1989 World Compulsory Beam: Yang Bo Vs Svetlana Boginskaya

[bardtoob]

1989 World Compulsory Beam: Yang Bo Vs Svetlana Boginskaya

Yang Bo

1989 World Gymnastics Championships - Women's Compulsories, Session 8

Featuring Olesia Dudnik, Yang Bo, and Brandy Johnson

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Svetlana Boginskaya

1989 World Gymnastics Championships - Women's Compulsories, Session 9

Featuring Svetlana Boginskaya

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They both scored 9.950.

 

[floskate]

Yang Bo no question. Bogi had a couple of the tiniest bobbles and one leap that was nowhere near 180. Yang Bo was just gorgeous, crisp, so extended and stretched......if only she hadn't bombed her EF dismount we would have had the perfect beam routine for all eternity

 

[Weve3]

This round goes to Yang Bo ~ when she was on her game, she was hard to beat. She was very confident and secure with an abundance of style and flair.

 

[barbk]

Boginskaya has more elegance, but at least two little wobbles. Boginskaya's landing looked prettier, but Bo was smooth and crisp all the way through and totally secure.

Thoughts on why the judging gave them the same mark?

 

[gk_891]

Boginskaya has more elegance, but at least two little wobbles. Boginskaya's landing looked prettier, but Bo was smooth and crisp all the way through and totally secure.

Thoughts on why the judging gave them the same mark?

Reputation and nationality.

 

[Weve3]

Reputation and nationality.

I second that. It happens more than I would like to see. It has always been exasperating to me, but then again rep scoring is nothing new.