With Nastia Liukin being an Olympic All-Around Champion, naturally, I have to do a Her Events segment on her.
Vault: Vault was never Nastia's strong event. She only performed the Yurchenko single twist, but as we saw in the All-Around Final, Nastia sticks that vault. I think that Nastia has a secret fear of the vault, just like her teammate Rebecca Bross did after her injury. Nastia did have her fair shares of injury on this event, downgrading her vault one by one. But hey, she won the All-Around right?
Bars: This is where Nastia truly shined in her career, having a astounding 17.2 start value. From her perfect handstands to her high-difficulty-high-flying releasees. And not to mention the dismount. This has always been a strong point for Nastia, even though she flubbed at the 2012 competitions, to get herself back to the Olympics, Nastia will forever be known as the best bar worker in USA history. One of the best in the world, right next to the Chinese and the Russians.
Beam: This is Nastia's second best event, she has a move named after her on this event. She has great artistry, and a decent amount of power on the event.
Floor: Nastia is also good on this event, but not great. She could improve on the power area, but her choreography is amazing.
In addition to being a great beam worker, a great bar worker, and a typical great all-around gymnast, Nastia is a great cover upper, see this beam routine at the 2006 Nationals, if you haven't seen it already, it is truly a great save.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u483g1-8AYM
Despite the save, and gripping the beam, Nastia still won the all-around competition, make sure to watch the 2006 Visa Championships, where Nastia won the all-around, the bars competition, naturally, and the beam. She was a phenomenal athlete, and we are going to miss her, but will likely re-watch her competitions which she shined at. Which she won.
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Tuesday, April 15, 2014
Friday, April 4, 2014
Judging Her Gymnastics: Jordyn Wieber
Jordyn Wieber was a great all-around gymnast, she won everything she entered up until the 2012 Olympic All-around. With her being retired, for the moment at least, its time to judge her gymnastics.
What I liked: Jordyn was an amazing power athlete. She did some of the most difficult tumbling in the whole entire world, from her Amanar on vault to her double double on floor (Two flips, two twists) Jordyn had the perfect amount of power. She even had outstanding artistry on beam. Jordyn was a fearless athlete. She didn't let risk of injury stop her from attempting the big stunts. Thats what I liked about Jordyn: No fear.
What I didn't like: The only thing I didn't like was that her bars were weak, Jordyn often missed handstands on bars, which is one of the most important parts of the apparatus, and often had that lower back arch.
Jordyn was an amazing power athlete, and she thinks she will skip a year or two of college and enroll later just to focus o on her redemption: If Jordyn makes the Rio team, she will get into the all-around. Jordyn WILL win.
What I liked: Jordyn was an amazing power athlete. She did some of the most difficult tumbling in the whole entire world, from her Amanar on vault to her double double on floor (Two flips, two twists) Jordyn had the perfect amount of power. She even had outstanding artistry on beam. Jordyn was a fearless athlete. She didn't let risk of injury stop her from attempting the big stunts. Thats what I liked about Jordyn: No fear.
What I didn't like: The only thing I didn't like was that her bars were weak, Jordyn often missed handstands on bars, which is one of the most important parts of the apparatus, and often had that lower back arch.
Jordyn was an amazing power athlete, and she thinks she will skip a year or two of college and enroll later just to focus o on her redemption: If Jordyn makes the Rio team, she will get into the all-around. Jordyn WILL win.
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