tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1546482600693694023.post7708017945228507620..comments2022-03-24T23:45:18.913+01:00Comments on Gymnastics - No Ceiling: 25 reasons for which we love the 1999 Worlds (PART 1)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1546482600693694023.post-81741529847414963892011-02-22T14:15:43.003+01:002011-02-22T14:15:43.003+01:00Hi Bea
AFIK the USA withdrew from the last day of...Hi Bea<br /><br />AFIK the USA withdrew from the last day of competition so Ray did not compete in the floor final. I never quite understood why - as you say she was definitely in the race for a medal. Yvonne Tousek got to compete instead and although she finished last she had a great routine with very difficult modern choreography that was totally out of the ordinary for its time (and indeed for now!).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1546482600693694023.post-37994993398998867282011-02-11T11:40:56.972+01:002011-02-11T11:40:56.972+01:00Hello Ginny, No I don't dislike Sveta now. Thi...Hello Ginny, No I don't dislike Sveta now. This is how I saw things back then, it's the team finals seen through the eyes of a 9th grader. Now I appreciate her gymnastics more (I think I changed my mind about her around the Anaheim Worlds in 2003). Regarding the handstands, I am aware that that was the COP back then, I think that makes the gymnasts who did hit their handstands even then, remarkable.Beahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02119793692304554747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1546482600693694023.post-42585307033149656452011-02-11T11:20:44.644+01:002011-02-11T11:20:44.644+01:00Ah, I loved this: "Sveta the queen of long sl...Ah, I loved this: "Sveta the queen of long slow people"! Seems to me that you don't like her :D Neither do I. I never understood why she was considered ellegant. To me, she was bony, with no body fluidity because of that and sometimes even disgraceful.<br /><br />Regarding the UB part.<br />I know very little about the CoP at that time, so I can't say anything about the scores. But don't forget that there where no handstand requirements after each element back then and the angle deductions were much less strict as well.ginnynoreply@blogger.com