какая красавица! в гимнасток тех далёких прекрасных лет влюблялись как в киноактрис! это ж какое эстетическое удовольствие получаешь, видя Это Чудо! !!
Well put-most guys here don't seem to realize the pioneers of the sport competed on archaic equipment with no spring-earlier gymnasts even competed floor on cement, wood, and carpet! I seriously doubt most gymnasts today could throw double twists, and double backs on such floors.
Ah, this is really grace and beauty. She has every move planned, every motion timed perfectly to the music. A beautiful woman performing flawlessly. Current women's floor routines have awesome tumbling passes but I am much more pleased watching this lady.
One of the better examples you'll ever see of why those old Soviet teams used to blow the rest of the world out of the water on floor exercise. Max of difficulty (given the time), flawless technique, and of course could out-dance anybody else.
I had to look to make sure the floor exercise area hadn't been replaced with a swimming pool; she moves with such easy grace that it's like she's doing the whole routine underwater! Truly beautiful.
This is so much more suggestive of rhythmic, when compared to today's gymnastics! She looks as much like a ballerina as a gymnast. And she has curves! Women's gymnastics is still beautiful when done by actual women. You don't have to look like a 12-year-old ball of muscle.
Alot about gymnastics was about to change not long after this was filmed. Olga Korbut brought in the daredevil moves and after that it became a race to outdo one another. Gymnastics was never the same after that.
This seems quaint compared to what is going on today, but in a good way. They must have been healthier then. I would rather see it go back to the way it was and keep the gymnasts healthy.
I agree, amazing to see women's gymnastics done by actual women. I'm not putting down the skill and strength displayed by todays younger gymnasts, it's truly amazing. I give them props! But it's just so sad to me to see girls peak at 17.
It's amazing how different gymnastics was today and then. This is very simple. I know a million girls that can do thoose tricks , but very few if any can make it elegant and as graceful as she did.
On a rock-hard floor with no springs, no padding, no carpet? I don't think so! And besides, Level 5 isn't halfway to the Olympics. It's halfway to Level 10, which is next to elite, which makes it possible, but still unlikely for you to go to the Olympics. Big difference.
Does anyone here know why she retired so early? She was just 19 after this competition and already gone....there was hardly ever one single gymnast out there being half as graceful and unique in her smooth and so elegant movements as she certainly was. She had a great rivalry with Caslavska from 1965 on and both these women really had their outstanding qualities.
I notice that back then they didn't pause for as long before beginning their tumbling runs. I like that better because it allows the whole routine to appear seamless and more fluid.
If that was the event final the total score was 19.65(prel.+final)which means she probably got a 9,85 or 9,90 here and a bronze medal just 0.025 behind caslavska and petrik
@BoraBoraGirl2001 not to mention that the training conditions were completely different, no pits, no tumbletrak, trampolines or anything. I'd say that the way gymnasts train today compared to45 years is almost as much of a radical shift as the differences in how they competed!
I see what you are saying buy as a SPORT the artistry doesn't mean so much, actually it means nothing as far as athletics and sport. If you want grace and artistry maybe there should be performances of gymnastics ballet with no scoring and no pretense of an athletic event...
Какие чистые линии, все движения законченные, выразительные. А сама Наталья словно статуэтка выточенная. Великолепная гимнастка. Боже мой, какая же была тогда красивая гимнастика. Зинаида Воронина, Лариса Патрик, Ольга Карасева - все красавицы и у каждой свой неповторимый стиль
Seems like the U.S. has been at or near the top for about 27 years. I like the routines to keep most of the technical moves, but add more ballet and more gracefulness to the routines. But say it in a way that’s not mean and degrading. And if you’re bringing correction, bring it the same way, you want it brought to you. I’ve read evil and barbaric comments against POC that are gymnasts. If you hate gymnastics because African Americans are doing well in the sport, well only God can help you. But if you mean well, and your desire for more grace and clean lines, say it without name calling, because that helps no one. And some people expect certain US fans to be hateful & racist, but fool them this time. Show that you aren’t racist!!
When I was a gymnast, I was always barefoot. I say bare feet is the PROPER way to do gymnastics. With today's skills, shoes cause falls. I prefer modern gymnastics to the old style, but I agree that Ms. Kuchinskaya did a nice job
Never thought if that way - shoes causing falls - Oksana Chusovitina doesn't seem to think so. They looked more elegant, balletic on floor/beam. Could never understand why any of them wore shoes on the bars though as Chusovitina has been doing for the last few yeras
Olympic female Gymnastics on that years was over 20, when they reach a fully bone and muscular development. Maybe that's the reason of their non-impressive (For today's point of view) routines.
The equipment has also changed a lot. Today the floors have tons of springs underneath so that the gymnasts can tumble higher. The vault is a totally different shape, and the uneven bars are a lot further apart. Balance beam has probably changed the least.
This was lovely. But it's amazing how much female gymnasts have improved since then in terms of technical difficulty! I was a male high school gymnast in the early 70's, and I was nowhere near elite in terms of the men's gymnastics of the time. But, aside from the front walkover, I could do all of the tumbling skills in this routine. Even during the 1972 Olympics I was watching TV and saying "I could do that!" when the women came on. Not today though! What women are doing today is amazing!!!
lizlovesgym1, your opinion (even if it's not yours) about hippies made me laugh. Dumbass. Also, to the guys who finds her pretty, I just want to say.. she's now 60 years old lol :D
It is called inovation and evolution. I mean look at the ballet elements we see in this routine. Ballet has evolved RIGHT ALONG with gymnastics and has become WAY more difficult techniqly as well. I know, I am an ex dancer and have studies the history of ballet. So you can't really blame gymnastics for getting farther and farther advanced wtih eer year....we are human...that is what e do....evole and get better.
She is very graciously gymnast and pretty. But of cause I was smiling when watching this performance. Since then, gymnastics has taken a huge step up. Currently it's not possible to win a children's club competition with such difficulty.
Siempre me gusto la gimnasia olimpica y natasha era una jovencita muy bella como munequita de porcelana. Lastima que su pais haya invadido Checoeslovaquia, los atletas deberian estar al margen de los gobiernos.
Natalia no era culpable de lo que hacía el gobierno de URSS, ella simplemente era una gimnasta, creo que ninguna chica del equipo soviético formó parte de la expedición a Praga.
