So sad. Can't we appreciate that Nelli, Nadia, Lyudima, Olga and all were great gymnasts. No wonder we have wars. THe pressure on those poor girls - talented young ladies.
Nellie Kim's uneven bar routines vary greatly from one Olympics to the next. It may not have been her best event but its great that she wasn't hesitant to try new things.
The Soviets won their gold team medal and Nelli Kim won 2 individual gold medals but Nadia reigned as the supreme queen at these games and with 7 perfect 10s
In some respects, Nadia's performances was even more impressive when she was 13 at the1975 European championship, Nadia won the all-around, the beam, the vault, the parallel bars, and took 2nd in the floor, the only event she didn't win outright. In other words, she won 4 of the 5 gold medals and 1 silver medal. .
Really enjoyable old documentary. I loved how back then they didn't feel the need to Bible over everything. I thought Nadia was the shining 🌟, but well done to all these girls!
Go back to all commentary before the USSR's implosion, and 9 times out of 10, the USSR was called Russia. It was only after the break-up that the distinction between Russia & the USSR became a thing.
Era una epoca de comienzo y en realidad las miras desde este tiempo,Comanechi simplemente hacia los ejercicios mas limpio,pero en verdad la gimnasia estaba dormida y Korbut la desperto.
Nelly Kim did a great job in Montreal 76, but despite all its brilliance Nadia Comaneci overshadow achievement. and what made it special to Nadia in Montreal, is that simply was fourteen and was talented and smart. Instead Nelly had 19-
@I. Wynn Wynn Yes I agree. If they had been competing 10 years before it would n't have mattered that Nadia was younger but from 1972 gymnastics got much harder. And of course this meant technically Nadia was better.
Mistake by the documentary narrator at 9:49. He states it’s the morning of 21st June. He should have said 21st July as the Montreal Olympics opened on July 17th 1976.
Many inaccuracies are noted, it is true. The original documentary is in French and lasts 2 more minutes. I think that the English translation is responsible for almost all errors.
Thanks for this!!! do you have any rare footage o something like this but about 1980's Olympics, I want to see Nellie Kim at her best... i love her (with a few decades delay obviously jaja)
This documentary is more of the magnificence of Nadia than Nelli's. It should be the Nadia dicumentary on how she defeated the Soviets on their own game.
Agree! But you are right Olga and others could have been the one gunning for '76 medals not only Nadia & Nellie. But Nellie did show up and deserved the attention. Thus this documentary.
+Kevin Jewell @ 13:58 though, Nadia's supremely difficult BB that score a 10.0. Her BB routine made everyone else look like compulsories. A must deserved 10.0 like all of the UB optionals. Nadia did an front aerial(D rated today), a aerial cartwheel to a flip flop(D and connection), she back over to TWO very quick back hand springs. And a double full dismount. Nadia essentially did more difficulty on her BB routine than than all AA contenders combined.
+Kevin Jewell Yeah, it was like the team optional, all-around and event finals all bled into each other and it didn't help that he couldn't keep ages and final standings correct. This happened before I was born but I've still known who won which medals in '76 :/
Because the Soviet government had her touring and doing appearances for propaganda nonstop for 4 years. Poor girl. They used her up and she was exhausted and burnt out by 76.
You are so envious. If somebody could thieve Nadia, a girl from Romania, in a gymnastics world dominated by Russia, they would make it! But she was so good and talented, and simply perfect on her routine, that nobody could make an objection. So, if corbut would make a half so good as Nadia did, she would become the gold, but she didn‘t. The ladies from Russia in the jury had tried it for sure. But not against the evidence: that Nadia was perfect!
Nadia was not 13 at the olympics. She wast 14 and 8 months - born in Nov. 1961. And there is no comparison between Nadia and Nellie Kim. Nadia was the brightest star. By far.
Nadia a horrible vaulter? She was the European vault champion en-titre in Montreal, ahead of Nellie Kim who got bronze. She won the continental title again in 1979, and she got silver in 1977. At the 1978 Worlds Nadia got silver :-D As for floor, Nadia got bronze at the 1976 Olympics, with a watered down routine because of her ankle problem. She became Olympic champion on floor in 1980 (tied with Nellie Kim who was competing at home, for the clearly over-scored soviet team) and European champion in 1979. She got silver in 1975 at the European championships. But what it's really sad, it's the bitterness and lack of fair play from Nellie Kim when talking about her rivalry with Nadia. She got her revenge later as a head judge in big competitions, by systematically under scoring the romanian team. She was even suspended for cheating and fixing scores in 1990 by FIG.
Can we just agree that Nadia is (I'll never be able to use the past talking about her) .....Nadia is simply much better on vault and floor than she is at the vault?
Lawrence Alexander Lol oh I get what you mean when it comes to colors and designs; I think in the last 15+ years I've seen maybe 3 or 4 that I actually thought were pretty and attractive. Most of them look like they belong on a stage in Vegas. But what I was really referring to was the fabric they're made of. In my day (the Dark Ages) lycra hadn't been invented yet. They were made of a cheap, polyester knit that would sag and bag on you and look about as flattering as old-fashioned underwear. You might look at some footage of Olga Korbut to see what I mean. She was so tiny that they simply didn't have one small enough to fit her. She looked like she was dressed in a potato sack.
Yes - some of them nowadays look like they should have feathered headpieces! I liked back in the early 90s when they had some simple velvet ones. the one Moceanu had on when she won US Championships in 95 was pretty. And TBH - I liked the Romanian leos with the stripes down the side! Anyone remember leos with ric-rac? Anyone? lol
So sad. Can't we appreciate that Nelli, Nadia, Lyudima, Olga and all were great gymnasts. No wonder we have wars. THe pressure on those poor girls - talented young ladies.
So true!
@I. Wynn Wynn terrible
Nellie Kim's uneven bar routines vary greatly from one Olympics to the next. It may not have been her best event but its great that she wasn't hesitant to try new things.
Theresa here......at least back then the gymnasts had grace, poise, dance elements etc. unlike now when all it is is power tumbling
Best era for gymnastics. Today's sucks!
I love to see the golden era of female gymnastics. Their performance is so classic.
Nellies floor exercise was perfect. It really deserved the 10.
For me Nadia was better, it was more excelent, perfect!
She would have needed 10.125 to win the gold medal
Nellie Kim ruled the floor and the vault
❤️ Nellie Kim
The Soviets won their gold team medal and Nelli Kim won 2 individual gold medals but Nadia reigned as the supreme queen at these games and with 7 perfect 10s
Thank you!!!!!
Amazing footage.
In some respects, Nadia's performances was even more impressive when she was 13 at the1975 European championship, Nadia won the all-around, the beam, the vault, the parallel bars, and took 2nd in the floor, the only event she didn't win outright. In other words, she won 4 of the 5 gold medals and 1 silver medal. .
Really enjoyable old documentary. I loved how back then they didn't feel the need to Bible over everything. I thought Nadia was the shining 🌟, but well done to all these girls!
He calls them the Russian team, instead of the Soviet team.
Go back to all commentary before the USSR's implosion, and 9 times out of 10, the USSR was called Russia. It was only after the break-up that the distinction between Russia & the USSR became a thing.
Era una epoca de comienzo y en realidad las miras desde este tiempo,Comanechi simplemente hacia los ejercicios mas limpio,pero en verdad la gimnasia estaba dormida y Korbut la desperto.
A documentary about Nelly Kim, with Nadia Comaneci as the thumbnail?
Nelly Kim did a great job in Montreal 76, but despite all its brilliance Nadia Comaneci overshadow achievement. and what made it special to Nadia in Montreal, is that simply was fourteen and was talented and smart. Instead Nelly had 19-
@I. Wynn Wynn Yes I agree. If they had been competing 10 years before it would n't have mattered that Nadia was younger but from 1972 gymnastics got much harder. And of course this meant technically Nadia was better.
Mistake by the documentary narrator at 9:49. He states it’s the morning of 21st June. He should have said 21st July as the Montreal Olympics opened on July 17th 1976.
Wow. This documentary was full of wrong information.
I know! Thank you. Nadia won bronze on Floor right? And they kept saying she was 13.
I know. Like Nadia was the first to receive a perfect ten.
@@LETMEINGUYS Nope, was Vera Caslavska. Nadia was the fist to receive it at the Olympics, but Vera got a ten in a world Championship.
Nadia was so cute like a doll ❤️
Many inaccuracies are noted, it is true. The original documentary is in French and lasts 2 more minutes. I think that the English translation is responsible for almost all errors.
It does seem to have a weird Canadian English voice over.
🏆👸🤩🥇 las verdaderas FANTÁSTICAS
Brilliant unknown footage of all of them. I enjoyed watching, thank you
Thanks for this!!! do you have any rare footage o something like this but about 1980's Olympics, I want to see Nellie Kim at her best... i love her (with a few decades delay obviously jaja)
Nelli estaba en su mejor momento en 1976. En el 80 ya no estaba a ese nivel.
nelli kim was 19 not 17 in montreal.....get the facts correct.
+terry cole And Nadia was 14, not 13...I wasn't even born til '77 :/
Hmmms what a charming coach
Was that her father at 8:15 -- helicopter coaching ?
This documentary is more of the magnificence of Nadia than Nelli's. It should be the Nadia dicumentary on how she defeated the Soviets on their own game.
Agree! But you are right Olga and others could have been the one gunning for '76 medals not only Nadia & Nellie. But Nellie did show up and deserved the attention. Thus this documentary.
Did Nellie Kim not defeat Tourischeva for the silver in all around ? With Nadia taking gold too...
Nadia was 13. Fearless and so precise.
Tourischeve never earned a silver medal on bars in any Olympics, she did earn the silver on floor at both Olympics...72 & 76
Kevin Jewell Nadia earned the bronze on floor in 1976and Gold in 1980...who wrotethe stupid commentary for this shiite????
+Kevin Jewell @ 13:58 though, Nadia's supremely difficult BB that score a 10.0. Her BB routine made everyone else look like compulsories. A must deserved 10.0 like all of the UB optionals. Nadia did an front aerial(D rated today), a aerial cartwheel to a flip flop(D and connection), she back over to TWO very quick back hand springs. And a double full dismount. Nadia essentially did more difficulty on her BB routine than than all AA contenders combined.
+Vette gaddia I haven't seen the aerial cartwheel to flip flop since Aurelia Dobre; and she added a layout stepout.
+Vette gaddia Odyessa Dudnik did an aerial cartwheel into 2 layout step outs but she never made it ti the '92 team
+Kevin Jewell Yeah, it was like the team optional, all-around and event finals all bled into each other and it didn't help that he couldn't keep ages and final standings correct. This happened before I was born but I've still known who won which medals in '76 :/
Okay, you all did good; cats back for everyone.
Excuse me, I had a dog.
IS CAT NOW!!!!!
En español...por favor!!!
Las soviéticas eran las mejores, solo que Nadia.....
Their all performances equal to Nadia's out of fit times ,so Nadia is the best!!!
At 1315, Olga looked frazzled and completed pooped out. Every time I watched these, it becomes more apparent how unhappy those girls were.
Because the Soviet government had her touring and doing appearances for propaganda nonstop for 4 years. Poor girl. They used her up and she was exhausted and burnt out by 76.
al fondo se veía a Nadia en la barra :P :D
CCCP power!
Col Cazzo Che Perdiamo
Soviet Union
You can Montreal sovied Olga korbut not nadia comanenci perfec 10
You are so envious. If somebody could thieve Nadia, a girl from Romania, in a gymnastics world dominated by Russia, they would make it! But she was so good and talented, and simply perfect on her routine, that nobody could make an objection. So, if corbut would make a half so good as Nadia did, she would become the gold, but she didn‘t. The ladies from Russia in the jury had tried it for sure. But not against the evidence: that Nadia was perfect!
Nadia was not 13 at the olympics. She wast 14 and 8 months - born in Nov. 1961.
And there is no comparison between Nadia and Nellie Kim. Nadia was the brightest star. By far.
On beam and bars. But clearly Nelli kicked her ass on floor and vault. Nadia was a horrible vaulter
Nadia a horrible vaulter? She was the European vault champion en-titre in Montreal, ahead of Nellie Kim who got bronze. She won the continental title again in 1979, and she got silver in 1977. At the 1978 Worlds Nadia got silver :-D
As for floor, Nadia got bronze at the 1976 Olympics, with a watered down routine because of her ankle problem. She became Olympic champion on floor in 1980 (tied with Nellie Kim who was competing at home, for the clearly over-scored soviet team) and European champion in 1979. She got silver in 1975 at the European championships.
But what it's really sad, it's the bitterness and lack of fair play from Nellie Kim when talking about her rivalry with Nadia. She got her revenge later as a head judge in big competitions, by systematically under scoring the romanian team. She was even suspended for cheating and fixing scores in 1990 by FIG.
Can we just agree that Nadia is (I'll never be able to use the past talking about her) .....Nadia is simply much better on vault and floor than she is at the vault?
@@LETMEINGUYS Nelli Kim was very good, but globally both in Montreal and in Moscow she was overtaken by Nadia.
Para mí Nadia es la mejor de todas las gimnastas y de ahí Nelli Kim
Did Nadia not win the Individual All-around here? This documentary is so confusing.
Kevin this was just the event finals. Not the individual all around nor team competition.
ludmilla didn't win a silver on bars like the narrator said
Just one of many inaccuracies in the commentary.
yes i noticed.. there were a lot of inaccuracies in this documentary but i didnt want to sound like a broken record and name every one haha
Teodora Ungureanu won the silver medal on bars.
La mejor nadia
Nadia didn't deserve that 10 on bars. She had a big hop on the landing !
S Bagci Errrm... no she didn't
I. Wynn Wynn ha, ha
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I don't like Simone Biles.
I Want to hit the coach. Isn't it possible to say the same things in other words???
Nadia Comaneci was the best,.
Leotards have come a long way in 40 years. Thank goodness. 😉
LOL each to their own. I'd much rather some of these vintage leotards than the monstrocities most gymnasts wear nowadays
Lawrence Alexander
Lol oh I get what you mean when it comes to colors and designs; I think in the last 15+ years I've seen maybe 3 or 4 that I actually thought were pretty and attractive. Most of them look like they belong on a stage in Vegas. But what I was really referring to was the fabric they're made of. In my day (the Dark Ages) lycra hadn't been invented yet. They were made of a cheap, polyester knit that would sag and bag on you and look about as flattering as old-fashioned underwear. You might look at some footage of Olga Korbut to see what I mean. She was so tiny that they simply didn't have one small enough to fit her. She looked like she was dressed in a potato sack.
lol dressed in a potato sack lol
I like the old school at least you can tell want country they are from
Yes - some of them nowadays look like they should have feathered headpieces! I liked back in the early 90s when they had some simple velvet ones. the one Moceanu had on when she won US Championships in 95 was pretty. And TBH - I liked the Romanian leos with the stripes down the side! Anyone remember leos with ric-rac? Anyone? lol
Nadia did not deserve a 10 on the uneven bars because she scooted her feet back after the landing.