Saturday, March 10, 2007

Evolution of women gymnastics - 2000s



Svetlana Korkhina, Russia, win gold in the 2000 Sydney Olympics for the UB event.




Disaster occurred on Svetlana when she tried to get her third gold in the UB event in 2004 Olympics since 96 when she dominated in this event. She fall and cost her the gold medal to drop into another competitor.




Nastia, America, won gold in this event in 2005 World championship.2005 was the last year in gymnastics history where perfect 10 system in the marking system. After 2005, all the score will have no limit, and it base on the combination of autistics and element/skill. Gymnasts can score more then 10 points.




Xiao Ting Ting, China, stunned the gymnastics fan which her "wow" performance in her golden meet in the Shang Hai world cup series. She has spectacular 5 release move, in addition with another release move from the high bar to the low bar. This is the most release moves in UB that I know.




Beth Tweddle, British, won 2006 world gymnastics championship in this even. She is the bars expert and her bars work is amazing.




Li Ya, China, won silver in the World Cup final in Brazil 2006 for this event. The gold medalist was Beth Tweddle. Li Ya has the most difficult routine for bars in the world. However, she lost to Beth due to the execution of the routine is not as clean as Beth. Her combo release move, Jeager Half or "Li Ya" and Jeager, is very spectacular and breathtaking.

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