Balance beam and uneven bars were definitely more exciting back then, and had a lot more individuality. Today its like watching every gymnast perform the same routine and the same moves over and over again. B-O-R-I-N-G!
@elenamukhinafan35064 жыл бұрын
Nadia and Elena are my two all time favorites. Love em both.
@lokismig6 жыл бұрын
Fantastic Elena Mukhina, I think she deserved to win in floor exercises! Thank you
@missmoxie91885 жыл бұрын
Just for the record if Elena seems tired on floor she was. This was after her coaches forced her out of her cast prematurely and put her back in the gym. Her broken leg came apart requiring surgery. Sadly this was the beginning of the end for Elena. She was forced back into gymnastics prematurely after her leg surgery. And we all know what that culminated in.
@Herman474 жыл бұрын
Yes, sad that she got forced out of the cast far too prematurely. She was courageous, and gracious toward rivals. She is missed and fondly remembered.
@missmoxie91885 жыл бұрын
Love you forever Elena
@valyusha984 жыл бұрын
All excellent gymnasts here... Nadia and Elena in particular are magnificent as always. I never liked Shapo on beam though...
@arminbalic56994 жыл бұрын
Great champion Elena Mukhina!
@vc236 жыл бұрын
I think gymnastics at this time were much more exciting. I enjoyed watching gymnastics up to about 2000. Maybe its because I really don't understand the points system, even though its been around a long time now.
@MrMartinportnoy6 жыл бұрын
Vanessa Casey the same happened to me, even earlier perhaps, when Bogi retired in '96... I can't really work out the new scoring system, before it was so clear and straightforward.... (sigh of nostalgia)
@carldeen16876 жыл бұрын
That is because it is different sport. The artistic gymnastics that Nadia inspired millions of young girls to try, no longer exists. Although the name hasn't changed, it is now acrobatic gymnastics. I wish they would bring back artistic gymnastics because I would much rather watch beautiful and elegant young gymnasts performing their artistry and ballet type moves over short freaks of nature performing circus acts.
@CG688104 жыл бұрын
Mukhina had such wonderful technique and lines. Her floor exercise was so balletic and you can tell she was a dancer. It is sad she was a late bloomer because she probably could have competed at the 1976 Olympics and won more than one World Championship. It is also very sad that she didn't have a coach and was in a system that looked after her instead of training her to a horrible end. I have to say that her and Nellie Kim were my favorite gymnasts. Nadia was amazing. All these gymnasts were stoned faced all the time though. Nellie Kim was the only one that seemed to smile once in a while. I am sure a lot of it was the miserable conditions they had to endure.
@Galimah4 жыл бұрын
what a magnificent return from the disastrous World Championship of 1978, were she "only" managed to win one GOLD and two SILVERS
@carldeen16876 жыл бұрын
Nadia is beautiful, elegant, and graceful. You seldom see that in today’s gymnasts and never in elite gymnasts. There is something special but undefined about Nadia that makes me want her to win when I watch her performances. When I watch their performances no other gymnast does that. The only one that came close was Mary Lou Retton. With her beauty and elegance Nadia was the very best artistic gymnast. Simone is the best acrobatic gymnast. I don't compare Nadia vs. Simone because, although the sports are similar, they performed in different sports--artistic vs. acrobatic. Nadia was 5'-4". Nadia proved you could win at that height in artistic gymnastics. Simone is 4'-8" an 8" height advantage (a 12% strength to weight advantage and a 25% moment of inertia advantage) in acrobatic gymnastics. It is not possible for someone 5'-4" to win at the Olympics in acrobatic gymnastics. I wish they would bring back artistic gymnastics because I would much rather watch beautiful and elegant young gymnasts performing their artistry over short freaks of nature performing circus moves.
@eliarosa26105 жыл бұрын
Carl deen exactle ..!
@SusanCSmith-ik3jy5 жыл бұрын
Carl Deen I second that!!!
@melacord72794 жыл бұрын
well said !
@sabrinamarie43804 жыл бұрын
Its not dance, dance is where the elegence should stay, or even in Rhythmic gymnastics, where as artistic gymnastics is about the acrobatics as you would see in a circus put together into routines, and there is still plenty if balance involved. Just like baaketball, soccor, etc. It's now less sexist.
@Galimah4 жыл бұрын
Well... i am without comparatives and superlatives but i agree with you.
@Sbaxter19893 жыл бұрын
Dude, the way nadia fell off the bars and just gets right back up and finishes? Wow.
@tericarmichael53405 жыл бұрын
Magnificent.Nadia best.
@APoetsCorner4 жыл бұрын
I’m surprised Nadia didn’t get knocked unconscious from that fall to the mat.
@ancamg5 жыл бұрын
Wow Nadia was in a class of her own. All double backs looked weird until Nadia did it.
@LouizMac20225 жыл бұрын
I love Nadia!
@kingkongbrody69615 жыл бұрын
Nadia totally ruled!#1
@timetraveler95985 жыл бұрын
Nadia is the best of all time.
@matthewdunaway77395 жыл бұрын
at one point Bela trained his best to be competitive on vault. I know Kim was injured but she performed the second vault that Nadia did 13 years later. At one point Kim had a Cuervo.
@adinizmendes304 жыл бұрын
13 years later?
@HotMessMemories14 жыл бұрын
@Matthew Dunaway Kim Zmeskal wasn’t even born yet during this competition.
@Hale-Bopp3 жыл бұрын
Nadia❤️❤️❤️
@darthdeth33195 жыл бұрын
Nadia stands alone as the best in this sport.All time.
@millicent876 жыл бұрын
Gym at that Time was very dangerous but so amazing !!! Today i CAN barely watch.
@jukodebu5 жыл бұрын
40 years ago
@uhane096 жыл бұрын
The best forever Elena Mukhina!!! Even better Than Nadia Comanci...but bad luck!!!
@kras1186 жыл бұрын
Mukhina seemed a bit tired on floor, but still a very beautiful performance!
@kras1185 жыл бұрын
@Star Tetrahedron Mukhina's story and accident breaks my heart. She was clearly suffering here. While Europeans were held in May 1979, and the Olympics were held over a year later, everyone knew something was wrong when Elena was not at Worlds later on in 1979. Terrible tragedy.
@missmoxie91885 жыл бұрын
Her leg was coming apart around this time
@christinecrites8355 жыл бұрын
nadia has the problem of all gymnasts who have grown up. shes too tall!
@karaamundson39643 жыл бұрын
Mukhina should have hit 9.95 or 10. Eberle's routine is lovely too...I must say I don't care for the Olga moves
@hilaryduff84785 жыл бұрын
Nadia-#1😁☝️🐐👑
@ashemn964 жыл бұрын
Hermoso
@albertgonxhe75345 жыл бұрын
Nadia super stare
@arminbalic56995 жыл бұрын
Elena Mukhina is fantastic!
@cc_celeste3 жыл бұрын
Nadia 😍😍😍
@MaHaClDu6 жыл бұрын
I think Elena Mukhina is excellent but lacks a touch
@gustavodelacruz20874 жыл бұрын
Emili mejor q tadas
@theresa422135 жыл бұрын
You know what makes me mad?? They _STOPPED_ Nadia from training with Bella after the Olympics! So in 78 she was not doing much. She only had a short time for him to get her back in gear, and her body had grown so she had a lot of adjusting to do. lf she had STAYED with the Karolis _the whole time_ she wouldn't have fallen off the bars during that release move lemmetelya! She could have been in top form! Stinking Communist country wanted to ''punish Nads from being too famous! lt wasn't about the individual, only the collective!'' She said it herself!