She makes it look easy, when it anything but. The strength, the speed of some of the moves, and the body control. An amazing feat of athleticism. One of America's best.
I wish the american commentators were this positive! Listening to the americans is painful, they are so negative and always looking to see whats wrong, speaking doubt, its just obnoxious and dramatic, Im all for the british commentators!!
honestly i thought this was better than her performance in the event final . either way she is probably one of the strongest most consistent gymnast that the us has had on balance beam
Triple series is just so satisfying. I have never seen a beam routine that would make me watch it all day and won’t get bored. Her confidence and concentration is just superb. No one can beat her in terms of confidence and consistency. NONE! Not Simone, not Shannon
This was criminally underscored. HOW on earth did she qualify with 15.975 and get a 16.225 in finals? Her finals routine was tentative for Shawn, but this was sublime, the best routine I’ve ever seen her do.
The best BB exercise ever! I mean, in the gymnastics artistic history! I know what I say, just because I know this field from 1974. Just, amazing Shawn! And I can even say, there is no gymnast nowadays who can approach to this performance!
14 years ago and this routine is imbatable. A perfect gymnast, perfect timming, perfect monent and perfect OLympuc gold medal. Congrats again, Shawn Johnson!
To all the people who think this was criminally underscored, let me start by noting that I am looking at a 2006-2008 Code. She almost certainly lost 4 or 5 tenths on the dismount and 3 tenths on the standing full, with most of it coming from landing with her chest in her knees and her hands at or below ankle level. Take another couple tenths for those split positions and she's at 15.900 – 16.000
I know it's been a long time and hindsight is perfect, but she could have trained and mastered front tuck + back tuck + Korbut or BHS, in place of the standing full for a higher execution score and the same start value. Not her fault, of course, and I'm still happy to this day that she won that gold medal … but they may have given it to Nastia if she'd stuck.
*I'm looking at the 2008 Code of Points from a simple search >> gymnastics results website. It was the first Code I studied; and I used to have parts of it memorized but lost the PDF over the years.
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She makes it look easy, when it anything but. The strength, the speed of some of the moves, and the body control. An amazing feat of athleticism. One of America's best.
I wish the american commentators were this positive! Listening to the americans is painful, they are so negative and always looking to see whats wrong, speaking doubt, its just obnoxious and dramatic, Im all for the british commentators!!
That was a solid perfect routine!
Unbelievable precision!! WOW!
Never, never, never EVER get tired of Shawn working beam!😄
Perfect
this is a really good beam routine..but the commentators crack me up! love it!!!
Absolutely Perfect!
여우가 둔갑했구먼 OMG
what is the move in the thumbnail
THE MOST gorgeous layout I've ever seen. The height is, execution, beautiful
Beautiful watching her in slow motion doing her beam dismount.
I am obsessed with her triple tumble and 360 turns
honestly i thought this was better than her performance in the event final . either way she is probably one of the strongest most consistent gymnast that the us has had on balance beam
I agree with the commentator, this is the best beam routine I have seen ❤️
Eu amava ver a Shawn a Jade e a Nastia na mesma competição
Era de um nível❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Best beam ever 👏👏👏👏🤯
1:37 Marta face grab
May Nadia Comanetti not listen to me, but Shaw Jhonson is the queen of the beans.
Triple series is just so satisfying. I have never seen a beam routine that would make me watch it all day and won’t get bored. Her confidence and concentration is just superb. No one can beat her in terms of confidence and consistency. NONE! Not Simone, not Shannon
Tokyo 2020+1 is over and this routine is still the best I've ever seen.
This was criminally underscored. HOW on earth did she qualify with 15.975 and get a 16.225 in finals? Her finals routine was tentative for Shawn, but this was sublime, the best routine I’ve ever seen her do.
Amo essa prova da Shawn. Uma execução extaterrena de elementos dificílimos. Ela estava numa fase incrível . Medalhou muito em Pequim. Merecido.
No comments on how the music in the 7 seconds after 1:10 was perfectly fitting for some "glorious badass moment is coming" vibe?!
The best BB exercise ever! I mean, in the gymnastics artistic history! I know what I say, just because I know this field from 1974. Just, amazing Shawn! And I can even say, there is no gymnast nowadays who can approach to this performance!
14 years ago and this routine is imbatable. A perfect gymnast, perfect timming, perfect monent and perfect OLympuc gold medal. Congrats again, Shawn Johnson!
I'm glad she's got a grip. That was good👍
Beautiful!!!👏👏👏
ESTÁ APRESENTAÇÃO MOSTRA O ALTO NÍVEL DA GINÁSTICA AMERICANA
ALTO NÍVEL TÉCNICO MARTA KAROLE
EHSr
She's best all around of course she got the gold . It's great to watch her even if she doesn't win I think she's great 👍.
The best-of-all-time routine!
Flawless routine
Sorry… I have never seen this… and I am speechless. That must be as close to flawless as you can get for a beam routine holy mfing sh-
What’s incredible is this would challenge for gold 15 years later!
la mejor gimnasta en la historia en la viga
ThE Queen of Beam! Question: when it comes to bars, am I crazy for thinking Amy Chow is the BEST bars worker?
absolutely outstanding!!!!!❤
She ALWAYS took a step on her dismount. No matter the apparatus, 95% of the time took a step. She was a brilliant gymnast, but that step!!!
best of all time ~ incredible
…Best Beam routine ever…!!! 😔♥️🌹
…she should’ve gotten a 20.000…!
To all the people who think this was criminally underscored, let me start by noting that I am looking at a 2006-2008 Code. She almost certainly lost 4 or 5 tenths on the dismount and 3 tenths on the standing full, with most of it coming from landing with her chest in her knees and her hands at or below ankle level. Take another couple tenths for those split positions and she's at 15.900 – 16.000
I know it's been a long time and hindsight is perfect, but she could have trained and mastered front tuck + back tuck + Korbut or BHS, in place of the standing full for a higher execution score and the same start value. Not her fault, of course, and I'm still happy to this day that she won that gold medal … but they may have given it to Nastia if she'd stuck.
*I'm looking at the 2008 Code of Points from a simple search >> gymnastics results website. It was the first Code I studied; and I used to have parts of it memorized but lost the PDF over the years.
Beautiful & superb execution from Shawn Johnson..Perfection❤
Simon Biles doesn’t come close to Shawn’s beam. Not even today.
I've said it before and I'll say it again: Shawn Johnson's beam routines are therapy for my mind. Exquisite!
Ela tinha a melhor trave do mundo ❤ Maravilhosa!!
Why has no commentator mention Shawn's low chest and lack of split? Both americans and british ignore it for some reason