From what I know of the "backstage" goings-on of the Soviet program--she'd have been under a fair amount of pressure as the top athlete to be also to be a role model for the other athletes.
i agree ,,,,,she was my fave as a kid and we had a poster of her in the gym next to to emergency exit door ,,,lol...i remember also we had one of cathy rigby if if i am not mstkn....
Nadia Comaneci considered Ludmila to be her hero and idol. Nadia always says in interviews that she wonders why the media overhyped Olga in 1972 when Ludmila was the actual all-around gold medalist haha. Olga was only the #4 best Soviet in the all-around in 1972 yet everyone keeps overhyping her to the present day. Later Ludmila actually performed well as a 23 year old in 1976 while Olga faded and crashed hard in comparison with a poor 1976 Olympics showing. Ludmila was also winning a gold medal in 1968! It is lovely to hear Nadia always calling Ludmila her favorite gymnast and the one who inspired her while training that led to 1976. It is why the photos of Ludmila hugging and kissing Nadia are very significant. Ludmila is Nadia's idol.
@@nogoodnameleft I've wondered the same thing and think it was the media in the West which elevated Olga ahead of Ludmilla. Two possible reasons for this IMO, Olga had tricks and cheekily played to the crowd which gained the media's attention, or fed the media with what they wanted to see. Ludmilla, by contrast scored the points needed for victory while maintaining that serene persona she was famous for. Ludmilla is still my favourite, clearly the judges got it right.
@@kenhorlor5674I love Ludmilla. Beautiful woman, also, and she looked mature and graceful her whole career. Olga looked like she was too young and a brat.
I was 9 at the time of this video, watching the incredible ABC coverage of the '72 Olympics. It was the height of the Cold War and the Soviets were the enemy, but Tourischeva was pure class and everyone knew it.
@@paolorossi8470 Judges and audiences loved her "cuteness." If you watch both of their floor exercises, it's very clear that Olga's level of difficulty was pretty much at the high-school level. Agree to disagree :)
Tourischeva is an interesting gymnast to talk about since she was in gymnastics when the standards for the apparatuses changed. Look at the uneven bars her first year at the Olympics. They were basically the same as mens parallel bars but one was pitched higher. By 1972 the diameter of the uneven bars had become smaller making for an easier grip and were set further apart, allowing for more swing elements. I wonder what the transition was like for her
Don’t watch then. Today’s ATHLETES are more fun to watch then the starved, physically and psychologically abused little girls of that era. If you want this type of thing try RHYTHMIC GYMNASTICS.
She was 20 years old at the time--geriatric by today's standards. But she looks so much better than the artificially prepubescent ones. She looks and moves like a real woman, with a maturity the others don't have.
The geriatric comment is not true at all. Gymnasts today are older than they've ever been since the 1968 Olympics. The median age at the 2020/21 Olympics was 21 - there were more women 20+ than there were teenagers. The last Olympics where that happened was the 1968 Games. Several teams in Tokyo had no teenagers, the US team was all 18+ and then you have the completely amazing Oksana Chusovitina who was competing in her 8th Olympics at 46. Women (in America) are starting to go compete at college and then come back and do elite international competition, which never happened before. You must not have watched gymnastics in a long time if you think it's common for gymnasts to be prepubescent (artificially or otherwise).
@@AdeleiTeillanaThe word "median" does *not* mean "average". The correct word is "mean". The median in a data set is the data point above and below which are an equal number of data points.
@@Bob31415 Thank you for the math lesson. I suggest you try to find some lessons on how to socialize as a human since you're so interested in education (and your education in that area of life is obviously lacking.) Nothing I said indicates that I meant "average" or "mean" age. I meant median which is exactly what I said. Whether you just struggle with reading comprehension, or don't realize that it's perfectly possible to have a median of 21+ while still having more women over *20* than under, I can't say. NBC put out an article titled "Olympic women's gymnastics median age in 20s for first time in decades" though they were by no means the only news source reporting on it (oh, I'm sorry, I used "mean" in a different sense in that sentence than the mathematical term, are you going to be able to understand that?) I did not collect the numbers myself nor am I going to waste my time doing so, but if you want to collect them all and determine that NBC used the wrong word, take it to them, not me.
well it was a choice between gymnastics being considered seriously as a sport versus being a curiosity or a dance form. this gymnastics level is grade-school level today, it's so simplistic.
There's dance forms in the Olympic Winter Sports and music in women's gymnastic floor exercises. Don't get rid of grace and musicality just because there's a lot more complicated routines now. Room for every aspect and everyone.
At least today one country doesn’t have absolute control of the judging. At least today you can’t cheat your way to gold medals that way. And today’s gymnasts look like ATHLETES, not starved little stick figures.
@@yasminbarry7941 mendicant is the proper term for self centered people like you. No one cares what you think, you are just a small piece of rubbish in a large world.
@@saragrant9749Today’s gymnasts look like suma wrestlers. Nothing but thick bulk. Some are actually fat. I would rather watch the stick figures, as you call them
@@MicheleEllis-pj1dq and that is exactly why gymnastics still has issues with gymnasts who have eating disorders, body image problems and so on. It’s because of PIGS like you that only judge how they look instead of how they can perform their craft. Please don’t ever have any children as you are not worthy of the privilege. If you do, I pity them. Hopefully you see all the ugliness, the deep disgusting darkness, the inhumanity, the putrid and mundane ignorance you yourself possess. When the world ceases to have worthless people like you present it will start to become a better place.
@@MicheleEllis-pj1dqWhat are you talking about? Name one gymnast who is fat. I’m genuinely curious how you could possibly consider any of them to be overweight.
It is not russian, it is a German song called: In der Nacht ist der Mensch nicht gern alleine, sung most famously be Marika Rökk in 1944. you should find the sheet music at www.alle-noten.de , for example
She was and IS a beautiful lady!! Graceful, talented...she could have been a Hollywood starlet if she wanted and/or had the opportunity...I've learned to appreciate her more over the last year or so thanks to youtube in watching her performances. I only remember her vaguely in the 72 Games and not in 1968.
I believe that if Ludmilla would have been an American or if she had defected and came over to the US, she could have had acting and modeling opportunities.
What! I didn't know until this that they have a live piano back then to accompany their floor routines. But kudos to the pianist not making any mistakes.
And US people want to try to put Simone Biles as the best of all times. Yes she is amazing but no chance she is better than Nadia Comaneci, Olga Korbut or Elena Mukhina.
She IS better because she is competing at a time where one country had complete control of the judging like the Soviets did. Many gold medals would have gone to other athletes had they not been required to underscore those countries and give golds to the Soviet Union. Simone competes in an atmosphere of EQUALITY.
@@saragrant9749 No, Simone did not compete on equality, often the Americans only win because they are from the United States, an example is Simone herself and her bronze in 2016 over br saraiva
Considering that it was being performed on a dead floor. Even collegiate cheerleaders aren't allowed to perform double fulls whereas for all-star cheerleaders that is the maximum they can do (and their floors are sprung).
She did win the most important event though, the all-around. Overrated Olga was the #4 Soviet in the all-around. Olga sucked in all-around in 1972 and 1976.
The commentator treating as robots say “the judges overscored.. you can see she missed the..” utterly oblivious to her artistry and impeccably syncopation to music during final complex of flips. If only judges today also had such taste and education.
Well, the difference today is the judges do their job based on performance, rather than country of origin. Back then the Soviets had the judges in their pockets- a PROVEN FACT. If you think you are such an expert on judging, how about getting off your duff and doing the job!! Otherwise you’re nothing but a hypocrite.
Robbed of the gold on this event. After the reaction when Korbut didnt win bars the judges decided they had to give her the beam and floor golds to avoid a rampage. Beam was maybe right, but not floor.
How was Olga #2? She was the 4th best Soviet in the all-around!!! Olga is so overrated. She never won a bronze medal in the 1972 or 1976 all-arounds!!! Olga's balance beam routine in the Olympics was so mediocre compared to Nadia and it was not any better than Ludmila's. I am so happy Ludmila won the gold in all-around in 1972. And I am even more happy that Olga never got a perfect 10.
gordon she didnt "miss the trick ".....she got ample height completed the somersault and landed short bc shes not tumbling on a spring floor or floor system,,she;s tumbling on carpet and wood most likely....
It's a big opener. It's a double twister! I find it funny how double twists were huge back then but now they aren't even used anymore. LOL. Big opener😂
Its so strange seeing the difference between modern and old performances. She is still so impressive though! Amazing. The piano is so good but do they allow for their mistakes! Not that she made beyond other than was pointed out.
Até 1976 houve música ao vivo para séries opcionais e obrigatórias, apenas em 1979 foi permitido seleções musicais orquestrais nos opcionais, e em 1989 apenas músicas gravadas eram eram utilizadas.
