How Olga Korbut Inspired a Generation of Gymnasts | The Olympics On The Record 

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She is amazing, but all girls in USSR team were very lovely. I hate when people choose their favorite and say bad things about everyone else. And you are one of them.

You know that in general if you show a lot of your emotion in Belarus or Russia is seems you cannot control yourself.

Maaa Myyy No. It is just our culture. We say if you smile without reason you look stupid. We prefer sincere smiles. We hate American smile everywhere. It is not sincere. So if Russian smiles you, REMEMBER it is quite sincere and this person is really GLAD to see you. 😊

To me they look normal, Cold War propaganda always was like soviets are wild animals with no emotion

For some it's all about political statements these days.

that's so true

Absolutely true! Nowadays gymnast women look like bodybuilders… 🤦‍♂️

Fantastic also to watch Nadia Comaneci…gymnastics was in a very different realm back in the 70s/80s than it is today!

Совершенно верно!!! Турищева выходит, как на бой. Воин не девушка. А, Корбут изящная, легкая, очень пластичная.....

For the time, yes. However, gymnastics have advanced so much in terms of equipment, training, and that. I am not sure a routine as relatively simple as the one she performed would pull such a high score anymore.

@@bettifortier2 --"Relatively simple"? It was banned for all future gymnasts. Deemed too dangerous to perform. Just curious, name a current gymnast who performs a better uneven bars routine than Korbut's '72 routine.

@@koolhandduke4087 With the exception of the "Korbut Flip", it was a relatively simple routine. I can name several.... Nastia Luikin (spelling?), Simone Biles, Ali Reisman, Shawn Johnson, need I go on?

@@koolhandduke4087 Also, the only thing that was banned was the over bar flip.

@@bettifortier2 --I appreciate and respect your opinion. It's all subjective. I will find uneven bars videos of ALL your named gymnasts. Will view them objectively. Question: Are you a gymnast, coach, or former gymnast?

Because of gravity

Because it wasn't perfect. In today's scoring system the routine would have started out with a higher difficulty score to go with execution but in those days most gymnasts would be docked too many points for hard moves done imperfectly so they would opt for easier skills to perfect.

Olga manipulated the judges well by acting like she botched her first routine (in a group competition), releasing the waterworks on the bench, and then showing off her impeccable skills in the solo competition. I can only imagine how much manipulation her husband (later) went through.

@@theafrican3752 you poor thing

@@theafrican3752 в 13 лет, впервые на ОИ манипулировать? Из СССР? Вы просто не знаете и не в СССР. Там дети строем ходили, как в армии, впрочем как и сейчас.

The uneven bars deserved a 11, because there will never be anything equal!

@@ixydelay5644 True! Judges in '72 were unfair.

@@luiz4430 Actually no , her routine was better than nadia's, but wasn't perfect, unlike nadia's

Most of us did!

anti-russian sentiment was at all time high, what did you expect?

True

But not perfect!

@@santabarbara2105 By today standards would be!

@@lauralunaazul ctyu

Agree, but don't forget Mukina routine too (Korbut with flip)

Much lower? Her signature Comeneci move is STILL a difficult move today. I think it's rated a D.

Spot on. No comparison Olga’s routine was FAR more difficult. Deserved a “10”.

Say hay yay? All things evolve. Sports are not shielded from this. As are our athletes. It is best to hold past icons with love n amazement for what they accomplished and made us love watch n cheer them on with future athletes who continue to amaze us. What these individuals do n take on is truly inspiring., all are amazing. While I sit on my couch commenting. LOL.

I agree, it seems that a lot of grace and beauty has been lost to strengh and difficulty...

I totally agree!

Обалденно лёгкая, воробышек!Восхищаемся до сих пор!

Who cares about this?

@@petronas25 people who care about facts.

@@petronas25 people from Grodno.

Thanks for your explanation. I appreciate that. Greetings from Brazil. Olga was a huge talent from soviet/belarusian school of gymnastics.

You should be proud! She is part of history, and her hometown should be remembered properly.

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Лучше всех

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I don't understand why they're even in there. They never add anything interesting and they're not funny whatsoever

There just annoying

whats that?

And they are weird colours

Nah, it's funny.

Гродно - областной центр, не маленький город!

Can you Tell more about her?

Все ее элементы много раз повторялись другими гимнастками. Но некоторые были потом запрещены правилами. Например, "петля Корбут". Есть "петля Мухиной", это еще сложнее, с добавлением винта. Сейчас запрещено становиться ногами на перекладину, поэтому исполнить эти элементы невозможно. Еще запрещено, например, сальто в кувырок, см. 1.02. Смертельно опасный элемент. Именно на нем сломала себе шею Елена Мухина, только она делала еще более сложный вариант, чем тут у Корбут, так называемое "сальто Томаса".

@@user-wb2yk4rv4h Ужас 😲

Не хочется о плохом, но тренер вел себя по отношению к юной девочке очень и очень омерзительно, может поэтому у нее плохо сложилась личная жизнь.

Two years after the 1972 Olympics she was world champion on vault and she didn't like the apparatus.

And she expressed a JOY that poor little Nadia lacked (probably brow-beaten into perfection).

I was there in Munich. A 9.8 on the bars was disgrace. The crowd was outraged. There was no such thing as a 10.0 at the time, but she was so far beyond everybody else she deserved a 12. It changed gymnastics from being mechanical to a delight. Nadia perfected the mechanical. She could never match the delight.

@@jimsoper2321 Spot on. Olga personified delight and Nadia never had that 👍

At that time the gold medals were divided. URS had already won others, so this gold had to be given to another country, so Olga got robbed.

Jim Soper2 do you remember which judge or judges score her low? What an amazing opportunity for you to have witness such a performance!

Lady LC Nadia had all: great extensions, Symmetrie and gracious moves! And she made all seem easy, but it wasn‘t. She was a natural talent and beauty, a star! Corbut was very good too! But not all ingredients.

При чем не было истерик,как,если бы Кабаевой не купили золотую медаль

@@valyavalya2586 Где Кабаевой или Авериным что-то покупали, и у Авереной просто украли награду да еще и жопорукая роняющая ленту Ашрам, вот это еврейки действительно купили награду просто мерзко!

Solo Olga.

I agree. I much prefer her to Nadia

Eimeara Stapleton yep, me too. Nadia was all about perfect mechanics. Olga was innovation, charm, and happiness all rolled into one.

Yes. Olga performed exercises Nadia couldn't realize. Věra Čáslavská was a forerunner. Nadia Comaneci was a princess. Svetlana Boginskaia was a queen. Olga Korbut was an angel.

Very true. Don't get me wrong I like Nadia, the way she did handstands on the bar was great but despite people saying her bars was original it wasn't really. The radochla and full turn after the salto had been done before Caslavska used both radochla and full turns. The Comaneci is just another version of the Janz. Nadia was not the first person to do a front salto from high bar to high bar despite her claim that she was. Janz did, Jaeger did with differences in take off admittedly and most recently Elena Davydova admitted she was the first to do the Comaneci salto from a different direction at a soviet competition in 1975

Nadia has been declared the best in the world!

That must have been so hard for you. I hope you have found joy in other ways in your life. Courage!

Matt B As far as floor ex, it’s possible that the Olga generation of gymnasts would have done more powerful tumbling but they had to perform on just a mat on the floor. Today’s gymnasts have the benefit of a floor that has a couple thousand springs under it. That’s what enables them to get the bounce and lift needed to go perform multiple flips and twists. Take away the sprung floor and their routines would look much different. I get what you’re saying, though. I think today’s gymnastics needs a much more balanced approach. Most of the so-called “dance” elements consist of nothing more than waving the arms around (especially on beam), poorly-executed multiple turns with an emphasis on how many can be crammed in but no care taken on quality of execution, and so on. Most of the “dance” elements are jerky and it’s obvious they’ve on,y been put in as filler because they’re required. If the Code of Points was revised to reward female gymnasts for grace, elegance, and actual true dance moves while keeping in the powerful tumbling tricks, I believe it would be a huge benefit to the sport.

arwenevenstar0761 It would be interesting to see what would happen if there was a rule change

Biles is an acrobat. The sport is now destroyed. It's called ARTISTIC gymnastics yet now there are hardly any gymnasts with elegance grace & real artistry.

Ria Bright do MALE artistic gymnasts have to dance? No, they don't. Sure, this was nice to look at, but I always thought it was quite silly that the male gymnasts got to do these really cool and powerful tumbling and apparatus stuff while the women have to dance. If you like the more "artistic" stuff, you can still watch rhythmic gymnastics.

@@Kknderbueno Whoosh!

HKH HKH -> You’re 100% RIGHT‼️

The problem is that when since Nadia appeared in 75 and defeated her and Tourisheva in the European championships in Norway ... Neither Olga or Ludmilla could defeat Nadia again ... After Norway, then Montreal ... they Both began to make mistakes every time they faced Nadia .. The unconscious betrayed them ... That "pefect ten" was an injuried en the mind of then both The truth is that Olga Korbut was stronger and more spectacular than Comaneci ... But Nadia executed better... I insist, Olga Korbut is great, she was stronger and more espectacular than no one else en her time, respect ... only respect for her It is my personal opinion... perhaps i'm wrong

@@chacho761 That's true. In '76, she must have gone through some issues that caused her to be overshadowed. But I also think she was definitely the greatest.

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Lol and what is your competence to say that?

Может просто зависть,корпупция уже всюду чтоли мерещится

@@elenajmail1464 Судьи завидовали Корбут? С какой стати? Неужели потому, что не могли исполнить самый сложный элемент? Вам не смешно? Обыкновенный подкуп. Получили денежное вознагрождение от зинтересованных лиц.

@@civisukr3924 Зависть к России, т.е. к Советскому союзу! Неужели непонятно!

Полная чушь - все судьи в Мюнхене были на ее стороне, в многоборье она упала на простейшем элементе на брусьях - поэтому и осталась без медали, в отдельных видах на следующий день падений не было и 3 медали в 4 видах: два золота и серебро.

I remember....why havent they shown that? That was crazy cool.Just amazing.

Exatamente!

Os juízes da época viam os exercícios novos de Olga como acrobacias de circo. Não estavam preparados para a revolução que decorria diante dos seus olhos. Ainda antes dos Jogos de Munique, quiseram abolir o mortal na trave, e apenas com a ameaça de retirada de competição da parte da própria Olga, aceitaram manter esse exercício. 4 anos depois, em Montreal, já estavam mais recetivos ao risco. Ainda assim, nenhum 10 de Nadia incluía risco. O 10 no solo de Nelli Kim, sim, porque esta executava o primeiro duplo mortal à retaguarda... Por sinal, Olga sabia executá-lo também.