I think that it’s worth noting that this basically a highlight reel spread out over a couple decades. There are plenty of bad and/or boring routines that aren’t being shown. And today, you still get great and unique beam routines with risky skills and combos. Pauline Schäfer-Betz springs to mind. Ashikawa Urara won worlds last year with some very unique moves and combos. Skye Blakely’s routine needs to be more consistent, but her mount and Shishova really make her stand out. Guan Chenchen’s olympic gold medal routine from last year had loads of tricky combos, including two acro series. There also issues with the code being much stricter now on what gets connection credit, as well as on shape deductions for lots of skills. This isn’t all bad, but it definitely narrows the pool of gymnasts who will try more unique skills and combos. The LOSO has become so popular because it’s the easiest skill to do in an acro series that will get credited and won’t get massively deducted.
@@kristincusick1342 exactly! Wevers won by being so amazing at turns that she could connect them. She had her eponymous double L turn, which I don’t believe any other gymnast has competed internationally, and she did an Okino (triple spin) as well. Gotta give her credit for her super rare and hard Kochetkova mount too. And even though this year’s beam medalists didn’t build up high d-scores, they all had rare skills and combos. Watanabe Hazuki had a front pike mount and a round-off to layout (2 feet) combo. Ellie Black connected a double turn to a back turn. She has a good switch half to a Korbut flip. She does a front tuck on its own as well as a bhs to layout series. (I’m honestly obsessed with Ellie’s uniqueness, steadiness, and confidence, and I’m so thrilled that she got a worlds silver and a world challenge cup bronze on beam.) Shoko Miyata also has a double turn. Gotta give credit to Ou Yushan’s front handspring front tuck series and unique dance combos too.
@@maximoo9861 That is unfair! Cata in her prime times (2004 Olympics and up until 2012 Olympics) did have difficult and risky moves, and judges appreciated that! For example, her dismantle in 2004 Olympics was very difficult one! But then, most successful and long competing gymnasts did the same skills over and over again, like Boginskaya and Khorkina of Russia, and Oksana Chusovitna of the Soviet Union, Germany and Uzbekstan!
Jeez! The beam is the only event in gymnastics that every time I watch an athlete do their thing, nearly all my muscles are tense until they dismount!....such amazing skill!
@1:23 A TRUE airborne front handspring with REAL flight (rather than a fast front walkover being called a FH) to a piked front somi! One of my dream combos as well as Anna Pavlova's front aerial, side somi to an Onodi half?? Or an Omelianchik?? @1:52! 🤩💖💖💖🤸🏼♀️🤸🏼♀️🤸🏼♀️
The gymnast at 1:23 is Lidia Sidirova from Russia back in 2003 (Chunici Cup I think). At 1:52 - the last skill is named after Anastasia Kolesnikova whom got it credited at the 2000 Olympics.
Right!! I thought the same thing when I saw it 😂 just goes to show how truly scary it is to lose sight of the beam, she did NOT even attempt to tilt her head backwards. Very impressive each & every gymnasts, there were some I’ve never seen in my life & wow, imagine if the girls today would perform some of those skills in competition.
To be fair, that combination was done back in 2002 when the requirements for sheeps and rings were no where nearly as strict as they are now. That's Jacqui Dunn from Australia BTW.
Time stamp 1:17-1:22 I think she's the one that always ends her connection pass with a Korbut & on the end of the beam. It scares me every time I watch her perform because I think she's going to be too close to the edge of the beam & she's going to fall off the back. Anyone doing an *Onodi* is a star in my book. Especially when it's done slow & legs are completely straight!!! Fave of mine!!
@@maximoo9861 Onodi's aren't difficult, I agree, they def are beautiful to watch. Back in the day, the last skill I learned before I had to quit competing was the *Korbut* . What I'm talking about is doing one on the end of the beam & not being too close to the end where when you swing down you straddle the beam & don't miss the end. If you were to miss the end you'd end up sitting it on the floor.
wondering if a composition requirement should require a change in direction in combination. maybe that would incentivize skills like onodi, switch half, omelianchik, side leaps, arabian, barani, grigoras, #.5 turns, etc. could make for cool combos...
Does anyone have any idea as to why gymnasts "hit" their beam routines more often before than today. I felt like in the beginning of the open scoring system, a "hit" routine was no wobbles and today I feel like it's a few wobbles but with excellent fluidity between movements. Why are wobbles more frequent today?
More emphasis on beam rhythm (no pause) and choreography. Stricter shape deduction, not hitting a 180 degree split in real time is like a deduction of medium wobble. Also, gymnasts are too focused on making connections with more B skills, often leading to more deductions from connection. Gymnasts in the last few quads have stronger muscle memory by competing one skill (not linking the next skill) at a time without rush.
That combo of turns performed by Sanne Wevers has been described by so many as “easy.” It’s usually people who don’t think she should have won gold because she “didn’t have lots of acro stuff.” Try doing all that spinning, first with leg up then reversing direction TWICE more- on four inches. It’s damn difficult!!
When I saw this title, I was hoping that Grishina’s combo of the Onodi into the illusion turn-full turn-split leap would make the cut. My favorite one is the side aerial into Onodi, followed by the split leaps. She was shy of the perfect 180 split, but that is a stupid hard combination.
I think it's so funny it's called the oh no Dee but Mas tapanova the Russian gymnast did the onoti before anyone else and she just didn't get credit for it
@@wheresbaby7783 The reason why it’s not called the Mostepanova is because she never officially submitted the skill to be entered into the Code of Points.
@@amarkray01 I know just a little shady though don't you think I mean just because the other girl maybe back then they didn't have that documentation that they didn't have names for things it's a little shady that it oh nobody didn't invent it
@@wheresbaby7783 I don’t see it as being shady at all. Even if it is an original skill, there are just certain procedures that need to be followed to get one’s name in the Code Of Points rulebook. For example, Svetlana Boginskaya competed what is now known as the Silivas on floor exercise at a World Cup event about a year before Daniela Silivas performed it at the 1988 Seoul Olympics. However, nobody debates whether or not the skill should bear her name because she never officially submitted it the proper way. The process isn’t actually that difficult really. If a gymnast has a skill that they believe has never been performed before, all they have to do is confer with the judges prior to the event to see if it is eligible to have their name attached as an eponymous skill. If that gymnast successfully competes it at a World Cup event, World Championships or Olympics, it then bears their name. If anything, it’s the fault of Mostepanova’s coach, but the Soviet coaches were more concerned about winning medals. Just my opinion.
Got to be THE most difficult skill ever performed on beam, absolutely breathtaking, it's no wonder no one else has done it and also no surprise that she herself stopped doing it, the margin for error must have been immense
That line of hurricane that should have been on there and the one the American who did the full twist with the back handspring after you know the one who was supposed to get to the finals the Olympics and didn't do it what was her name she's coaching USA UCLA now
Beam routines were so much more creative than they are now
I think that it’s worth noting that this basically a highlight reel spread out over a couple decades. There are plenty of bad and/or boring routines that aren’t being shown. And today, you still get great and unique beam routines with risky skills and combos. Pauline Schäfer-Betz springs to mind. Ashikawa Urara won worlds last year with some very unique moves and combos. Skye Blakely’s routine needs to be more consistent, but her mount and Shishova really make her stand out. Guan Chenchen’s olympic gold medal routine from last year had loads of tricky combos, including two acro series.
There also issues with the code being much stricter now on what gets connection credit, as well as on shape deductions for lots of skills. This isn’t all bad, but it definitely narrows the pool of gymnasts who will try more unique skills and combos. The LOSO has become so popular because it’s the easiest skill to do in an acro series that will get credited and won’t get massively deducted.
@@kristincusick1342 exactly! Wevers won by being so amazing at turns that she could connect them. She had her eponymous double L turn, which I don’t believe any other gymnast has competed internationally, and she did an Okino (triple spin) as well. Gotta give her credit for her super rare and hard Kochetkova mount too.
And even though this year’s beam medalists didn’t build up high d-scores, they all had rare skills and combos. Watanabe Hazuki had a front pike mount and a round-off to layout (2 feet) combo. Ellie Black connected a double turn to a back turn. She has a good switch half to a Korbut flip. She does a front tuck on its own as well as a bhs to layout series. (I’m honestly obsessed with Ellie’s uniqueness, steadiness, and confidence, and I’m so thrilled that she got a worlds silver and a world challenge cup bronze on beam.) Shoko Miyata also has a double turn.
Gotta give credit to Ou Yushan’s front handspring front tuck series and unique dance combos too.
I love seeing this comment on literally every single gymnastics video I watch ..
The combo of Deng Lin Lin and Sanne Wevers are my favourite.
Missed the time when multi-directional connection was still a thing.
Aliya's Will always be one of my favorites, that combination it's so different and elegant 💜
Sanne's is my favourite :) It's incredibly graceful and elegant
Anything getting 4 skills in a row gets me impressed.. and those showed in this video are nothing short than extraordinary. The pace.. wow..
The craziest ones to me are the multiple turning element ones. Absolutely no room for minuscule error.
2:14 The best!
i LOVE the bhs loso bhs rulfova combo. It’s so badass
In my view, Catalina Ponor of Romania remains if not the all time best, one of the very best beam performers ever!
I never liked her beam routines, not enough difficulty and she never varied it over many years and it became boring
@@maximoo9861 That is unfair! Cata in her prime times (2004 Olympics and up until 2012 Olympics) did have difficult and risky moves, and judges appreciated that! For example, her dismantle in 2004 Olympics was very difficult one! But then, most successful and long competing gymnasts did the same skills over and over again, like Boginskaya and Khorkina of Russia, and Oksana Chusovitna of the Soviet Union, Germany and Uzbekstan!
I'll take Aurelia Dobre & Silivas over her any day. Wonderful gymnast.
it's so wild how some of these were once in a lifetime or maybe twice. supremely iconic
Aliya’s connection from Onodi into a double turn?!! Has any other gymnast done this ever?
I love Onodis, especially in combination.
Jeez! The beam is the only event in gymnastics that every time I watch an athlete do their thing, nearly all my muscles are tense until they dismount!....such amazing skill!
Wait Lauren Mitchell's is so cool! Also 1:47 lmao never seen anything like that, not super pretty but very original!
Mitchell's has awful rhythm. This is how a switch leap + punch front should be done:
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They are all spectacular 😄 I couldn't choose for the love of it 🤣
@1:23 A TRUE airborne front handspring with REAL flight (rather than a fast front walkover being called a FH) to a piked front somi! One of my dream combos as well as Anna Pavlova's front aerial, side somi to an Onodi half?? Or an Omelianchik?? @1:52! 🤩💖💖💖🤸🏼♀️🤸🏼♀️🤸🏼♀️
Omelianchik
Jordan Bowers did that too
@@pakopaez Thanks! I wasn't certain which one!
Have you seen Brooklyn Moor's front arial to front tuck when she hits it?
The gymnast at 1:23 is Lidia Sidirova from Russia back in 2003 (Chunici Cup I think).
At 1:52 - the last skill is named after Anastasia Kolesnikova whom got it credited at the 2000 Olympics.
I always loved that beam combination of Jana Bieger's!
Wish we were told who these are.
The front hamdspring front pike and anything with an Onodi are my faves!
Catalina Ponor ❤️
Please god tell me 0:51 wasn't actually supposed to be a sheep jump - ring jump combo.
Right!! I thought the same thing when I saw it 😂 just goes to show how truly scary it is to lose sight of the beam, she did NOT even attempt to tilt her head backwards. Very impressive each & every gymnasts, there were some I’ve never seen in my life & wow, imagine if the girls today would perform some of those skills in competition.
To be fair, that combination was done back in 2002 when the requirements for sheeps and rings were no where nearly as strict as they are now. That's Jacqui Dunn from Australia BTW.
Those 360 backflips are insane.
Time stamp 1:17-1:22 I think she's the one that always ends her connection pass with a Korbut & on the end of the beam. It scares me every time I watch her perform because I think she's going to be too close to the edge of the beam & she's going to fall off the back.
Anyone doing an *Onodi* is a star in my book. Especially when it's done slow & legs are completely straight!!! Fave of mine!!
Onidis and korbuts are not that difficult when compared to other skills really but if done well they are good to watch
@@maximoo9861 Onodi's aren't difficult, I agree, they def are beautiful to watch.
Back in the day, the last skill I learned before I had to quit competing was the *Korbut* .
What I'm talking about is doing one on the end of the beam & not being too close to the end where when you swing down you straddle the beam & don't miss the end. If you were to miss the end you'd end up sitting it on the floor.
BRILLIANT BEYOND WORDS! THANK YOU! BLESSINGS AND PEACE!
Omg I miss beam from 2008-2016 so much
wondering if a composition requirement should require a change in direction in combination. maybe that would incentivize skills like onodi, switch half, omelianchik, side leaps, arabian, barani, grigoras, #.5 turns, etc. could make for cool combos...
Does anyone have any idea as to why gymnasts "hit" their beam routines more often before than today. I felt like in the beginning of the open scoring system, a "hit" routine was no wobbles and today I feel like it's a few wobbles but with excellent fluidity between movements. Why are wobbles more frequent today?
More emphasis on beam rhythm (no pause) and choreography. Stricter shape deduction, not hitting a 180 degree split in real time is like a deduction of medium wobble. Also, gymnasts are too focused on making connections with more B skills, often leading to more deductions from connection. Gymnasts in the last few quads have stronger muscle memory by competing one skill (not linking the next skill) at a time without rush.
That combo of turns performed by Sanne Wevers has been described by so many as “easy.” It’s usually people who don’t think she should have won gold because she “didn’t have lots of acro stuff.” Try doing all that spinning, first with leg up then reversing direction TWICE more- on four inches. It’s damn difficult!!
I love Jana Beiger's move.
another one that comes to my mind is henrietta onodi doing back handsping layout step out to onodi
yes, totally forgot about Onodi's onodi lol
Gutsu’s dismount is still the most difficult dismount ever competed at international level. It still leaves me speechless.
1:01 DAMN We'll never see anything like it nowadays
When I saw this title, I was hoping that Grishina’s combo of the Onodi into the illusion turn-full turn-split leap would make the cut. My favorite one is the side aerial into Onodi, followed by the split leaps. She was shy of the perfect 180 split, but that is a stupid hard combination.
I think it's so funny it's called the oh no Dee but Mas tapanova the Russian gymnast did the onoti before anyone else and she just didn't get credit for it
@@wheresbaby7783 The reason why it’s not called the Mostepanova is because she never officially submitted the skill to be entered into the Code of Points.
@@amarkray01 I know just a little shady though don't you think I mean just because the other girl maybe back then they didn't have that documentation that they didn't have names for things it's a little shady that it oh nobody didn't invent it
@@wheresbaby7783 I don’t see it as being shady at all. Even if it is an original skill, there are just certain procedures that need to be followed to get one’s name in the Code Of Points rulebook. For example, Svetlana Boginskaya competed what is now known as the Silivas on floor exercise at a World Cup event about a year before Daniela Silivas performed it at the 1988 Seoul Olympics. However, nobody debates whether or not the skill should bear her name because she never officially submitted it the proper way. The process isn’t actually that difficult really. If a gymnast has a skill that they believe has never been performed before, all they have to do is confer with the judges prior to the event to see if it is eligible to have their name attached as an eponymous skill. If that gymnast successfully competes it at a World Cup event, World Championships or Olympics, it then bears their name. If anything, it’s the fault of Mostepanova’s coach, but the Soviet coaches were more concerned about winning medals. Just my opinion.
Komova maravilhosa 💕❤️
1:02 :D
So pretty 😍
Where is Flávia saraiva combo?
La regina della trave rimane per sempre Catalina Ponor, per la sua perfezione ed eleganza. La migliore🙆♀️🌺👍✌🇷🇴
MEU SONHO É QUE UM DIA EU VEJA UMA BRASILEIRA FAZENDO ELEMENTOS DIFERENCIADOS ASSIM...
0:16 / 0:18 …… OUCH
Komova's gainer BH LOSO Arabian, the end.
Got to be THE most difficult skill ever performed on beam, absolutely breathtaking, it's no wonder no one else has done it and also no surprise that she herself stopped doing it, the margin for error must have been immense
1:33 - A Daniele hypolito fazia essa entrada.
Aliya Mustafina
That line of hurricane that should have been on there and the one the American who did the full twist with the back handspring after you know the one who was supposed to get to the finals the Olympics and didn't do it what was her name she's coaching USA UCLA now
Who did the 2:31?
sui lu
Sannes Combo is a Joke, but I will give it that being that consistent on turns at an olympics is a huge merit
Routines nowadays are unbearable to watch, I miss the good old days
Its the cop...
@ 0:29, interesting, who was that?
norah flatey
I hate the side sumi to me its an ugly movement. Nothing better than a well executed sheep jump in combo.