London 2012 Gymnastics: Going For The Gold NBC DVD Review

I recently purchased the “Gymnastics Going For The Gold DVD” distributed by NBC. Since it might be a product that more people might be interested I decided to do a review. Here is what I have to say:

First: the packaging, it comes in a normal DVD box which is fine, the only thing is that I wish they would have included a little picture book on the inside like some DVDs do. It would have been a nice touch to have a booklet of pictures and maybe a table of contents for the DVD. This DVD also came with a London 2012 pin. This cost $17.49 and its total running time is 1 hour 20 minutes plus the bonus features.

Don’t expect to see ALL of the gymnastics competition. This DVD is almost like one big montage. It begins with the mens competition. They show a montage like the one shown before the meet on tv then here is a quick run down of what they showed:

Mens Qualifications:
Jon Horton- part of Pommel Horse 
Sam Mikulak- all of PH
Danell Leyva- part High Bar
Kohei Uchimura (Japan)- PH fall + montage of Japan falls
China- short montage
John Orozco- part of Parallel Bars
Mikulak- Vault
Leyva- PB 
Orozco- part Floor Exercise
Jake Dalton- part of FX
Mens Team Finals:
Leyva- part of FX
Mikulak- first pass of FX
Leyva- part of PH
Louis Smith (GB)- PH
Uchimura- PB
China- PH montage
Kristian Thomas (GB)- VT
China- montage
Orozco- VT
China- PH montage
Great Britain- Floor montage
Uchimura- fall on PH
Inquiry Process, (Japan gets silver and bumps GB to bronze)
Mens All Around Finals:
Orozco- FX
Leyva- FX
Orozco- PH 
Leyva- PH
Uchimura- PB 
Leyva- PB
Leyva- HB
Marcel Nguyen (Germany)- part of FX
Tiny part of Danell getting medal 

Right after the mens section of the DVD it goes right into the womens competition. Like the mens, it is not the full thing. It also begins with the montage that they showed on TV. Here is a summary of the womens part of the DVD:

Womens Qualifications:
Aly Raisman- Vault
Gabby Douglas- VT
McKayla Maroney- VT
Jordyn Wieber- part of Uneven Bars
Kyla Ross- part of Beam
Wieber- part of BB
Douglas- part of Floor Exercise
Wieber- FX
Raisman- FX
Aly + Jordyn Interview

Womens Team Finals:
Wieber- VT
Douglas- VT
Maroney- VT
Aliya Mustafina (Russia)- UB
Maria Paseka (Russia)- VT
Mustafia- part of BB
Wieber- part of UB
Ross- part of UB
Douglas- UB
Ross- BB
Raisman- BB
Anastasia Grishina (Russia)- FX
Douglas- FX
Wieber- FX
Raisman- FX
Part of medal ceremony

Womens All Around Finals:
Douglas- VT
Raisman- VT
Viktoria Komova (Russia)- VT
Raisman- UB
Mustafina- part of UB
Douglas- UB
Mustafina- part of BB
Douglas- BB
Raisman- BB
Douglas- FX
Raisman- part of FX
Komova- FX
Part of medal ceremony

Event Finals:
McKayla Maroney- VT
Sandra Izbasa (Romania)- VT
Aly Raisman- BB + FX
Short ending montage

*BONUS FEATURES*
Aliya Mustafina- Bars
Deng Linlin- Beam
Feng Zhe- Parallel Bars
Epke Zonderland- High Bar
Krisztian Berki- Pommel Horse
Louis Shith- Pommel Horse
Yang Hak Seon- Mens Vault
Artgur Nabarrete Zanetti- Rings

Hopefully you can get an idea of what is shown on the DVD. Like I said it is not the full competitions and A LOT is cut out. Kinda like what happened during the original broadcast, it seems like they are only showing the teams not from the US falling or their mistakes. It would have been great for them to show more of the international teams but i think they could have at least shown all of Team USAs routines. We barely get to see Jonathan Horton, Jake Dalton, Sam Mikulak, and Kyla Ross which was a bit disappointing. Also: the quality of this DVD is not high at all. I wish they would have had a HD version available because it is a bit blurry. So finally I’ll conclude with saying that I am a bit disappointed in this DVD but still happy I have it. Is it worth the money? I guess it depends on how much you are going to watch it. I know that I want to have this for the future so I believe that I will get my moneys worth. 
*It is temporarily out of stock on NBCs website but I believe that it is available for purchase on other websites* 

I hope this helped people know what to expect and decide if it is something that you might purchase! Please feel free to ask anymore questions you have! 
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