Now I can see why her radiance and vivacity are so magnetic. There is absolutely nothing phony about her. She can be honest about hating her teammates, thinking her students are lazy, and thinking the Soviet regime acted wrongly, but it never comes across as bitter because she’s just such a fundamentally joyful person.
@greatone73142 жыл бұрын
Put's American women to shame
@virghammer122 күн бұрын
So well perceived and so well put, Vinista!
@mairarosso19952 жыл бұрын
Nadia, Olga and Elena are my favorite gymnasts.
@mp828002 жыл бұрын
Elena Mukhina?
@Vinny_Terranova2 жыл бұрын
Olga Korbut 👸♥️ She always have all the energy of the Cosmos inside of her. She is the best of the best
@Allyourbase19902 жыл бұрын
I like her because she wasn't stone faced , she was actually happy looking and amazing at gymnastics
@nancydemusz97456 күн бұрын
Yes definitely,
@Mailman8844 Жыл бұрын
Such Gracefulness breath taking movements the very best, that smile is captive
@melrose7953 жыл бұрын
I idolized her as a kid. Such a sweet woman!
@mimibarn3 жыл бұрын
She's a darling - always was
@stanmaster12053 жыл бұрын
Remember watching her 1972 Olympic performance live it was incredible.
@maevamazaud126814 күн бұрын
oh waw this is amazing. i love her so much
@velapalim628119 күн бұрын
Thank you Sooo much for your smile ❤
@robertotorres58983 жыл бұрын
She was the best to me
@mp828002 жыл бұрын
I LOVE her
@oshoidhant3 жыл бұрын
What a lady!
@mazzawii084 күн бұрын
3:11 until 3:35 Very important honestly , guys listen to this please .
@bikedawg6 ай бұрын
How utterly disgusting that he would ask her to do splits. OMG!
@bikedawg6 ай бұрын
So what she said about Americans smiling---it turns out that Russians don't smile much---this is part of their culture. If you see a Russian smiling in public, it usually means they are crazy or something wrong with them. This is according to Natasha's Adventures www.youtube.com/@NatashasAdventures/videos
@jmadratz3 жыл бұрын
He should have asked her why chose US and not England.
@ralphhh47842 жыл бұрын
Response is obvious. Best country in the world 🇺🇸
@evelyncoello1174 Жыл бұрын
She is loved in the US ❤
@bikedawg6 ай бұрын
Because he asked her to do splits. OMG
@torzewski19722 жыл бұрын
I think she was a fantastic gymnast but I notice that her routines were not really that difficult. I wonder how she would compare to today’s gymnastics standards.
@saralevati14112 жыл бұрын
Korbut flip is forbidden because it is too dangerous to execute it...maybe it could look simple for her joyful attitude but it wasn't easy at all. She brought gymnastic to the modern era thanks to her stunning new moves that no others tried before her.
@nogoodnameleft2 жыл бұрын
You have to realize that the balance beam originally was pure wood with no springs and no leather padding like it has been since the 1984 L.A. Olympics. The floor has also changed since 1984. Originally the floor was much smaller and had no springs. So everything we see since Mary Lou in L.A. 1984 is thanks to the springs added to the floor. They also changed the vault springs and the vault shape itself into a bigger vault since 2001. The L.A. Olympics wanted the sweet TV ratings and $$$ so they added all those springs to the floor, balance beam (and leather padding) and vault to make them look flashier and better than how gymnastics was supposed to look originally before 1984. The 1992 video where Nadia Comaneci meets Bela in his gym (for the first time since he defected to America in 1981) and Bela talks about all the new springs (and padded leather for the balance beam) added to the equipment was interesting. Nadia last competed in 1981 so all the springs was shocking to her and her commentary was very interesting like the whole purely wooden balance beam that she always worked with when she was competing. The L.A. Olympics completely screwed up gymnastics. It went from artistic and graceful to circus-style acrobats with the cheap springs added. Springs are like a trampoline and it makes what the newer gymnasts do so unimpressive looking back.
@virghammer122 күн бұрын
@@nogoodnameleft Thank you for this EXTREMELY enlightening info! Explains absolutely everything. No WAY could today's super-SUPER-athletic feats / moves the current gymnasts do - have been done: on such less "cushy" equipment such as we have now. 👉 A lot like the NFL? Late 1950s/early 1960s: They beefed up the gear that the players wear: so they could REALLY POUND THE F OUT OF each other !! 🤪🤑🤑🤑🤑😛😵😵💫😮😫😧😱 on the field. Before that: the gear was SO much more lightweight: and so it was far, far less the Gladiator Sport it is now, w/ way, WAY fewer injuries and WAY fewer, alas, brain concussions, eh? - Humans. We're jut mere mortals. Physically: I think far too many athletes - professional AND amateur: pay a very cruel price for the "Olympian," grandiose, massive Super-Power "heights" now expected as commonplace. i.e., THRILLS AND CHILLS (and o man, do we humans crave such, eh?): CAN and DO: cause ILL. Sometimes. -- Cheers to all, - VCH ❤☀💚🌳🌲🐸🐦☮
@robertjones248612 күн бұрын
Totally disagree with your comments some of the things she done have since been banned because they are deemed to dangerous so where you get not complicated from is ridiculous
@droL_si_suseJ16 күн бұрын
Olga was great. She describes Communism just as it is. Communism is a horrible, horrible political, economic, cultural and religious system.