Ekaterina Lobaznyuk - 1999 Worlds Team Finals (Beam)

I love this little trickster! She even did that glance to the side that she also did at Sydney 2000. In Sydney I thought she was looking to the coach (she fell) but now that I’ve seen her do it twice, I wonder if she wasn’t checking time or something? Anyways, she’s great! 9.6 seems low to me! Also - those leotards are hideous! I’ve never been a fan of white bodies on the leo, because usually they’re a bit see-through, but the polka dots are so 90s and just awful, haha!

Viktoria Karpenko - 1999 World Championships Team Finals UB

Not perfect, but oh my goodness I love the pirouettes and front giants at the beginning! So pretty!

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Yang Bo: 1990 World Cup Event Finals - Balance Beam

Henrietta Onodi’s compulsory floor routine from the 1992 Olympics. Beautiful!

Here’s a sweet beam routine from Hungary’s Zsuzsa Csisztu, aka the girl who does that CRAZY BENDY handstand you saw me post HERE way back in February. She actually does the handstand about halfway through the routine, so you can see the whole thing! Nice routine. It’s sad that Hungary isn’t as good now as they were in the 80s and 90s, I wonder why?

Twin City Twisters Level 10 and future Nebraska gymnast Jessie DeZiel stuck her Yurchenko 1 1/2 vault at the Northern Lights Classic this weekend during the team competition. Awesome!

Here’s Gabriela Dragoi on beam at the 2009 Romanian International. A very nice, steady routine. I really like her turns combination and the aerial-side somi connection!