http://www.sportales.com/Gymnastics/10-Greatest-Female-Gymnasts-in-History.193893 Discussion about: 10 Greatest Female Gymnasts in History http://www.sportales.com/Gymnastics/10-Greatest-Female-Gymnasts-in-History.193893#comment406639 ]]> Wed, 12 Nov 2008 06:20:24 PST http://www.sportales.com/Gymnastics/10-Greatest-Female-Gymnasts-in-History.193893#comment299639
There are so many great gymnasts, who have contributed greatly to the development of the sport and its popularity, though they may not have met the criteria I've set. Maybe I will be making a list based on different set of criteria to accomodate truly great gymnasts who have not won as many medals. And I do agree with most of the names that you mentioned.
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Laschenova, Silivas, Korbut, and Mostepanova lack the AA gold. However, it was not Mostepanova's fault that the Olympics she competed in was not the officially recognized one; her Olympics was more competitive than the '84 Los Angeles Games that the Soviet bloc boycotted. Mostepanova won the 1984 Soviet bloc Spartikade Olomouc Games with a performance that was far superior to that of Mary Lou Retton.

Mukhina, Yurchenko, Omelianchik, and Dobre have the AA title but lack two EF titles.

I still think you have done an excellent job. Especially because using any criteria, Turischeva, Comaneci, Latynina, Caslavska, Khorkina, Boginskaya, Miller, and Shushunova would all be on a top ten list. That's 8 of 10 I completely agree with. Kim and Podkopayeva are only ones I personally would debate, but Kim is certainly close if not there. Although I think there have been better gymnasts than Podkopayeva, I do believe it is important to establsh yourself as the best AA gymnast in your time, not to perpetually win silvers or bronzes like Milosovici, Gogean, or Amanar, all of whom were great gymnasts, but none of whom should qualify as top 10 of all time. They played it safe and steady to always win a minor medal (Amanar's 2000 AA gold was obviously a joke with the setting of the vault being miscalculated). You really need to be a clear dominant factor in your time and should IMO be deserving of at least one AA title to be in line with the aforementioned greats.

I appreciate your work!]]> Sun, 21 Sep 2008 11:39:21 PST http://www.sportales.com/Gymnastics/10-Greatest-Female-Gymnasts-in-History.193893#comment296147
I understand that you have Khorkina, Latynina, Turischeva, and Caslvska ranked highly (deservedly so), in part due to their enormous medal haul, but Comaneci is certainly up there with them despite not having the sheer volume of medals. She was about as far ahead of her time as anyone has ever been, and she was one of the most dominant gymnasts ever.]]> Sun, 21 Sep 2008 11:20:17 PST http://www.sportales.com/Gymnastics/10-Greatest-Female-Gymnasts-in-History.193893#comment284785 ]]> Sun, 14 Sep 2008 19:51:01 PST http://www.sportales.com/Gymnastics/10-Greatest-Female-Gymnasts-in-History.193893#comment253621 ]]> Sun, 24 Aug 2008 13:57:03 PST http://www.sportales.com/Gymnastics/10-Greatest-Female-Gymnasts-in-History.193893#comment244403 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonja_Henie

I think Nadia should be number one with out a doubt and the late Elena Mukina, should be on your list. Otherwise, nice job
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