A montage of awesome beam mounts!
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?
WOW.
OU gymnast Natalie Ratcliff on beam at their home opener vs Arkansas. I mean y’all know OU is my fave but I love this photo!
OK seriously….this routine is incredible! I dare you to find one wobble! A very nicely done routine by Canada’s Kate Richardson at the 2002 Commonwealth Games. I really love the two front aerial combination, and the backhandspring 3/4…..on par with Pavlova’s! So nice….and to cap it all off, stuck dismount!
Lithuania’s lovely Laura Svilpaite, who has grown into such an elegant little lady!
Photo credit goes to Stefan Wurzer.
Kelly Garrison-Steves (USA) in the 1988 Olympics EF. She only got 7th?! I love all the unique moves that you would never see in today’s routines, like the semi-Valdez, arabesque hold, back walkover-half thingy, and forward roll. And of course, I also love her because we share the same alma-mater: Oklahoma! Unlike what we see today, with the exception perhaps of Mohini Bhardwaj, Kelly competed at the Olympics AFTER she had competed NCAA, under Becky Switzer at OU. I believe she was also the first woman to score a Perfect 10.0 on beam in the NCAA!
Head Judge wonders to himself what he’s done to deserve being assaulted with so many pink leotards in one event final.
(Source: fuckyeahaliciasacramone)
Rebecca Bross, Graceful?
She sure is in this picture! I used to think she wasn’t so graceful or elegant, but she’s really improved her flexibility and her leaps lately, yay! And this lovely leap is on beam, too!
This photo is one of many from a Flickr set by Kizzlexy, and is not mine.
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!
As I promised last week, here is Ana Porgras’ excellent beam routine from the 2010 European Championships team finals. She is so lovely to watch, crisp and clean as the announcers say. Sadly she seemed to be badly hurt after the routine and the commentators speculated as to whether or not she was hurt before the routine, since she didn’t compete floor. At any rate, it is a marvelous routine and I hope you all enjoy it!
