Yes! And it's just remarkable that she performed that intricate choreography identically for years. She was unmatched in her precision of movement... a true perfectionist.
Kristin Marie they are 2 totally different style of gymnasts. Shannon is artistically perfect in almost everything here. Simone is incredible with her acrobatic abilities and execution of those. I enjoy watching both of them... but I would say I enjoy watching Shannon’s routines just a little bit more because they just are so perfect.
Kristin Marie I’m a fan of Shannon as I said but Simone kicks butt with the current code of points. It’s not Simone’s fault she does more difficult acrobatic elements and gets rewarded with higher scores.
Kristin Marie I would agree with you that Simone would not have won in the 1990s. But you also need to think that the new code of points has to reward difficulty and innovations. The old one didn’t do that.
Most people don't know, but we had a whole ballet studio at Dynamo. We went to ballet once a week. That's why her floor and beam were SO phenomenal. We had a LITERAL ballerina coaching us! Miller was ROBBED in Barcelona💯💯
She was at her prime at this point and that floor routine was simply her best. Her feel of the music, beautifully executed dance moves and the flow of the choreography (sorely missed from gymnastics these days). No American gymnast to date has been as graceful as Shannon (not even Liukin). So glad to have seen her gorgeous performances! Bring back this type of gymnastics please!!
Love this floor routine. The care in her dance and expression, to even the slightest pluck of a string in this selection, is exceptional. Not to mention the tumbling. The epitome of artistic gymnastics.
Absolutely agree . Shannon was abs is still one of the worlds best . Beautiful line , ballet , great sportsmanship. A true ambassador for the sport . Kind humble intelligent person .
Wow damn , and here we are more than 25 years later , and still these routines are considered difficult , many gymnasts wont dare to do some of her skills , like the full in on beam and the series , she used to do 3 layout stepouts too , amazing , i believe she would also be amazing in this new scoring system and new COP
Excuse me but the only reason they don't do 3 layouts now is because the code only gives a bonus for 2 repeated skills, so the 3rd one would be for nothing... noobs
Damn she is so good. So fluid and graceful. I love the modern powerhouses, but there is just something lacking these days when it comes to the beauty and grace of the sport.
Shannon is definitely the classiest, artistic and technically polished gymnast that ever graced the gymnastics. Her flare at the very end of her exercises is unmatched and that's her ultimate trademark.
Shannon was one of the best all-around gymnasts ever. She truly had no weak events. And such perfection in the way she performed- Love her grace and her style.
She had no weak events from 1991 till 1994. After that she started being weaker on the apparatus that required more strength (floor and vault) in comparison to other gymnasts.
@@barahona68idk. 1995 was rough. She had an ankle injury and wrist injury. We did spend time doing community service after the bombing in Oklahoma City. In 1996 Shannon still qualified for vault finals.
Shannon actually dances and has great choreography! She was such an amazing gymnast. So glad she ended up getting an Olympic individual gold medal on beam. Easily could have won the AA in 1992. I think she should have.
I know I'm going to get arguments but I just noticed the beam isn't as wide as today's beam and the vault was definitely a lot harder to do back then compared to today's huge vault.
The beam was and still is 4 inches wide, however, the vault table, bars and floor have evovled since this competition. The vault table is completely different. The bars are further apart and the floor today has springs that are almost double the size as this competition, thus giving the gymnast much more bounce/airtime today.
@@mmoran3 very true! I competed at an elite level in the late 90s and I have had to have 2 back surgeries and my body creaks all day and especially when I wake up. We didnt have all the soft landings in practice, and the floors were not nearly as springy. I am glad they changed it so girls bodies can last longer in the sport. We landed everything on hard surfaces. I remember when we first started getting foam pits put in.😂 I'm getting very old😂
Wow, she was on fire in qualies. If she had performed like this in the finals, she would have won easily. That’s just proves how good she was. She had a shaky beam routine and some other minor problems in the finals and she still won. But that was four routines done about as solidly and cleanly as she could produce. Fantastic
@@rcarnegie78I am aware she won the title. Didn’t I say she won even though she made mistakes? My point was that had she done these routines in the AA final, she would have won with more of a margin. But because she had a shaky beam routine in the finals, she only beat Gogean by .007 and Lysenko by .05. I think Gogean competed about as well as she could have but Lysenko had two critical errors that could have allowed her to win outright, and we saw Dawes was leading all of them until that disastrous final vault. Shannon was a cut above the field, as evidenced by the fact that she still won even with some mistakes. But had she thrown down four routines like this in the finals, it wouldn’t have been close. She would have dominated.
The floor exercise here is prob the best she has ever done on this particular routine. There was not a short landing throughout and the dance moves were way more upgraded than 92 Olympics. Yet she retained all the beautiful lines and elegance from the 92 Olympics!
By 1993 she was pure perfection and unbeatable. She was robbed in 1992 in the Barcelona Olympics and should have won gold to Tatiana Lyssenko, who had not even qualified in the all around and replaced Rosa Galieva by their coache's decision. Even by today's standards some if her routines are difficult.
one thing i never could figure out was how most gymnats make those overshoots look so simple to do. (transition from high to low bar) I always had to do a low bar giant directly out of the overshoot bc i just couldn't stop my momentum.
Kameron Coleman I think if you close your shoulder angle directly out of it, it will slow your momentum down enough to just kip out of it. Easier said than done, I know lol. It may also help if you close your shoulder angle before letting go of the high bar too. Back when I was still competing as an elite gymnast, skills were ALOT higher valued and harder to execute too, for some reason. You didn't see alot of pak saltos or toe ons back then. (early to mid 90's.)
Lol I know. I figured out what I was doing wrong. Very, very simple. I was rushing down a little bit from the handstand like I would just go down like an overshoot regular not to hand.
Kameron Coleman I'll tell ya something else I always had trouble with.....i never could stop twisting on time, on floor, lol. It was hilarious bc it's common sense that a full is going to be easier than a double or triple full but, not for me. I couldn't do anything less than a double full if it was only one rotation. (If it was a double rotating salto, I could stop at just a full, though. My floor coach used to always say "you can't do a simple full twisting layout but, you can put a full-in to your feet with no problem? You can't do a full but you can execute a triple with ease? None of that makes a lick of sense!") I honestly think it's a mental thing. Sometimes gymnasts get it in their head that they can't do something so it's only natural that the body would follow suit. It's a mental block, I guess would be the word for it.
Haha. Twist disease. If I tried opening up a full, I'd be at a 1 1/2 haha. I can do a full without trying to twist it just automatically twists. It's very weird. Sometimes, on my double back beam dismount I think I'm going to under rotate so I pull it and I've gotten like 3 concussions from landing on my head. So, I was forced to change to a twisting dismount which I can do up to a triple full but I compete a Double so I just open up a full LOL
You are correct we are blood and soul twin's frames from one moment to another moment in time it's in our dna love the way you dance babe 😊😊and those beautiful memories and dimples shannon 💯 💙🧬👂🛜☯️
Her vault was upgraded from a full twist to a 1 1/2. She added perioette and a 1 1/2 turn on her transition on bars. She added a punch front and back extension to beam. Floor upgrades included a double layout and a double twisting front.
Despite all the time since this day back in 1993 there is still a record that has never been broken by either a male or a female gymnast in World Championship or Olympic history: Shannon Remains the only gymnast in history who has won all events in preliminaries at a world championship or Olympics. Simone Biles came close because she finished second on uneven bars and won everything else.. Shannon's record still exists. No ties just her being the top on all four events. No one has ever done it since.
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One of the most beautifully choreographed and elegant floor routines ever. Shannon moved like a ballerina and was an absolute dream to watch.
Yes! And it's just remarkable that she performed that intricate choreography identically for years. She was unmatched in her precision of movement... a true perfectionist.
Shannon was one of the most artistically beautiful gymnasts to watch. Even by today standards in 2018, I love watching her routines
She is still one of the few I can watch on the beam an enjoy watching, she makes it look so effortless
Kristin Marie they are 2 totally different style of gymnasts. Shannon is artistically perfect in almost everything here. Simone is incredible with her acrobatic abilities and execution of those. I enjoy watching both of them... but I would say I enjoy watching Shannon’s routines just a little bit more because they just are so perfect.
Kristin Marie I’m a fan of Shannon as I said but Simone kicks butt with the current code of points. It’s not Simone’s fault she does more difficult acrobatic elements and gets rewarded with higher scores.
Kristin Marie I would agree with you that Simone would not have won in the 1990s. But you also need to think that the new code of points has to reward difficulty and innovations. The old one didn’t do that.
My three favorite gymnasts of all time are Olga, Nadia, and Shannon.
She just moved so gracefully and elegantly. What a queen.
She was amazing one of the best artistically and graceful gymnasts ever .
Most people don't know, but we had a whole ballet studio at Dynamo. We went to ballet once a week. That's why her floor and beam were SO phenomenal. We had a LITERAL ballerina coaching us! Miller was ROBBED in Barcelona💯💯
I agree she was robbed in Barcelona
@@MrErinholbertShannon had a bad meet bar her vault she was lucky to medal imo
Yep! Ballet trained. It stays with you. Just the other day, I tripped and fell "pretty".
Shannon Miller one of the best all time.. Graceful, beautiful and elegant
An ICON, with the most gorgeous floor routine of all-time!
She was at her prime at this point and that floor routine was simply her best. Her feel of the music, beautifully executed dance moves and the flow of the choreography (sorely missed from gymnastics these days). No American gymnast to date has been as graceful as Shannon (not even Liukin). So glad to have seen her gorgeous performances! Bring back this type of gymnastics please!!
Shannon was and still is my favorite gymnast!!!
Shannon really put us on the map with her ballet & power skills.
Love this floor routine. The care in her dance and expression, to even the slightest pluck of a string in this selection, is exceptional. Not to mention the tumbling. The epitome of artistic gymnastics.
Absolutely agree . Shannon was abs is still one of the worlds best . Beautiful line , ballet , great sportsmanship. A true ambassador for the sport . Kind humble intelligent person .
This is my favorite floor routine of all time and the best one she ever did in competition. Great 👍.
Mine too!!!!!!!!! ICONIC
Wow damn , and here we are more than 25 years later , and still these routines are considered difficult , many gymnasts wont dare to do some of her skills , like the full in on beam and the series , she used to do 3 layout stepouts too , amazing , i believe she would also be amazing in this new scoring system and new COP
@Kristin Marie Um... No she wouldn't
Not really...
@Kristin Marie Aww. But I'm NOT a Bile groupie. And how am I delusional?
@Kristin Marie yes Shannon is better than Biles
Excuse me but the only reason they don't do 3 layouts now is because the code only gives a bonus for 2 repeated skills, so the 3rd one would be for nothing... noobs
Damn she is so good. So fluid and graceful. I love the modern powerhouses, but there is just something lacking these days when it comes to the beauty and grace of the sport.
100%
Agreed!
I love Shannon Miller. Her talents were so beautiful to watch.
Still one of one of the most perfect AA performances ever
Shannon is definitely the classiest, artistic and technically polished gymnast that ever graced the gymnastics. Her flare at the very end of her exercises is unmatched and that's her ultimate trademark.
Wow...beautiful routines!
This is absolutely beautiful
She was incredible 😀
Still great!! I remember watching this - she was at her best during this time . Very elegant and tight performance.
Shannon's choreography in her floor ex is always right on!! BEAUTIFUL!!!
Omg her floor and some of the creative jump and transitions where beautiful not to mention her freaking legs and from on uneven bars
Shannon was one of the best all-around gymnasts ever. She truly had no weak events. And such perfection in the way she performed- Love her grace and her style.
She had no weak events from 1991 till 1994. After that she started being weaker on the apparatus that required more strength (floor and vault) in comparison to other gymnasts.
@@barahona68idk. 1995 was rough. She had an ankle injury and wrist injury. We did spend time doing community service after the bombing in Oklahoma City. In 1996 Shannon still qualified for vault finals.
Shannon actually dances and has great choreography! She was such an amazing gymnast. So glad she ended up getting an Olympic individual gold medal on beam. Easily could have won the AA in 1992. I think she should have.
After Olga and Comaneci, she was my favorite. No one else in between...
I love how the announcers are quiet so you can actually enjoy the routine rather than hear them talk on and on
Will always love Shannon Miller
Wow! I forgot what a beautiful gymnast she was. I miss gymnastics like this 🤍
She was robbed of AA Gold at 1992 Olympic.
4:11 that is beautiful!
She is absolutely breathtaking!!!!
The artistry coupled with the power is just amazing
Love her bars
I know I'm going to get arguments but I just noticed the beam isn't as wide as today's beam and the vault was definitely a lot harder to do back then compared to today's huge vault.
The beam was and still is 4 inches wide, however, the vault table, bars and floor have evovled since this competition. The vault table is completely different. The bars are further apart and the floor today has springs that are almost double the size as this competition, thus giving the gymnast much more bounce/airtime today.
@@mmoran3 very true! I competed at an elite level in the late 90s and I have had to have 2 back surgeries and my body creaks all day and especially when I wake up. We didnt have all the soft landings in practice, and the floors were not nearly as springy. I am glad they changed it so girls bodies can last longer in the sport. We landed everything on hard surfaces. I remember when we first started getting foam pits put in.😂 I'm getting very old😂
European beams are not squared off like beams in the US. It gives the appearance of being more narrow but actually is still 4 inches wide.
Ella es una leyenda
Wow, she was on fire in qualies. If she had performed like this in the finals, she would have won easily. That’s just proves how good she was. She had a shaky beam routine and some other minor problems in the finals and she still won. But that was four routines done about as solidly and cleanly as she could produce. Fantastic
She was '93 AA World champ and won two other golds (bars and floor), what do you mean "if?" lol
@@rcarnegie78 She made a costly mistake in VT EF and fell *3 TIMES* in FX EF.
@@rcarnegie78I am aware she won the title. Didn’t I say she won even though she made mistakes? My point was that had she done these routines in the AA final, she would have won with more of a margin. But because she had a shaky beam routine in the finals, she only beat Gogean by .007 and Lysenko by .05. I think Gogean competed about as well as she could have but Lysenko had two critical errors that could have allowed her to win outright, and we saw Dawes was leading all of them until that disastrous final vault. Shannon was a cut above the field, as evidenced by the fact that she still won even with some mistakes. But had she thrown down four routines like this in the finals, it wouldn’t have been close. She would have dominated.
Simply lyrical.
Love this Queen!
Looks like Shannon is channeling Olga Corbit in her routines.
The floor exercise here is prob the best she has ever done on this particular routine. There was not a short landing throughout and the dance moves were way more upgraded than 92 Olympics. Yet she retained all the beautiful lines and elegance from the 92 Olympics!
By 1993 she was pure perfection and unbeatable. She was robbed in 1992 in the Barcelona Olympics and should have won gold to Tatiana Lyssenko, who had not even qualified in the all around and replaced Rosa Galieva by their coache's decision. Even by today's standards some if her routines are difficult.
Tatiana Gutsu not Lysenko, replaced Galieva and got the gold in the all-around. Lysenko got the gold on the beam.
@@michellemathis2381 Thanks, my mistake, you are absolutely right, I thought of Gutsu but wrote Lyssenko who won on beam.
one thing i never could figure out was how most gymnats make those overshoots look so simple to do. (transition from high to low bar) I always had to do a low bar giant directly out of the overshoot bc i just couldn't stop my momentum.
That's like me! I have to always connect like a toe on or something out of it. Way better at Paks.
Kameron Coleman I think if you close your shoulder angle directly out of it, it will slow your momentum down enough to just kip out of it. Easier said than done, I know lol. It may also help if you close your shoulder angle before letting go of the high bar too. Back when I was still competing as an elite gymnast, skills were ALOT higher valued and harder to execute too, for some reason. You didn't see alot of pak saltos or toe ons back then. (early to mid 90's.)
Lol I know. I figured out what I was doing wrong. Very, very simple. I was rushing down a little bit from the handstand like I would just go down like an overshoot regular not to hand.
Kameron Coleman I'll tell ya something else I always had trouble with.....i never could stop twisting on time, on floor, lol. It was hilarious bc it's common sense that a full is going to be easier than a double or triple full but, not for me. I couldn't do anything less than a double full if it was only one rotation. (If it was a double rotating salto, I could stop at just a full, though. My floor coach used to always say "you can't do a simple full twisting layout but, you can put a full-in to your feet with no problem? You can't do a full but you can execute a triple with ease? None of that makes a lick of sense!") I honestly think it's a mental thing. Sometimes gymnasts get it in their head that they can't do something so it's only natural that the body would follow suit. It's a mental block, I guess would be the word for it.
Haha. Twist disease. If I tried opening up a full, I'd be at a 1 1/2 haha. I can do a full without trying to twist it just automatically twists. It's very weird. Sometimes, on my double back beam dismount I think I'm going to under rotate so I pull it and I've gotten like 3 concussions from landing on my head. So, I was forced to change to a twisting dismount which I can do up to a triple full but I compete a Double so I just open up a full LOL
One of the last graceful, elegant American gymnasts...oh also Luikin.
Best gymnast ever 💯💯💯
🤩😍🥰
Indonesia gives 10.000
You are correct we are blood and soul twin's frames from one moment to another moment in time it's in our dna love the way you dance babe 😊😊and those beautiful memories and dimples shannon 💯 💙🧬👂🛜☯️
I would like to see Steve Nunos everyday coaches at his gym.
Her Best AA performance ever
Wow
The video is a little blurry
Should have gotten all 10's
Did she win gold?
Of course she did :)
By 96 her gymnastics seemed to be quite watered down compared to her performances here.
Her wrist was actually broken during Atlanta games 1996. I don't know how she was even able to compete there let alone win 2 gold medals.
Her vault was upgraded from a full twist to a 1 1/2. She added perioette and a 1 1/2 turn on her transition on bars. She added a punch front and back extension to beam. Floor upgrades included a double layout and a double twisting front.
BETTER THAT L O S E R Biles
Despite all the time since this day back in 1993 there is still a record that has never been broken by either a male or a female gymnast in World Championship or Olympic history: Shannon Remains the only gymnast in history who has won all events in preliminaries at a world championship or Olympics. Simone Biles came close because she finished second on uneven bars and won everything else.. Shannon's record still exists. No ties just her being the top on all four events. No one has ever done it since.
Also with no compulsories at these worlds even more amazing.