1979 European Championships Sr EF ABC

filed in anticipating another very exciting day of competition as the European women's gymnastics championships continue hello again everybody I'm Al Michaels and of course the big name in gymnastics now and forever I suppose Nadia Comaneci and everybody knows her story what she's done here has been amazing she has captured the all-around title already and now we're going to find out about the individual competition the story as I say well known the three gold medals the seven perfect scores in Montreal a fairy tale a life story that seemingly was written by Hans Christian Andersen then all of a sudden it seemed almost as if Edgar Allan Poe had picked up the pen to finish the Nadia narrative there were reports emanating from Romania that she was in a deep depression she had gained a lot of weight her performances were desultory and it looked like nadia was maybe finished at least on the way down but it's been anything but that here because her performance has electrified everybody with me a former champion in her own right Cathy Rigby Mason and with Nadia already having won the all-around competition were you surprised by that or did you think she had a chance to pull off this sort of a comeback I honestly didn't think she would come back at all but then I underestimated her drive and determination she attributes a lot of that to her coach Bela Karolyi and also her sharp will to come to the top if she can win all four events today it's really going to be a lift for her because the bet some of the best in the world are here East Germany Czechoslovakia Russia have sent their very best there's Nadia now getting ready for her performance on the uneven bars the second of the four events and the first event has already taken place just minutes ago the competition in the ball each competitor with two bolts here's the way Kathy and I saw the first one now the last competitor in the ball 90 komen each of Romania the leader in the all-around competition in the ball event with a nine point nine right now that the scores carry over each of the events from the all-around competition so naughty was the leader and here again we look in slow motion at a near perfect wall Cathy over angle going into the horse was low enough so that she could get a maximum push off the horse you can see her body right over the horses her hands leave the apparatus just the right timing for a great landing the scores in the two vaults on that one now here is Nadia as she got ready for her second and final cool how she didn't do quite as well on this it was a handspring front but she was a little late opening up man she held to tuck a bit too long and that's a little break at the end but I think at this point she knew she had it wrapped up in this event the crowd saluted her her score was a nine point eight all and she picked up the gold medal in the ball so she won the gold in the all-around the gold in the vault her second of the competition in this event Maxie canal caliste Germany finished second the tyre shaposhnikov of Russia was third fifth combination on the uneven bars now ninety accompany she's already won the gold medal in the overall and in the vault now seeking her third she leads in this event and she goes to this bar routine with the same ease as she didn't in ski in Norway when she was in her first European Championships watch this move a brand new move for Nadia free hip immediately you can see that her she was too close to the bar hit that ankle and very critical move dangerous move as is as are a lot of the moves in gymnastics now timing is so important she had her first big mistake of nemedia 29.9 in the overall round in the asymmetrical bars that was another new movement that she just did a heck with a half twist you can see that she's working very easily but that big fall is a good bit of nine for look to the outside of the one break the near-perfect routine we'll see it again in slow motion now Kathy well going from her mount Nadi has started her front flip right after this flange and it looked she was like she was directly over the bar and if she could have waited a split second longer she wouldn't have hit her foot and she would have been able to grab that bar crash try to the mat but got up the way only a gymnast knows how I think we get a better angle here well her hips should have been slightly behind the bar her leg hit so hard it bounced her body backward and her hands were completely out of reach at this point knocking so nice winds up with a 9.45 from the judges that tells you were it not for the call to the match her score would have been missin new perfect has nine point nine five however Nadia's chances for a third gold medal are almost nil at this point after the one break in the uneven bars fear up next on the uneven bars Elena mu kena and of course with the fall by Nadia in this event now Elena would be in the driver's seat be she was second coming in scored a nine point eight five in the first round in the uneven bars she had a great exercise in the all-around competition she does a couple of original moves and that's what the judges are looking for especially in this competition the finals Yelena Mokena 19 year old Russian the world champion overall in Strasbourg in December starts out with a front some amount and here's one of those moves you saw Olga Korbut do it first in Munich it's only this is a full twisting Corbett beautiful look at the way that she gets from there though Christine stomach look and then she goes into a move it there's a handstand things he'd be impossible to beat in this event after them is that cool Christine it's a great deal of speed it's very easy to miss your hands on that if the timing is not there responding to the continued ovation from the crowd here in Copenhagen the score for later Mookie not 9.5 and a lot of votes in the crowd are disappointed at that Amelia Everly of Romania who was for it after the first round on the uneven bars her score was at nine point seven five and the overall round she is a very spectacular move in the middle of her exercise right after this watch free hip handstand another stalter another free hip watch this right here vault over the high bar takes an incredible amount of arm strength to get all the way over that top bar like that beautiful body position technique is very good there's a little variation judges are looking for that originality and she certainly has it getting ready for a dismount and a Comaneci for the half here it is really interesting Jenkins right into my picnic not it's called a common each like - Hansen into a pike position holds on to that bar leads off with her feet could have twists in the middle of it and a perfect landing and the score nine point nine moving her into second place back of lukina with komen each now third she's wide with my plans for wide where are the European women's domestics last competitor on the uneven bars is East Germany's max Egan out she had a 9.80 in the overall round so she would need a near perfect 9.95 to win this event which is led currently by Liu Kang of the Soviet Union how she could do it on this again she may look thin and frail almost but this is her most spectacular event she's strong as an ox and you'll see this on her mount one half twist rehab handstand watched this a giant swing right into a whip all the way to a handstand beautiful another stalter stomach quick vault over the bar moving really well now remember she needs a 9.95 she looks like she might be on her way so far straight body good technique here's another free hip right into her dismount Kathy is so first Rael looking in obviousness of straw as we seen so much she goes up to her handstand beautiful position right on top you can see the body is a complete straight line half twist really uses that bar and for a Mexican out of the 9.0 says you will wind up third Elena Mokena the Soviet Union wins the event the gold medal and the uneven bars with a score of 19 points 7 Oh Millie Everly of Romania wise up second Connect was third and 4 Nadia Comaneci fourth place finish after winning gold medals in the vault and in the all-around so the fall from the uneven bars was the difference for Nadia four seeds on to the next event still a chance for her to went to more gold medals with the beam and the floor exercise get to come from the brawn to be Sports Hall in Copenhagen you Griffin back at the bronzing Sports Hall in Copenhagen Al Michaels reporting with Cathy Rigby Mason as you look at Messiahship ox Nichola ready for her exercise on the beam is the european women's individual gymnastics championships continue in the overall round in this event shaposhnikov ascore 29.95 the scores carrying over from the overall round she's the leader in the event with Nadia Comaneci second she scored nine point nine o in the overall round there's the mouth and an intriguing move here Cathy a plant look at the controller incredible strength rolls over the beam very easy to get off balance on that mood it's important she rolls right it in the lower part of her back she leads in this event over Nadia Comaneci I 5-1 hundreds of a point look at that another one-handed handstand not only incredible people great flexibility and she really knows how to control that flexibility and as you say a very unique routine and I'm sure the judges must be impressed by originality oh they certainly are especially in a finals in a final competition she's under great control right now she used to have a lot of problems flip up layout she didn't have to control the TI house mainly because the balance beam routine that she did was brand new now she's been doing it for a while and like I said has tremendous control aerial walkover just a slight right there not anything the judges would take too much off for seems very confident getting ready for a big move big dismount she does a roundoff lands with both feet on the beam to a double back with a slight break at the end renovation the plastic over the engines angulated Christian former Russian gymnast and now one of the team coaches and we can bank up on the platform again ' over scoring the 9.95 the first time she mounted the beam and the overall round and her form a equal or even surpass that here but it just falls a little shy as you can see nine point nine off nonetheless a super routine for shaposhnikov Oh Kathy this is really an incredible mount her head and shoulders counterbalance her hips and legs right here she leans forward over the front of the beam of course this takes overall body strength they're showing flexibility now on this rule on her back it's important that she rolls on the small part of her back to keep the balance great form now watch this one-arm handstand once again great balance she not only leans but she said-she counter balances with her hand and her legs just beautiful and with this routine she really puts the pressure on calm and each nod you would need a 10 to win the event we'll see her next next up on the beam Nadia Comaneci needs 810 to win it to beat the passion of Cova remember she's already won two gold medals in the all-around and the vault but she had that fall off the bars Cathy well she had a lot of pressure yesterday so her concentration really had to be there today she fell off the bars and she has to concentrate once again she really has to get it together and I think she's right on whoops not just eat my words just all slightly that's a very difficult move and the judges will take that into consideration a couple of tenths off and that would probably mean that shaposhnikov Oh would win it because Nadia needs a tan in this event exactly one thing about Noddy she doesn't hesitate doesn't hold back even when she's under pressure beautiful aerial walkover right into an aerial cartwheel split leap it's important that those legs are completely split in the air back walkover right into two back handsprings oh my big break there's a two tenth deduction at least she is a bit nervous sure dismount cartwheel - a double twist so they began so spectacularly for all days somewhat sour she fell off the uneven bars and problem with her being routine to break COC both with slow motion candy when tumbling moves if your balance isn't on in the first part of the combination chances are the second part will be off-balance as well she leaned slightly to the right there on the first back walkover just the opposite thing happened here she started out pretty straight right there started in for her first back hamstring and probably leaned slightly to the left which caused her to be way off balance on the second back handspring can see right there she did very well though she stayed on that beam which is a lot less points taken off than the five times if she were to cry you're right she was great amazing balance just staying aboard that time our score however at only a nine point three five or Nadia's she is consoled there by the wife of the Romanian coach Bela Karolyi so Nadia Comaneci with gold medals in the overall and in the vault with problems in the last two events however we'll find out about her teammate now as you look at Amelia Everly from Romania which makes a quarter-turn she walks out right into an immediate backflip baring eyes right on her shoulders Square to the beam she's a couple of very big moves in a routine that can string to a back layout coming up after this Glen turn on her hands the way around it's important that her shoulders get square now so that her back handspring straight right into that back layout whoops she didn't throw it I think she's playing a little bit safe knowing her position knowing very well that she can come in a second if she's controlled she can't win it but she can't finish second with a 9.5 it's if she puts right there it is that cancer inviting to a beautiful back layout it's really incredible that the flips and the aerials that they're now doing on the beam there's a chin stand showing balance mackerel extension she's a solid as a rock out she's not having any problems excellent to this point this is her dismount roundoff both feet landing being double back you'll see needed to cut a second but he will pay off in the silver medal of Romania up second through the science of hospital the Soviet Union the winner 19-point 85 Everly second 90 accompanied winds up third one event yet to come the floor exercise final event is the poor exercise and started off Alena lukina of the Soviet Union second coming in or score in the overall round nine six five a full twisting double back little short on that shoulders down but the judges would take into consideration the difficult to involve elegant very Racal audience participation always helps but lay out with a half twist running for Walker they cannot step out of those boundaries change a pace that is required and Russian gymnasts take about an hour of ballet every single day the tumbling runs that they're doing the risk of difficulty and the endurance involved those controls on the floor and these a gold medal here today her performance in the for exercise is for the 9.65 and the overall round in the Forex Center score today is nine point five five for Elena Buki not now her Russian teammate the Taisha Pops Nicola who score the overall round was nine point five and to do a triple twist view on the world do that and she will be deducted just slightly for stepping out there for me Piper stands those leaves and here's her change of pace such a motivating thing when you're out there performing and having that crowd behind you like tremendous embarrassing now she's going to do a double pike she goes getting ready to see them pain in the face back double pike that Pike position she may of Karen thumbs up for you in the floor exercise for nakiya the French one and her score from the judges is a nine point six five two overall she has a 19 point - OH that ties her with her teammate lukina now 98 comedies wrap up the floor exercise leader in this event seeking for the third gold medal in the competition much more it would seem to be a lot to win the gold now nine point five is what she needs she has another very difficult tumbling run into one and a half twist right into a roundoff and a double one and a half to a double twist another good landing that's what of a change of pace here a little jazz the last major competitor in the European women's gymnastics championship flare here she has one more double twist no problem at all she has this rap Nadia is just a matter of moments right now before the score comes up that will semana third gold medal nine years company for Cathy Rigby ESCA hot OB okay MA

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Published: Sun May 22 2016