Olga Korbut - 1976 Olympics EF - Balance Beam

[cj222100]

That thing she does at 0:40 is insane!

[cherylannemason]

Don't remember the exact score for this, but it was good enough to clinch the silver medal. Says something about her beam work in general that it took a Nadia to dethrone her as gold medalist, even having had some ankle injuries between Munich and Montreal.

[Lovett19991]

@cherylannemason the score was(i think ) 9.9 it wasn't a perfect 10 just becouse of the dismount.i think both nadia and olga deserved a perfect 10.

[Ruffian144]

Oh what lovely hands & a nice rhythm too! I've noticed that gymnasts in those days seemed to try to make an arc in the air when doing their 'split 'leaps on beam, rather than showing a complete 180 degree split in the legs.

[kaylixx3]

what was her score on this? pretty much flawless apart from lack of flexibility in the split leap. gorgeous korbut flic...

[gymnasticsloverxoxo]

It was not a split leap, she was not suppose to hit a split, she did it correctly, just watch Nadia's perfect ten balance beam routine, she does it the same way. Olga has no lack of flexibility.

[Purplestar249]

@kaylixx3 it wasnt supposed to be a split leap

[JesusMyTruLuv]

gosh her back was so freaking flexible