Natalia Yurchenko - 1983 Worlds AA - Uneven Bars

[intldawn]

Man, she was beautiful. Classic Soviet gymnast. Wonderful technique and impeccable form.

[dollface10196]

no offence to any of the gymnasts of our time but these routines performed here seem an awful lot harder than some gymnasts of today ..for example the move from 0:28 and 0:30 is damn near impossible to perform and believe me i've tried! :L she was an amazing athlete though!<3

[itsbeccaforreals]

@dollface10196 thats because it is impossible to perform today. the bars were substantially closer together then. I can't argue that gymnastics was more "artistic" back then, but the acrobatics today is much more difficult. I put artistic in quotes because the dancer in me cannot see the artistry in any gymnastics, from gymnasts of today to the soviets of the 70's and 80's.

[sochisochi]

excellent is the second release the comaneci ?

[luvzamo]

no that's a delchev....or u can say it's a straddle geager

[sochisochi]

thanks

[missmouse35]

@luvzamo actually a geinger is a salto and then the half turn, and a deltchev is a half turn before the salto. there is actually such thing as a straddled geinger and it looks a lot different than a deltchev.

[espinaca79]

@sochisochi No. That's a Deltechev

[kras118]

ahh love it !!

[fijago]

She was the greatest gymnast that ever lived

[Querzeo]

@fijago What!?!?!?! Come on, you can't be serious!!?!? Sh'es great, but she's far from being "the best who ever lived"! Come on!

[bzach71]

@Querzeo ..well said.

[chrismakens]

bonito