70s vs Now Gymnastics Montage

I was expecting this to be a lot shorter than it ended up :) I was going to use 70s music but all the stuff I had was too short, hence the tenous link between the music and the idea of the montage.

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• gymnastics
• 1970s
• 70s
• old
• school
• montage
• nadia
• comaneci
• deng
• linlin
• lia
• parolari
• lidia
• lydia
• gorbik
• karin
• janz
• olga
• korbut
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• lais
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• yulia
• lozhecko
• emilia
• eberle
• rodica
• dunca

[vesperholly]

Is that Olga Korbut at 3:15? I'm terrible with old videos!

Great montage. Love your music choice as always.

[MostepanovaFan]

It was actually Maria Filatova at the 1977 Europeans

[MySportsFanatic]

What's the point of this montage? It's not proving anything it's just people back then doing the same skills as people nowadays...

[MostepanovaFan]

That is the point of the montage

[MySportsFanatic]

Then why is the title "70 Vs now" that means the 70's versus now, if the point of the montage is that they're just doing the same skills then they're not versing each other...

[MostepanovaFan]

The "point" of this montage is to show that although people often say that gymnastics in the 70s was simple, todays top gymnasts are still doing the same skills and combinations now. I could have called it "gymnasts now doing the same skills as gymnasts in the 70s gymnastics montage" but I decided not to. And generally my montages aren't trying to prove a point anyway.

[missjpace]

This is great! Truly a unique montage. Nice to see some different ideas!

[JLFAN2009]

@MostepanovaFan Indeed: I've always thought of the 1970's as the major turning point in women's gymnastics -- in terms of difficulty. There's no doubt that the sport in the 1960's and prior was a complete joke -- with gymnasts performing moves that those today could (almost literally) do in their sleep.

[deborah9541]

Superb montage - VERY clever and must have taken lots of research! One of the best gymnastics videos on Youtube - and I've watched A LOT!!!

[TandooriChickenGym]

@MostepanovaFan Those 70s moves are now being done by juniors (even novices and lower level gymnasts).

[gymlovr828]

@MostepanovaFan It kinda sucks that back then, this stuff was considered very dangerous and now these skills are simple. some done in level 9... :)

[MrsShazziePepper1996]

Great montage!

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[famy5678]

It's amazing to see this incredible art define through the decades, each little thing has developed into something so much more precise.

[garyj79]

@LMA629 - not many were you are correct, however some were starting to out do Nadia in terms of difficulty by the end of the decade......the soviets were always more artistic than Nadia on floor (but blame the choreographers there from Romania, all theyre girls had hideous routines including Nadia)

[garyj79]

respect to the gymnasts performing these skills in the 70's! the equipment was not up to par with what they have today so its even more clever........

[mrsTorrard88]

@gymnast937 if you are talking about the girl at 3:15 thats Maria Filatova