Greatest AA gymnast at Olympics to not compete in AA finals

[barbara_dewey]

But I see Strazheva as the winner of the thread, with only Biles as competition. Strazh was the USSR national champion in what was probably the strongest team ever.

 

[IratePanda]

But I see Strazheva as the winner of the thread, with only Biles as competition. Strazh was the USSR national champion in what was probably the strongest team ever.

I was gutted when Strazheva injured her knee on beam in TO, and then thrilled when she came back in '89.

 

[barbara_dewey]

I was gutted when Strazheva injured her knee on beam in TO, and then thrilled when she came back in '89.

ITA.

 

[irichluck21]

She would have knocked out Laschenova from the all around.

 

[IratePanda]

I wonder if Strazheva could have taken the bronze over Boginskaya? I'm looking at the Team and AA results on Gymforum, but it's too early to crunch numbers. I suppose it might have been possible if Strazheva had been on fire in the AA final, but the Seoul judges seemed to love Boginskaya (rightly so). Personally, I would have been more invested in a Strazheva-Bogi battle for bronze than I was in the Shushunova-Silivas duel.