1958 Larissa Latynina

Larissa Latynina won 5 golds, 1 silver, while pregnant!

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[MsOHsvideos]

Can I use this video? I'll give you credit.

[chocdave]

None of these are copyrighted by me. And I want these gymnasts known and respected. USE AWAY!

[LMA629]

didn't they smack their stomachs on the uneven bars back then? (i think they're called stomach beats). how could she have done that pregnant? and she doesn't look 5 months pregnant at all!!

[chocdave]

...you actually didn't hit your stomach but the fold of your leg on the bars, and they didn't do those back then (Larissa ended her career having never done one). Those bars were very stiff and hard and broke a lot. It wasn't until more flexible rails came in during the 1960s that you started seeing that (the earliest film example I have is from 1966). If you look at Larissa on the medal platform, it's kinda funny, she stops sucking her gut in and this "pouch" shows up

[audie83]

Was this the competition where she was pregnant by her daughter?? Wow. 5 months pregnant?? Wow. I read it was 3 months but just being pregnant at all-it's amazing. I read in a book 'she managed to hide' her delicate condition and win the event. And her daughter told people for years she and her mom won all the medals. How cute! :)

[BillBrd1]

Larissa Latynina has won more Olympic medals than any other athlete. She competed at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics, the 1960 Rome Olympics, and the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. She won a total of 18 medals, including 9 gold.

[Will H]

And the record as been broken.

[FlipFlyFall]

True, but equipment has changed a lot too. Some of the stuff you see now you wouldn't have been able to see on old equipment.

[BillieJeeean]

Lol for real!

[BillieJeeean]

Well yeah. It was a completely different era. But if she was competing today, she'd probably be spectacular and have very complex routines. :)

[TheMrAwesomeDx]

You are completely right, people just thumbs down your comment because they are butthurt.

[anshumankumar01]

Perhaps you are true. Yet think of today's under-aged girls and then talk about the womanly grace of this lady in her days and then one can visualize her greatness. Further, she was 4 months pregnant in 1958 olympics and yet she won 5 gold medals. What an athelete!

[anshumankumar01]

FYI, @Aberacadaera, her record of 14 individual medals (out of 18 total medals) still stands! yay :)

[anshumankumar01]

well said Dmitri :) there is one more thing which speaks of this amazing gymnast's prowess..The lady was 4 months pregnant at 1958 games ( this video is also of 1958 games). One can think of her competence, dedication, hard work and above all, motivation to perform in olympics in such condition. Kudos to this all time great!

[Aqquila89]

Perhaps, but today's gymnastics owes her a great deal. She was the first female star of the sport, and she had a huge role in popularizing it.

[maroinmybones]

Wow, if she competed today she wouldn't even medal. Very very basic stuff they did back in the day.