The Story of Larissa Latynina, the Most Successful Olympic Gymnast | The Olympics On The Record 

She is my hero. She was expecting a baby at the 1958 worlds. Five months along when she won. People compare her to biles. Biles is great. It was a different time. World's only happened once ever four years. She is a wonderful gymnast!

I love that she was there to watch at 81 years old!! ❤️

She Started mind you started gymnastics at the age of 11 and went in two compete in 3 Olympic Games winning a total of 18 🏅’s. That’s insane. And all started because her ballet school closed down. It’s always been said that God doesn’t close one door without opening another.

Larissa Latynina is an icon and most deserving of this homage. However, I can't believe the IOC doesn't have BETTER COMPETITION FOOTAGE that really shows her prowess. The narration is also lacking better insights and anecdotes.

Thanks for this upload, because I had never seen the recording of earlier Olympics , particularly concerning this events. Never knew about this athlete. Never even saw the Olympics before 1984. Has seen about Nadia Comaneci perfect.

Such grace and poise. Totally awesome Larissa Latynina 🏆🤗

Гордость за наших великих девочек🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇

Is the floor exercise surface different today? There seemed to be no bounce at all in these old routines. In fact the floor looked very hard.

No se va a comparar la gimnasia de esos tiempos, tan sencilla, simple Y de fácil ejecución con lo compleja de la década de los 70's. Le tocó muy fácil a Laryniba

Like the only famous person I share my name with

Восхищалась я ей.

Although Latynina’s medal count is certainly impressive, it is not the determining factor for me as the best gymnast. The routine/elements difficulty is certainly different from those in 1974-1984 competitions. The most extraordinary, skilled gymnasts in my opinion are Corbut, Mukhina, and Comăneci. They performed the most difficult elements like the Corbut flip and Thomas Salto, which in fact were banned from female gymnastics because of how dangerous they were. These ladies set unparalleled standards in the history of gymnastics.

I'm 1/2 Polish- let's hear it for that! 🥉she can move & bend amazingly!🎆

: )))))))) Сейчас с улыбкой смотрю на упражнения того времени, на их сложность.

Gymnastics is my favorite thing to do

Larisa Latynina and Vera Caslavska were the first superstars of gymnastics.

Věra Čáslavská forever in our hearts ❤

Los rusos son perfección, y mas cuando era la URSS

Российские спорменски САМЫЕ ЛУЧШИИ!!! РОССИЯ ВПЕРЕДИ ВСЕХ

Even i think Classic 70s Sesame Street gymnast Deborah Eich-Romer (aka Heidi Magner's mom) could not top Larissa Latynina.

Супер

О вот помню это время.

Omg

Salut 💖😚⚽

the skills were so easy back then

Their routines were so simple compared to today, no comparison

This proves how much goes into being a ballerina. A ballet reject grows up to dominate women's gymnastics.

👍👍💕💕💕

It is weird how much easier gymnastics was back then

I wish they never grow old and look fit for a lifetime.

My name is Larissa but I'm American. I love my non-American name.

It's not (Vera Caslavska) Kashlavska, but Chaslavska ("ch" like in cheddar, and "slav" like in Slavs, not shlavs)

Вам понятно надеюсь

Who is born ‘Great’?

А сейчас в этом возрасте не выступают.

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По идее, в Советском Союзе спортсменка должна была работать на каком-нибудь заводе, например, прядильщицей. Любопытно - она где-нибудь числилась работницей?

Back when thefloor routine was graceful and did stunts. Now it is all about the stunts!( I know stunts is not the right word)

Wouldn’t you want me too lol 😝

Yeahhh, whay took them so long? 😜

彼女の動き、特に床運動での気品と風格は、チャスラフスカも及ばなかった。現代の女子床運動にもトータルとしての芸術性、エンタテインメント性が望まれる。

she was born in the USSR, and not in Ukraine.

any other swimmer here who threw there fist in the air as they showed michael phelps .. n just got exited????

The narration on this episode is awful

On the one hand, she was certainly talented. On the other hand, judging at the time was suuuuuper corrupt and heavily weighted in favor of the Soviets. So...this video is kind of awkward to watch tbh.

She's not the most successful Olympian, that's Michael Phelps

In the meantime, Simone biles is a quitter!

Until Drugs Phelps came