There are lots of great beam workers but Catalina is much more than that. Most gymnasts, even some of the best of the world seem to be nervous or even scared when they get on that beam. She doesn't, she owns the beam, she doesn't wobble, she doesn't hesitate, it really looks like she was born to do this, that the beam is where she belongs. And that's somenthing that no coach can't teach, it comes naturally.
Catalina is such a natural talent for gymnastics. Considering that after 5-6 years of retirement she returned to win 2 more medals in Olympics (I think her case is unique in history) make us to think that she is a gymnastics animal. She was born to do this. Look at that beam exercise, she's beyond the unbelievable.
I'm in love with this routine!! She totally dominated balance beam at these Olympics, without so much as even a slight balance check. Absolutely incredible.
This is literally my favorite routine forever and ever😍🤩 everything she does leaves me in awe and honestly I see no mistakes😍🤍 WOW!!!! I love you Catalina Ponor😍🤩😍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍
What the hell? 9.787? That's just sad. One of the most solid and amazing routines I've seen for a long while. She was so steady. Steady and beautiful to watch.
Alucinante la seguridad, limpieza y ritmo con los que realizó Catalina este ejercicio, de esos momentos antológicos que se ven en unas olimpiadas. 👏👏👏💯
The last of the great Romanian beam specialists? Closest I saw to this level in '08 was from Johnson and Liukin. She deserves a place with Comaneci and Szabo, for sure.
Out of all the Olympic Beam Champions, this is my favourite routine. Everything is connected and it's perfect and clean besides a slightly low landing on the dismount. I really wish she had performed this routine at the Olympics, it would of given her bronze or silver.
the difference in between shannon miller dismount on beam and ponor is that catalina does it in a pike position. that is actually more difficult, that is why she landed a little low, but shannon used to land low too
Shannon Miller will always be my favorite gymnast, but Catalina Ponor's beam work is a thing of beauty. She seems to float above the beam, effortlessly and gracefully executing EVERYTHING. Goddess.
@jamesbug2002 - It was the Soviet gymnast Elena Naimushina (late 70's) who first performed one handed back-springs on beam, one with the left arm, changing to the right for the next one !
It was a WELL deserved WIN in those olympics. No one came even close. this gymnast works with amazing confidence and precision - absolutely no balance checks. Not QUITE as fluid as Nadia but given the skill level I'd say it was justified.
I'm so glad she's making a comeback! We might see some actual routines as opposed to the rat race that is beam. It seems like beam has become packing as many skills as possible in 90 seconds.
actually they were the same dismount yes and the funny thing is ,,, if you go and look at "Shannon Miller 1996 olympic gold balance beam",,, in atlanta her dismount is so much like Ponars in terms of execution,, go back and look at shannons and then ponars its cool
Yep she's doing pretty well she qualified for event finals for beam (7th) and Floor (7th) finishing ahead of Mustafina on both events so I think she's established her validity as an ever present elite gymnast...
Agreed, she scored about the same score in TF with a tiny wobble and a little hop in the landing, here the only mistake I see is the bend knees in the full in.
@tiashe1 You're not imagining things. Ponor is somewhat notorious for "pucking" her skills-meaning that, as a general rule, it's hard to tell whether her skills are tucked or piked. I'm not sure anyone knows which she was intending for this dismount, but for the sake of less deductions, let's go with tucked. ;)
i like the routine overall but quick question - what was the dismount? i dunno if it looks funny bc of the angle but it's like she was doing a full twisting double tuck but missed her legs for the tuck or opened up or something. anyone else see that?
As far as 2012, connection and execution are what helped her. Besides the dismount the difficulty is not the best. She had to execute perfectly to win and I hate that it didn't happen.
@abrahamnextel yes she come back and she wants to partecipate at london olympic games . 201..:)so happy for her. if u wanna see the video where she speack about her comeback in gymnastic digit: ,,Catalina Ponor comeback to gymnastic ,,
Okay, excuse me. I love Catalina Ponor. This beam routine was maybe on of the best beam routines I've ever seen. And in the 2012 Olympics, her floor routine was way underscored but her beam wasn't. People need to shut the fuck up about Raisman robbing Ponor of her medal because A) Look at Aly's routine, and tell me that it doesn't deserve something 15 or above? B) Catalina made some mistakes. Had she not stumbled on her turns so much, she could have beaten Aly, But she didn't. so stfu
the first time i saw it, it was done by Yang Bo in 1992 Barcelona..but I'm sure it wasn't her who first did it..and if it was her, again, it wouldn't be named because it's a B element..
@NYCBlonde I like Ponor's style much better even though I can't say that Carly wasn't talented. Fine, I will praise Ponor without tearing Carly down... It's a shame Catalina only got a few tenths higher than Carly. Her comeback will be epic.
I still don't understand the dismount difficulty is Ponor's harder than Patterson's dismount? Also compared to Ponor's 2012 beam routine which was more difficult of the 2?
that landing should have been a much larger deduction, considering that her face was in her knees i also would have taken off for lack of extension in her switch leap
i dont know what beam routine you where watching to say she should have gotten a 10.0, but i think the score she recieved was very generous. she had a few balance checks in there but over all the routine was very good.
her & pavlova were freakin brilliant in this olympics... & Ponor came back to own once again in 2012. Still sad Raisman bronze'd on beam over her though... bummmeerrrrrr
This was one of the best routines ever in Olympic history IMO
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The dismount, yes
IMHO the best ever!!!
Here watching the 2024 Olympics in Paris. And Catalina is still a class above everyone that had come since …
The 2004 Beam finals is the best one I’ve ever seen!
The iconic performance for a beam routine! Absolutely flawless!
It was scored entirely too low. It was a 10 imo.
There are lots of great beam workers but Catalina is much more than that. Most gymnasts, even some of the best of the world seem to be nervous or even scared when they get on that beam. She doesn't, she owns the beam, she doesn't wobble, she doesn't hesitate, it really looks like she was born to do this, that the beam is where she belongs. And that's somenthing that no coach can't teach, it comes naturally.
Catalina is such a natural talent for gymnastics. Considering that after 5-6 years of retirement she returned to win 2 more medals in Olympics (I think her case is unique in history) make us to think that she is a gymnastics animal. She was born to do this. Look at that beam exercise, she's beyond the unbelievable.
Ponor was unstoppable in 2004!
I'm in love with this routine!! She totally dominated balance beam at these Olympics, without so much as even a slight balance check. Absolutely incredible.
She has some of the most beautiful arm movements I've ever seen and I rarely look at a gymnasts arms...
I could watch Catalina's routines all day long. Such a beautiful, elegant and powerful gimnast. She's stunning.
Best Balance beam routine ever. 🙌 what a great gymnastic school is Romania
Un exercițiu la bârnă mai frumos și mai sigur de atât încă nu exista 🥰
This is my favorite routine in all of gymnastics, past or present.
This routine was perfect in my opinion. Low score.
The handstand on the beam is simply amazing! I've been hooked on Gymnastics ever since the Athens games.
Un exercițiu de nota 10! Nimeni ca ea pe barna. Nimeni!❤️
This is literally my favorite routine forever and ever😍🤩 everything she does leaves me in awe and honestly I see no mistakes😍🤍 WOW!!!! I love you Catalina Ponor😍🤩😍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍
Cata - the living legend!
This is so moving and inspirational for me...Thank you Catalina :)
What the hell? 9.787? That's just sad.
One of the most solid and amazing routines I've seen for a long while. She was so steady. Steady and beautiful to watch.
9.787/10
the only deductions i saw came from the dismount -- i.e., low chest position
Her dismounts tended to be a little low on rotation but other than that hard to see deductions. Maybe first split jump could have been better ??
THIS IS PERFECTION!! ACEASTA ESTE PERFECTIUNEA!! BRAVO!! MANDRU CA SUNT ROMAN!!!
Que espectacular....de las mejores rutinas en viga, de la historia
Essa apresentação foi um show e merecia um 10
i loooove this routine sooo much.... not a single bobble from this queen
Alucinante la seguridad, limpieza y ritmo con los que realizó Catalina este ejercicio, de esos momentos antológicos que se ven en unas olimpiadas. 👏👏👏💯
So amazing! Perfection :-)
She could rival todays top gymnasts! So beautuful!
The last of the great Romanian beam specialists? Closest I saw to this level in '08 was from Johnson and Liukin. She deserves a place with Comaneci and Szabo, for sure.
Bellísima rutina. Arte y dificultad por igual. Ahora no he visto perfección en las ejecuciones.
Out of all the Olympic Beam Champions, this is my favourite routine. Everything is connected and it's perfect and clean besides a slightly low landing on the dismount. I really wish she had performed this routine at the Olympics, it would of given her bronze or silver.
I thought this was the Olympics? Athens 2004. Didn’t she win gold for this?
@@writejules Yes.She win gold
De verdad que se te extraña catalina :( eras simplemente espectacular !!
gold performance!
Beatifull.She is unique.
Why??? She's performing well and made it to event finals for beam....8 years later?!?! I say that's pretty darn good!
the difference in between shannon miller dismount on beam and ponor is that catalina does it in a pike position. that is actually more difficult, that is why she landed a little low, but shannon used to land low too
Best Beam routine at those olympics. Had she done that in earlier olympics, where the judging wasn't so harsh, it would have defnitely scored her a 10
Love her!! So glad she came back!! =)
She is just gorgeous.
What if you had...Shannon Miller's poise, Carly Patterson's landings, Catalina's connection, and Shawn Johnson's difficulty???
Shannon Miller will always be my favorite gymnast, but Catalina Ponor's beam work is a thing of beauty. She seems to float above the beam, effortlessly and gracefully executing EVERYTHING. Goddess.
i'm addicted to this video!!!
@jamesbug2002 - It was the Soviet gymnast Elena Naimushina (late 70's) who first performed one handed back-springs on beam, one with the left arm, changing to the right for the next one !
I just noticed that she twists her full-twisting-back-handspring and Onodi to the right, but her full-in dismount twists to the left.
Gotta love a routine with ZERO deductions whilest on the beam and only slight deductions on one of the highest rated dismounts. *Looooove*
Amazing performance, god luck in Rio!
She killed it on the beams today! Highest score of the day :D Some things never change...
@ShawnVikaKomova2012 They're both gorgeous gymnasts and I would be thrilled for Ponar to come back! She is certainly an amazing beam worker.
Brillante!!!
A LOT of chest pumping actions is just one of those things that made her routine extra special.
Absolute perfection
It was a WELL deserved WIN in those olympics. No one came even close. this gymnast works with amazing confidence and precision - absolutely no balance checks. Not QUITE as fluid as Nadia but given the skill level I'd say it was justified.
I'm so glad she's making a comeback! We might see some actual routines as opposed to the rat race that is beam. It seems like beam has become packing as many skills as possible in 90 seconds.
I would love this in HD
wow! she must have really good ability and coaches!
Best beam ever. Look at that one hand on the beam!
I always thought she was underrated. She deserved better scores
@AngelicPhantom Before 2006, they had different judging rules, that's why she got a 9.787
Johnson, Liukin and the chinese were sooo lucky Catalina wasn't there, and that Octavian Belu retired :(
actually they were the same dismount yes and the funny thing is ,,, if you go and look at "Shannon Miller 1996 olympic gold balance beam",,, in atlanta her dismount is so much like Ponars in terms of execution,, go back and look at shannons and then ponars its cool
nota 10 para grande catalina.
La rutina ganadora de Paris 2024 no le llega ni al zapato a esta rutina.
Yep she's doing pretty well she qualified for event finals for beam (7th) and Floor (7th) finishing ahead of Mustafina on both events so I think she's established her validity as an ever present elite gymnast...
waw .. she is the best ..
Me too. Because, if you pause her when she lands her hands are almost on her floor!
@NYCBlonde I think her comeback will be good. She used to have the DTY and has a terrific floor routine.
She deserved a higest score !!!!
Agreed, she scored about the same score in TF with a tiny wobble and a little hop in the landing, here the only mistake I see is the bend knees in the full in.
10... perfect
wow!
OOOHH MY GOD!!!!!
@tiashe1 You're not imagining things. Ponor is somewhat notorious for "pucking" her skills-meaning that, as a general rule, it's hard to tell whether her skills are tucked or piked. I'm not sure anyone knows which she was intending for this dismount, but for the sake of less deductions, let's go with tucked. ;)
queen catalina ,bafta la rio regina indiscusa a barnei.
CASI NADA... UNA DE LAS MEJORES RUTINAS !
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i like the routine overall but quick question - what was the dismount? i dunno if it looks funny bc of the angle but it's like she was doing a full twisting double tuck but missed her legs for the tuck or opened up or something. anyone else see that?
@PhenixJoe She does a front aerial.
As far as 2012, connection and execution are what helped her. Besides the dismount the difficulty is not the best. She had to execute perfectly to win and I hate that it didn't happen.
It had a ten start value. That was all she needed for difficulty in those days
Should be a 10
@abrahamnextel yes she come back and she wants to partecipate at london olympic games . 201..:)so happy for her.
if u wanna see the video where she speack about her comeback in gymnastic digit:
,,Catalina Ponor comeback to gymnastic ,,
Okay, excuse me. I love Catalina Ponor. This beam routine was maybe on of the best beam routines I've ever seen. And in the 2012 Olympics, her floor routine was way underscored but her beam wasn't.
People need to shut the fuck up about Raisman robbing Ponor of her medal because A) Look at Aly's routine, and tell me that it doesn't deserve something 15 or above? B) Catalina made some mistakes. Had she not stumbled on her turns so much, she could have beaten Aly, But she didn't.
so stfu
@TheRomanitza is she still competing??? I thought she was retired....
the first time i saw it, it was done by Yang Bo in 1992 Barcelona..but I'm sure it wasn't her who first did it..and if it was her, again, it wouldn't be named because it's a B element..
@NYCBlonde I like Ponor's style much better even though I can't say that Carly wasn't talented. Fine, I will praise Ponor without tearing Carly down... It's a shame Catalina only got a few tenths higher than Carly. Her comeback will be epic.
I still don't understand the dismount difficulty is Ponor's harder than Patterson's dismount?
Also compared to Ponor's 2012 beam routine which was more difficult of the 2?
that landing should have been a much larger deduction, considering that her face was in her knees
i also would have taken off for lack of extension in her switch leap
@aleksdeabreu I agree with you :) this routine is ''fucking'' amazing! Did she quit of gymnastics? =(
i dont know what beam routine you where watching to say she should have gotten a 10.0, but i think the score she recieved was very generous. she had a few balance checks in there but over all the routine was very good.
@LaVoix555 i know you r right,but is so hard because they r everywere.
Its tsukahara mate;-))))
and she's like doing it on the floor.. like she's not doing it on a 4-inch wood at about 3ft or so above the floor..
her & pavlova were freakin brilliant in this olympics... & Ponor came back to own once again in 2012. Still sad Raisman bronze'd on beam over her though... bummmeerrrrrr
She's the best at beam, Khorkina is the best at bars.
Honestly, the only obvious deduction I could find is the very low landing on her dismount. Was that really worth over 2 tenths though?
@ShawnVikaKomova2012 Why is it a shame? They're both great gymnasts. You can praise Ponar without tearing someone else down.
Does anyone else notice how low her dismount was? She her head and hands were like 2 inches from the mat.
@Alexbocicor Esti roman a?
Woah ! : D
agreed
catalina wil be the queen of beam in 2012 at london!
What would the score be today?
She got absolutely robbed by Raisman. That bronze was hers.
It's a shame Patterson even got close to this score...