The Story of Larissa Latynina, the Most Successful Olympic Gymnast

The Story of Larissa Latynina, the Most Successful Olympic Gymnast | The Olympics On The Record

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6 жыл бұрын

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Legendary Olympic gymnast Larissa Latynina dominated her sport, collecting a record-breaking 18 medal haul between 1956 and 1964.
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@sentaikat 6 жыл бұрын

She is my hero. She was expecting a baby at the 1958 worlds. Five months along when she won. People compare her to biles. Biles is great. It was a different time. World's only happened once ever four years. She is a wonderful gymnast!

@adamgniewko9347 3 жыл бұрын

Biles is a steroid creature... Sad

@MrDaceBieler 2 жыл бұрын

There's a massive gap between modern gymnastics skills vs that era.

@jenn9711 2 жыл бұрын

They let her compete while pregnant?! That’s crazy and dangerous!

@coll4455 4 жыл бұрын

I love that she was there to watch at 81 years old!! ❤️

@epdlp4506 3 жыл бұрын

What took them so long? A great swimmer.

@adiksadiatabs 2 жыл бұрын

that's fake news

@letsdothis3332 5 жыл бұрын

She Started mind you started gymnastics at the age of 11 and went in two compete in 3 Olympic Games winning a total of 18 🏅’s. That’s insane. And all started because her ballet school closed down. It’s always been said that God doesn’t close one door without opening another.

@letsdothis3332 4 жыл бұрын

@QPHashSS77 you're absolutely right. God doesn't give gifts to people. I forgot

@gaelgarciabernal2434 4 жыл бұрын

Larissa Latynina is an icon and most deserving of this homage. However, I can't believe the IOC doesn't have BETTER COMPETITION FOOTAGE that really shows her prowess. The narration is also lacking better insights and anecdotes.

@rijongsongfan2359 4 жыл бұрын

Pienso lo mismo, Latynina merece mucho más reconocimiento. Ella no la tenía tan fácil con Keleti y Caslavska. Después de su retiro estuvo tras la evolución de la gimnasia artística como coach.

@ohyeamoe8430 2 жыл бұрын

Agreed

@anuradhainamdar8967 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this upload, because I had never seen the recording of earlier Olympics , particularly concerning this events. Never knew about this athlete. Never even saw the Olympics before 1984. Has seen about Nadia Comaneci perfect.

@hellolastname9556 2 жыл бұрын

Nadia made it in 1976

@margeryfranko1850 2 жыл бұрын

Such grace and poise. Totally awesome Larissa Latynina 🏆🤗

@garuautor 3 жыл бұрын

Гордость за наших великих девочек🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇

@gardenplots283 5 жыл бұрын

Is the floor exercise surface different today? There seemed to be no bounce at all in these old routines. In fact the floor looked very hard.

@augustinedaudu9203 5 жыл бұрын

Yes. Back then gymnast usually competed on concrete or concrete floors with mats. Nowadays gymnasts can compete on floors that have Springs underneath them and cushion Falls better

@luisaleon2401 2 жыл бұрын

No se va a comparar la gimnasia de esos tiempos, tan sencilla, simple Y de fácil ejecución con lo compleja de la década de los 70's. Le tocó muy fácil a Laryniba

@larissawarren 6 жыл бұрын

Like the only famous person I share my name with

@inthelifeofshay5476 5 жыл бұрын

Larissa Warren theres Larisa Iordache, a gymnast from Romania who was in the olympics

@larissawarren 5 жыл бұрын

InTheLifeOfShay ah ok, but I think Larisa latyna is more famous as ive heard of her before, but I'm not sure.

@smiley2477 3 жыл бұрын

My name is Larissa too! Very uncommon name in USA.

@user-lo8rj5bd8y 2 жыл бұрын

Восхищалась я ей.

@lastochka100 5 жыл бұрын

Although Latynina’s medal count is certainly impressive, it is not the determining factor for me as the best gymnast. The routine/elements difficulty is certainly different from those in 1974-1984 competitions. The most extraordinary, skilled gymnasts in my opinion are Corbut, Mukhina, and Comăneci. They performed the most difficult elements like the Corbut flip and Thomas Salto, which in fact were banned from female gymnastics because of how dangerous they were. These ladies set unparalleled standards in the history of gymnastics.

@xiaoqingzhang6045 5 жыл бұрын

It’s Korbut, not Corbut

@MeganVictoriaKearns 5 жыл бұрын

I wish more people knew about Mukhina. She was on her way to perfection when she broke her neck. What might have been with her career is unknowable but she should be more well known.

@rijongsongfan2359 4 жыл бұрын

This video isn't about who was the best gymnast(Comparing different times, it's so crazy). It's About Latynina and her success at the Olympics. I think Latynina is a pioneer.

@gymnasticsfan9228 3 жыл бұрын

no one said she was the best gymnast, but it is a fact that she is the most olympic successful one

@smiley2477 3 жыл бұрын

@@MeganVictoriaKearns I heard Larissa was one of the few people who regularly visited Elena after she was paralyzed.

@lauraswihart8018 6 жыл бұрын

I'm 1/2 Polish- let's hear it for that! 🥉she can move & bend amazingly!🎆

@Osiwan960 5 жыл бұрын

@RogerBarraud 5 жыл бұрын

Only 1/2? You missed a spot...

@extralore718 5 жыл бұрын

: )))))))) Сейчас с улыбкой смотрю на упражнения того времени, на их сложность.

@letsdothis3332 5 жыл бұрын

ExtraLore yeah!! Whatever you just said.

@FreeFLF 2 жыл бұрын

Gymnastics is my favorite thing to do

@leanajo754 7 ай бұрын

Larisa Latynina and Vera Caslavska were the first superstars of gymnastics.

@vratislavbenes2271 5 жыл бұрын

Věra Čáslavská forever in our hearts ❤

@ESDRINKIS 3 жыл бұрын

Los rusos son perfección, y mas cuando era la URSS

@user-nd9qj6kh3s 2 жыл бұрын

Российские спорменски САМЫЕ ЛУЧШИИ!!! РОССИЯ ВПЕРЕДИ ВСЕХ

@catherinegee2741 9 ай бұрын

It is so sad when people live in the land of denial. Russia is questionable at best and have been found guilty of doping on so many accounts that your teams can't even compete as Russia. You have some great athletes but not such a great track record with competing in a honest way. Until that happens it is hard to agree with your statement.

@sharptoothtrex4486 2 жыл бұрын

Even i think Classic 70s Sesame Street gymnast Deborah Eich-Romer (aka Heidi Magner's mom) could not top Larissa Latynina.

@bayramgulabibullaeva2829 2 жыл бұрын

Супер

@user-lo8rj5bd8y 2 жыл бұрын

О вот помню это время.

@muki1731 6 жыл бұрын

Omg

@realser9 6 жыл бұрын

Salut 💖😚⚽

@RogerBarraud 5 жыл бұрын

Prosit! :-)

@PsychoDude 4 жыл бұрын

the skills were so easy back then

@jeanegress4862 4 жыл бұрын

If you look back in most sports, there is development of skills that are progressively harder over the years.

@randomvintagefilm273 Жыл бұрын

Their routines were so simple compared to today, no comparison

@mokunju8296 Жыл бұрын

Yeah because she had like the same springs on the floor, the same science and technical knowledge, etc. etc...

@ctruth6185 2 жыл бұрын

This proves how much goes into being a ballerina. A ballet reject grows up to dominate women's gymnastics.

@leylagosh9360 6 жыл бұрын

👍👍💕💕💕

@emmahamilton9607 5 жыл бұрын

It is weird how much easier gymnastics was back then

@letsdothis3332 5 жыл бұрын

Emma Hamilton But gymnasts back then was more about dance and form control not executing really hard skills

@jeanegress4862 4 жыл бұрын

Look at the size and ages of the gymnasts.

@ctruth6185 2 жыл бұрын

@@letsdothis3332 Bet you couldn't do any of those skills with ease & grace.

@letsdothis3332 2 жыл бұрын

@@ctruth6185 I'm sorry, Most people on this planet cannot do those skills. What a stupid statement

@MD-722 2 жыл бұрын

@@letsdothis3332 Brilliant response to that facetious attack!

@SevenDeMagnus 4 жыл бұрын

I wish they never grow old and look fit for a lifetime.

@smiley2477 3 жыл бұрын

My name is Larissa but I'm American. I love my non-American name.

@bracunmonika Жыл бұрын

It's not (Vera Caslavska) Kashlavska, but Chaslavska ("ch" like in cheddar, and "slav" like in Slavs, not shlavs)

@user-nd9qj6kh3s 2 жыл бұрын

Вам понятно надеюсь

@arbiter8246 2 жыл бұрын

Who is born ‘Great’?

@user-lo8rj5bd8y 2 жыл бұрын

А сейчас в этом возрасте не выступают.

@mayo8840 6 жыл бұрын

400th viewer

@extralore718 5 жыл бұрын

По идее, в Советском Союзе спортсменка должна была работать на каком-нибудь заводе, например, прядильщицей. Любопытно - она где-нибудь числилась работницей?

@beckyjacobsen5867 3 жыл бұрын

Back when thefloor routine was graceful and did stunts. Now it is all about the stunts!( I know stunts is not the right word)

@LaPetite510 3 жыл бұрын

I'd rather watch for technical agility than the artsy dance moves. I couldn't care less about Grace over Agility & Technical Abilities.

@beckyjacobsen5867 3 жыл бұрын

@@LaPetite510 that's the difference between younger and older generations. We like what we grew up with. Style,grace. It was even like that in figure skating, now just choppy moves and stunts.

@MD-722 2 жыл бұрын

@@beckyjacobsen5867 The word(s) you're looking for is acrobatics (or tricks). Whilst in contrast to this the word "gymnastics" actually refers to the leaps, hops, turns and jumps colloquially known as the _dance_ elements.

@Roblox-fp5is 3 жыл бұрын

Wouldn’t you want me too lol 😝

@Blvesteel 4 жыл бұрын

Yeahhh, whay took them so long? 😜

@KK-hp1sx 4 жыл бұрын

彼女の動き、特に床運動での気品と風格は、チャスラフスカも及ばなかった。現代の女子床運動にもトータルとしての芸術性、エンタテインメント性が望まれる。

@diktatorsovesti5996 6 жыл бұрын

she was born in the USSR, and not in Ukraine.

@user-yj2mb1lw9c 6 жыл бұрын

Ukraine was part of the USSR

@mustyfan1584 6 жыл бұрын

She was born in both, Ukraine was part of the Society Union.

@snszbyd 5 жыл бұрын

Musty Fan, dude, what is Society Union?

@riddhizaveri3195 6 жыл бұрын

any other swimmer here who threw there fist in the air as they showed michael phelps .. n just got exited????

@appnachannel8553 5 жыл бұрын

Mark spitz

@MeowingCookie_ 5 жыл бұрын

The narration on this episode is awful

@FrancesBaconandEggs 6 жыл бұрын

On the one hand, she was certainly talented. On the other hand, judging at the time was suuuuuper corrupt and heavily weighted in favor of the Soviets. So...this video is kind of awkward to watch tbh.

@mizofan 6 жыл бұрын

why was judging heavily weighted in favour of the Soviets in Olympics outside the Soviet Union? The judging has certainly been heavily weighted in favour of USA in its home Olympics.

@cole99522 5 жыл бұрын

+mizofan ...the Soviets definitely cheated multiple times example: 1968 Olympics, Larisa Petrik did not deserve her gold it should of been Vera's alone.

@wudruffwildcard252 4 жыл бұрын

@@cole99522 Oh boy, well almost all high performing athletes in the US have some illness that usually has to be treated with steroids. Whitewashing steroid abuse on a massive scale by doctors handing out prescriptions for fake illnesses is cheating today not yesterday.

@ctruth6185 2 жыл бұрын

I doubt the judging was heavily rigged for the Soviets since they were new to the sport. Modern gymnastics today is corrupt also and heavily weighted in favor of the U.S.A. Why bother to comment or watch at all if you dislike it?

@annieko2415 6 жыл бұрын

She's not the most successful Olympian, that's Michael Phelps

@BiancaRodrigues-mk4kz 6 жыл бұрын

hello bluefood the most sucessfull olympic GYMNAST...

@mustyfan1584 6 жыл бұрын

hello bluefood Michael Phelps wasn’t even born yet when she was competing. She WAS the most decorated Olympian of all time, as the video states. Plus, the title specifically says *gymnast*

@ZAHIDthebestTPM 5 жыл бұрын

do u mean Michael Phelps is female ???

@RogerBarraud 5 жыл бұрын

Attention span issues much?

@TheLucyvanpelt8 5 жыл бұрын

She WAS the most succesfull for decades, until Michael Phelps beat her. And she was the best, not only in gimnastic and not only female