history of the sport as vitrychenko

[@riosulysto2068]

Ah, 2000 Sydney.... brings back memories....and Made me feel old (Can’t believe it has been 20 years) The first time I saw RG was the live transmission of that individual final. I saw Kabaeva’s travelling hoop and it was kind of heartbreaking, because she did amazing before that moment and she was amazing afterward

[@joaothevideo]

Another amazing lesson! No words here to thank you! Definitely I'm going to watch it again another 10 times

[@zaineridling]

These videos are great. Thank you! 💯💯💯

[@ClematisRGVideos]

Thank you 😄

[@nataliegarcia21]

Clematis is BACK!

[@christina.t_h]

Yay! I’ve been waiting so long!

[@felipeyoungw]

Wow! Amazing. I just can't stop watching this channel. Please, 2011 deserves a recap. I loved that WC so much!

[@mosiotv]

This was wonderful, very well done 👍 and thanks a bunch 🌷

[@ClematisRGVideos]

Happy to see still around 🌷

[@alexanderortizcruz7986]

My life started to happen when I saw you upload this new video, I haven´t watch it yet, but I just wanted to thank you so much, love your videos

[@silverstein1922]

I feel so bad for Vytrichenko, I didn't know how unfair was her career, she was amazing and she had to move to USA , I follow her IG Club and the girls are amazing even her daughter Aurora but Elena don't have the recognize she deserve, I feel sad and angry to see how corrupt rhythmic gymnast system is, I love this sport and I have a lot of unfairs horrible and bad experiences with my coach with the judges with the clubs, is very huge how corrupt and dirty is 😒😒

[@WhatashameMaryJane]

Where can we follow her club?

[@silverstein1922]

I follow in Instagran: Vitrychenko academy gymnastics 😊😊

[@Ale.K7]

Amazing video, thank you!

[@alquifran5815]

I started to think you died or something like that, glad to see you back. (I'm the "Ballkina" user, but with a different channel, take a look if you wish)

[@ClematisRGVideos]

Wow! nice I didn't know you played the saxophone and the piccolo! The arrangements are really lovely and I really appreciate them as a musician! I never played any wind instruments so I can't judge on that, but I was wondering what kind of recording material you used because it seems not to always highlight the dynamics as it should? And also nice choice of variety in the music (I wasn't expecting Yōko Shimomura!)

[@alquifran5815]

@@ClematisRGVideos I use either my phone or a Lumix TZ-90, nothing specific for sound, so that might be it. And thanks for taking a look!

[@laylasantos8418]

Howw I miss uuu 😍😍

[@ClematisRGVideos]

I'm finally back 💕

[@__-vr2mu]

Love you💜💜💚💚

[@ClematisRGVideos]

💕💕

[@nikoaertes5058]

Du travail de qualité, comme à l'accoutumée! Chapeau, passionant!

[@justafreakyboy7605]

Thanksss ♡

[@misscheritat442]

This is so good 😊 Thank youuuuu !

[@unknownuser_99]

You're alive! Thank you for this exciting video. I adore your editing; it's so unique. What was wrong with Alexandrova's physique?

[@MademoiselleNuna]

Great video as always!

[@angiekh8346]

I loved the video

[@ClematisRGVideos]

😊 really happy to hear it!

[@dainagrn7030]

Nobody till this day is able to repeat Theodora's three illussions. Very particular.

[@miimibun]

ur back!!! 💕💕💕💕

[@ClematisRGVideos]

I am yes!😊

[@mpg299]

Increíble videov

[@alexandrefreitag5502]

That was very interesting. Indeed, Vytrivhenko was underrated many times which is regrettable. As for Alexandrova, she is cute and very entertaining but I’m sorry her back is so not flexible that it almost looks like she has a spinal problem; that’s my amateur look at things. Don’t mean to judge or to hurt

[@palomaplachta4793]

still don't understand some of Irina Deriugina's decisions. like the same thing happened at the tokyo olympics last year when she wanted to take Nikolchenko over Pohranychna... i get that Bessonova and Nikolchenko were her students... but i can't believe that she would risk medals and higher placings just because of that.

[@ΛευτερηςΕλευθεριου-ψ6β]

YES!

[@ClematisRGVideos]

😊😊

[@rhythmicmusicswap4173]

first impotrnat thing. yeah,oh yeah,you are finally back,so happy to see you again,or better your videos . as always so entertenaing and interesting ,2000 was the end of the old era and the silent(not so much) beggining of a new one,a dark era it still not finished. it is the bennining of russian dominance no matter what,ina undeserved way. kabaeva proably at that time.without the hoop mistake she would righlty have won the gold,she was really innovative,but seeing barsukova first with her low difficulty and non existente handling,althought elegent ,just dooesn't still sound right after 20 years ,indeed i consider her theweakest olympic champion in terms of comapriosn with her rivlas . what happened to vitry is just hearthbreaking and unfair ,bessonova is a legend ,but no way she was ready for the olympica at 15/26 years old with tamara and elena in the same team . deriugina totally killed ukrained school's diversity and healthy competition ,it was sadly a point of non return,and now they are paying it with the sow of ebing unable to adapt,to reinnovate their own style ,it still a huge big recycling of 15/20 years old music and routines . ps.where you find euroepan qualfication videos'? I saw only the finals apapratus one

[@ClematisRGVideos]

Yes, 2000 is truly a turning point! I think you can find the qualification just by searching for 2000 Europeans Zaragoza on the thelegendofNeshka ;)

[@ariannepine3157]

Thank you for your amazing work as always and as a Bulgarian who was very young at the time and only started watching RG recently, for the detailed information about the situation in the country during that era. I do have a slightly idiotic question though - there always seems to be a 6th girl in the groups in the kiss and cry. How does it work? If she's in the reserves, is she supposed to know ALL the "individual" parts of the group routine so she can step in if need be? Thanks!

[@ClematisRGVideos]

Hello! I'm so happy to hear this, it really means a lot (despite not being able to translate my work in many language). Groups are allowed to have an extra gymnast to wait outside of the carpet: if one gymnast must leave the carpet for a valid reason (injury for example), the extra gymnast may replace her. PS: to repeat something usual: there is never idiotic question (especially when there is a set of rules of more than 80 pages!)

[@dainagrn7030]

She needed to be content with her bronze and don't come back all heavy after 2000. Chiashina is a better gymanst and she needed to win gold in 2004.

[@jonathanpavlovich5793]

Dear Clematis, thank you for another great video! Just one question - do you have the routine of Belarus 5 clubs in Sydney? I can't find it on KZbin :(

[@ClematisRGVideos]

It was on RGSuperfan but got deleted I just saw ... and I deleted the version on my computer :(

[@jonathanpavlovich5793]

@@ClematisRGVideos No worries, thanks anyway!

[@taliagoari4861]

Can u do what happened in 2016?

[@francisnguyen6349]

Russian Rhythmic Gymnast is getting their most Olympic and World medalists.

[@petitcoby]

Also, what happened in 2001, plz.

[@RGSuperfan]

Also the Bulgarian group was not the same as in Osaka.

[@ClematisRGVideos]

Yes, I though it was a bit too long to explain that the composition of the group changed several time during this Olympic cycle and especially before Sydney! Bulgaria during the late 1990s was certainly something.

[@Dunika]

I was at the european championships in Zaragoza and I remember NOTHING (too young lol)

[@ClematisRGVideos]

Yet, you can always brag about witnessing the most important scandal in rg history!

[@royarredondo446]

Wow

[@dainagrn7030]

Artificial intelligence should evaluate gymnasts so it would be completely objective.

[@aldiz1298]

nothing has really changed, cop still sucks, judges are even more corrupted, Russia wins no matter what and Irina viner is the real judge who decides the medals. It's also funny how eva serrano complained that "things will change someday" and now she is a judge just as corrupt as the judges she complained about haha. And as for Irina Derugina, well karma is a bitch, what she did to vitrichenko has been returned to her gymnasts for the last 20 years (amazing gymnasts that have no guilt in her coach shit)

[@aldiz1298]

forgot to say the video rockss!! Thanks a lot Clematis ♥

[@ClematisRGVideos]

And you, you snapped with your comment!

[@dainagrn7030]

Irina viner and irina deriugina looked good. But deriugina aged badly and viner has a good plastic surgeon unlike kabaeva. Irina viner today looks better than kabaeva.