Gymnastics - 1977 - Womens World Championships - USSR Elena Mukhina & Maria Filatova

[@mystyk5896]

Elena mukhina won the world championship in 1978 beating Nadia Comanenci and Nellie Kim. She fractured her leg just before the 1979 world championship and didnt compete then. Later in 1980, 2 weeks before the moscow 1980 olympics she snapped her spine when she underrotated and landed on her chin when she was forced to practise the Thomas salto with a weakened and crooked leg before her fractured leg was fully healed. Elena Mukhina was the true greatest of all time.

[@evab.6240]

My gosh. It's both beautiful and sad seeing Mukhina here..

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[@carolhutchinson7763]

Yes it is. When a young person becomes a quadriplegic their life expectancy is cut by decades. She didn't make it to 50. I heard she did some writing that was published.

[@111marcie]

They should make a movie of Elena life if they don't already have one. See was a wonder.

[@paulsoccer191]

Thanks a lot for the upload that also features Elena Mukhina. The story of this beautiful woman tells us a lot about the hardships of life. I'm positive she is with The Prince of Peace.

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[@lauraswihart8018]

Amen!

[@БодяВаць]

@EC 81 Tank you ! For the fact that you remember and love Elena Mukhina ! Eternal and Bright Memory to her !!!

[@karoonboomie2813]

Speechless......Every time I get Lost watching Elena Mukhina

[@normsantos1274]

the days when live piano music was the thing...

[@rssempresas7478]

like the organ at the ballpark....which proves again that change is the only constant in this world.

[@unknown-lf6zx]

And artistry and elegance. I much prefer old gymnastics

[@briggscharleton6139]

Great upload. Wish there was more of Fillatova's performance. She was an excellent gymnast that seemed to get lost in the mix of all stupendous talent on the USSR team. Nice to see her efforts finally being rewarded. Love Natasha too

[@test-nu8fx]

Любимая наша,бедная Леночка, царство тебе небесное!

[@ems4915]

Thanks so much for this upload! Not only do I love gymnastics, but I also love the 70s! Awesome commercials in between!

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[@nyhammer1]

The female commentator is just absolutely great with her knowledge of the sport

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[@lidanol]

I thought the announcer was Nancy Theis.

[@usergio3]

She calls them the girls from the Soviet Union, and then she calls them the Russians.

[@ronaldcarmona5485]

It looks like the female commentator was Nancy Thies, 1972 American Olympic gymnast at Munich. She was a gymnastics commentator for NBC for 7years.

[@MrMartinportnoy]

Shaposhnikova's FX difficulty was amazing for those times...

[@Linda-iw7bk]

I love all the gymnasts from this era, esp the soviets. Would love to see vids of Natalia Frolova's best floor exercise ever.

[@dicktingley4205]

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[@simonealexander7313]

This is the 1977 World Cup - thanks for posting as this is quite rare.

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[@azbycx56]

Indeed. There was no world championships in 1977

[@TNR-lover]

Elena Mukhina trying to perform after years of abuse including breaking her leg and having her cast ripped off and being forced to train. Her coach was forced to comply.

[@ЕленаГолубь-р8т]

Светлая память Леночке

[@ЕленаКолесник-б4ъ]

Жалко Леночку,что так травмировалась и умерла ,прекрасная девушка,спортсменка и жалко непросто ,как человека.Я ее помню и выступления.Земля ей пухом!

[@толикеремин]

Елена Колесник тренер угробил

[@АрланАрлан-м4ж]

@@толикеремин и никто не заступился!

[@rynwin1]

Poor Elena, she had such injuriesto contend with. And they pushed herto compete despite this.

[@kelleyjogirl]

Shaposhnikova! ❤

[@theresa42213]

Kathy's commentary was always so inspired, and explanatory.

[@simplystreeptacular]

This actually isn't Kathy Johnson - she was still competing at this time, in fact she'd go on to record one of the best all-around finishes ever achieved by an American up to that time at the 1978 World Championships the following year. The commentator is apparently Nancy Theis, who competed for the USA in Munich in 1972.

[@theresa42213]

@@simplystreeptacular Oh yea, yea ...l guess she would be! l got so used to hearing her voice, my brain superimposed it. Thanks for the info!

[@simplystreeptacular]

@@theresa42213 Haha, no worries! I love Kathy's commentary too, she's absolutely flawless. The only commentator who can compete with her in my mind is Shannon Miller.

[@aurylovevintage2198]

Thank you thank you thank you thank youuuuu

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[@aurylovevintage2198]

Ok, I will visit the Website! Keep the good work!

[@ceciliaolivieri5395]

ELENA IS MY GIRL. What they did to her was criminal. THE BEST

[@Denise_Suzanne]

I have never seen this! Amazing. Thanks for posting

[@CandidoMembrebe]

@Ima Sportsphile thank you for sharing this beautiful gymnastic video.

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[@Margaret_san]

Леночка, покойся с миром!

[@patriciaperezaramburo9093]

Thank You ❤

[@wasiandoll2006]

I likes Natalie Shaposhnikova's performance , all of them

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[@veronicafleitas412]

Excellent! Also the ads of the time!

[@carolhutchinson7763]

The ad with the guy fussing with the pay phone and phone book make me thankful for today's cell phones and being able to look things up on the Internet. Some selfish people used to tear pages out of those phone books when they found what they were looking for instead of copying it.

[@jamielim5059]

Elena has lost her drive poor girl 🥺🥺🥺🥺 RIP

[@rosefritchman7829]

The Abuse would not be allowed to get that far! But then Larry Nassir obviously CoverUp! Sexually abused myself by Babysitters and Family Friends between my sister 5-7 / Me 7-10! Never Goes away! My sister 54 and I'm 57!Did Gymnastics for 9 years 8-17 years old! Broke My Tailbone took 3yrs to Parcilly Heal!

[@AlexSessu]

Nasser is product of American democrazy

[@nerdemundo5501]

Natália shaposnikova maravilhosa

[@maximoolguin4226]

Elena😞😥

[@patriziapace4169]

Le parallele asimmetriche senza paracalli 😣

[@SeaSong14]

i was wondering if you didn't have the full coverage of this competition? Anyways thank you for posting this.

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[@Robert63675]

2:19 Остановите этот кадр. Посмотрите на Неё - это самая прекрасная девушка земли. Помните Её, пожалуйста!

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Robert63675, Спасибо за ваш комментарий О ком вы говорите о ... США Лиза Котрон?

[@Robert63675]

О Елене Мухиной 2:20

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мы очень много знаем об Елене Мухина .... ее любили и ценили многие люди в гимнастическом сообществе .... и у нас есть другие видеоролики о ней в наших уроках гимнастики и олимпиады на нашей веб-странице в ImaSportsphile .... поэтому она всегда будет помнить ... как это видео является лишь одной из наших нескольких дань ей и ее таланту.

[@Robert63675]

Спасибо! У неё был не только талант. У неё была прекрасная душа, великий дух. И ещё раз повторю - она самая прекрасная девушка в мире. Самая прекрасная женщина в мире. Я люблю её.

[@АнатолийШкенч-с8ь]

Остановил кадр ! Я её помню

[@SissyFlower5]

Does anyone know what is the name of the female commentator? I really like her commentary

[@danshearer7333]

Nancy Thies, a member of the 1972 Olympic team. Trivia: She's the first gymnast to perform a back tuck on the balance beam in Olympic competition. Yes, even before Olga. She did it in the team event (kzbin.info/www/bejne/d5_MhpmYqZKFlZY), and the US performed before the Soviets, so beat her by a few hours. She was always very modest about it. Unlike Olga, who did the tuck and immediately dismounted with a front flip, Thies did the back tuck mid-routine, which some argued was more risky. Fact is, both were impressive and groundbreaking for the time.

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@@danshearer7333 Thank you!

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[@missionaries7575]

Muhkina probably had a fracture at this time!

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[@typorter-pp6lh]

You got the year wrong. This is either 1977 or 1978.

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[@selimtum]

Muchina's coach has complex problem, other girl beat her with 2 somersault without spin which is more difficult

[@SERST]

it's not the world Championships...in 1977, he was gone.

[@SummerofKittyLove]

Who is the man in the pic? Reminds me of Roger Waters

[@ronaldcarmona5485]

Mukhina had bad luck this time but Cawthron was great 😂

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[@StargazerLily82]

Hard to believe that baby they showed in the audience is almost 50. Elena Mukhina was a casualty of the Russian athletic machine.

[@riabright2815]

World cup not world champs.

[@veravera1508]

Бедная Лена! Вот что значит- ребенок без матери..Никому не нужен,никто не озаботился.это ж не ребенок какой-нить шишки. Столько медалей принесла стране,но ни один чиновник от спорта или гимнастики не сделал и 10й доли от того,что мог и ДОЛЖЕН был сделать! и + пресловутый советский бардак во время трагедии.- .летняя пора,отсутствие вовремя врачей,упущенное время. И это перед олимпиадой!! 10кратный позор советскому спорту! , несмотря на все его достижения! случись это на соревнованиях в какой-нибудь кап- или даже соц-стране (лучше,конечно,германии) ,- и то толку б было больше,по горячим следам, с наличием массы спецов разных стран можно было бы поставить человека на ноги или хотя бы облегчить участь девченки! И позор железной тури за ее слова! был бы у нее такой тренер как клименко, (а не золото-растороцкий), так и она б могла закончить плачевно.. Выжать из спортсмена максимум и выплюнуть- вот основная идеология советского спорта..

[@objetivista686]

I love this era but it was so corrupted...

[@admetric]

Never saw this!! Thanks for posting.

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