Maria Filatova - 1981 Worlds AA - Balance Beam

[kellykanta88]

filatova was by far the most polished gymnast in 1981. Gnauck was coming off injuries, davydova fell on vault and ilienko fell on beam, pretty much the entire romanian team from the olympics had retired leaving pretty much their juniors. i thought filatova should have beaten bicherova

[kidmatrickx]

Shes the lady that runs my gym

[ralucagymnast]

I loved Masha; her body tension, essential for good gymnastics, is exceptional. Every move is tight and perfectly executed.

[justinmjb]

@ralucagymnast Who's Masha? Are you trying to be to cool for skewl? Did you think you knew her and were on a first name basis with her? Did you have tea? And Masha? Is that short for Mashed Potatoe? To bad she became a hooker:( But I bet you rented her right? Smoked a ciggy in a furcoat? Talked about the good ol days?

[ralucagymnast]

@justinmjb Let you home for the day did they? Where's your social worker or CPN?

[justinmjb]

@ralucagymnast Indeed! I get to be home for a whole week! And Masha" is my social worker! And we get to have mashed potatoes for lunch! Fuck ya!

[ralucagymnast]

@justinmjb Dont forget to take your Seroquel after your mashed potatoes, dear;)

[justinmjb]

@ralucagymnast LOL. Thanks sugartits:) P.S. Masha is ok. But she's no Irina Baraksonova or Natalia Frolova in my book. But to each their own! It was however, still the old days of gym so she certainly was ahead of her time and quite lovely in her own way:) Cheers

[ralucagymnast]

@justinmjb I have to agree about Irina; was there ever a better dancer on the Soviet team? You must forgive me, I am Romanian born, and Maria is better known as Masha you see:) You have good taste in gymnasts though:)

[justinmjb]

@ralucagymnast Yes, Irina was great! I often wonder what happened to her?! You can find updates on almost all the other girls of that generation but I've never found any info on her really. Oh, your Romanian born? Great gymnasts from there:) So now I see the Masha connection and why. I was trying to be playful or funny but I apologize for my idiotic comments earlier. Please forgive me.

[mrparts]

wow amazing dismount for 1981!