Olympic Champions - Montreal 1976 Floor - Nelli Kim

[emiliov100]

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[emiliov100]

My favorite gymnast all-times. Gracious, technical great en female expression as it meant to be in gymnastics. First double back on floor in olympics: revolutionair.

[bbhouk1]

@emiliov100 first double back on floor in the Olympics was actually done by Olga Korbut in the team final in 1976. Look up

Olga Korbut 1976 Olympic Team Final Floor Exercise

i posted it and it clearly shows Olga doing a double back.

Olga was before Nelli on floor line-up (the best gymnasts on an apparatus go last) so she actually did the first double back by a FEMALE gymnast in the Olympics.

[kiwigymnast16]

i wish i could go on a floor from then to see how different it was compared to now! lovely routine

[FLACSC74]

I can't not help but be charmed by this routine :)

[sochisochi]

I love her she is perfect

[MephistophelisedHam]

She actually got suspended from judging not that long ago for being too harsh.

[kristirulesice]

@MephistophelisedHam she is a great gymnast but a horrible judge.  She went out her way to blindly judge politically for Soviets and against athletes from all other countries. She was also once caught not even watching a floor routine she was judging and looking across the arena at another event.

[FL74USA]

@kristirulesice I think you have it wrong , at the 1996 Olympics during the Team Finals Ludmilla Tourisheva was judging on FX and got a warning for watching the Ukrainian team while she should of been judging FX

[kristirulesice]

@FL74USA oh wow I guess they both are horrible judges then.

[karhill]

My, haven't leotards come a long way since then!

[glibster]

She's charming. ;-)

[sochisochi]

thnks