Beam Final - Women's Artistic Gymnastics | London 2012 Replays

Full replay of the Artistic Women's Beam Final from the North Greenwich Arena during the London 2012 Olympic Games.

Artistic gymnastics was introduced at the very first Olympic Games in 1896 in Athens, and has been present at every edition of the Games since then. At the beginning, it comprised disciplines that are difficult to qualify as "artistic", such as climbing and acrobatics.

The foundations of the Olympic gymnastics programme were laid at the 1924 Games in Paris, when the men's apparatus individual and team competitions appeared. In 1928, women were included in the Amsterdam Games. It was not until 1952 that the women's programme was developed, with seven events, and then stabilised at six events as from the 1960 Games in Rome. =========================================

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Timestamps

0:35 - Start List
1:05 - Introduction of the Gymnasts
3:20 - Lu SUI (CHN - Beam)
6:15 - Lu SUI (CHN - Scoring)
6:30 - Catalina PONOR (ROU - Beam)
9:25 - Catalina PONOR (ROU - Scoring)
9:45 - Linlin DENG (CHN - Beam)
12:55 - Linlin DENG (CHN - Scoring)
13:10 - Larisa Andreea IORDACHE (ROU - Beam)
15:55 - Larisa Andreea IORDACHE (ROU - Scoring)
16:25 - Kseniia AFANASEVA (RUS - Beam)
19:20 - Kseniia AFANASEVA (RUS - Scoring)
19:50 - Gabrielle DOUGLAS (USA - Beam)
24:12 - Gabrielle DOUGLAS (USA - Scoring)
24:30 - Victoria KOMOVA (RUS - Beam)
29:00 - Victoria KOMOVA (RUS - Scoring)
29:25 - Alexandra Raisman (USA - Beam)
32:45 - Alexandra Raisman (USA - Scoring)
39:20 - Results

[userqwr]

To me, it's been a miracle to see Deng, a girl from a small rural town which was in poverty, to one day stand at the top of the world. She can inspire my generation.

[liweiwei]

Feel sorry for Sui Lu, her coach told her not to do one of her connections to reduce her pressure as the first one up. That is 0.1 and she missed the gold by 0.1.

[regablack]

Love how the audiance is extremely silencious but clapping really loudy when they fall to encourage them.

[Sweden]

WoW.. me just getting UP on that beam would be a huge problem.

[aashisharibam]

It was more than 5 years ago but I feel so bad for Catalina Ponor. For someone to take the bronze medal away from you after you thought you won it must be terrible.

[SaisaiDemigodess]

The Chinese girl was crying even though she still got a Silver. That just shows how much work she put in it and wanted a Gold.

[ZZ-lkgn]

Why are Sui Lu's tears necessarily interpreted as a sign of disappointment? You know, sometimes when you finally complete something very hard, you cry not just the moment you finish them. You just need some time to digest, and suddenly a sense of relief makes you cry. As a college student, I once cried before I went to bed, on the day when I finished my sixth final exam. It seems to me that Lu cried because all those years of trainings were so tough, and she finally finished her Olympics. Not "bad sportsmanship".

[lovemecom]

I think this is one of the hardest olympic games I’ve ever seen. Only professional players could balance themselves in a balance beam in order to win a game. Every player is very well-trained.

[hopeflynn]

Gabby seems like such a good sport - she always claps for the others. Bless her ♥

[Ilaria]

Linlin was so humble and kind, not exulting overtly because her friend Sui Lu was upset.

[anneliselim]

People keep complaining about Sui Lu. But I feel like if I were in her position, I'd cry no matter I win or lose. Just too much emotions. Happiness, disappointment, pressure, maybe I'm just a crybaby idk

[camn]

For me the drama of gymnastics is that a whole life of training can be lost in a fall! : (

[alexiatrevino]

I had never watched an Olympics Balance Beam game...What an unforgiving sport, wow...
One small error and that's it for you. No second chances.

[emilychang]

Sui lu and deng linlin were awesome💓❤️

[Mr_Reyna]

Deng Linlin really deserves that medal.It's sad to see her teammate and coaches ignore her, but the other gymnasts and coaches recognize her work.

[varunk]

Sui lu looked sad after Deng linlin's performance.

[SweetSirenia]

While I do agree with the final decision regarding Aly's D score, I remember being so heartbroken for Catalina. She's such an incredible BB competitor and it was an inspiring comeback from her. The Romanians have had such bad luck with reviews over the years.

[chassanders]

Though this is simple, I think that it is so classy of Gabby and Alexandria to give applause to the other competitors during the introduction. Very classy and good sportsmanship. Plus Alexandra did her routine and made it look effortless!!! 

[artfol]

Now I know why they don’t allow this game for men