1966 Gymnastics World Championships, women's EF

Event finals highlights of the 1966 world championships. Vera Caslavska, Natalia Kuchinskaya, Zinaida Druzhinina, Erika Zuchold, and Taniko Mitsukuri.

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With the live piano on floor for accompaniment, it really has a different feel. The gymnast and pianist are dancing and playing together in a unique way.

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Kutchinskaya was way WAY ahead of her times. Marvel of nature!

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So much more graceful than todays gymnastics! !

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Noelle Ewen but more boring. There’s no risk at all so no excitement. I want to see carnage and people falling off the beam.

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Thank you so much for these posts. What a treasure. Makes quarantine time a bit more bearable

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Natalia Kutchinskaya was by far the most beautiful and graceful gymnast ever on the floor exercise!! Her choreography is just sublime and would she be some years younger she surely had the skills and the body to compete in the more acrobatically difficult era of Tourischeva, Korbut, Comaneci and Kim. Just pure perfection on every move. The same is true with her skills on the beam. Such a beautiful girl with poetric moves!

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@maseratic boychik You are so rigth! I also prefer Polina Astashove over Latynina. But do you know by any chance why Kutchinskaya decided to retire sooo early?

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@@burninglightfire Because she was just tired of Gymnastics, she lost the motivation and I read she got some health issues(Thyroids), so this explain her lack of motivation or energy too. I always loved Natasha, she was amazing, she had some issues in Mexico 68(Yeah since 1968 she started to ill) so this why she didn't win the AA, I think, she should have got the UB(Her UB routine was so hard, the dismount value is still C ) and the FX titles because Natasha was the best on Choreo and interpretation and also.. she was a talented tumbler for her time. In Mexico people loved Natasha, she got paints of local artists and enjoyed of popularity, some newspapers called her "Novia de México"(Mexico's sweetheart). Kuchinskaya conquered the Mexican heart with her beauty and grace; even today, some guys remember her. Natalia always be an important actor in Mexico 68 Olympic Games. www.serlesa.com.mx/mi-mexico-olimpico/ This is an example of a typical Nostalgic Mexico 69 OG page or blog. lastresyuncuarto.wordpress.com/2018/10/24/la-pulgada-decisiva/ This is from a Journalist: Juan Villoro, he said about her "Natasha Kuchinskaya reveló que la belleza es más fuerte que la gravedad: cuando mantuvo el equilibrio en la barra, desequilibró para siempre a una generación" that means Natasha showed the beauty is stronger than gravity: when she balanced on the beam, she forever "unbalanced" (shook) a whole generation.

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Nat was amazing as a gymnast and as a great beauty. She was abducted by a radical group and held for ransom. Russian government saw it fit to pay the ransom, despite of clear loose of face if they succumb to the radicals' demand. Pay they did because Natalya was a true national treasure.

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A wordl of grace

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It was in the 70s that the hard acrobatic moves began appearing.

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With Olga Korbut.

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You haven't really done beam unless you did it on wood

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that pointy bras gets me every time I can't not think it funny

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lovely to watch. feminine graceful not speed running like an out if control car or death defying feats. pure 100% graceful moves. 👏👏👏 no m2f trans either.

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“Must have complete silence during the beam exercise” while today’s gymnasts are throwing full twists and four series on beam during a ruckus floor music playing in the background.

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“Must have complete silence during the beam exercise” while today’s gymnasts are throwing full twists and four series on beam during a ruckus floor music playing in the background.