Nadia Comăneci - Superstars of Then and Now | Greats on Greats

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    Gymnastics legend Nadia Comăneci profiles some of her favourite gymnasts from the past and the present day, including Ludmilla Tourischeva, Aliya Mustafina, Simone Biles and Larisa Iordache.
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  • @shushunovafan4301
    @shushunovafan4301 Před 6 lety +13

    Tourischeva is iconic, it's not hard to see why Nadia idolizes her.

  • @nailakamana763
    @nailakamana763 Před 8 lety +28

    I don't know much about gymnastics but I can see that this is perfection. When something is perfect it just hits you in the face. It's magical.

  • @vivianpolackkutter8508
    @vivianpolackkutter8508 Před 8 lety +127

    Nadia!!!!!!! You are simply uncomparable!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You were the greatest and still are.

    • @ritapita1126
      @ritapita1126 Před 4 lety +4

      Indeed she is.. First score of a perfect 10.. she's not a legend for no reason.

    • @rosarioochoamontes7634
      @rosarioochoamontes7634 Před 3 lety +3

      She is the best of all the gymnastics, she's incomparable for ever.

    • @mairarosso1995
      @mairarosso1995 Před 2 lety +2

      Few gymnasts become famous. Fewer become worldwide famous. Nadia became a worldwide legend when she was 14.

  • @RikiSmiley
    @RikiSmiley Před 7 lety +16

    Well said, Nadia! You are such a humble lady and you are and will always be remembered as that perfect balance between artistry and execution. Thank you!

  • @mowdel88
    @mowdel88 Před 8 lety +26

    Nadia is simply wonderful!

  • @flywings111
    @flywings111 Před 9 lety +5

    No one ever combined art and technique so masterfully than Nadia Comaneci.

  • @sarahchung1245
    @sarahchung1245 Před 7 lety +6

    Loved it. Nadia is one of the best gymnast's I have ever seen in my life! winning just 1 bronze but 5 gold medals is just unbelievable. She is so beautiful and flexible at the same time! I do gym as well and it is very tricky, it must of taken years of training to deserve those medals! :D

  • @KawaiiStars
    @KawaiiStars Před 8 lety +267

    nadia put the artistic in artistic gymnastics

    • @TheGymSavant
      @TheGymSavant Před 7 lety +9

      she certainly was not the first lol

    • @youssifalali8833
      @youssifalali8833 Před 6 lety +1

      Kawaii Animations😃😃

    • @murderize
      @murderize Před 6 lety +3

      TheGymSavant she was the first to get a perfect ten tho. When will ur fav?

    • @ltkhongsai5827
      @ltkhongsai5827 Před 4 lety +1

      Haven't u watched that part in the video where she acknowledged Ludmilla Tourischeva for inspiring her??? Or have u made up your mind before hand?? 😄

    • @ritapita1126
      @ritapita1126 Před 4 lety

      @@ltkhongsai5827 yes, but the student outdid the 'teacher'. Comaneci was the first to get a perfect 10.

  • @ascensiongarcia8556
    @ascensiongarcia8556 Před rokem +2

    Nadia, era sencillamente perfecta, no necesita nada más.

  • @francescakatz6563
    @francescakatz6563 Před 6 lety +5

    Nimeni nu e ca și tine,Nadia. Eram in România,cind tu ai fost in Montreal. Am plîns

  • @ErsenAsper
    @ErsenAsper Před 7 lety +7

    I think shes queen of the gymnastics. It was like a dream when im watching her.

  • @bessyommer4434
    @bessyommer4434 Před 3 lety +1

    Nadia=PERFECTION of form, Grace, strength, grace, balance, and beauty!! You have not been matched!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

  • @xishanijaz7491
    @xishanijaz7491 Před 6 lety +2

    Nadia
    We are proud of u
    Simple innocent and humble lady
    Great player and great lady

  • @adrianaann4308
    @adrianaann4308 Před 7 lety +3

    Nadia u are legend...

  • @francisconoelgarciapop5229

    Nadie como Nadia! !!!!!!!!

  • @remyparaskovia5499
    @remyparaskovia5499 Před 6 lety +5

    She beat the soviets not an easy task , a Legend

  • @Davidg201102
    @Davidg201102 Před 9 lety +11

    Reine de Montréal en 1976. Elle sera toujours dans nos cœurs !

  • @cristianraul5486
    @cristianraul5486 Před 9 lety +39

    Aliya Mustafina :')

  • @raisabarrios8686
    @raisabarrios8686 Před rokem +1

    Una reina siempre será la mejor

  • @mabdinur85
    @mabdinur85 Před 8 lety +88

    It's hard to compare great athletes of the past to the current. The sport has changed so dramatically that any comparison is quite moot. I like to look at these athletes as time capsules; the best of there generation. They face off against rivals in the same class of skill set and they came out on top. So let us be all clear headed and instead of saying "Greatest of all time"; be more rationale and say "Greatest of this generation" because somewhere in this world there is a kid being inspired and who'll break records when there time is up.
    BTW: What is the background music ... it would make for some great inspirational gym music.

  • @alexnicholas8324
    @alexnicholas8324 Před 9 lety +47

    Proud to be Romanian

  • @Curelet
    @Curelet Před 9 lety +90

    Nice video, excepting the typo showing Larisa Iordache as RUS and not ROM, i.e. Romanian gymnast.

    • @Olympics
      @Olympics  Před 9 lety +16

      Gheorghe Curelet-Balan Thanks for pointing it out and apologies for that mistake. As you correctly mentioned, Larisa Iordache is - of course - from Romania (ROU), just like Nadia Comaneci! :)
      Edit: Corrected to ROU. Thanks Cihărean Nicu-Florin .

    • @cihareannicu-florin1256
      @cihareannicu-florin1256 Před 9 lety +7

      ***** Now for Romania the abbreviation in sports is ROU not ROM :D

  • @jovannidobson8063
    @jovannidobson8063 Před 7 lety +2

    Nadia 💕

  • @sarahchung1245
    @sarahchung1245 Před 7 lety +5

    Please post more videos on Nadia!

  • @lizkeen9606
    @lizkeen9606 Před 6 lety +1

    Nadia la mejor.

  • @kostantinoskouroumpampas6589

    The elastic SUPERGIRL

  • @antonischimonas108
    @antonischimonas108 Před 4 lety

    Nadia LA Primavera!!!!!

  • @vikah8917
    @vikah8917 Před 7 lety +1

    She has the best LANDING!👩🏻

  • @jma787p
    @jma787p Před 7 lety

    În ochi mei tu ești cea și ai fost cea mai buna gimnasta de pe glob. Dumnezeul să-ți dea sănătate și multa bucurie. totdeauna am urmarit viata ta ca și în același an am plecat ca tine.

  • @linzhong9927
    @linzhong9927 Před 7 lety +22

    I agree that today's code of point does not value choreography, grace, and artistry, because the judges are only scoring on execution and difficulties. Now days, they care more about must sticking your landings than pointing your toes or presenting clean lines. I mean that is understandable, since all sports just grow and evolve to be more difficult. But the fact that this sport is called "artistic gymnastics", I may want to gymnasts to also focus on these very basic areas, like toe points, flexibilities, balances, instead of just focusing on how to pack the routine with difficulties

    • @bessyommer4434
      @bessyommer4434 Před 3 lety

      Amen to that! The gymnasts of today don’t point their toes when they should, they don’t have their feet together on landings, or arch their backs & throw back their heads enough. Plus, they’re not generally svelte, which might be a hinderance to gracefulness and height.

  • @avaadorey1
    @avaadorey1 Před 8 lety +82

    Love artistic graceful gymnastics, but it's more athletic now.With the level of difficulty in the moves today more muscular strength is required, which means the moves will probably appear choppier and less graceful..

    • @kaylaray151
      @kaylaray151 Před 7 lety

      I agree

    • @hoshiuno7530
      @hoshiuno7530 Před 6 lety +2

      Yeah which is a sad thing 😞😞

    • @Ryantrev88
      @Ryantrev88 Před 6 lety +2

      yes however i personally prefer the gymnasts of the past they had amazing grace and executed very difficult moves maintaining the beautiful feminine form; simply poetry in motion. Nellie Kim; Olga Korbut; Natalya Yurchenko and I agree with Nadia there are some gymnasts today who combine grace and skill and Aliya Mustafina is definitely one of them

  • @ieatgremlins
    @ieatgremlins Před 9 lety +5

    Aliya all day, everyday.

  • @oracha111
    @oracha111 Před 11 měsíci

    Надя, Вы - Супер !!!
    У меня две дочки занимаются спортивной гимнастикой, Сюзи и Эрика. И у обеих Вы любимая гимнастка - эталон !!!

  • @aurelifrim2755
    @aurelifrim2755 Před 6 lety +1

    Sunt mandru sa fiu Roman Multumesc! Nadia

  • @vericabeljin9185
    @vericabeljin9185 Před 5 lety

    So NADIA KOMANECI FROM ROMANIA ON MY TIME WAS BIG NO:1 IN ALL WORLD.SHE LOVELY GIRL.REGARDS.

  • @MariaRussi-dq6bx
    @MariaRussi-dq6bx Před rokem

    Beautiful

  • @irenelivy
    @irenelivy Před 9 lety +6

    Victoria Komova does!!

  • @pachy1908
    @pachy1908 Před 8 lety +5

    Nadia Comaneci the perfect girl!!..

  • @MissTopita
    @MissTopita Před 6 lety +1

    Lo de Nadia se veia bello , natural, y hasta se veia facil ....

  • @jinansueb3985
    @jinansueb3985 Před 7 lety +2

    I love you

  • @gwen1345
    @gwen1345 Před 6 lety +2

    😍😍😍😍

  • @shawnathegymnast1316
    @shawnathegymnast1316 Před 7 lety +1

    1:58 "MAMA ALY!!!!!!" ~me

  • @kathytlj3668
    @kathytlj3668 Před 6 lety +1

    I would love to know what is the background music that is playing while she is talking; it´s so BEAUTIFUL and MAJESTIC. Please if someone knows, please tell me.

  • @stefansantamaria3490
    @stefansantamaria3490 Před 6 lety +1

    Hi 😘 I love ❤️ your skills

  • @ramona283
    @ramona283 Před 5 lety

    Please do a video/documentary about Ludmilla Tourischeva

  • @Niarydia
    @Niarydia Před 7 lety +1

  • @MacaMihai
    @MacaMihai Před 7 lety +3

    Larisa Iordache is a romanian gimnast."Larisa Iordache [RUS]" it's a big mistake min 2:38.was just a mistake?or .....

  • @astronomicale
    @astronomicale Před 8 lety

    Aliya♡

  • @Shirly524
    @Shirly524 Před 5 lety +2

    Nadia y Aliya son mis gimnastas favoritas de todos los tiempos.
    La elegancia y clase junto a la fuerza en su ejecución (tanto Nadia como Aliya) es de otro mundo. Espero que Mustafina siga con esas características y no las de las gimnastas de USA, sin desmerecer el trabajo que hacen... siento que son muy bruscas a la hora de ejecutar sus performances 😕. Esa es mi opinión.

  • @tudorserafimovici7955
    @tudorserafimovici7955 Před 7 lety +5

    Larisa Iordache is romanian, not russian!

  • @vericabeljin9185
    @vericabeljin9185 Před 5 lety

    Sp.gimnastics for me some like melody...life nd my big love.Vera Beljin.Serbia.

  • @candyperez6209
    @candyperez6209 Před 8 lety +1

    NADIA COMANECI,the besth.

  • @karlmoore7406
    @karlmoore7406 Před 4 lety +1

    Music?

  • @ngocbui8282
    @ngocbui8282 Před 7 lety

    Whitney Bjerken has both grace and powerful

  • @patrickdondeyne4663
    @patrickdondeyne4663 Před 2 měsíci

    Din cauza acelui corp, în 1980, la Moscova, am devenit bărbat.

  • @alp196
    @alp196 Před 10 měsíci

    Only pictures are hanging on the wall in my House black and white Nadia, Olga, and Aliya. Nadia is Greatest Olympian ever lived, Untouchable.

  • @demlinnalo2030
    @demlinnalo2030 Před 5 lety

    🤘🤘🤘🤘

  • @amarafogarty998
    @amarafogarty998 Před 5 lety

    1:07
    Omg I thought she fell

  • @hinimee4363
    @hinimee4363 Před 7 lety

    What about Sofi Dossi?

  • @isprikitikburkabush6200

    Ahh the gold ol days when Eastern Europe dominated the Gymnastics

  • @sarahcaylen8132
    @sarahcaylen8132 Před 9 lety +1

    How old is Nadia

  • @Khaledf
    @Khaledf Před 4 lety

    She like Alyia Mustafina.

  • @crossyclanjump429
    @crossyclanjump429 Před 8 lety +1

    I can do that on my trampoline

  • @gracenickel8938
    @gracenickel8938 Před 7 lety +1

    Aliya mustafina

  • @valeryvnabarragachiva5557

    I was thinking that the usa gimnast are Aly bota its si monea:(

  • @whatistruth1155
    @whatistruth1155 Před 5 lety +1

    Still can not compare to Simone Biles. She is the GREATEST of all times.

  • @paqois
    @paqois Před 8 lety +20

    Simone she is just like a circus woman tumbling all over the place nadia instead was grace an unmatched technique to these days that's why she'll never be forgotten

  • @TopGun2293
    @TopGun2293 Před 8 lety

    why Larisa is rus? doesn't is rom?

  • @watchiingunow618
    @watchiingunow618 Před 3 lety

    Nadia has got more talent and class in her little finger than ignorant Biles.

  • @Someone-wh8hi
    @Someone-wh8hi Před 7 lety

    Nope no iordache in rio :(

  • @TalesOfTheBarkside1
    @TalesOfTheBarkside1 Před 5 lety +3

    Grace is.. well.. graceful. This virtue is sorely lacking in today's "Artistic" Gymnastics. And no, I don't think Simone Biles has one ounce of grace or artistic lines in her. But in today's gymnastics, it apparently does not matter anymore. That's the part that is hard for me to swallow. I'm old enough to remember the gymnasts from the 70s, 80s, even some in the 90s and grace, lines, flow mattered. It simply doesn't any longer. So, for those that say 'grace' is subjective, that simply does not make sense to me at all. Let's get real here.

  • @laprincipessaroma
    @laprincipessaroma Před 8 lety +16

    NADIA SO GRACEFUL BEAUTIFUL AND SUPERSTAR. .
    today the girls are not si graceful...they are rough like men.

  • @MJBlueThunder
    @MJBlueThunder Před 7 lety

    Strength and power vs grace and artistry🤔🤔🤔 both is good to have for scores and entertainment lol

  • @gymnastgonzales4750
    @gymnastgonzales4750 Před 7 lety

    She didn't wear grips

  • @crisp7575
    @crisp7575 Před 3 lety

    You can tell she doesn’t like Simone and the Americans but was forced to talk about them

  • @jessicafarmer4372
    @jessicafarmer4372 Před 8 lety +3

    Literally just watched Simone Biles win the all round gold at the olympics!

  • @SusanHussein17
    @SusanHussein17 Před 8 lety +26

    This whole grace vs athleticism debate has always been about shaming gymnast like Shawn Johnson, Raisman and Biles for they way the look and undermining their victories

    • @eliacjaz1039
      @eliacjaz1039 Před 7 lety +12

      The gymnastic now is acrobatics circus Who make acrobatics circus win ..is not artistics anymore I am so sory!!!

    • @gforskli4307
      @gforskli4307 Před 6 lety +1

      I found Biles pretty gracious and at the same time strong, it's just harder for the majority to find balance nowadays

    • @boyax_biker2367
      @boyax_biker2367 Před 6 lety

      lm for RF/Roger Federer any day! lol jks. Poetry in motion bby! Sooo graceful. Different sports, same concept lol✌🏾

  • @simozimo09
    @simozimo09 Před 9 lety +121

    Simone Biles most definitely does NOT have both grace and acrobatic skills

    • @SusanHussein17
      @SusanHussein17 Před 9 lety +5

      No one ever said she did

    • @thewrestlingpalace9989
      @thewrestlingpalace9989 Před 8 lety +25

      she is still the best gymnast in the world

    • @kylie3893
      @kylie3893 Před 8 lety +16

      She's so good your just jealous you can't do what she can

    • @eliacjaz1039
      @eliacjaz1039 Před 7 lety +6

      Bella Karoley is from Romania!!! And Americans have to tell thank you to this coach because him change gymnastics in America for free !HE made o lots champion for USA...if him not ... soo...??

    • @shushunovafan4301
      @shushunovafan4301 Před 6 lety +1

      It felt to me like a mandatory comment. Like she was thinking "ugh if I don't mention the world champs people will talk so if I must" sort of thing.

  • @starbuckswhydoyouneedtokno6149

    Nadia is better then simone bills because she started when she was like very little and simonr bills started at 6 but they are good and a girl just like chat with me and she said nadia is so bad like what the heck

  • @srazul1072
    @srazul1072 Před 8 lety

    Simone biles is the black Mary lou Retton

  • @spacefieldtime
    @spacefieldtime Před 8 lety

    ah the 70's....Simone Biles rocks....

  • @chrismartino3519
    @chrismartino3519 Před 6 lety +1

    Aliya puts the rest to shame for artistc gymnastics

  • @DoctorZisIN
    @DoctorZisIN Před 8 lety +70

    Grace is nice to have but it doesn't win you medals. That said, I disagree with anyone who says Simone Biles is not graceful. It seems to me that recently, European gymnastics which doesn't dominate the sport anymore, is jealous of he Americans and will play the "grace" card often.
    Pretty ballet moves are nice, but add mediocre, choppy tumbling, and all your "grace' goes out the window.
    Today a complete routine demands power, and Simone has it in spades. But by no means she lacks grace. Her grace is new and different. It's not "Swan Lake Ballet on-your-tippy-toes grace". It's graceful power, full of excitement, joy and passion. No wonder she is bringing hosts of new fans to the sport. Girls gymnastics is more fun than ever.

    • @thewrestlingpalace9989
      @thewrestlingpalace9989 Před 8 lety +7

      omg well said thank you for that i have been trying to say something like this as a response to comments like Simone is not elegant she lacks artistry Perfect

    • @DoctorZisIN
      @DoctorZisIN Před 8 lety +1

      +TheWrestlingPalace Thank you! Feel free to quote me anytime! :D

    • @papillon5839
      @papillon5839 Před 8 lety +34

      Right, the whole world is "jealous" of the americans........Typical american logic. The whole world revolves around you * facepalm * I don't understand how todays gymnasts can be seen as "elegant", this is beyond me.

    • @DoctorZisIN
      @DoctorZisIN Před 8 lety

      First of all, I said "European Gymnastics" not "The whole world". Second, Yes, when you dominate the sport the way USA women's do now, you are the center of the gymnastics world. For men, I would say Japan is now the center of the world. I tell you what's not elegant and a couple of Gymnasts tried at the Olympics: That ghastly Produnova Vault.

    • @mustyfan1584
      @mustyfan1584 Před 7 lety +12

      Grafight23 Simone Biles is absolutely devoid of any semblance of grace. That's not to say she's not somewhat artistic, but she's NOT graceful in the slightest.
      I love gymnasts like Ksenia Afanasyeva for combining true grace will powerful acrobatics.
      But in my book, grace beats power. It's a real shame that the current code of ARTISTIC gymnastics doesn't reflect that.

  • @NickyRikki
    @NickyRikki Před 3 lety

    Fun fact Romanians dominated sports like tennis and gymnastics because of the communist training camps. My mom grew up in communist training camps she told me how life was back then but you had food, clothes and structure. Yes maybe in western world they view it at abuse as it was relatively strict but this is what it takes to be the best and they gave opportunities to all that were good and wanted it. So you didn't need to be rich .

  • @miodragperisic3591
    @miodragperisic3591 Před 7 lety +1

    nadia was superstar and to much + for west isn,t shi is daughter Causescu,s von draculescu my henric,s sons of america

  • @deborahporter9731
    @deborahporter9731 Před 8 lety +4

    what is so great about nadia? if she were 18 now she would NEVER be able to do the tumbles that simone biles does!! i watch her rouitines back then and YAWN all through them!! i know that nadia was from a long time ago but her gymnastics are so BORING next to simone, i watch simone and im always on the edge of my seat cheering and yelling for her SIMONE BILES is the one who gets people excited about gymnastics!!!! i NEVER liked gymnastics until i heard of simone now i cant stop watching all of her routines!! durng the 2014 worlds in china there were chinese men (dont know if they were judges or not) they couldnt take theyre eyes off of simone it was amazing to watch they were all enthralled with her!! now THAT is a talented gymnast someone who pulls u right into her routine and u cant help but be entranced with her!! SIMONE BILES will soon be remembered as the greatest gymnast of all time and she will be on a level WAY above nadia comaneci ever was!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    • @anandaadlam9746
      @anandaadlam9746 Před 8 lety +3

      Remember that back then, she scored the first perfect 10. And you said it yourself, it was long ago. 70's in olympics had different rules and routines than today.

    • @pierocks314
      @pierocks314 Před 8 lety +13

      +Deborah Porter Also you have to remember that they tumbled on much harder floors, I'm not even sure they had springs. Just as the bars grew further and further apart, the floors have gotten bouncier and bouncier. That being said, her double back on floor was really impressive. Hardly anyone did one back then, and now it's a requirement. The sport has come a long way.

    • @shar-ky3736
      @shar-ky3736 Před 8 lety +1

      the legend of gymnastic is olga korbut and nadia as olga known darling of munich 1972 as also she is the first female that do tumbling on the beam on that year also. for nadia, she got more than 5 perfect 10 during her era which is unheard of. yes, its literally her skills is quite easy for that time for gymnast right now but u must know that she is surpasses all the legendary ussr like korbut, nellie kim and also ludmilla during 1976 games. still nadia has her own move on bars and has quite high difficulty. latyana USSR once said, not my fault nadia was born in romania n not ussr n then win 1976 olympic.

    • @kylie3893
      @kylie3893 Před 8 lety +1

      +pierocks314 and she was 14

    • @kylie3893
      @kylie3893 Před 8 lety +1

      +Nanda The Penguin and she was 14