Gymnastics in the 1970s was INSANE! #Munich1972
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Published 2022-10-16
The Gymnastics world was a different one when Olga Korbut, Karin Janz and Ilona Bekesi performed at Munich 1972.
Check out the women's uneven bars highlights from the Munich Games and relive some truly special Olympic memories with us!
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All Comments (21)
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Olga was the revolution, the BEST ever, so far ahead of her time.
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No wonder I loved it so much more back then. These are the gymnastics I grew up watching. It's changed so gradually that I didn't quite remember why it felt so much more exciting and interesting back then. Now I see why.
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Karin Janz 🤯 So difficult and elegant at the same time.
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The 1972 Olympics is where women's gymnastics changed forever. Before then the focus was predominantly on artistry and grace, but these Olympics made women's gymnastics more acrobatic and turned it into the daredevil sport we know it as now.
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I wish that Karin Janz and Olga Korbut could have both gotten gold medals. Both routines were insane.
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Korbut is a delight!!!
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I loved Karin Janz's routine (third girl)
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Olga was the GOAT who is never mentioned. I wonder why gymnastics in the 70s was so treacherous. Olga's uneven bar routine was a white unicorn performance in the sport. It will definitely never be repeated again. Anyone could have easily died from a performance. There was a gymnast that actually died doing vault, but that was in the 90s.
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These women were incredible 🤩
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Gymnastics was more insane and dangerous, but for me it was more beautiful in 1970s
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after the jury gave 9.80 to Olga Korbut, the audience protested the jury over 5 minutes because she was perfect - 10
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Excellent quality video! I was 12 in 1972 and this is when the uneven parallel bars became my favorite women's apparatus. These girls are amazing!
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0:33 That dismount 😍
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Great video… not having to hear commentary, just taking in the atmosphere … and the beautiful, elegant maneuvers of these young ladies …. This is really quite moving …. 😭… thank you…
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Creativity and elegance in abundance. Beautiful and thrilling to watch.
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Some interesting moves on bars I have not seen in a long time. And graceful dismounts.
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I can't get over bar routines in 70s compared to now. So very different. Wat a huge change in 25/30 years.
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I’m this days all the routines looks the same, back then were so unique. ❤
