#yana batyrchina

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Yana Batyrchina

[fabiochampioraro]

yana i liked you but....NO

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If you have to make a podium of Olympic gold medallits, which gymnasts would you include? And for silver and bronze medallits?

I have a couple problems with this 1) Do you want me to make a ranking based on what my favorite gymnasts are or “objectively” in their gymnastics? 2) If you prefer the second option, do you want me to judge their Olympic performances or their careers overall?

Using the logic I have guessed it is imposible to judge “objectively” gymnasts coming from such different eras, it is very difficult to compare them even from a subjective perspective, so I’m taking that interpretation. So yes, I know I am being shamelessly subjective and I will need the use of ties.

Ranking of gold Olympic champions:

1) Marina Lobatch

2) Alexandra Timoshenko

3) Margarita Mamun - JuliaBarsukova.

Ranking of Silver medalists:

1) Yana Batyrchina

2) Yana Yudryavtseva

3) Carolina Pascual - Irina Tchachina.

Ranking of bronce medalists:

1) Elena Vitrichenko - Ganna Rizatdinova

3) Anna Bessonova - Oksana Skaldina.

Disclaimer 1: Both Alina Kabaeva and Alexandra Timoshenko have two different medals (gold and bronce), so I am considering both only in the the Gold medal category. 

Disclaimer 2:  I will be forever bitter that gymnasts such as Dilyana Georgieva, Aneila Ralenkova, Galina Beloglazova or Lilia Ignatova never had the chance of competing in LA 1984 and becoming the first ever RG Olympic champion.

Disclaimer 3: Seriously, LA 1984 was rigged, can we just pretend it didn’t happen?

Disclaimer 4: Having said all that, there are also plenty of gymnasts who are among the best in history and do not have a single Olympic medal. Gymnasts as Bianka Panova, Oksana Kostina, Larissa Lukyanenko, Maria Petrova, Olga Gontar or Natalia Lipkovskaia deserved better than 75% of the medalists in my rankings, to be honest.

Disclaimer 5: Yes, I despise mostly everything that took place in between 2001 and 2010 RG-wise.

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ICONIC

10 Day Gymnastics Screencap/GIF Challenge - Day 9

Favorite Routine : Yana Batyrchina Ball 1996

Yana Batyrchina was full of innovations and her ball routine from 1996 was no exception. The young Russian started her routine with a fish scale to backscale combination that amazed everyone, especially the commentators at the Olympics! This amazing display of flexibilty was then followed by difficult skills that were done to perfection. As the routine came to a close, Yana went up on releve, putting the ball behind her back, to end her routine. She would stay like this for several seconds, not even quivering. At the 1996 Olympics, this routine earned her a 9.916.

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*inserts Yana Batyrchina and Sabina Ashirbayeva*

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Yana Batyrchina | 1997 Rhythmic European Championships: Ribbon

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[sydneysoutham]

Beautiful little Gymnast. Reminds me of 90's russian gymnast Yana Batyrchina. I mean, check out her bun! April 2012

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Yana Batyrchina

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10 Day Gymnastics Screencap/GIF Challenge - Day 9

Favorite Routine : Yana Batyrchina Ball 1996

Yana Batyrchina was full of innovations and her ball routine from 1996 was no exception. The young Russian started her routine with a fish scale to backscale combination that amazed everyone, especially the commentators at the Olympics! This amazing display of flexibilty was then followed by difficult skills that were done to perfection. As the routine came to a close, Yana went up on releve, putting the ball behind her back, to end her routine. She would stay like this for several seconds, not even quivering. At the 1996 Olympics, this routine earned her a 9.916.

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Yana Batyrchina Ball Final, 1996.

The Young Prince and The Young Princess from Scheherazade by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov.

“[She] really is a crowd favorite, great charisma...”

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Rhythmic gymnast Yana Batyrchina, 1996. Photographed by Eileen Langsley and Pascal Rondeau.

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Yana Batyrchina Ribbon Final, 1994.

Gypsy Dance II from Don Quixote by Ludwig Minkus.