Incredible Performance From Olga Korbut 'Darling Of Munich' - Munich 1972 Olympics

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    Olga Korbut captured the public imagination with her charismatic and daring performances in the team competition at the 1972 Munich Games, aged just 17 year old.
    After her spectacular routine on the uneven parallel bars, Korbut later recalled, "It was amazing. One day, I was a nobody, and the next day, I was a star."
    Unfortunately in the individual final two days later, disaster struck. Korbut made three errors on the uneven bars, the judges gave her a score of 7.5 and she wept with disappointment as she dropped to seventh place. Yet she recovered to claim gold in the floor exercise and beam to add to her victory in the team competition. =========================================
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  • @juanantoniozuleta6575
    @juanantoniozuleta6575 Před 2 lety +1846

    I will never understand why she did not get a 10 in the uneven bars, best performance ever.

    • @emiliorodriguez8104
      @emiliorodriguez8104 Před 2 lety +78

      Because there was no such thing as a 10 back then. Only Nadia managed it

    • @juanantoniozuleta6575
      @juanantoniozuleta6575 Před 2 lety +303

      @@emiliorodriguez8104 there was always a 10 as a possibility. Judges simply didn’t want to award it. They did it with Nadia and since then other athletes have received it with performances not even close to Olga’s.

    • @juanantoniozuleta6575
      @juanantoniozuleta6575 Před 2 lety +91

      @Elizabeth Marie her uneven bar performance was the closest I have seen to perfection

    • @sara_fem3
      @sara_fem3 Před rokem +24

      She struggled getting to handstand at one point, that was it

    • @I_WANT_MY_SLAW
      @I_WANT_MY_SLAW Před rokem +1

      @@juanantoniozuleta6575 because she's a Russian spy.

  • @VickyLatorreArt
    @VickyLatorreArt Před rokem +760

    Her performance is so impressive . I wonder who was her couch. She seemed to enjoyed every bit of it; and the banned death flip in the double bars that only her got to do is as impressive as her perfect landing.

    • @spencelovesbarbie101
      @spencelovesbarbie101 Před rokem +15

      Renald Knysh was her coach!

    • @karltorento3358
      @karltorento3358 Před rokem +81

      Sadly, she get sexually abused during her training. She’s very vocal about it and you can find some interviews on CZcams

    • @VickyLatorreArt
      @VickyLatorreArt Před rokem +10

      @@karltorento3358 Wow, I didn't know.

    • @wheresbaby7783
      @wheresbaby7783 Před rokem

      Well her coach was accused of raping her before the Olympics her coach was Mitch there's much information on him now

    • @chicofoxo
      @chicofoxo Před rokem +20

      The Governing body banned the flip not for safety but because it "ruined" flow. Still calling it a "death" flip is just perpetuating misinformation.

  • @susanwilliams6116
    @susanwilliams6116 Před 2 lety +1130

    Looking at this after all these years, Olgas performance still looks fresh and perfect, and still the best gymnast of all time.

  • @toryleeann8528
    @toryleeann8528 Před 3 lety +1433

    I miss this style gymnastics. So graceful. Olga was phenomenal.

    • @shrikantrithe2403
      @shrikantrithe2403 Před 2 lety +1

      Q

    • @Sarah-eh7bw
      @Sarah-eh7bw Před 2 lety +96

      Olga is lovely, but this style of gymnastics was often hard on performers, who had to keep so slender they were malnourished and underdeveloped. Be careful not to romanticize.

    • @Hater20X
      @Hater20X Před 2 lety +3

      @@Sarah-eh7bw sounds like loser talk to me

    • @soarebonea6500
      @soarebonea6500 Před 2 lety +7

      She was technical

    • @user-wv2hw9bx2d
      @user-wv2hw9bx2d Před 2 lety

      l::

  • @youthought1343
    @youthought1343 Před 7 lety +3794

    All uneven bars routines from back then were so beautiful

    • @priyamanobal
      @priyamanobal Před 7 lety +136

      Siamese Cat I don't think it was that deep bro. Personally I think that back then the routines were alot more graceful and elegant than today so if I had to choose which generation of gymnastics I like better it would be back in the 1970's, it's just an opinion, no one is shaming anyone else so calm down.

    • @julienroturier1786
      @julienroturier1786 Před 7 lety +29

      What's "shaming" in what he/she said, exactly? There's nothing offensive in such an opinion. He/she didn't say anything about today's gymnasts' work being worthless. You're over-interpreting.

    • @viquetoriaa
      @viquetoriaa Před 6 lety +21

      i think she responded to a comment that was deleted

    • @tinusainee8818
      @tinusainee8818 Před 5 lety +1

      You Thought veyridyjrysply

    • @lotuswolf2279
      @lotuswolf2279 Před 5 lety +13

      Luv'Velle Hitlal Did you even watch the video? There are much more difficult skills from back then. (For uneven bars)

  • @franciscagomes5996
    @franciscagomes5996 Před 8 lety +3641

    She made gymnastics look so easy. She was flawless but still charismatic, not even a bit boring to watch. You can tell that she was just having the time of her life.

    • @noemigarfinkel7923
      @noemigarfinkel7923 Před 5 lety +17

      Probably because the moves she did were so easy? There's nothing past level 7 or 8 in any of her routines....

    • @JennaLeigh
      @JennaLeigh Před 5 lety +259

      @@noemigarfinkel7923 the floor had no springs. The bar routines were NOT "so easy". Matter of fact, countless young women suffered bruised and broken ribs, bruised lungs, and more from those "easy" bar routines. The pressure from bouncing off of the UB left several of them infertile. The balance beam wasn't coated in suede or leather in all meets like it is now- many were just super hard polished wood. The vault was obviously completely different. Not to mention how far training, health, and nutrition have come.
      To insult gymnasts of the past is to be ignorant. To act like this is unimportant is a sign of immaturity. These women paved the way for the Aly Raismans and Simone Biles'....the Vanessa Ferraris and Sui Lus. Without Nadia, without Olga, gymnastics wouldn't have exploded and grown at the rate it has.

    • @TheDazzler420
      @TheDazzler420 Před 5 lety +49

      @@noemigarfinkel7923 USA go to sleep

    • @saztres
      @saztres Před 4 lety +28

      Jenna Leigh's Beauty Slam FACTS.

    • @bottleofwater1675
      @bottleofwater1675 Před 4 lety +22

      Noemi Garfinkel miles better than today’s routines

  • @shootingstar24
    @shootingstar24 Před rokem +254

    50 years later, and still so impressive!

  • @uhbera973
    @uhbera973 Před 3 lety +284

    I wasn’t even born at that time but I can still feel the magic in the air when she performs. Olga truly had a gift. I can only imagine how incredible it must be to watch her perform live.

    • @skindiver2
      @skindiver2 Před rokem +8

      I saw her 1st year high school 1974
      I’ll never forget it
      Cheers from Sydney Australia 🇦🇺

    • @mariefriedmann3203
      @mariefriedmann3203 Před rokem +5

      Everybody was talking about her. She was electrifying… I was 10.

    • @steviechampagne
      @steviechampagne Před 8 měsíci

      @@mariefriedmann3203cool story! you must have so much accumulated knowledge about the world

  • @daviacolman5000
    @daviacolman5000 Před 8 lety +213

    Her uneven bars performance is one of the best I have ever seen.

    • @sharegreats2157
      @sharegreats2157 Před 4 lety +2

      Tied to deadly risks which was the reason why some elements were forbidden later.

    • @sandrasanders706
      @sandrasanders706 Před 4 lety +3

      The best ever!

    • @krisiephillips
      @krisiephillips Před 4 lety +2

      It was a really good ☝️

    • @pariahmouse7794
      @pariahmouse7794 Před 6 dny

      Yup, I don't think anyone has topped her charisma, personally.
      Part of it for me, she actually looks Iike she's enjoying herself.
      You don't see that so much after her, as often as one would hope- what's the point of doing that kind of thing, if not for the pure physical joy of being able to do it?
      I deeply admire gymnasts and dancers of all varieties, I wish I could connect my mind and body that way, I would be very happy to find that balance...

  • @TheMorningtrain
    @TheMorningtrain Před 6 lety +504

    That bar routine is probably the most perfect bar routine I have ever seen, I just keep watching it over and over because it's so daring, visually amazing and perfectly executed. The actual routine and tasks it contains are amazing. I'd like to watch a performer who got a 10 on the uneven bars (if anybody has achieved this) just for comparism if anybody can refer me to such an event. There is something about olga - no wonder the world fell for her in 72

    • @untalfelipin5202
      @untalfelipin5202 Před 3 lety +30

      Yes, the uneven bars routine was more spectacular and perfect than what Nadia Comaneci did four years later, it is a great injustice that she was not awarded the perfect score.

    • @nmixx.changeupletsgo
      @nmixx.changeupletsgo Před 3 lety +13

      @@untalfelipin5202 it was cool but it wasn't perfect. she had a major form break at 0:24. i think she deserved the score that she was given..

    • @kellytyrrell1253
      @kellytyrrell1253 Před 3 lety

      Agreed!

    • @Angel-nu7fm
      @Angel-nu7fm Před 3 lety +7

      @@nmixx.changeupletsgo Ok Hercules, where is this "form break". Please feel free to put your cheetos and beer down first.

    • @em_mkay
      @em_mkay Před 3 lety +4

      Nadia Comaneci of Romania got the first perfect 10 in 1976 montreal games

  • @ItsJLN
    @ItsJLN Před 2 lety +183

    Okay, she may not have earned the perfect 10 that time but this will be the most complicated and the most beautiful routine ever in the history of gymnastics! Most of her moves in here are very creative and unique yet deadly... She's really the most fascinating gymnast of all time

    • @EmmaPolat
      @EmmaPolat Před rokem +3

      yes

    • @karenkingsley6309
      @karenkingsley6309 Před rokem +9

      The most unique and charismatic gymnast of all time! Simply the greatest

    • @dealarea3059
      @dealarea3059 Před 5 měsíci

      I read these kind of movements are prohibited today

    • @jeemawnoi
      @jeemawnoi Před 5 měsíci +1

      💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖

    • @nancywages7029
      @nancywages7029 Před 3 měsíci +2

      She will always have made 10 for me.

  • @missmercurys
    @missmercurys Před 9 měsíci +64

    This is my favorite bars routine of all time. She is so fearless.

  • @moshe219
    @moshe219 Před 6 lety +331

    45 years later and I still enjoy watching Olga as much as I did in 1972.

  • @brendaannedufaur6244
    @brendaannedufaur6244 Před 3 lety +865

    I think Olga's parallell bar routine was one of the best of all time. Her bars and all her gymnastics is just unique & gorgeous stuff. Her legs are so tight on parallel bars and her feet so pointed. They never part a dot from beginning to end. Her body indulates. She is the epitome of flawless effortlessness. She is like melting liquid to watch. Not a single pause. Mesmerizing. There arent enough words. The moves and choreography are so inventive.

    • @joyce1784
      @joyce1784 Před 2 lety +23

      It was truly unique! Absolutely wowed-

    • @ruksharshaikh3737
      @ruksharshaikh3737 Před 2 lety

      9hjhuyyo

    • @alainlaurent3693
      @alainlaurent3693 Před 2 lety +12

      It's like if they parallel's bars was made especially for her. The bar distance

    • @babygayle6842
      @babygayle6842 Před rokem +18

      Your description “melting liquid” is so accurate! And so much than how I described it! I thought of a noodle lol. Like she literally has no bones. It’s just so beautiful! And so different than today’s gymnasts! This looks artistic and feminine, whereas today’s gymnasts routines look more athletic.

    • @mariareginasilva1724
      @mariareginasilva1724 Před rokem

      @@babygayle6842 de de CR no nu,

  • @suefranklin8488
    @suefranklin8488 Před 3 lety +19

    Olga Korbut... A fantastic gymnast... Her routines are point on and Acts like there is nothing to it. What a tremendous talent!!!

  • @Jase269
    @Jase269 Před rokem +88

    This honestly brings so many tears to my eyes.
    I remember watching this with my Mother and Step Father, and how in awe they were with her performance.
    I watched their faces by the light of the television pixels and witnessed genuine astonishment in their eyes.
    She is a force of light and energy that will likely never be recreated.

    • @user-dl2yp8kj8g
      @user-dl2yp8kj8g Před 2 měsíci

      точьноьнаписали повтори бьуспех энергеитческий какмольга никто несможет нет это из нутри

  • @kathleenirish
    @kathleenirish Před 5 lety +487

    You had to be living in '72 to understand how she changed the world. Electrifying!! she was beloved! Gymnastics was practically unheard of in the USA before Olga!

    • @mediamannaman
      @mediamannaman Před 2 lety +77

      So many of us teenage American boys had a crush on her. I found magazine articles about her and cut out her pictures and mounted them on cardboard. I started training as a distance runner so that maybe I could see her in the next Olympics. I found out that she loves ketchup and I tried to find out how I could ship some to her (that didn't happen - oh well). I studied her home town of Grodno so that I would know more about her upbringing. Yeah, big crush. That was 50 years ago now, and I still remember it all so well! She was so charismatic and sweet.
      She did have a big impact on the world. If nothing else, she put a very human and kind face on Russians for those of us in the West who were raised in the Cold War culture that said Russians were evil.

    • @camillaallegrucci1311
      @camillaallegrucci1311 Před 2 lety +20

      @@mediamannaman Thank you for writing this! It's so sweet and help us who weren't around to understand her impact.

    • @mediamannaman
      @mediamannaman Před 2 lety +19

      @@camillaallegrucci1311 You’re welcome. There was no Internet, and mainly just three TV networks, so most people watched the same things. And of course, the Olympics got top billing, so pretty much all of America got to see her.
      Btw- I say “so many” had a crush on her, but I didn’t know that until years later when the Internet gave the world a forum. I kept my crush secret. I would have been teased if anyone knew about it.

    • @nancyaiken4538
      @nancyaiken4538 Před 2 lety +4

      Nadia was also game changing.

    • @ruiddd956
      @ruiddd956 Před 9 měsíci +5

      @@nancyaiken4538 No, the revolution was complete by Olga. The judges had to adapt and stop thinking that what Olga brought to gymnastics was a circus, it was risk with grace. Nadia took advantage of the open path, but so did Nelly Kim and other gymnasts 4 years later.

  • @HL0786
    @HL0786 Před 8 lety +2564

    Back then, the gymnasts were very graceful. The bar routines are very different from what the Olympians do now.

    • @marciolucas8569
      @marciolucas8569 Před 7 lety +13

      yes

    • @Platyfurmany
      @Platyfurmany Před 7 lety +118

      All the gymnastic routines were much more graceful back then, but they were also much simpler back then. Today, all the events incorporate much more complex routines and pack so much more into the same amount of time that the graceful movements are hurried as if added as an afterthought. That's why I was so very pleased with Laurie Hernandez's performance in the Floor Routines. She added much needed grace back into the program that is often missing in the performance of other gymnasts.

    • @sarahaile5100
      @sarahaile5100 Před 7 lety +83

      +Edward Cabaniss how can you say they were more simple back then? now days all they do is swing in circles on the uneven bars and then jump off. nothing about it is interesting to watch.

    • @miek0
      @miek0 Před 7 lety +53

      As the years passed the distance between the bars also increased so gymnasts could no longer perform the moves where they would hit their torso on the lower bar.

    • @kcesca
      @kcesca Před 7 lety +114

      Yeah that's because the American's pretty much forced them to ban any moves that they couldn't do. Half the moves in Olga's bar routine are now banned.

  • @chynnadoll3277
    @chynnadoll3277 Před 3 lety +40

    This girl gave an absolutely flawless performance. She deserved a 20!! She is such a sweetie too 👏🏻.

  • @12sapito12
    @12sapito12 Před 2 lety +237

    Olga so happy you were the first woman gymnast inducted into the International Hall of Fame! Well Deserved. You should have gotten a 10 in the uneven bars in1972. Best to you always.

    • @juanito3661
      @juanito3661 Před 2 lety +6

      También en el tablón 4*6 y en piso merecía el 10.

    • @satishpadmanabhan492
      @satishpadmanabhan492 Před 2 lety +6

      She was the first gymnast! ever, 5 years earlier to the second person Nadia

    • @nogoodnameleft
      @nogoodnameleft Před rokem

      No. Nadia was the first to get a perfect 10 in the Olympics in 1976. Nadia >>> Olga. Olga couldn't even win an all-around medal in 1972! Nadia won gold in 1976 and silver in 1980!

    • @ruiddd956
      @ruiddd956 Před 9 měsíci +4

      @@nogoodnameleft No, the revolution was Olga task. Judges took time to adapt and stop thinking that what Olga brought to gymnastics was a circus, it was risk with grace. Nadia took advantage of the open path, but so did Nelly Kim. Today it is unanimous that Olga Korbut even without any Olympic gold (and she won 4!), would always be the BEST ever, the most beloved gymnast in history.

  • @Squeaky1423
    @Squeaky1423 Před 8 lety +3215

    Olga Korbut and Nadia Comaneci - the best gymnasts ever!

  • @allandevera9451
    @allandevera9451 Před 3 lety +755

    The best routine in the uneven bar that I have ever seen. Even the body builder type of todays gymnasts could not do that with graceful fluidity. Its like a ballerina on air.

    • @miinxes7230
      @miinxes7230 Před 2 lety +47

      Her uneven bar performance is unmatched to this day

    • @nancyaiken4538
      @nancyaiken4538 Před 2 lety +6

      Just read what you wrote. Going to go back and watch routine. Ballerina in air.

    • @nicoleminotti8429
      @nicoleminotti8429 Před rokem +21

      most definitely our current gymnasts couldn't do that dead loop and then leap up backwards to the top bar. She was agile like a cat.

    • @karenkingsley6309
      @karenkingsley6309 Před rokem +4

      Olga - the best if the best! Forever

    • @GoldStandardGames
      @GoldStandardGames Před rokem +4

      I can watch the Korbut Dead Loop all day ❤❤❤

  • @DiabloOutdoors
    @DiabloOutdoors Před rokem +3

    What she did on the bars is absolutely stunning!

  • @moonthegoddess311
    @moonthegoddess311 Před 3 lety +6

    She was so calm and smooth with it

  • @AVIDEOGAL
    @AVIDEOGAL Před 9 lety +167

    UNBELIEVABLE QUALITY FOR 42 YEARS AGO - BETTER THAN MOST VIDEOS UPLOADED TODAY !!!
    THANKS FOR SHARING !!!

    • @seanbendon8058
      @seanbendon8058 Před 5 lety +2

      Because of analog format and excellent video-operators. And Olga Korbut was just brilliant!

  • @fruitytuity145
    @fruitytuity145 Před 10 lety +267

    I know gymnastic routines today are so difficult and the moves they perform are extremely daring, but sometimes its nice to take a step back and watch a beautiful, fluid and relaxed routine without all the little balance checks.

    • @heinzbrammer6136
      @heinzbrammer6136 Před 5 lety

      Iamigos8lamigos

    • @raulorlandofrancoalonso8985
      @raulorlandofrancoalonso8985 Před 3 lety

      Nunca habrá otra igual a la korbut, era brillante

    • @user-rf2vy2un9q
      @user-rf2vy2un9q Před 2 měsíci

      То, что делала Корбут, намного сложнее того, что делают сейчас гимнастки. Просто она все упражнения делает очень легко, из за этого и создаётся впечатление, что ее программы не очень сложные.

  • @janea2117
    @janea2117 Před 2 lety +383

    Her score should be a perfect 10! She delivered it perfectly! 😍

  • @mariarempelaki7106
    @mariarempelaki7106 Před 2 lety +6

    SIMPLY PERFECT!!!! FEATHER IN THE
    WIND!! SO, SO LIGHT!!!

  • @SesameR7sh
    @SesameR7sh Před 4 lety +1303

    She's so radiant, never stops smiling, you can't help feeling joy when you watch her. But Nadia was my idol: what grace.

    • @SesameR7sh
      @SesameR7sh Před 4 lety +34

      @Vasilios Georgiou well, can only be opinion. But I find Nadia to have an unearthly grace. She floats like a feather, in a beautiful world...

    • @SesameR7sh
      @SesameR7sh Před 4 lety +7

      @Elodie Leblanc not really a comparison. A preference.

    • @charismathis9210
      @charismathis9210 Před 4 lety +20

      @Vasilios Georgiou I saw Nadia and talked to her (at a meet at the art corner gymnastics competition, and at the Nadia Comăneci perfect 10 challenge.) and she was amazing and super encouraging! She and Simon Biles are my idles!!!!

    • @karennoble4957
      @karennoble4957 Před 3 lety +29

      @@SesameR7sh i agree with you about Nadia.
      But both of these girls are unforgettable. The modern gymnastics might have added technical elements but not the artistic ones.
      Most seem to be so big, muscular, with masculine bodies, there is not the gracefulness of Nadia or Olga.

    • @SesameR7sh
      @SesameR7sh Před 3 lety +19

      @@karennoble4957 I completely agree. I love Olga, love her joy, it's just Nadia has, for me, this extra quality, something almost ethereal, almost supernatural grace.
      You are utterly right about the modern sport...but it's the case generally. Its wonderful to see girls be powerhouses, I love it, but the price paid is this kind of grace, because sadly, feminine grace is tied in with female oppression. It was about teaching girls to make themselves small, and light, and helpless and dainty. What Nadia has, though, is something really rare: Natural grace. Untrained grace. You hardly ever see it. Olga doesn't have it: hers is trained. Her natural asset is her joyfulness

  • @sherryd3299
    @sherryd3299 Před 6 lety +1146

    This is back when they were so much more graceful, beautiful poses, lovely arm and hand motions like ballerinas. Now it's more of an athletic jumping event, higher faster etc.

    • @taiszhukova2442
      @taiszhukova2442 Před 3 lety +104

      I was just thinking the same thing. If you look at those times, rhythmic and artistic gymnastics were not that far apart, now - such a drastic difference, even in the body build of athletes. The female artistic gymnasts look nothing like the gracefully built rhythmic gymnasts, they instead resemble more of a bodybuilder type. the essence was lost on the way to "higher, faster better"

    • @catarinasaramago3586
      @catarinasaramago3586 Před 3 lety +2

      So true

    • @DBCOOPER888
      @DBCOOPER888 Před 3 lety +17

      Korbut helped lead the change into the more physical gymnastics you see today. She was ahead of her time.

    • @lyscdk9788
      @lyscdk9788 Před 3 lety +46

      And the gymnasts look like body builders today (I personally don’t like it).

    • @lenguainglesa2580
      @lenguainglesa2580 Před 3 lety +5

      Totally agree now more like dancing that was real class

  • @randomvintagefilm273
    @randomvintagefilm273 Před 10 měsíci +25

    The bar routine is still my favorite after all these years. It was just so fun to watch! ❤

    • @Olympics
      @Olympics  Před 10 měsíci +8

      An oldie but a goodie for sure!

  • @leampunkt3678
    @leampunkt3678 Před 3 lety +87

    I feel stunned and pure joy watching her. So sweet, radiant, graceful, balletic, yet so controlled and athletic. Perfection! Could watch it over and over. The sport changed into stronger, higher, faster and lost a lot of the gracefulness.

  • @ossier2796
    @ossier2796 Před 4 lety +25

    Who could forget Olga Korbut, she was amazing.

  • @elb2694
    @elb2694 Před 9 lety +26

    She was amazing. Doing things no one had done before. On the uneven bars, a lot less swinging between components, she never stopped. Toes always pointed, legs always together, stuck landings.Nadia was very good, always been an idol of mine, since I saw her in '76. I've never gotten an opportunity until now to see Olga's '72 performances. If Nadia got a perfect score, so should have Olga.

  • @MontagZoso
    @MontagZoso Před 2 lety +47

    Her routines are STILL the best in my opinion. Love Olga! ❤️

  • @bethaniefrederickson3305
    @bethaniefrederickson3305 Před rokem +19

    🥰 So talented and adorable! And I love that she dared to share her emotions all the while! Be blessed Olga as you blessed so many who watched your gift of gymnastics!

  • @gsmc21
    @gsmc21 Před 10 lety +9

    You just shouldn't miss this fantastic gymnastic performance by Olga Korbut, one of the greatest of all times!

  • @wazz1154
    @wazz1154 Před 8 lety +724

    Why the uneven bars performance wasn't the 1st perfect 10 I will never know. Nadia's performance was brilliant, but Olga's uneven bars performance surpassed , Nadia's without doubt!

    • @Kheyphos
      @Kheyphos Před 8 lety +62

      I have been keeping this very same opinion for 40 years already. With all due respect to Nadia (1976), Olga (1972) was the best ever!

    • @ancamg
      @ancamg Před 8 lety +59

      Both were amazing gymnasts, but Nadia's UB exercise was more complex than Olga's. It contained Comaneci salto (class E even today), perfect hand stands and a "new" dismount.

    • @211jump
      @211jump Před 8 lety +18

      She made not noticeable mistakes! Some people can catch it When she goes up in the handstand she shake out leg or called as sickleing.

    • @sallybelknap824
      @sallybelknap824 Před 7 lety +53

      Olga's was groundbreaking, but Nadia's catches and releases were just unreal. I still gasp when I see Nadia's 76 Olympic performance on bars.

    • @ChrisAshtear
      @ChrisAshtear Před 7 lety +13

      its almost a shame they moved the bars further apart. I love Nadia's release and all the whirling around the close bars.

  • @fredericboulier32
    @fredericboulier32 Před rokem +4

    OMG Olga your bars and floor routines is so beautiful and clean 🤸🏼‍♀️💪

  • @user-oo2dv9qq2h
    @user-oo2dv9qq2h Před 6 měsíci +5

    Olga Korbut has aways been my favourite gymnast and always will be the best in the world. Great stuff! 💯

  • @kateFGMP
    @kateFGMP Před 7 lety +3899

    Back then they were more graceful, the movements look a lot like rhytmic gymnastic, Today the girls are more powerful, fly higher, do more twists. It's different we cant compare.

    • @latssaga
      @latssaga Před 6 lety +280

      Totally agree. Today`s gymanstic are very muscular. Their moves are not rhytmic and not aesthetic. I think in total old ones are much more better. While wathing their period the time flows.

    • @211jump
      @211jump Před 6 lety +91

      1992 and 1996 was the perfect example of a mix of artistic gymnastics

    • @8lizzieb6
      @8lizzieb6 Před 6 lety +8

      Very true

    • @jojopemb2218
      @jojopemb2218 Před 6 lety +146

      kateFGMP Gymnastics during this period always looked so graceful and ballerina-esque as opposed to now. But I think a large part of that was due to the world as a whole still seeing female athletes as “soft and feminine”. They couldn’t do any of the more powerful moves and twists the girls do today. Even the musical arrangements had to be demure and ladylike.

    • @winssalvador
      @winssalvador Před 6 lety +94

      Totally agree. Now they are just aiming for points, points and more points. It has become Math-letics.

  • @RStarzman
    @RStarzman Před 8 lety +45

    I remember watching her throughout the Olympics with my dad. By the time she finished her last event, we were both teary-eyed. Her balance beam event brought shivers down my spine! I'm sure the entire world was rooting for Olga! I know we were!

  • @ma.esther9637
    @ma.esther9637 Před 2 lety +10

    Indeed, Korbut and Comaneci are the best👏👏👏. Their gracefulness are incomparable❤️❤️. They are like a feather floating in the air.❤️❤️

  • @tntbeck
    @tntbeck Před 9 měsíci +8

    I remember watching this on tv as it happened. She was phenomenal! It was really incredible to watch her! Thank you for the video it was done very well!🙏🏻

  • @mackfarrell8264
    @mackfarrell8264 Před 8 lety +518

    Olga should have gotten the first 10. She truly changed gymnastics.

    • @luisaleon2401
      @luisaleon2401 Před 8 lety +16

      I think so. She is really surprising!!!

    • @sandrasanders706
      @sandrasanders706 Před 5 lety +24

      I think she should have too..not Nadia. Due to the country she lived in of course I think she performed robotically and I know she's not a cold person but she came off like that and I wasn't really involved with her performances she seemed very distant and of course she probably was. People say that it was Nadia who revolutionized gymnastics sorry that title belongs to Olga Korbut

    • @skipgagne6254
      @skipgagne6254 Před 5 lety

      You

    • @djoinochi
      @djoinochi Před 5 lety +30

      Olga's performance was great but Nadia's performance was much better.
      Nadia's performance was much better rhythmical and explicit.
      That's why Nadia got perfect 10 not Olga.

    • @ricrz2100
      @ricrz2100 Před 5 lety

      Totally agree

  • @user-os6vf5gr8b
    @user-os6vf5gr8b Před 3 lety +132

    Я аж прослезился! Вот это класс! Вот это труд невероятный, и тренеров, и Ольги!

  • @kristinepfs
    @kristinepfs Před 3 lety +4

    Now, this was ARTISTIC!!

  • @giuliorenzobighin8165
    @giuliorenzobighin8165 Před rokem +4

    In ogni performance la Korbut dimostra oltre ad una sorprendente sicurezza e mobilizzazione articolare sorprendente una leggerezza e naturalezza esecutiva d'acchito che ha dell'incredibile.Aggiunge poi pose figurali di estrema difficoltà realizzate con una non chalanche sorprendente. OLTREMODO BRAVA E SPETTACOLARE. BIGHIN GIULIO RENZO

  • @lawyerexperienced1442
    @lawyerexperienced1442 Před 3 lety +7

    Оленька настоящая Советская красавица!!!

  • @MyDream4ever2000
    @MyDream4ever2000 Před 6 lety +159

    Thats honestly one of the Most beautiful Things i have ever Seen

    • @user-rf2vy2un9q
      @user-rf2vy2un9q Před 2 měsíci

      Вы еще не видели великие выступления самой титулованной советской гимнастки Людмилы Турищевой, которая, кстати. Всегда, побеждала Ольгу Корбут на соревнованиях посмотрите Турищеву. Вот где красота и грация !

  • @StarSparkleofficial
    @StarSparkleofficial Před 2 lety +52

    Olga Korbut and Nadia Comaneci make gymnast look so easy. You can see both of them have full control of their bodies, they made it look so graceful and effortless, looking almost like ballet. Olga was one of the best gymnasts for sure.

  • @terrywade3696
    @terrywade3696 Před rokem +3

    I had the great pleasure to watch her in the 1972 Olympics! Olga has never been matched! Her uneven bar routine was not only phenomenal, it was unparalleled history making! Whenever I think of her, I smile because my brain replays the mind boggling difficulty of her perfect execution of that routine! She was robbed by the judges scoring! Even her floor routine was perfect. She was a pixie full of dynamite! I miss watching her perform. But at least I can watch it again and again thanks to this video!

  • @brendaannedufaur6244
    @brendaannedufaur6244 Před 4 lety +63

    Korbut's uneven parallel bars routine is probably my favorite of all time. She was such an incredible gymnast.

  • @silviuccia66
    @silviuccia66 Před 8 lety +212

    Incomparable. Unforgettable. Wonderful.
    Olga is the best. Forever.

    • @gangadarius9646
      @gangadarius9646 Před 5 lety

      8

    • @fadil._7796
      @fadil._7796 Před 4 lety

      kaya kantut

    • @sharegreats2157
      @sharegreats2157 Před 4 lety +1

      She did at least one exercise at uneven bars which was forbidden later because of deadly risks, one of the reasons why Comaneci didn't show them.

  • @roseconmatswatson5389
    @roseconmatswatson5389 Před 11 měsíci +8

    A phenomenal athlete and so charming. Just a beautiful Olympic moment.

  • @djskeedledoo
    @djskeedledoo Před rokem +8

    I will consider her as Greatest of All Time.

  • @aloha5527
    @aloha5527 Před 5 lety +32

    Olga is number 1. Absolutely! Pure, beauty, eternity!

  • @victoriamorgan3776
    @victoriamorgan3776 Před 4 lety +30

    Beautiful combination of athleticism and a graceful, ballet-like performance.

  • @mthom0861
    @mthom0861 Před 2 lety +11

    Before Olga, the largest crowd to ever see a gymnastic meet was 500. There were even rumors of ending the sport. There was so much excitement over Olga that even the stoic German people went insane over her. Her sheer joy on the floor exercise was child like magic. Nadia doesn't get 10's without Olga. Olga started it all!

  • @Samsunga-ey7pz
    @Samsunga-ey7pz Před rokem +2

    До слез! Сейчас таких нет.

  • @ilovesteveclark6084
    @ilovesteveclark6084 Před 4 lety +162

    Olga Korbut was the first gymnast ever to perform a back somersault. She created it.

    • @RoseWilson
      @RoseWilson Před rokem +2

      Wow, that's a great fact to know 👌

    • @petramatus
      @petramatus Před rokem +5

      That's why is called Korbut flip

  • @angieoconnor7400
    @angieoconnor7400 Před 7 lety +123

    Absolutely brilliant. So elegant and poised. She was a household name in the 70s even if you didn't know much about gymnastics. I remember watching it on a small black & white T.V. with my family. We were mesmerised. She was a 10+

  • @lunarnodes728
    @lunarnodes728 Před 2 lety +4

    That is the most amazingly beautiful gymnastics that I have ever seen . . . The Sparrow ❤️💋

  • @user-sg3ru9wv9m
    @user-sg3ru9wv9m Před 2 lety +39

    Самая лучшая гимнастка, смотрю в 2021. Тоненькая, хрупкая чудо с косичками 👍

  • @simonaperez1475
    @simonaperez1475 Před 3 lety +62

    Она осталась уникальной и абсолютной примой! Таких как она я больше никогда не видела

    • @giwago4292
      @giwago4292 Před 3 lety +2

      Хороша, но Надя Команечи-эталон , Best of the Best!👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌

    • @vitalyu6125
      @vitalyu6125 Před rokem +2

      Есть та, которая была выше в упражнениях на брусьях - Елена Мухина.

  • @kristyysc
    @kristyysc Před 9 lety +813

    I still don't get why they didnt give her 10.00 on her bars routine

    • @vettegaddia6234
      @vettegaddia6234 Před 8 lety +53

      Kristy Cheung So you didn't notice a small step on her landing? That is a mandatory deduction of 0.1.

    • @vettegaddia6234
      @vettegaddia6234 Před 8 lety +29

      Уллубий Каирбеков Please, madam, we all know that the USSR were always over scored during that era.

    • @alinadin
      @alinadin Před 8 lety +50

      Kristy Cheung cuz of the cold war , western countries against the ussr . Did u believe that comaneci beated all the russians girls in montreal 76 getting the perfect score 10 ? hard to believe

    • @Smithjones12
      @Smithjones12 Před 8 lety +17

      Politics and anyone who does something new and better gets knocked by the establishment pathetic but that's the system

    • @vettegaddia6234
      @vettegaddia6234 Před 8 lety +27

      +saleal Nadia deserved most of her 10's.

  • @marcondesm100
    @marcondesm100 Před 8 měsíci +45

    Sem dúvidas Olga é uma lenda insuperável do mundo olímpico

  • @mikenaughton4298
    @mikenaughton4298 Před 3 lety +3

    Wonderful to see. Thank you Olga.

  • @clairelivefreeordie2551
    @clairelivefreeordie2551 Před 4 lety +1347

    Olga should have been the first gymnast to score a perfect 10!

    • @ceraunavolta1000
      @ceraunavolta1000 Před 4 lety +50

      absoluty! I agree with you!!!

    • @jgsh8062
      @jgsh8062 Před 3 lety +85

      Nope. Her korbut flip is really impressive, but there are definite deductions. She bends her legs quite badly (which is kinda unavoidable but still needs to be deducted). Beyond that also her cast to handstand was quite laboured, you can see her struggling to get up to handstand

    • @ceraunavolta1000
      @ceraunavolta1000 Před 3 lety +30

      @@jgsh8062
      I'm sorry not to agree with you ... I think that in this Olympic discipline not only technical virtuosity counts but I think that important variables are not measurable to date and in fact there are perfect 10 forgotten and perfect 10 missed entered the heart of the world

    • @user-ih7pj6kd5g
      @user-ih7pj6kd5g Před 3 lety +19

      @@jgsh8062 you need glasses

    • @jgsh8062
      @jgsh8062 Před 3 lety +6

      Юлия no, I really don’t. Watch in slow motion. You really must be blind to not see her knees are bent more than 90 degrees.

  • @mandypotter8629
    @mandypotter8629 Před 3 lety +16

    Bless Olga! She changed the whole gymnastics world!! Gymnastics owes her so much ❤❤

    • @user-zy6fc1jw3c
      @user-zy6fc1jw3c Před 2 lety +2

      Олья молобчина мне очень понравилась урп😅😅😅😅🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

  • @hdp8889
    @hdp8889 Před rokem +16

    I think Olga had a fantastic performance and definitely deserved a 10 aswell

  • @user-hh3cf3kj1w
    @user-hh3cf3kj1w Před 2 lety +8

    Талант ничем незаменим! Успехов вам всем, здоровья, счастья!!! Спасибо большое за ваш труд нелегкий! Спасибо! Всем Мира! Здоровья!

  • @expo1706
    @expo1706 Před 10 lety +15

    Beautiful performance!!! Amazing artistry!!

  • @lw8546
    @lw8546 Před 8 lety +16

    Olga and Nadia are legends. Since then nobody has compared to them. I mean todays gymnasts are very good it's something about Olga and Nadia that todys gymnasts cant even come close to comparing to.

  • @robertocunha2857
    @robertocunha2857 Před 3 lety +85

    Olga Korbut era uma bailarina clássica fazendo ginástica artística de altíssimo nível. Quanta leveza, graça e beleza estavam reunidas em seus exercícios e em seus gestos!

  • @jesavaleza439
    @jesavaleza439 Před 2 lety +4

    Gymnastics back then is graceful and artsy ❤

  • @broadwaymelody33
    @broadwaymelody33 Před 5 lety +86

    My dad was 15 during these Olympics and he said all his friends had the biggest crush on her.

  • @wonderwhy6133
    @wonderwhy6133 Před 5 lety +158

    She's absolutely adorable, like Nadia Comaneci .... both ladies are legend, respect!

  • @janetwharton3985
    @janetwharton3985 Před rokem +2

    Nobody will ever beat olga she was amazing.

  • @chiaramartelli2961
    @chiaramartelli2961 Před 8 lety +970

    Back when gymnastic was graceful

    • @zzhamer222
      @zzhamer222 Před 7 lety +61

      I feel like nowadays the focus is more on displaying strength and power, while also maintaining control.

    • @chiaramartelli2961
      @chiaramartelli2961 Před 7 lety +43

      +zzhamer222 I know and I appreciate nowdays' skills as well,I just prefer the old style(sorry for my bad English,I'm Italian ahahhaha)

    • @AlexxEnglishh
      @AlexxEnglishh Před 7 lety +15

      Yeah, it might not look like it but a lot of the moves they do are more difficult. Especially if you want to get Olympic qualifying scores. They also get docked for more points for petty things. If their movements are perfect including arms so they have to be much more technical and less graceful. If not they risk being penalized. It's a shame that the Koburt flip is illegal on the bars nowadays.

    • @davideloi9176
      @davideloi9176 Před 7 lety +1

      A question: did they make it illegal because considered too dangerous .. ?

    • @AlexxEnglishh
      @AlexxEnglishh Před 7 lety +1

      Davide Loi yeah they said it was too much of a risk

  • @savannahmarks6024
    @savannahmarks6024 Před 8 lety +20

    This was spectacular! She's so graceful in all the moves :)

  • @etibarmamedov9130
    @etibarmamedov9130 Před 3 lety +81

    Блестяще! Очень технично и самое главное грациозно, изящно! Сейчас многие девочки спортивно-грубоватые. Олечка очень обаятельна и нежна. А испонение безспорно на высоте.

  • @saragrant9749
    @saragrant9749 Před 3 lety +9

    That move on uneven bars is one of the most amazing and terrifying things I've ever seen. Absolutely no room for error.

  • @lbroderick783
    @lbroderick783 Před 9 lety +5

    I remember watching Olga in the 1972 Olympics! My Mom and I thought she was the greatest and cute as a button! I loved her floor routine. Olga brought beauty and style to gymnastics! She is still my favorite of all time!

  • @funwithizzymarquardt4866
    @funwithizzymarquardt4866 Před 4 lety +29

    Aw I love how much fun she’s having with it. It makes it so much more enjoyable when people get in to it and express their love for gymnastics♥️

  • @Itsmyyytheee
    @Itsmyyytheee Před 2 lety +19

    After a few permutations and combinations, i suppose she is the greatest of all times in this field.
    She shall remain immortal.

  • @juanadelacruz6266
    @juanadelacruz6266 Před 2 lety +8

    Why did not she get the perfect 10's in all these performances. The mastery, grace and dufficult moves were amazing.

  • @alheaine
    @alheaine Před 5 lety +94

    I would have given her performance in the uneven bars a 10!!! 😍

  • @MosesFrancisFaingaa
    @MosesFrancisFaingaa Před 5 lety +14

    Man her uneven bars were unreal.. just awesome i could Cry watching it

  • @user-bf6hd6hu1m
    @user-bf6hd6hu1m Před měsícem +3

    Absolutely fantastic!! There'll never be another gymnast like Olga.

  • @nancyaiken4538
    @nancyaiken4538 Před 2 lety +5

    Sports have become so technical and almost impossible in stepping up the difficulty factor, a little bit of joy is gone. You sweat bullets hoping someone doesn’t get hurt. It is scary when one slip or mistake can erase a lifelong dream. These are talented people!

  • @az091771
    @az091771 Před 9 lety +7

    Даже сейчас, 40 с лишним лет спустя, многие трюки невозможно смотреть без восхищения.

  • @blusia4877
    @blusia4877 Před 6 lety +17

    Wow! Impressive union of grace, elegance, artistry and athleticism. Both beautiful and breathtaking to watch.

  • @john.highheels.3244
    @john.highheels.3244 Před 9 měsíci +2

    Now that's how it's done! Absolute perfection! Olga Korbut was THE BEST! Nobody could do it like her; if only she could've been one of ours!!

  • @astepbeyondhealing9772
    @astepbeyondhealing9772 Před 2 lety +4

    Such control and poise. Thank you for sharing.

  • @chenliang5263
    @chenliang5263 Před 4 lety +15

    I like the old-time gymnastics. So graceful and elegant!

  • @Y_Vladi
    @Y_Vladi Před 5 lety +63

    Единственная. Таких больше нет 😍👍

  • @LuisFerreira-kn2nn
    @LuisFerreira-kn2nn Před 3 lety +2

    I'm 42yo, i watch since early age, and love almost every sport (speccialy football) and i most say, this uneveen bar routine is one of the most amazing things i ever saw. Outstanding

  • @lillygirl66
    @lillygirl66 Před 2 měsíci +2

    I'll never forget Olga! She is absolutely the very Best!!

  • @aircombat9357
    @aircombat9357 Před 4 lety +12

    this performance deserves Perfect 10