Soviet gymnast Olga Korbut charms the World | Faster, Higher, Stronger - BBC
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Publicado 2012-07-02
Watch the BBC first on iPlayer 👉 bbc.in/iPlayer-Home In 1972, watched by a huge new primetime television audience, the unknown 17 year old from the Soviet Union was a sensation. Never before had the Olympics seen a gymnast like this -- small, supple and smiling. Her floor exercise captured hearts with its impish charm and Olga's own childlike delight in her performance.
Daring and danger, skill and beauty combine as this series telling the history of the Olympics continues with the story of gymnastics at the modern Games.
It explores a never-ending pursuit of perfection by athletes constantly pushing their sport to greater and greater levels of technical difficulty, both on the floor and up on the high apparatus. Like Olga Korbut, who transformed gymnastics with revolutionary new routines that risked everything in Munich in 1972; and Nadia Comaneci, who picked up the baton and went one further by scoring the first perfect ten out of ten in an Olympics at Montreal in 1976.
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Todos los comentarios (21)
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2:15 I find it disturbing that people needed to see a Russian cry to realise they were human. What?
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I wish beam routines today could be this artistic. That being said, if a gymnast did a modern-day routine back then, they would've been deemed superhuman.
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You can tell she's also taken ballet because of the way that she moves, she's so graceful and limber
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She's the most charming and fluid gymnast I've ever seen. Her floor exercise made me so emotional I had tears welling.
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The old style of gymnastics is so much more aesthetically pleasing than it is today. The artistry has been eliminated in favor of tricks.
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I remember watching Olga on TV during the '72 Olympics. She did more for Soviet/US relations than any other person or treaty could. She won the hearts of the US and World audiences.
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It's tough when you're a young person with potential and all adults put their high expectations on you. I'm glad she survived the pressure and came out stronger
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The girl: cries The old man: It was wonderful.
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No one: Youtube: Hey kid, wanna watch this video from 2012 that's unrelated to anything you ever watch?
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1:42 that landing is perfect
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Olga Korbut, the greatest of all time. Thank you.
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There's a beauty to her routines that is really lacking in today's competitions
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watch pre 1972 gymnastics; flips on beam, even splits on beams were considered daredevil. Olga opened door to "stunts" totally unheard of before. Her "failure" and tears probably won more hearts than any gold medal. It was a reaction any little girl could understand. Her pixie smile and "joi de vivre" were endearing. Olga was condsidered a "freak" by the judges; but if it had not been for Olga Korbut; there probably would not have been a Nadia or perfect 10 four years later. Olga readied the world for what was to come and what was possible.
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the dismount from the uneven bars was incredible
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Idk if someone else has mentioned it yet, but the level of difficulty that Korbut achieved, in a way, will never be replicated ever again, because many elements she practiced then are completely banned now. She was the queen of banned elements due to just how dangerous they were. Even the gymnasts of today cannot afford to take the risks she did then, which is definitely for the best, but also makes me appreciate her skill and artistry that much more.
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Totally fell in love with Olga when i was a kid. Full of personality and talent. Even to this day no one comes close to her charm and charisma. God bless her from England
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It is a cliche but korbut is poetry in motion. The gymnastics of that era I find incredibly beautiful. Much more so than today's gymnastics. Korbut was incredible.
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You rarely get to see this kind of grace in today's gymnastics because the skills are so packed that there is no room for breath. It's about how man flips you can do and tricks but not really any kind of feeling or soul. Once in a blue you get a gymnast who is able to precisely nail it and you're like holy smack but still miss this element. There is real art in any craft that is done in a high level.
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I was 6 years old and was in love with Olga Korbet for the next 6 years.. It was because of her I became a gymnast.
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When she was on the beam she really said “move like a snake”
