Maria Filatova 1979 Exhibition Floor Ex Routine

A lesser gymnast would not have done justice to this routine, instead it might have turned out cheesy and juvenile. But Filatova even manages to insert some avant garde elements. Gymnastics and art blended together at its best.

Set to the familiar refrain "if you're happy and you know it..."

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• ussr
• soviet
• filatova
• exibhit
• gymnastics
• floor
• exercise

[victorsgymnast01]

it was soooooooooo cool. last season, she and her husband sasha were my coach 4 an entire year, and their daughter sasha competed as a level 10 4 our gym. she would b an elite, but she isnt a US citizen:(

[caligirl703]

wow..what a powerhouse! and she had so much poise and grace in all her dance elements, which is why the routine didn't look cheesy

[ralucagymnast]

For me, this encapsulates everything a floor routine should be; difficult tumbling and fantastic choreography which really used the music so well; music in floor routines today sounds almost incidental. Marias interpretation of her music is just phenomenal. Love her; one of my all time faves. She looked like she really was having fun out there:)Marvellous.

[faeryquene]

One of the greatest performers ever on FX-if not the greatest. By far.

[Kulpa71]

She totally pulled it off!

[LoZe21]

Wow! I really love this, it has to be one of my all time favourite floor routines. :)

[TuesdayPillow]

Love her! Where is she now?

p.s. love the karate chop before the second pass :P

[LainInnocenti]

so beautiful.

[audie83]

Few could perform like that then-nevermind now. Simply superb gymnast with a sound dance technique (which I keep bemoaning these last decade or so-the lack of it). Thanks ever so much for posting this!

[shinkar2n]

she owns this one