Alina Kabaeva Before Her First Olympics | Before They Were Superstars

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Legendary gymnast Alina Kabaeva moved to Moscow with her parents to help her career at 12, and by 2000 the decision was proving a smart one.
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[@mymochii3729]

“She was fat, She was not pretty enough” That is disgusting she is beautiful and is beautiful in her own size

[@styggia8]

My mochii Rhythmic gymnstics clubs are strict about weight because it effects flexibility capacity. But i also couldnt understand why they called her not beautiful enough

[@andreasr.7146]

Amazing girl. she is very sporty, natural and intelligent... Seemed she liked putin, when she was young, too^^ Hope to see her in public again.

[@irenamoiseykina7724]

Why are you making circles on a potholder when a stove is already cold?

[@alecsia96]

I still spend hours surfing through her routines on YT, literally. And to think it's been 10 yrs since her retirement. She'll be forever my favourite.

[@trolldevildean4522]

Me too. Although Kanaeva has taken away the part of my favourite.

[@osuushiza8]

Why did she ever retire tho? I was down when I found out she did...

[@leval1000]

@@osuushiza8 Alina? Or Evgenia? Alina was 25 and completed most of her successes. Same for Evgenia. She’s the greatest rhythmic gymnast of all time. She doesn’t need to accomplish anything else.

[@Inn376]

She is Putin's mistress 👎

[@carmencilmacedo]

The most perfect gymnast. So beautiful and graceful.

[@Inn376]

And is Putin's mistress 😢

[@fatnsassy99]

No one has been able to reach her level of difficulty, flexibility or strength!! She's def one of a kind!! 💚

[@adspur]

That’s what Vlad said.

[@eg8427]

Totalmente de acuerdo, ella fue la gimnasta rítmica que marcó el antes y el después, su flexibilidad única y hasta entonces no había una gimnasta así. Ella marcó el camino de este deporte.

[@shawnsdr3406]

Vlad folds up like a pretzel and says who's your DICKtator😂

[@rhythmicpassion5526]

she is beautiful!!!!💖

[@Willowcat0519]

rhythmic passion yup

[@ilttpvvm]

Not as beautiful as my beloved Alina (yes, my girl has the same name).

[@rhythmicpassion5526]

alone kabaeva is incredible!!!! I could watch her perform for HOURS😍

[@aeriacross770]

She even sounded the same as Alina Zagitova. Both beautiful champions with one named after the other.

[@roxana4631]

Amazing gymnast who has truly revolutionized this sport

[@solange390]

Roxana hfj

[@racheln1675]

figure skater, alina zagitova was named after her

[@mari_hase]

Alina Ermolova too

[@alecsia96]

For years i've been saying that when - and if - i have a daughter, i'll name her Alina. After Kabaeva and after Somova.

[@LexPustokov]

Zagitova is Olympic champion =)

[@alina-wh3he]

i was named after her lol

[@TheCandiceWang]

Horrible

[@iloveluhan9307]

She's so wow! like she's such a goddess

[@trolldevildean4522]

Thanks for making this video about an incredible woman. She was my first love in RG and attracted me to it when I first saw her in Sydney 2000. However, I personally think that the Putin part is inappropriate as the official Olympic channel should not speculate on such things. Instead, you could've focused on her involvement with the state Duma or her business career. While you are at it, please do one for Kanaeva, as hers seem like a cinderella story.

[@lvega5606]

trolldevil dean how could they NOT mention that?

[@trolldevildean4522]

Why should they mention it? For what purpose? It's pure speculation and belong in trashy gossip columns, not on an official channel. It's also her private life. She has achieved more incredible things herself and has contributed so much to the sport which should rightly be the focus of attention.

[@chrisbeach423]

Her and Putin have 4 kids 🤔

[@coco_paix]

I completely agree with you. Such a LEGEND of RG, so many things to mention such as she also where a politician or that she broke almost every record, but mention something like that? Please who did this, the official Olympic channel or her enemies?

[@vetaantonevic7312]

Неповторимая, великолепная, красивая Алина! 💞💞💞💞💞💞

[@matthewpayton]

Kabaeva Rhythmic gymnastics legend.

[@stregapez5498]

I don't know what deluded person said she wasn't beautiful enough for rhythmic gymnastics.

[@dukebubblebutt3671]

- svhspeedsk8tr J - Jealousy :)

[@evab.6240]

I don't understand why would you have to be beautiful to be an athlete anyways..

[@rhea6583]

Eva B. It’s apparently a thing with Rhythmic Gymnastics

[@osuushiza8]

Amen!

[@TheNkhom]

Nobody told this. She was told by the coach Irina Viner that she had been overweigted at that time as for gymnastics. Viner always told that Alina was beautiful and had a very nice smile. The info in the video is not correct

[@emanuelfrancoise3357]

She is so beautiful❤

[@ilttpvvm]

Not as beautiful as my beloved Alina (yes, my girl has the same name).

[@dominicweber]

Thank you so much for doing something for rhythmic gymnastics !! ❤️

[@rostislav10]

Ослепительная красавица, с очаровательной улыбкой!

[@natalychannel3472]

Алина-Это явление в художественной гимнастике ! необыкновенная, неповторимая, самая яркая из всех!

[@dilaramorozova9974]

Красивая сильная смелая удивительная женщина

[@user-iz5zk6mq1w]

Алина ты супер хочется тебя чаще видеть и слышать

[@evakostow1756]

Se merece lo mejor, despues de tanto sacrificio, se merece ser amada por alguien tan bello como ella.

[@elkovaleva700]

Кто???красивый?вы ебнулись

[@rsb512]

Alina Kabaeva all-time great rhythmic gymnast and an all-time great Sports Beauty. :)

[@arunjosep1410]

All time? Don't crack jokes. How many Olympic medals she has?

[@rsb512]

@@arunjosep1410 2 if you must know. 2 more than you an me.

[@collegecollege1401]

Her smile 😆😍👸🏼💋🌹💘🍀☘️🌷🌼🌻🌺😋😆🐟😉

[@alexandrapamelaipanaqueber1989]

dice que no es lo suficientemente hermosa ….. pero en la realidad es demasiada hermosa. una belleza única sin cirugías 🎉

[@giagogitidze4796]

Kabaeva is Legend ! Amazing Superstar gymnast forever!

[@DeepakYadav-qw1om]

She is very hardworking, beautiful,brave that's why she reached at the top of world

[@aloha5527]

She is legend. Most beautiful ever.. Kanaeva is 2 world brilliant gimnast.

[@user-ni1kx3kp8p]

Алина Кабаева это бренд художественной гимнастики. Да, много сей час хороших гимнасток и есть даже очень хорошие, сестры Аверины например, но Алиночка одна на все времена. Сама она о себе так не думает. Что очень приятно.

[@xenia3384]

Алина, ты лучшая ❤

[@Rozaliyaish]

Одна из красивейших спортсменок Мира !!!!!

[@kyleighreed6610]

she should be a model in her freetime

[@osuushiza8]

She's modeled b4 as well. IDK if she still does tho.

[@user-qb4fs9gs1p]

БРАВО !!! С ЭЛЕМЕНТАМИ КАМАСУТРЫ !!!

[@Youtubella.]

Alina👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@evafabian6408]

Vivat, Alina!

[@user-vk1iv3bu2o]

АЛИНОЧКА -- СУПЕР!!!

[@MariaJustice]

Кумир моего детства!

[@sheilaghnoonan6911]

I JUST came from the Winner Takes All documentary.

[@Imnotme618]

This video is so 90's!

[@VedicAstrologywithYashi]

cant belive OLYMICS official channel is talking about relationship and not her perofrmance

[@elfa9191]

I love Kanaeva... and Kudriatseva but i think Alina is the greatest of all time in RG.

[@igorzee1167]

"Some thought she was fat"?! Oh, boy! That someone was The Great Irene Viner! The very coach who made Alina into Olympic Champion!!!

[@lullaby1813]

i love her 😍

[@arpanroy3648]

You are inspiration of billions and so shall it be on earth as in heaven 😇

[@nasibaduschanova142]

Я не знала что она такая легендарная красивая и супер

[@grigori2245]

Легенда мировой гимнастики. Русские гимнастки лучшие в мире 🤍🩵❤

The part about Poutin is stupid. Olympics cannot do politics...

[@osuushiza8]

Putin's a huge Olympic fanatic tho! He's always involved w it. Even tho sports & politics r separate, in Russia, then have some correlation. Russia's different from most countries!

[@randomvintagefilm273]

She had a love child with Putin

[@undefeated_romantic1692]

@@osuushiza8 , oh, come on! Sport and politics go hand in hand everywhere. Athletes compete for their countries and flags not just for themselves.

[@aa.4639]

@@randomvintagefilm273 Really?

[@jadescalet1639]

Olympics is a very political event

[@americaneagle76]

I WAS SURE THAT SHE SPENT ALMOST HER ENTIRE LIFE PRACTICING THIS SPORT!

[@alexandr.5500]

какие же красивые Русские девушки!!!!

[@Palovxontora]

Фамилия Кабаева )) Она не русская.

[@user-yl4md3qm9p]

Не судите и не судимы будете.неповторимая! Самая лучшая! Красивая ! И завидуйте все.лучше нет в мире ее.Талант отБога.ее невозможно не любить.

[@XzX226]

Конечно красивые смешные с татарами и кавказцы.

[@marinasukhanova4344]

And here I thought I’d hear more about how amazing Alina was at her sport back in a day but noooo... you have to mention Putin 🙄

[@darlinsilva4596]

kabaeva e Kanayeva as melhores.

[@laszlototh2220]

She is beautiful.

[@jacdogma1316]

Amazing beauty and talent........

[@ayochellia]

"Some coaches thought her too fat..." oh yeah, what a heifer. *rolls eyes*

[@alecsia96]

I know it looks absurd when you look at her petite, almost anorexic body here but Kabaeva always had weight issues. Still has.

[@trolldevildean4522]

Wasn't that the reason why she came to Moscow because the coaches in Uzbekistan didn't like her physique? But judging from the shape of her face and body, she has the body-type that can gain a ton of weight after eating a bowl of spaghetti.

[@alecsia96]

Yes and yes. She has an unfortunate body type. Imagine the starvation she had to go through in order to get thin as she was in this video. There is that urban legend about when Viner had Alina only drinking water for three days so that she'd lose weight and stay in Novogorsk...

[@trolldevildean4522]

Was that an urban legend? I read that Viner threatened to buy 2 tickets back to Tashkent for Alina and her mom Lioubov but mommy dearest told Viner to buy just one, for Alina. How savage!

[@alecsia96]

Did Alina's mom say that? :o hahaha. Infact Alina talks about her 3 days of starvation in that RT documentary "Viner Takes it All". As for dear Irina's first impressions of Kabaeva, i remember Reading that it was just the other way around - she was enchanted with Alina's skills at first sight, not just her unmatched flexibility but also her ability to jump real high and honestly, in her prime-time Alina's leaps were just as astounding as her flexibility

[@samsungblu1023]

She Is Definitely Magnificent. Wish You All The Best Honey. 🤗🥰😂🤣❤💓❤💓

[@nielszindel1151]

..really nice to see who she was when young. I hope she lives a happy life. So many rumours. Delia Morris

[@gongxi3956]

May I know the song for the intro, at min 0.35? Thanks!

[@nasibaduschanova142]

Да алина ты супер

[@user-wn7zu3gn3c]

what is the song on playing on 3.54?

[@jkoranchie]

why can't you guys post the whole routines !? 😩

[@olgavizitiu7944]

❤

[@NurxonBaratov-ff6ld]

❤❤

[@marissasodemori4664]

love you alina kabaeva

[@rezthirlwall8652]

beautiful

[@violathesing1196]

Super !!!❤️🌹

[@alittlepotato6357]

My friend is from Tashkent

[@pulpo439]

¿¿¡¡ Queee...!!?? ¿Que los entrenadores creían que aliña era fea y gorda? *¡¡¡ POR LOS CLAVOS DE CRISTO !!!* ¡¡ ALINA TIENE UN CUERPO *PERFECTO* Y ÉS *GUAPÍSIMA* !! Y ÉS (hasta el momento) la única gimnasta del mundo que se llevó TODAS LAS MEDALLAS DE ORO EN TODAS LAS MODALIDADES. Los entrenadores están IDIOTIZADOS y NO tienen buen gusto. En cuanto a la madre de Alina, consiguió que (Alina) se convirtiera, como así ha sido: *EN LA MEJOR GIMNASTA DEL MUNDO* Y, aún hoy, no hay gimnasta como ella. Le envío un gran saludo a Alina y que Dios bendiga a todo el Pueblo Ruso. Desde España.

[@enniobeldi3155]

Bella, brava, troppe arie.

[@NeftVobmenNaProdovolstvie]

Plz, whats music since 3.54?

[@luckshindler838]

Умничка

[@user-yi6sp2xs1f]

戰勝自己才是最大的贏家

[@hudecovatatiana]

Amazing

[@user-xw5ip5hd1z]

Её личное , это её личное!

[@user-mp8sj5et4r]

Алина лучшая. Пожалуйста завидовайте молча .

[@elcapone1485]

Yeah she was my first international crush

[@user-qi3fj7gi8m]

Про Клин Блинтона говорите, после которых платье с биологической жидкостью много лет сохраняется!)))

[@ghktdbjvhkotqzbmpo2923]

Translation is a bit different from what she's saying((

[@trolldevildean4522]

What does she actually say? Sorry, I don't understand Russian :(

[@daigaermane1496]

The best

[@EvrikiNevriki]

лучшая

[@alinareyesleon1226]

Mi tocaya.....😘

[@anadinu6017]

Super!

[@mariaetelvinamartins7147]

Maravilhosa

[@jessesmith-garcia5313]

Kabaeva has had a very interesting life since her Olympic Career ended, being with Vladimir Putin and supposedly having two of his children, totally unreal, and this woman is from The 2004 Athens Olympics, wow how times have changed not just for her, but for her Country as well!

[@user-ye7no4vo8x]

かわいいなあ

[@bogdanski6928]

A KGB agent finds a gimnasta attractive. What on earth have they in common, apart of the obvious?

[@americaneagle76]

THAT LOOKS LIKE A LOT OF WORK.

[@HarmonicaGuitar]

You can't even imagine HOW MUCH

[@rovadelcast]

Please name of songs

[@TESLAusLIVE-XX23]

Ornella Muti look-alike, but again Slavic Beauty!

[@undefeated_romantic1692]

Well, she's half-Russian (by mother) and half-Tatar (by father), and the second part influenced her appearance more. Check out her parents.

[@Palovxontora]

Not slavic.

[@Sirinxa]

Ornella Muti is 100% Italian

[@antoniotolentino6396]

Bien!

[@bee4pcgoldrule592]

Winner

[@mnnjwamnjwa8963]

I speak both russian and English and the translations are incorrect

[@lucianaardillita7318]

why? what parts?

[@user-ui9ei1ox3i]

You can’t just say that then not say which parts🙄

[@constantapopa7575]

Alina ai grijă de tine

[@halifadjabarakambaliabinga2969]

Bonne journée

[@lij__00]

So Unique

[@adelitamarquesdossantossas4656]

alina kabaeva

[@user-zi8me7ou8h]

👍😍❤

[@hridaycharanjamatia1953]

Nice

[@mariaetelvinamartins7147]

Que linda. Tô pasma

[@theresachechelski6113]

Weltklasse 🏆🏆🏆💖

[@deepalib3096]

Nice video

[@ionalesne2634]

Beautiful she was, but in her Olympics games in Sydney, she lost her hoop and made mistakes which usually let the gymnasts at the bottom of the podium, not at the top...What's happened during this competition ? It was with the help of I.Viner. M.Mamun said one day after a competition that the most important, it's that their country was in the podium, as if there were too much mistakes as Kanaeva made it during the olympics ? As if other gymnasts didn't make any mistakes without winning any medals and stayed at the bottom of the podium?

[@supermodelwannabe]

she kinda reminds me of the model Kate Upton for some reason