A small statistical analysis from IG forum posted by spezi3. In brackets are the number of mentions of each athlete on that site vis-a-vis each apparatus.
VAULT
1. Cheng Fei (21)
2. Yelena Zamolodchikova (18)
3. Yelena Produnova (17)
4. Mo Huilan (14)
5. Oksana Chusovitina (12)
6. Monica Rosu (12)
7. Alicia Sacramone (10)
8. Simona Amanar (10)
9. Vanessa Atler (9)
10. Shannon Miller (9)
Blythe Lawrence said, “If I had to choose a female gymnast of the decade, Cheng would be it.” I’d agree.
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BARS
1. Svetlana Khorkhina (18)
2. He Kexin (17)
3. Ma Yanhong (13)
4. Lu Li (13)
5. Nadia Comaneci (12)
6. Kim Gwang Suk (12)
7. Mo Huilan (11)
8. Olga Korbut (9)
9. Beth Tweddle (9)
10. Nastia Luikin (8)Bars had a very nice mix of gymnasts from different eras. There were gymnasts from the ’70s all the way up to 2009 in the top 10.
http://cdn.pis.picapp.com/IamProd/PicAppPIS/JavaScript/PisV4.js
BEAM
1. Yang Bo (21) – video
2. Tatiana Lysenko (14)
3. Olga Mostepanova (10)
4. Kui Yuanyuan (10)
5. Oksana Omelianchik (10)
6. Shannon Miller (10)
7. Nastia Luikin (10)
8. Aurelia Dobre (9)
9. Li Li (9)
10. Mo Huilan (9)
11. Catalina Ponor (9)The results show that after 20 years, Yang Bo’s beam work is timeless. There was the biggest difference between the number of votes between 1st and 2nd place on any of the events.
http://cdn.pis.picapp.com/IamProd/PicAppPIS/JavaScript/PisV4.js
FLOOR
1. Oksana Omelianchik (14)
2. Anna Pavlova (13)
3. Daniela Silivas (12)
4. Svetlana Boginskaya (10)
5. Irina Baraksanova (9)
6. Lilia Podkopayeva (9)
7. Cheng Fei (8)
8. Natalia Frolova (7)
9. Shawn Johnson (7)
10. Henrietta Onodi (6)
11. Olga Strazheva (6)
12. Yelena Zamolodchikova (6)
13. Svetlana Khorkhina (6)
14. Andreea Raducan (6)
15. Yelena Produnova (6)There was a 6-way for 10th place. Floor had a real mix of artistic and power gymnasts.
to read commentary, or to comment, click through to IG forum – Top 10 Per Event Analysis
Ha. Oksana Omelianchik, one of the weakest tumblers ever put on the Floor by the old Soviet Union, is #1 on Floor.
I was there in 1985 when she was co-World Champion with Shushanova. This routine was shocking and revolutionary in many ways at that time. The talk of the competition.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
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