Anna Pavlova, one of my favorite gymnasts, performed a near perfect and totally beautiful floor routine during the All Around competition at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. As the BBC announcer described it, “captivating!” It really is. I just wish she had been able to perform this well during floor finals! So beautiful, I love love love this routine!

Viktoria Komova finally had an off day during Event Finals at the Youth Olympic Games, showing she is in fact human, but this video of her beam routine from the All Around is very impressive. My favorite part is her acro series, the layout stepouts are so extended and actually laid out, she gets so much air time during them….gorgeous! She is definitely Jordyn Wieber’s biggest competition in the coming years, if we’re pitting the top dogs of Russia and the US against each other!

Paul Hamm’s 2004 Athens AA High Bar routine was incredible. Near perfection. No matter what your opinion is on whether he deserved the gold medal or not, you’ve got to admit this is an amazing routine! Even six years later I still enjoy watching it!