Aliya Mustafina..... 2010 all around champion, was a great great gymnast before she tore her ACL in 2011 at the Euros. But, even after she made a comeback, from what was thought to be a career-ending injury, she was more refined. I think after the injury, she went back and redid her gymnastics, rethought it. And now, we can do a Her Events Segment.
Vault: Before the ACL blow, Aliya was state of the art on this event, she performed the 2 1/2 the best in the whole field. But after she blew her ACL on the Amanar at Euros she downgraded to the easier vault, the Yurchenko Double. Not the strongest of vaults, not the most difficult. But what she does she does with style. She has perfect form and can always get near to a perfect 10 in execution. She always gets a near perfect score all the time. But if we are talking event, this is definitely the weaker of Aliya's four. For this event, I have three videos. The Amanar in 2010, before the accident, the Amanar in 2011 at the Euros that caused the accident. And the clean perfect Yurchenko Double, that she does now.
Aliya Mustafina World Gymnastics 2010 AA - Vault
Aliya Mustafina (RUS) VT - AA Final - European Championships 2011
Aliya Mustafina 2012 Olympic Vault AA
Bars: Aliya is state of the art on this event. She has an amazing bar set. She was the gold medalist on the bar final, and was ahead of a Chinese athlete. Here is her bar routine from Finals with aerial views. It was so amazing. I was intoxicated with her, and she was amazing and beautiful. Oh, I'm rambling, Here is the routine.
Aliya Mustafina Uneven Bars EF -- 2012 London Olympics
Beam: In 2013, She won this event with a near-perfect routine. She was always rock-solid on this event. But why show the old footage when you can show the new, gold winning one? I found it online and was able to copy a link: Here you go! P.S, also she came in 8th place qualifying because of falling, but she climbed the ranking going from 8th to 1st.
Aliya Mustafina becomes Balance Beam Champ - Universal Sports
Floor: Aliya is also great on this event she is World Class, medaling bronze on this event in 2012. She has grace and tumbling. I was really glad when she won the bronze in London. I loved her routines in team finals, qualifiers, and the event finals. Here is her event Final video. Excuse the weird part in the beginning of the 2000 Olympics. Svetlana Khorkina vaulting/ Anyhoo, weird footage, but she is state of the art once she gets started
Aliya Mustafina RUS EF FX 2012 London Olympic Games
Aliya Mustafina is a wonderful gymnast and I can't wait to see how she progresses in the years to come as a gymnast. She was great before the accident, but this injury redefined her gymnastics and she is a beautiful gymnast now. She has more experience than all the others on the Olympic Team.
Showing posts with label Her Events. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Her Events. Show all posts
Monday, June 23, 2014
Tuesday, April 15, 2014
Nastia Liukin: Her Events
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.
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.
Catalina Ponor: Her Events
With Romania's Catalina Ponor being retired, I thought it would be a nice treat if I did a Her Events segment on this Romanian Great.
Vault: This was never Cata's best event, but what she does, she does cleanly, as we saw in 2012, Catalina did the 1 1/2 twist, not the hardest vault, but that vault among others gave them an edge over China, giving them the team bronze, and allowing them to medal in team finals 10 years in a row.
Bars: Catalina hasn't competed on this event since 2004, she does not do amazingly on this event, Romania never relies on her for this event, instead, she is more of a beam-worker or a floor exercise specialist
Beam: Catalina truly shines on this event, having tremendous difficulty on this event. She won the 2004 gold, beating the All-Around champion Carly Patterson. She was amazing. She stuck every trick, and stuck her dismount, which meant that she was Olympic Champion. Unfortunately, Catalina did not get to defend her title in 2008, making a comeback, or in 2012, having issues on beam, tying for third, with USA's Alexandra Raisman, but on behalf of tie breaking, Aly clenched the bronze, leaving Catalina with nothing
Floor: Once again, Catalina is dominant on this event. Once again, winning gold in 2004, but then, in 2012, Aly Raisman beat her on floor, with dynamic routine.
Vault: This was never Cata's best event, but what she does, she does cleanly, as we saw in 2012, Catalina did the 1 1/2 twist, not the hardest vault, but that vault among others gave them an edge over China, giving them the team bronze, and allowing them to medal in team finals 10 years in a row.
Bars: Catalina hasn't competed on this event since 2004, she does not do amazingly on this event, Romania never relies on her for this event, instead, she is more of a beam-worker or a floor exercise specialist
Beam: Catalina truly shines on this event, having tremendous difficulty on this event. She won the 2004 gold, beating the All-Around champion Carly Patterson. She was amazing. She stuck every trick, and stuck her dismount, which meant that she was Olympic Champion. Unfortunately, Catalina did not get to defend her title in 2008, making a comeback, or in 2012, having issues on beam, tying for third, with USA's Alexandra Raisman, but on behalf of tie breaking, Aly clenched the bronze, leaving Catalina with nothing
Floor: Once again, Catalina is dominant on this event. Once again, winning gold in 2004, but then, in 2012, Aly Raisman beat her on floor, with dynamic routine.
Monday, April 14, 2014
Aliya Mustafina: Her Events
I did this Her Events Segment with McKayla Maroney, but no website is complete without a slew of articles about Aliya Mustafina. Before I do an article about how she is the comeback kid, I will judge each of her events
Vault: This used to be a great area for Aliya, she performed the Amanar vault that the USA gymnasts do so well on, and she was amazing on it. But, ever since her injury in 2011 at the Euros (I have the link below) She stopped doing it, just because of pure trauma, that injury could have ended her career, and she didn't want to risk it again. Aliya may pull that smaller vault, but she relies on precision, great form, great landing, sometimes her twisting form is really bad.
Aliya Mustafina Vaut Accident:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmGumoki1Vc
Uneven Bars: Aliya is a true prodigy on this event, winning gold in 2012. Beating a Chinese athlete! Aliya is truly a golden girl on bars, the best in the world. She is the reigning Olympic Champion, and I think I will see her defending her title in Rio. From the mount to the dismount, and every handstand and release in between. she was beautiful. She was just, amazing. No words can describe.
Balance Beam: Aliya was amazing on this event as well, especially in 2013, when she won the gold on the balance beam. She had that perfect blend of artistry and power. She blended them to perfection. Aliya won her first gold 2013 at an international meet. Once again, beating Chinese athletes. She is a power, and can truly win gold in Rio, as well as defending her title on bars
Floor Exercise: Aliya has very powerful music this event, and even if she had issues with her double arabian in the qualifications for 2013 Worlds All-Around and other events, she can really rock this event, she medaled bronze at the Olympics with a powerful routine. I respect Aliya on this event, and I cannot help being enticed by Aliya and her choreography and power.
Aliya Mustafina is a very good athlete, she had a history of struggles on vault, including that injury that we saw. But, after Aliya gets vault put aside, watch out, this girl is a contender!
Vault: This used to be a great area for Aliya, she performed the Amanar vault that the USA gymnasts do so well on, and she was amazing on it. But, ever since her injury in 2011 at the Euros (I have the link below) She stopped doing it, just because of pure trauma, that injury could have ended her career, and she didn't want to risk it again. Aliya may pull that smaller vault, but she relies on precision, great form, great landing, sometimes her twisting form is really bad.
Aliya Mustafina Vaut Accident:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmGumoki1Vc
Uneven Bars: Aliya is a true prodigy on this event, winning gold in 2012. Beating a Chinese athlete! Aliya is truly a golden girl on bars, the best in the world. She is the reigning Olympic Champion, and I think I will see her defending her title in Rio. From the mount to the dismount, and every handstand and release in between. she was beautiful. She was just, amazing. No words can describe.
Balance Beam: Aliya was amazing on this event as well, especially in 2013, when she won the gold on the balance beam. She had that perfect blend of artistry and power. She blended them to perfection. Aliya won her first gold 2013 at an international meet. Once again, beating Chinese athletes. She is a power, and can truly win gold in Rio, as well as defending her title on bars
Floor Exercise: Aliya has very powerful music this event, and even if she had issues with her double arabian in the qualifications for 2013 Worlds All-Around and other events, she can really rock this event, she medaled bronze at the Olympics with a powerful routine. I respect Aliya on this event, and I cannot help being enticed by Aliya and her choreography and power.
Aliya Mustafina is a very good athlete, she had a history of struggles on vault, including that injury that we saw. But, after Aliya gets vault put aside, watch out, this girl is a contender!
Wednesday, March 5, 2014
McKayla Maroney: Her Events
McKayla Maroney is known for her amazing vaulting skills, but she is also known for the "McKayla Maroney Not Impressed" but, what about her other events? How are beam, bars, and floor going for Mac? Here's what I see during her routines
Vault: Well, the vaulting is pretty much perfect, great height, stellar form, great landings, the only thing that I would suggest Mac would do would try to control her landings, which, I admit, is hard to do when you have as much power as a lion and more speed than a cheetah.
Floor: This is also a strong event for Maroney because of her power in vault, but one thing that isn't used in vault? Facial Expression and artistry.
Beam: Mac is actually good at artistry on this event (Mostly because they don't have to put a lot of artistry into this code of points) But, what she struggles with is confidence on the beam, beam is the make it or break it event on the women's side. When she does her standing back tuck on beam, she's not as confident as she is on the vault, or when she goes for her double back off the beam, she is not as comfortable sticking it as she would be sticking the Amañar.
Bars: Mac actually has a lot of potential on this event, her height on her vault helping her here, but its just a matter of concentration. Mac, I believe, has a hard time concentrating on handstands and releases.
So there are Mac's events!
Vault: Well, the vaulting is pretty much perfect, great height, stellar form, great landings, the only thing that I would suggest Mac would do would try to control her landings, which, I admit, is hard to do when you have as much power as a lion and more speed than a cheetah.
Floor: This is also a strong event for Maroney because of her power in vault, but one thing that isn't used in vault? Facial Expression and artistry.
Beam: Mac is actually good at artistry on this event (Mostly because they don't have to put a lot of artistry into this code of points) But, what she struggles with is confidence on the beam, beam is the make it or break it event on the women's side. When she does her standing back tuck on beam, she's not as confident as she is on the vault, or when she goes for her double back off the beam, she is not as comfortable sticking it as she would be sticking the Amañar.
Bars: Mac actually has a lot of potential on this event, her height on her vault helping her here, but its just a matter of concentration. Mac, I believe, has a hard time concentrating on handstands and releases.
So there are Mac's events!
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