It is exciting to see that final applause !! .. Svetlana's hug ... the round off + full layout is beautiful, she had an incredible elegance, talent, flexibility and style !! Olesia is one of my favorite gymnasts
It is nice to know, that I am not the only one enjoying the videos up to the end. Everybody knew, this routine was unique... the audience, the trainers, the other contestants... only the judges had other plans obviously. I am glad, she became the european champion anyway. Any other decision would have been scandalous. 🤩🥰🙃😆😇😎
The only possible deductions could be the very slight off balance after the full Pirouette, and a very slight off centre, after the triple twist. But honestly the difficulty score should cancel out the two deductions I found. Does anyone agree with me?
@@pekenjos It's interesting. Watching this routine after recently marveling over Groshkova's taints how I see this routine. Groshkova had tremendous difficulty while being extremely stylish and artistic. Dudnik's routine is more in the style of her SSR sister Tatiana Gutsu, a collection of tricks. Only she lacked the amplitude and flexibility Gutsu showed in her leaps and jumps. I don't think her leaps were necessarily deduction-worthy in this Code, but they stick out like a sore thumb. I will say this routine 1000% deserved a 10 over the one she got later that year at Worlds during optionals.
My all time favorite routine. Unbelievable what this girl did, and with this elegance and perfect execution on top of it. Sigh. I don’t ever get enough of this one. I miss the beam routines from those days…
If she did this now she would kill the competition on beam. Judges are so harsh on flow (moving from one move to the next) along with difficult acro + dance moves, that she has it all to win gold. I wish this type of creative gymnastics would come back - the Valdez into the leap and little flourishes
Her leaps wouldn't score well now. In the current code leaps are required to show 180° of separation. I'm not sure when they changed it, but it's common to see a different technique (like she's showing here) on leaps in older routines than what they compete today. Still a beautiful routine though and she's definitely got the flow they're looking for today.
I remember, when I first saw this routine on television while recording it and thought ... this is not possible. I was truly swept away about her stability and technical difficulty. This is so beautiful and I am happy we can all admire her still after all these years. 💚
The craziest thing is how she starts her Arabian, from that unstable one leg balance thing. Freaky good. If she started from a still position and made sure her hips were square, that would make sense. But this? And triple twist dismount??In my opinion, especially for those times, it's the best beam routine I have ever seen.
I've expected a Menichelli after her Arabian also. When I saw her doing this acrobatic series without using her hands, touching the Balance Beam for support I was stunned. This was Artistic Gymnastics from another dimension.... 💚
I think she was the first one, performing a layout full on the apparatus. I could not believe, that this was even possible... simply an incredible routine and an outstanding gymnast.... 🥰
How can you not love this gymnast. In just a short time, she has shown what she's made of. She has the same demeanor as anna pavlova but the best difficulty relative to her time as simone biles even though she is injury-prone like Larisa Iordache.
You should check out Tatiana Groshkova's routine from the following year. Tremendous difficulty, equal if not superior innovation, sublime originality, and tremendous artistry. It's absolutely in my Top 5 of beam routines ever 🙌
Me too! 💚 There is an interview with her on TH-cam, where she talks about her time as a top contender in Artistic Gymnastics and why she retired and how she felt about it afterwards. She seems to be such a nice and kind person. I really like her a lot!
Wow, unbelievable..what a pitty that Sanne Wevers didn't watch her. Otherwise she could have learned how to jump. Olessia combines artistry AND technical skills, it's wonderful to watch.
What a joke. I have seen so many beam routines over the years score a perfect 10, yet this amazing routine was one of the best ever and receives a 9.975. Shame on the Switzerland judge with a 9.9. I hope they were publicly embarrassed.
Unfortunately she had a tiny wobble after her full turn but if I was a judge I would have given her a 10. Boginskaya clapping is nice because she knew she was the best in this case. There really was noone else who compared, even Boginskaya and Silivas' absolute best were still not as good as this. She was clearly the best and should've won on her own.
Compare this 9.975 with the 10.0 she received in the team event at Stuttgart where she took a slight step forward on the dismount... Hard to believe hey?
This routine should have been a 10 hands down, then they give her a 10 for her much weaker routine due to the very bad landing on the dismoutn in team optionals at worlds. The judges are weird sometimes. I guess she wasn't a "name" yet but was by the time of worlds.
Hey there. Sadly I don't have the All Around tape anymore. Somehow it got lost (like the 1990 tapes from the Europeans) over the years. I hope you still enjoy the other videos I've uploaded in decent quality. I am always amazed how good the quality is, after all these years.
I fell for the USSR (when it came to Artistic Gymnastics) - so my view might be a little bit prejudiced. In the end - I am happy - they both managed to get on the top. 😏
Best beam routine ever but she does the full twisting backtalk without a wobble. Then she wobbles on her full turn isn’t that always the way with these girls I just don’t get it.
Harsh comparison, but I get the gist of it. 😏🤭🤣 Olessia Dudnik was perfoming, like she came from another time or dimension. She was such an outstanding gymnast.... I guess she could still win medals, if she would nail the routine like she did in 1989. 💚
I know how do they make a mistake on the full turn there were people that the girls that did this a lot but you know the Top girls like Nadia and Shannon miller they never messed up a full turn but love the other girls did often did at the Olympicssyllabus did it at the Olympics?
I mean she wasn't perfect, her splits were not even close to 180 degrees and her leg form was horrible and crooked. Still given the standards of the time and the insane difficulty, she should have won. Thank god for the new scoring system.
Good to see the costumes in those days had a modicum of modesty about them; unlike today’s gymnasts (esp the americans) with their outfits halfway up their a$rse … so unbecoming.
@@wolfiesownx4893 meh. The Soviets typically went above and beyond what was required or the bare minimum. Dudnik does that with her difficulty and innovation, but many of her teammates showed wonderful extension and amplitude on their leaps and jumps. She obviously didn't need to improve them to score well, but I'm surprised they were so bad.
Maravilhosa apresentação, muito técnica, precisa e cheia de graça. Parabéns! Que saudade das traves dessa época
I miss those times too.
The Golden Era of Artistic Gymnastics. 🥰
It is exciting to see that final applause !! .. Svetlana's hug ... the round off + full layout is beautiful, she had an incredible elegance, talent, flexibility and style !! Olesia is one of my favorite gymnasts
It is nice to know, that I am not the only one enjoying the videos up to the end. Everybody knew, this routine was unique... the audience, the trainers, the other contestants... only the judges had other plans obviously. I am glad, she became the european champion anyway. Any other decision would have been scandalous. 🤩🥰🙃😆😇😎
The only possible deductions could be the very slight off balance after the full Pirouette, and a very slight off centre, after the triple twist. But honestly the difficulty score should cancel out the two deductions I found. Does anyone agree with me?
I totally agree with you! I really don't know what the judges saw that day
@@pekenjos It's interesting. Watching this routine after recently marveling over Groshkova's taints how I see this routine. Groshkova had tremendous difficulty while being extremely stylish and artistic. Dudnik's routine is more in the style of her SSR sister Tatiana Gutsu, a collection of tricks. Only she lacked the amplitude and flexibility Gutsu showed in her leaps and jumps. I don't think her leaps were necessarily deduction-worthy in this Code, but they stick out like a sore thumb.
I will say this routine 1000% deserved a 10 over the one she got later that year at Worlds during optionals.
My all time favorite routine. Unbelievable what this girl did, and with this elegance and perfect execution on top of it. Sigh.
I don’t ever get enough of this one. I miss the beam routines from those days…
She was so innovative. The risk she was taking was insane and yet it was purely perfection. I miss those days too....
I have somehow never seen this but it is now my favorite all time beam routine. Graceful perfection and innovative difficulty, just pure beauty.
@@ParisInTheSpringtime999 She was glorious.... and an exceptional talent. 💚
If she did this now she would kill the competition on beam. Judges are so harsh on flow (moving from one move to the next) along with difficult acro + dance moves, that she has it all to win gold. I wish this type of creative gymnastics would come back - the Valdez into the leap and little flourishes
She wouldn't be competing as she would be too young.
Her leaps wouldn't score well now. In the current code leaps are required to show 180° of separation. I'm not sure when they changed it, but it's common to see a different technique (like she's showing here) on leaps in older routines than what they compete today. Still a beautiful routine though and she's definitely got the flow they're looking for today.
I'm speechless this is unbelievable absolutely perfect beautiful performance ❤😀❤
I enjoy watching this routine over and over again. She was such a great gymnast.
This video in high quality 😍😍
I am happy my VHS tapes survived for such a long time...
Best beam performance ever! ❤ 🎉🎉
There is really just one word for this performance: Perfection. 🥰
Gymnasts of today need to watch this, its exactly what beam is about.
I remember, when I first saw this routine on television while recording it and thought ... this is not possible.
I was truly swept away about her stability and technical difficulty. This is so beautiful and I am happy we can all admire her still after all these years. 💚
The 2025-28 code requires leap and gymnastic series so today’s routines wouldn’t look like 1989.
The craziest thing is how she starts her Arabian, from that unstable one leg balance thing. Freaky good. If she started from a still position and made sure her hips were square, that would make sense. But this? And triple twist dismount??In my opinion, especially for those times, it's the best beam routine I have ever seen.
I've expected a Menichelli after her Arabian also. When I saw her doing this acrobatic series without using her hands, touching the Balance Beam for support I was stunned.
This was Artistic Gymnastics from another dimension.... 💚
WHAT A BEAUTIFUL DISCIPLINE! ESPECIALLY THE LAYOUT FULL, AND TRIPLE TWIST DISMOUNT!😳🤸🥇
I think she was the first one, performing a layout full on the apparatus. I could not believe, that this was even possible... simply an incredible routine and an outstanding gymnast.... 🥰
@@Boban1611 I FORGOT THE FIRST PASS ARIEL BACK LAYOUT STEP OUT, BACK LAYOUT STEP OUT. LIKE IT WAS NOTHING.😳
@@conradmartinez4175 She didn't even put her foot down after the half turn. Simply beautiful! 🥰
@@Boban1611 RIGHT ON!😳
How can you not love this gymnast. In just a short time, she has shown what she's made of. She has the same demeanor as anna pavlova but the best difficulty relative to her time as simone biles even though she is injury-prone like Larisa Iordache.
You should check out Tatiana Groshkova's routine from the following year. Tremendous difficulty, equal if not superior innovation, sublime originality, and tremendous artistry. It's absolutely in my Top 5 of beam routines ever 🙌
Love this gymnast!!!❤❤❤
Me too! 💚
There is an interview with her on TH-cam, where she talks about her time as a top contender in Artistic Gymnastics and why she retired and how she felt about it afterwards.
She seems to be such a nice and kind person. I really like her a lot!
Wow, unbelievable..what a pitty that Sanne Wevers didn't watch her. Otherwise she could have learned how to jump. Olessia combines artistry AND technical skills, it's wonderful to watch.
You are a true fan of her talent and work. That's so nice to see....
@@Boban1611 Absolutely, i didn't know her before! She is gorgeous
Great I love this routine
Pure Perfection! 😍🥰😋
What a joke. I have seen so many beam routines over the years score a perfect 10, yet this amazing routine was one of the best ever and receives a 9.975. Shame on the Switzerland judge with a 9.9. I hope they were publicly embarrassed.
Sometimes you could just shake your head in disbelieve, while the scores were flashed.
This was one of those moments....
@pappysprite it must be depressing to witness all of this from mothers basement.
Ah, the good days of gymnastics 🤸♂️
.... and I am stuck with it. 🤗🥰😊😎😏
Крутая наша девочка🥀
She was such a great gymnast.... one of the best of all times, even though she had such a short career. 💚
Unfortunately she had a tiny wobble after her full turn but if I was a judge I would have given her a 10. Boginskaya clapping is nice because she knew she was the best in this case. There really was noone else who compared, even Boginskaya and Silivas' absolute best were still not as good as this. She was clearly the best and should've won on her own.
She deserved a 10. The routine was crazy good then and still is now. The wobbles didn't matter. It is the best beam routine I have ever seen
9.90 by Swiss judge was scandalous
I can only agree with you on that. What was this judge thinking?
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Top!
I still shake my head in disbelieve... she was so fearless. So good! Such an amazing gymnast.
Oh dear me, where on Earth did the judges find that .25 deduction? Baffles me!
She should have been the sole European Champion at the Balance Beam. No doubt about it! This routine was perfect. Simply perfect.
Compare this 9.975 with the 10.0 she received in the team event at Stuttgart where she took a slight step forward on the dismount... Hard to believe hey?
@@pekenjos Maybe the judges had a bad day? 😁😀😂
It is her leaps....
@@admetric absolutamente! They are really an eyesore.
With that routine Now days she can be a top winner
Yes! Her split jumps could have been more extended, but the rest was.... perfection!
@@Boban1611
Back then they were good not doubt she could make completely straight as it is now days
This routine should have been a 10 hands down, then they give her a 10 for her much weaker routine due to the very bad landing on the dismoutn in team optionals at worlds. The judges are weird sometimes. I guess she wasn't a "name" yet but was by the time of worlds.
Exactly!
Hi, thx for the posts. Do you have all routines of her all around? (On this european) pls
Hey there. Sadly I don't have the All Around tape anymore.
Somehow it got lost (like the 1990 tapes from the Europeans) over the years.
I hope you still enjoy the other videos I've uploaded in decent quality. I am always amazed how good the quality is, after all these years.
Piu' spericolata ma meno elegante di Potorac. Un pari ci sta❤
I fell for the USSR (when it came to Artistic Gymnastics) - so my view might be a little bit prejudiced.
In the end - I am happy - they both managed to get on the top. 😏
Best beam routine ever but she does the full twisting backtalk without a wobble. Then she wobbles on her full turn isn’t that always the way with these girls I just don’t get it.
I think they put the focus on the most difficult skills and then relax during those 'easy' moves..... and then the insecurity happens.
👏👏👏👏👏👏MEJOR QUE LA COMANECI!!!
Potorac was not a pimple on Dudnik's posterior. She deserved neither this medal nor the one from the Seoul Olympics.
Dudnik was sublime.
Harsh comparison, but I get the gist of it. 😏🤭🤣
Olessia Dudnik was perfoming, like she came from another time or dimension. She was such an outstanding gymnast.... I guess she could still win medals, if she would nail the routine like she did in 1989. 💚
The only balance check being on the full turn lol
I know how do they make a mistake on the full turn there were people that the girls that did this a lot but you know the Top girls like Nadia and Shannon miller they never messed up a full turn but love the other girls did often did at the Olympicssyllabus did it at the Olympics?
I mean she wasn't perfect, her splits were not even close to 180 degrees and her leg form was horrible and crooked. Still given the standards of the time and the insane difficulty, she should have won. Thank god for the new scoring system.
She did win the Gold Medal... she just had to share it with Gabriela Potorac from Romania.
Leaps didn’t have to be 180 then
Good to see the costumes in those days had a modicum of modesty about them; unlike today’s gymnasts (esp the americans) with their outfits halfway up their a$rse … so unbecoming.
I remember a time, when the Chinese Team got a deduction, because they wore leotards with a high leg cut.
The CoP could regulate that..... I guess....
Beautiful this is gold 🥇 even now days 🤸🏾♀️🤸♂️🤸🏼🤸🏾♀️
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YES!
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Love!y girl!
She can tumble anything it seems but cannot do a full split jump or leap??.
Looked rather sloppy.... but still.... one of my favorite darlings of all times! 🥰💚😏
The leaps were judged differently at the time. 😊
@@wolfiesownx4893 meh. The Soviets typically went above and beyond what was required or the bare minimum. Dudnik does that with her difficulty and innovation, but many of her teammates showed wonderful extension and amplitude on their leaps and jumps. She obviously didn't need to improve them to score well, but I'm surprised they were so bad.