1977 Euros FX Filatova
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She is enchanting to watch :)
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Shes the lady that runs my gym
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QUE EJERCICIO MAS GRACIOSO DE MARIA FILATOVA.
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You are very lucky! What country are you in?
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Also-the judges held the scores down for the first gymnasts up on the team-and in an age when scores carried over into AA-at the 1981 Worlds I think Filatova went up first for the Soviets each time-she still managed to miraculously make it into the AA and won the silver medal. She has said she believes in her heart to this day she would have won the AA had she gone up last in the Team event on at least some of the equipment-most experts of the time agreed. Instead-Olga Bicherova won.
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From what I remember, if you're first up, you're the "ice breaker." Other people in the competition have a chance to observe you and figure out how they're going to beat you.
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shes my coach :)
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At Montreal she was the baby of the team and as a 'newbie' the Soviets clearly favored the veterans-Tourischeva, Korbut, and Kim. I'll never understand why she was put up first at later World competitions-perhaps it was internal politics. It really kept her from ever winning a major AA although she did win the World Cup.
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What does that have to do with anything?
Wow. Double pike mount and dismount. This was on the padded-not spring floor. Amazing.
lashenova 5 years ago 9
Its not just the rules: the Soviets spent A LOT of time on classical ballet as part of the gymnasts training programme, which is why we see such beautiful routines as this. The Soviets really put the emphasis on the aesthetics, not just the acrobatics, of the floor exercise. The girls would spend hours on choreography.
ralucagymnast 2 years ago 7