Optimistic--The History of Olympic Gymnastics Part 1

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Uploaded by on May 10, 2006

This is an overview of olympic gymnastics starting in 1968 and going up until 1992. I love watching the older gymnastics videos, it was so different in the sixties! The music is Hanson's cover of Radiohead's song Optimistic.

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  • did anyone notice that in the older days their routines were way way harder, complicating and dangerous? and also why were the vaults like that last time? please send me a message if u know! Great video btw!

  • Today's gymnastics is actually much much harder than the stuff from the 60's in particular. The skills are much more difficult; the bar is raised every year. Vault started out as horses and only recently changed to the vaulting table they use today, which is much safer.

  • whats the song?

  • It's Hanson covering a Radiohead song. Says so in the info, lol. :)

  • farrrgh! my ears!

  • Farrrgh! You ass!

    Now that I've effectively stooped to your level: seriously, you need to find something better to do with your life than make silly comments on YouTube. Seriously. Farrrgh? If you're going to insult something, try, I don't know, using words.

    Oh, and the song's pretty damn good, too. But I wouldn't expect someone with your vocabulary to understand that.

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  • to bad most of these moves are banned

  • There is no one like Nadia. No matter how many tumbles they do no one has the same quality. She was so perfect...

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  • @spenneps1

    uneven bars (North America)

    asymmetric bars (Europe)

  • @CaptainRhoo no, I agree. Thom York would b slap you. This song is an afront to Radiohead and all evidence should be burned to a crisp. That being said, when muted this video is superb!

  • i cant believe they have the bars that close i use mine at F.I.G. and im pretty tiny and that they used the horse like that!

  • i think the routines have improved through the years...and are more complicated..i didnt like the bars when they were so close together..prefer the newer stuff :) and the newer vault is safer...miss gymnastics

  • They didn't show the 1980 Olympics.

  • lmao at homegirl at 1:42

  • uneaven bars

  • whats the first piece of aparatus called

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