Ela deveria ter sido o primeiro 10 olímpico definitivo! Todos os eventos que ela tirou 10 foram visivelmente perfeitos, com muita dificuldade pra época e execução...
It’s funny she decided to claim the double back somersault as her skill when Maria Filatova and Olga Korbut also competed the skill in this competition 🤣
Olga Korbut talked about this in an IG interview back in the late 80s... she said that Nadia plainly ignored her when they crossed paths in between events - she said you might nod or say "hi" to your competitors, but Nadia was like a robot... There was a lot going on with the Iron Wall, both within and out of it, so maybe that's why they didn't interact - it changed completely after '89..
For all of her technical perfection and immaculate presentation, I always found Kim's performances lacked that extra magical something! When I think of the all great Russian female gymnasts of the 1970's, Kim is not even in my top 20.
She was one of if not my favourite gymnast but each to his own. One interesting thing Nelli said that her sister was more talented than Nelli but did not have the perseverance to put in the vast amounts of time and training to be a top flight Olympic competitor.
