Gymnastics In The Summer Olympics - Part 4 of 16

[Motaro76]

Olga Karaseva before Olympics 1968 got pregnant and then made abortion under the pressure of her pimp (who called trainer)

WOMEN GYMNASTICS=ABORTIONS!!!

I hate this short bitches, jerking before millions of WANKERS. Jerking, fucking, abortions - is the base of women gymnastics.

I like >=180 cm tall women, who are CHASTE, who never will do abortions or go to bed with anybody, excepts husband.

[bbhouk1]

Akinori Nakayama is also featured here, skata

[bananas1and2]

I am loving the super dramatic music.

[eve9206]

Anyone know when the simple wooden beam was replaced with the modern one?

[veevee305]

@eve9206 Around the late 70's, early 80's, following the evolution of more difficult tricks.

[Anax68]

Reading all the comments pointing out the kind of idfficulty and "specially " the hairdos", I couldn't ignore also that they were allowed to hold or grab the apparattus at the end of the performance in order to aoid a fall or a step!!!

Gymnastics has really evolved!!!

[MarceloRodrigues1]

Loved it! :-)

[FLACSC74]

I think the Russian guys are cute & Mikhail Vornonin was really cute

[12bmills]

Vera Caslavska worked magic on bars. Like many others in future Olympiads.

[AngryWhiteGurl]

I love the montage of everyone fixing their hair starting at about 3:40! Almost makes it look like a fashion show.

[mistybabe5489]

whoa the girl at 9:00 looks like it might be a young ludmilla tourischeva

[gilles574]

Yep the one huging her teammate, but it's a very fast capture !

[sochisochi]

she is

very young

[LeanaJo76]

The kind of moves the gymnasts did back in those days aren't nothing compared to what the gymnasts do nowadays. And those hairstyles!! Wow! So different now. wow!

[adventuregirl76]

True -- but it was 40 years ago. Plus the equipment wasn't exactly equivalent to what we have now -- they had wood beams and (I don't believe) a spring floor, among other things. It was still beautiful.

[Faolmor]

beautiful

[gemarno]

And don't forget that the beam was made of wood !

[audie83]

Kuchinskaya is a legend. That is a superb beam routine for the age. (She's in blue and a modified beehive btw). Thank you so much for posting this awesome documentary!

[AARcrazzy]

i 100% agree with you! she was an amazing gymnast and is now she is an even better coach!!

[gLoriiaaa]

women here are younger and thiner than past olympics ... the sport started to change...

[adventuregirl76]

The man that Caslavska married, Josef Odlozil, was later murdered by their son in a fight.

[elisabetanistor]

oh ! damn ! =(

[72peppertree]

That's scary! was anybody else hurt. I really hope not.

[adventuregirl76]

haha...starting at 3:29 they are all fussing with their hair, or their teammates hair, hahaha.

[adventuregirl76]

They must have used a TON of hairspray or hair gel...those things never MOVE...LMAO

[totallytivo]

Who knew you could do gymnastics with a beehive hairdo? The women all have prom hair. It's great.

[lofklokm]

Wow! Graceful,beautiful women. Not sticklike robots.

Sure, today they have more difficulty but something is lost, like artistry and grace. These women knew how to dance. This offering was just lovely to watch.

[KarenLovesGymnastics]

Uhm!!!!!!!!!! That 'stick-like' problem was here since the 70s!!!! I can't believe you STILL have't gotten used to it!

[AWANA16]

Sawao Kato was the heavily featured JPN male at the start.

[compaqismail]

bravo, aferin