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spezi3 Former Gymnast/Fan
Posts : 21 Kudos : 2 Join date : 2010-05-29
| Subject: Old Favorites as Young Gymnasts Thu Jun 03, 2010 3:49 pm | |
| I thought it might be fun to start a thread with some of our favorite old school gymnasts when they were juniors or before they achieved their fame.
I'll start off with a couple from Daniela Silivas.
Floor (1983, age 11): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iA8Bbl2R74c&feature=related
The video quality isn't the best on this one. But she really sells this routine. Gymasts today can learn from this routine.
Beam (1984, age 12): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHrTEK-HAOM
I really like the sequence of 4 back handsprings in a row to a scale. |
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MrYang Regular Poster
Posts : 28 Kudos : 1 Join date : 2010-05-28 Age : 56 Location : Salon, France
| Subject: Re: Old Favorites as Young Gymnasts Thu Jun 03, 2010 9:09 pm | |
| Loved the Silivas videos.
Here you have Khorkina's junior bars: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpneprDh5S4&feature=related
Little Yang Bo on FX 1987 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqJP92s54hA |
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VityaFan Newbie
Posts : 16 Kudos : 3 Join date : 2010-05-23 Age : 36 Location : USA
| Subject: Re: Old Favorites as Young Gymnasts Fri Jun 04, 2010 12:28 am | |
| Here is a bitty Mostepanova:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CR6bwUBTLY&feature=related |
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thepianist Administrator
Posts : 243 Kudos : 5 Join date : 2010-05-22 Location : A Different Tessaract
| Subject: Re: Old Favorites as Young Gymnasts Fri Jun 04, 2010 12:33 am | |
| - VityaFan wrote:
- Here is a bitty Mostepanova:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CR6bwUBTLY&feature=related Awwww, she was so cute! And the Rimsky-Korsakov was well chosen music. |
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spezi3 Former Gymnast/Fan
Posts : 21 Kudos : 2 Join date : 2010-05-29
| Subject: Re: Old Favorites as Young Gymnasts Fri Jun 04, 2010 10:57 am | |
| Ekaterina Szabo at around age 13
1980 beam (exhibition): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrDLbsto0WI&feature=related
Yelena Sazonenkova at age 11 or 12
1985 Floor https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpYtJfNFrqc
Sazonenkova's junior floor has more artistry than today's routines. Sigh! |
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VityaFan Newbie
Posts : 16 Kudos : 3 Join date : 2010-05-23 Age : 36 Location : USA
| Subject: Re: Old Favorites as Young Gymnasts Fri Jun 04, 2010 4:57 pm | |
| - thepianist wrote:
Awwww, she was so cute! And the Rimsky-Korsakov was well chosen music. Agreed - spezi3 wrote:
Sazonenkova's junior floor has more artistry than today's routines. Sigh! Absolutely.
Last edited by thepianist on Fri Jun 04, 2010 5:31 pm; edited 1 time in total (Reason for editing : fixed the quote) |
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thepianist Administrator
Posts : 243 Kudos : 5 Join date : 2010-05-22 Location : A Different Tessaract
| Subject: Re: Old Favorites as Young Gymnasts Fri Jun 04, 2010 5:45 pm | |
| Fixed that quote for you. And what's more, it seems like the gymnasts—even juniors—had an excellent ear for music. Every FX element interprets the music rather than existing for it's own sake. Today, it seems like the music (if you can call some of it that) is merely background music rather than being part of the routine. |
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VityaFan Newbie
Posts : 16 Kudos : 3 Join date : 2010-05-23 Age : 36 Location : USA
| Subject: Re: Old Favorites as Young Gymnasts Fri Jun 04, 2010 6:38 pm | |
| Thanks! haha - I am not sure what happened there, I guess I deleted to wrong part. I agree about the music. I wonder why feeling the music doesn't seem to be important to gymnasts anymore. It is as if they just pick some nice background music to tumble to. |
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thepianist Administrator
Posts : 243 Kudos : 5 Join date : 2010-05-22 Location : A Different Tessaract
| Subject: Re: Old Favorites as Young Gymnasts Fri Jun 04, 2010 6:42 pm | |
| - VityaFan wrote:
- Thanks! haha - I am not sure what happened there, I guess I deleted to wrong part.
I agree about the music. I wonder why feeling the music doesn't seem to be important to gymnasts anymore. It is as if they just pick some nice background music to tumble to. Well actually, you deleted the right thing, but you failed to remove this: - Code:
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[quote="VityaFan"] That confuses the forum software into displaying a quote from me as being said by you. As to the music, I'm guessing the ever growing chase for higher difficulty means that musicality goes out the window. But I'm headed off topic... |
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Ozrussia Newbie
Posts : 14 Kudos : 8 Join date : 2010-06-02 Age : 57
| Subject: Re: Old Favorites as Young Gymnasts Sun Jun 06, 2010 6:57 pm | |
| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DCie-z1on0&feature=related
Natalia Ilienko on Bars in 79 (Chunichi Cup), nice work for a girl born in 67!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTKGss4UEjs
Here on Floor at the '80 World Cup. |
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Ozrussia Newbie
Posts : 14 Kudos : 8 Join date : 2010-06-02 Age : 57
| Subject: Re: Old Favorites as Young Gymnasts Fri Jun 11, 2010 6:58 pm | |
| Henrietta Onodi in 1986 at the Kraft International, she was 12 years old!
On Bars: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gENoKjFn-sU
On Vault: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9azkRoX7SeU
On Beam: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njO-OCFsejw
On Floor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60kK9AFfIkw |
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thepianist Administrator
Posts : 243 Kudos : 5 Join date : 2010-05-22 Location : A Different Tessaract
| Subject: Re: Old Favorites as Young Gymnasts Fri Jun 11, 2010 7:15 pm | |
| How cute! And excellent as well. Amazing discipline to be able to bounce back and stick that BB dismount after the fall. |
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spezi3 Former Gymnast/Fan
Posts : 21 Kudos : 2 Join date : 2010-05-29
| Subject: Re: Old Favorites as Young Gymnasts Sat Jun 12, 2010 6:35 am | |
| Thanks for posting those routines from Onodi. At age 12 she had more artistry than gymnasts do today. Her beam routine was especially well-choreographed. |
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olyalera Newbie
Posts : 8 Kudos : 0 Join date : 2010-05-26 Age : 50 Location : Montellier/Moscow
| Subject: Re: Old Favorites as Young Gymnasts Sat Jun 12, 2010 2:51 pm | |
| Alla Misnik was a strong competitor of the mid 80's. Here is a video from the '81 Euroepan, Alla was 14 y old.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkxHZtsIVIA |
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Ozrussia Newbie
Posts : 14 Kudos : 8 Join date : 2010-06-02 Age : 57
| Subject: Re: Old Favorites as Young Gymnasts Wed Jun 16, 2010 6:52 pm | |
| Svetlana Boginskaya in... 1985!
On Beam: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3EhZ5JnFCc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZap2MJwGsE
On Bars: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63b_3Jvq8ow
On Floor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glROF7zx-Ak
On Vault: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLALHyGR0Wk |
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thepianist Administrator
Posts : 243 Kudos : 5 Join date : 2010-05-22 Location : A Different Tessaract
| Subject: Re: Old Favorites as Young Gymnasts Thu Jun 17, 2010 4:10 am | |
| - Ozrussia wrote:
- Svetlana Boginskaya in... 1985!
On Beam: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3EhZ5JnFCc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZap2MJwGsE
On Bars: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63b_3Jvq8ow
On Floor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glROF7zx-Ak
On Vault: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLALHyGR0Wk Wow, those were fun! However, is it just me, or does it sound to you guys like the music on the FX was dubbed in after the fact. Almost like the choreo had nothing to do with that [rotten] music. |
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thepianist Administrator
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| Subject: Re: Old Favorites as Young Gymnasts Wed Jul 07, 2010 5:45 am | |
| I have a cute pic of a bitty Yurchenko (it's my avatar at IG ). Anyone know of any vids of her from that time? |
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thepianist Administrator
Posts : 243 Kudos : 5 Join date : 2010-05-22 Location : A Different Tessaract
| Subject: Re: Old Favorites as Young Gymnasts Thu Jul 08, 2010 3:02 am | |
| Oh yeah, here's the pic: Copyrights belong to their respective owners. |
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Meredith Newbie
Posts : 7 Kudos : 0 Join date : 2010-06-07 Age : 46 Location : Australia
| Subject: Re: Old Favorites as Young Gymnasts Sun Jul 11, 2010 7:15 pm | |
| - thepianist wrote:
- Oh yeah, here's the pic:
Copyrights belong to their respective owners. Nice pict!! Thanks for sharing it. In 1986: |
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Sarah! Newbie
Posts : 2 Kudos : 0 Join date : 2010-07-12 Age : 31
| Subject: Shannon Miller Mon Jul 12, 2010 6:20 am | |
| Here is little Shannon on floor at 11.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2Dl787wkrY
Sarah! |
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