Yang Bo - 1989 Worlds AA - Balance Beam

[@CHOWCWT]

Despite her inconsistency, I would still rate her as the best beam worker ever. They should name this event after her !

[@faeryquene]

That bh to loso to Rulfova is one of the greatest combos on beam of all time. 'Nuff said.

[@JennaLeigh]

I literally said "OH MY GOD!" when i saw it.

[@intldawn]

The mark of a great beam worker: making something insanely difficult look easy and making something easy look incredibly beautiful. To wit: That first leap series and the scale she does after the aerial walkover were just lovely. They are pretty elementary skills, but she gives them elegance and style. Man I wish she'd won the beam title here.

[@Leshamajigga]

I have died and gone to heaven there is genuine beam choreography BLESS THIS ROUTINE

[@bridev3648]

She was absolute perfection in motion

[@gabygabytoy5612]

So graceful and elegant, beautiful routine!

[@irafa2]

This is one of the best balance beam routine in the history of gymnastics.

[@samisfun868]

EVERYTHING she did was perfection. the extension, the arms, the toe point, the precise movements etc. like damn girl go ahead

[@wanghaha]

So elegant, so beautiful! Love this routine.

[@agators212]

i just have to say it again, BEST BEAM WORKER EVER. this is my absolute favorite beam routine ever. no one has her form and i don't think anyone will. many have come close like the equally ill fated mo huilan who was never able to master the dismount on beam just like yang bo.

[@em_mkay]

i’d go so far as to say that the Chinese contributed just as much artistry as the Soviets. their form, always impeccable, no exceptions, ever. just as daring too, i’d say. difficult moves are almost always well integrated with smooth landings; the Chinese girls should not be left undermined. they shaped the sport in an influential way, too. Yang Bo, really is a pioneer, a natural at what she does. and this routine just perpetuates my belief of that. i’ve always loved Mo Huilan, and Li Li too, real innovators. just because China may have not been as powerful as the Soviet Union at the time in WAG, does not mean that they did not kick as much ass as them

[@Dieguinho92.]

this is so amazing, now everything is difficulty difficulty and difficulty, but just a few gymnasts are so nice to watch like years ago

[@justiniantbh]

0:33 Look at that; she just swims through the air at the full twist!

[@sqekcx]

This is ARTISTIC gymnastics. If you want difficult and intricate skills, you can watch trampoline or power tumbling or stuffs like that. AG (in case you don't know, AG stands for artistic gymnastics) is about combining artistry with gymnastics, not just about who can perform the most difficult skills with the best form. Of course it matters, but it should not be the only thing that is important.

[@conradmartinez4175]

NO ONE DID IT BETTER THAN YANG BO! BACK THEN! SO ELEGANT SO FLUID AND SO SPOT ON!🥇🏆

[@JackSparrow-ct4mh]

0:30 this is the most perfect combo i have ever seen!!! the dificulty is insane, yet she moves like a butterfly

[@labsjoao]

Besides the two balance checks and the dismount, perfect.

[@derevko09]

A 1989 Yang Bo is my favorite in competition. :)

[@kivikivi5163]

Beautiful!

[@maxwang4]

Her bhs + loso + Rulfova is still my favourite beam series ever.

[@versace2527]

Absolutely GORGEOUS & FANTASTIC; even nowadays she would have scored high.

[@longdoydoy]

Watching Bo on this BB routine again. It's like she's tumbling on the ground, that four inch wide beam might as well be a football field.

[@longdoydoy]

Wasn't Bo incredible?!! She just flows through her routine, no hesitations even when she had errors.

[@paniani8665]

so beautiful

[@claudiacontrerasgutierrez7724]

Amazing worker!!!! Inteligent girl!

[@lauraITT]

Wow - she is amazing!

[@juliehashipbones]

stunning

[@ralucagymnast]

Absolutely exquisite.

[@dreamershavemorefun]

@runtap123 Well i think they are both ver different gymnasts I fel like Nastia gives more on the Beam and Has different tricks and such But Yang brings an elegance hat no other gymnast has right now

[@sikaivy]

@bbhouk1 The one you saw must be a switch ring leap. Switch ring leap (which Liu Xuan did but not FIRST did in Sydney) has a foot switch before form ring status and is an E element (the highest level for leaps) in current COP, but Yang Bo is D. If a gymnast has the flexibility to form circle, she would prefer switch ring leap first. So that's why Yang Bo leap is not very popular even in Chinese gymnasts' routines.

[@mitchellsouphasith3763]

Dang this is the best BB routine ever.

[@lunamexitli]

Excelente! de lo mejor que ha habido en la gimnasia artística. -Salvo Nastia-, en la actualidad las únicas gimnastas artísticas son las chinas.

[@sqekcx]

Incredible. Chinese was so great on beam during 1989-1992, everyone has great difficulty, originality, flexibility and extension and artistry. What a pity that the Chinese girls nowadays are too busy to throw difficult yet boring tricks that they don't have time to train flexibility or even bother to arm-wave on the beam.

[@MNGYM26]

@bbhouk1 The Yang Bo jump is a split jump with head thrown back. What you see a lot is a switch ring leap, aka a Liu Xuan. I, believe, she first did it at the 2000 olympics in Sydney. When the head goes back and one or both legs are bent it's then a ring jump or leap. Split jump with head thrown back in a Yang Bo jump. Hope that clears it up for you.

[@ralucagymnast]

@sqekcx Although this is an old comment from a year ago, just watch Ioannis Melissanidis' routines on floor; he was a Greek gymnastic champion and won floor at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics; he shows not only unbelievable difficulty but balletic flair and polish and real artistry, unseen amonst mens gymnastics. Just looks for Ioannis Melissanidis (GRE) - 1996 Olympics EF FX on youtube. Its amazing and beautiful.

[@zeriyx]

5th highest score on beam in the all around as well as fifth place overall

[@ShawnVikaKomova2012]

Her and Dudnik were soooo ahead of their time on beam. They never got what they deserved. Yang Bo is known as the queen of beam of course but they never got a beam gold at a world or olympic stage.

[@magdutan]

bravooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

[@paulouk83]

She's amazing how did she place

[@bbhouk1]

@MNGYM26 thank you! so did Liu Xuan get the idea from Yang Bo? thanks again, i was beginning to think NO ONE was going to reply!

[@agators212]

the best beam worker ever, unfortunatel she never was able to put it together to win the big meats.

[@eastrun]

wow...the pass..backhandspring, layout and full twist......soooo difficult

[@QueenieQue]

One of the best beam sets of all time; minus the wobble after the Yang Bo leap and the hop on the landing. If she competed today, though, even if I would have given her a perfect ten, the stupid judges would have probably counted her down to a 9.4 or so; the perfect ten is dead. Even Nastia's PacRim beam routine which was virtually perfect only received a 9.8.

[@bbhouk1]

okay can someone clear this up for me? When Yang Bo does her Yang Bo jump (when she throws her head back), she does it with her back leg straight. All other gymnasts i have seen do it with their knee bent like their trying to make a circle in the air with their head, neck, and leg. Is that a variation of the jump, are they trying to do it with their leg straight, or is it another jump entirely? Thanks in advance!

[@sqekcx]

I want interesting chereography and good choice of elements.

[@junefaleafine6233]

If this routine was performed in 2021, what score would one received?

[@junefaleafine6233]

I truly think this beam performance can score higher with today’s COD Points just my opinion.

[@sqekcx]

lol dance and bad form have nothing to do with each other. A girl with good form doesn't mean she doesn't have to dance, a girl with bad form doesn't mean she can cover it up by dancing. They compliment each other. Good form+Good dancing=Good routine. Chinese have the difficulty and the execution Russian have the artistry It would be grat if they are combined

[@agators212]

@Kulpa71 when i see ill fated, i mean both mo and yang could have/should have dominated beam because their routine, form, and difficulty was far and away better than every one else. the judges were very willing to give them10 had they hit. but they never did. when the time came they always had trouble with the dismount and hardly ever won

[@tillhumanvoices]

But how do you get that on events like rings? Or for that matter, parallel bars? I think if you can't get that from men, you shouldn't demand it from women.

[@sqekcx]

describing the chinese team as the one which focuses on dance most is not accurate. look at the russians. they are the artistic ones. I doubt they even put any effort into dancing, both on floor and beam. they kill the time by extending their leap series on the floor, and pausing on the beam I wish the chinese would concentrate on dance and chereography more. they will look very very good if they can upgrade the artistry to match their characteristic good form.

[@sqekcx]

Why do you have the impression that I do not require artistry in MAG? I watch gymnastics because I want a mixture of artistry and amazing tricks. I guess I've stated that already though. And I've never said good execution = good dancing = good form.

[@runtap123]

@dreamershavemorefun Watch the World Cup 1990 AA routine. You still prefer Nastia? There is no way Nastia can even come close to touching Yang Bo on beam.

[@isa1285]

Wow how beautiful, such long legs and flexibility there I saw the elements of two futur mounts, Elvire Teza's and Hollie Vise's

[@plumeria66]

Beam workers just get worse and worse compared to this. Hard to even watch nowadays, especially the USA. They all look so mechanical. No grace, no artistry, just lots of jerky movements.

[@sqekcx]

Nonsense. Men can obviously achieve artistry. Surely there are events that you cannot do much on the artistic side, such as vault or rings, just like women, but you can, and you should, still be original to make it look interesting and exciting to watch. Being original can definitely attract more viewers, and also push the sport forward, and bring it to another level.

[@GymchampZW]

@dreamershavemorefun I think Komova has that kind of grace. And her loso are much better than Nastia's. Nastia's best loso were in 2005.

[@backflipboy27]

even now she would have got a 10 on the b score

[@tillhumanvoices]

I also think it's sexist to complain that the women aren't dancing enough when the men never have this type of complaint.

[@tillhumanvoices]

This is gymnastics. It's a sport, not a dance. I'd rather see intricate, difficult skills performed with good form than watch some girl try and show off her lines or wiggle her hips.

[@xbextrampolinist]

:o

[@90armandito90]

15.345

[@tillhumanvoices]

So, what, you want the men to start dancing during floor routines? Boogie on the p-bars?

[@tillhumanvoices]

There is the name and there is the substance. If this was artistic, why don't you expect the men to do more dance? Why is this complaint limited to women? Good execution doesn't necessarily mean good dancing. And good dancing, or 'artistry' as you put it, doesn't necessarily mean good form. If you want to see long, fluid lines, or good choreography, go and watch ballet, or Cirque du Soleil. Gymnastics I think should be primarily about performing the skills attempted with good form.

[@lingketon]

a lotta gymnasts have better losos than nastia lol

[@tillhumanvoices]

If men had to do so I'd totally go for women doing it.

[@sqekcx]

what's so sad that Chinese look like those who sacrifice medals for artistry. it's just a disappointment that they decide to take the 'more medals but less beautiful' way' btw chinese today don't dance in their spare time. they pause. if you give them extra time they'd pause even longer.

[@dreamershavemorefun]

she's good but i still prefer Nastia on the beam

[@alazjaw.8968]

no one asked

[@bbhouk1]

1 person in the world has no taste.....

[@sqekcx]

IMO men should have artistry as well. I seldom watch MAG because it is boring. There's no artistry whatsoever.