Vera Caslavska 1968 Mexico City Protest and parts of Floor Ex 

Yeah and the Worl needs more ppl like her.

Ann Waine romanovy

Anna Pavfan nice example how SSSR ideology worked.. hypocrites doing exactly what they called product of capitalism - corruption

I know what is this BS "They had to correct the score."

I'm a pretty big gymnastics buff but I didn't know that these shenanigans were what caused the tie. What a scam.

Soviet union sucked

QPHashSS77 What are you talking about? We’re not in charge of the current scoring system besides we’re in a technological era with music and overall structure in society.

As her grand niece - loads of backcombing and hair spray🤣 that part of family is not blessed with thick hair the slightest 🤣

@@natalkah Did she by any chance ever fully recovered from the cruelty she had to face after the olympic games in Mexico City? Has she found peace within herself with the horrible court proceeding concerning her son? I wish you all the best and I want you and your family to know that we all loved her. Especially in Austria so nearby;-) She was brave indeed and paid the price for it big time ;(

​@@burninglightfire For her consistent support of the Czechoslovak democratization movement (the so-called "Prague Spring") in 1968, and during the purges which followed the Soviet-led invasion in August 1968, Čáslavská was deprived of the right to travel abroad and participate in public sport events both in Czechoslovakia and abroad. She was effectively forced into retirement, and was considered a persona non grata for many years in her home country. Czechoslovak authorities refused to publish her autobiography, and insisted that it be heavily censored when it was released in Japan. She was granted leave to work as a coach in Mexico, but reportedly only when the Mexican government threatened to cease oil exports to Czechoslovakia. In the late 1980s, following pressure from Juan Antonio Samaranch, the then president of the International Olympic Committee, who had presented her with the Olympic Order, Čáslavská was finally allowed to work as a gymnastics coach and judge in her home country. After the fall of Communism, the Velvet Revolution in November 1989, Čáslavská's status improved dramatically. She became President Havel's adviser on sports and social matters and Honorary President of the Czech-Japan Association. Later, after leaving the President's Office, she was elected President of the Czech Olympic Committee. In 1995, she was appointed to the IOC membership committee. Čáslavská was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2015. Her health deteriorated significantly in the summer of 2016, to such an extent that she was taken to a hospital in Prague on 30 August, where she died at the age of 74.

Was she protesting against the Russian government?

@@gimmedamoneyboss6691 yes, she was protesting against the invasion of czechoslovakia, which was headed by the russian government of the soviet union

@@gimmedamoneyboss6691 Soviet union were run from Moscow so because of this Russians are using to refer Soviets. Like using England to refer UK.

Víš kdo je to Věra Čáslavská

@SIMI936 zrovna u sportu se na politiku fakt ne*ere, proč myslíš, že se na Věru zanevřelo, přesně kvůli politickému režimu, komunistům.

@SIMI936 no, já se na to dívám, jak to bylo :)

Tam měla zazpívat Kde domov múj

@SIMI936 Stříleli po tobě rusáci?Ne.Po mne ano,tak pak tu piš o sportu,když neznáš souvislosti,kapišto?

After the Soviet anthem finished, the first bars of the Czechoslovak anthem followed. This time, the Soviet gymnasts turned their backs in a counter protest. How dared she protest the invasion of her country, counter protest basically meant that they were ok with it. I wonder if Russians were ordered to do it or if they felt it as a civic duty.

@@oskarfabian5200 Czechoslovak anthem was first.