candycoateddoom:

My Top 20 Favorite Gymnastics Beam Routines

5. Lilia Podkopayeva - 1996 Olympics - Event Finals

I love Lilia on beam. She has the difficulty, but she also sort of dances on balance beam. You don’t see a gymnast really dance on beam these days (the only other gymnast I’ve seen do that is Peng Peng Lee of Canada). I originally was going to use a different routine because the commentators were still creaming their pants over Shannon Miller during Lilia’s routine, but she hit her dismount here so I had to use it.

(via ninetiesgymnasticsnostalgia)

m4n3ku:

Lilia Podkopayeva

Floor routine at the 1996 Olympic games AA

She’s one of my favorites to watch because it’s not all about flashy passes for her, everything about her routine is beautiful!

 Instant reblog, one of my all-time favorite routines from my favorite gymnast.

YAY