However, Korbut hit her difficult beam routine and was awarded a 9.90,which gave her the gold and Lazakovich the silver.

At Nationals she performed two tentative beam routines, one that included a fall, and placed 11th on the apparatus.

Amanar got to that awkward position by falling off during her compulsory beam routine and receiving a 8.687.

There she delivered a solid and beautiful beam routine with even more difficulty than the one she used to become World Champion in 2003.

However, she dropped to fourth overall after an average bar routine and a shaky beam routine.

I just did the beam routine as I always do it in practice.

A beam routine must consist of:

Yesterday or the day before, the beam routine was solid and beautiful.

Her beam score of 15.375, which is a normal beam routine for her, would have been enough for a gold medal at the world championships.

She has a good beam routine, even though you can always fall on beam, but for the all-around she has a very high difficulty score.