Gymnastics In The Summer Olympics - Part 5 of 16

Nice documentary about the olympic history of artistic gymnastics from 1956 to 1996. It's in French.

1976 Olympics, Montreal (Canada)
Gymnasts: Nelli Kim URS, Olga Korbut URS, Ludmilla Torischeva URS
(If you recognise other gymnasts please comment)

Check out my channel tfor more of this documentary!
Competitors and results here:
http://www.gymn-forum.com/results/Olympics/1976_Montreal/1976_Games_main.html

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[Gymlover]

Isn't part of this docu missing?

part 4 ends with Caslavska and part 5 starts with Nellie. Where are the 1972 OG??

[skata524]

No, nothing is missing. The docu just doesn't show anything from '72...

[Gymlover]

a part of 1976 is missing too cause that one didn't start with Nellie outside that was somewhere in the middle.

[skata524]

All right, thanks for the info. I found the Montreal part strange, now I know why.

[saltlakecity2002]

What about Nadia Commenci?

[skata524]

Next part...

[mistybabe5489]

so refreshing to see the 76 games without it being all about nadia. shes great but nellie was like the underdog, people hardly remember she scored a perfect 10 here too

[mistybabe5489]

so refreshing to see the 76 games without it being all about nadia. shes great but nellie was like the underdog, people hardly remember she scored a perfect 10 here too

[MsOHsvideos]

nicksline it's because she was the 1st person ever in the history of gymnastics to receive a perfect 10 in an olympic gymnastics event.

[wtrandall]

Nellie is a beautiful combination of grace and power. Many of the female gymnasts I have watched through the years have one or the other but not both. This takes me way back. Thanks for posting. Wes

[nicksline]

Nellie was a thousand times better than Nadia ever was. Her skills were far more difficult than Nadia's, and her routines much more interesting. It will always be a mystery to me why everyone loves nadia so much

[sqekcx]

was she speaking english at 1:39?

i love nellie kim. i think she looked really classy with a bun

[gymnasticsloverxoxo]

Um yes they were incredible aggressive, they abused their gymnasts they over worked them but they produced champions because they knew how to do it. Sports was the most important thing to the soviet union, period.

[cheer4gym]

where's nadia? the ahhhh most famous gymnast of ALL TIME

[SilverDragon24]

they zoom in too much

[themightycelestial]

Yeah, she was.

By this point, Olga had realized that the Soviet government was

profiting from her tours & then overworked her (despite her injured ankle) for the Montreal Games.

She has said that she really didn't want to compete in 76.

The innocent joy from 72 was gone & the worldwide "stardom" had become an oppressive weight for her, especially as a Russian citizen.

I think that's why she took Nadia dominance at these games with such stride. Some of the burden was finally off her.

[melamia71]

Poor Olga looks burnt out!

[marcimjr91]

do you think in the URSS the coaches were agressives to the gymnasts?