ELENA MUKHINA 1978 WORLD’S ALL-AROUND-ALL 4 ROUTINES!
ELENA MUKHINA’S PERFORMANCES FROM THE 1978 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS WHERE SHE WINS THE GOLD IN THE ALL-AROUND. THIS VIDEO SHOWS ALL FOUR ROUTINES-VAULT-BARS-BEAM-AND FLOOR. UNFORTUNATELY ONE YEAR LATER SHE IS PARALYSED PERFORMING A NEW SOMERSAULT ON FLOOR IN TRAINING FOR THE 1980 MOSCOW OLYMPICS. SHE LIVED A QUIET LIFE IN RUSSIA ADAPTING TO LIFE IN A WHEELCHAIR. SHE PASSED AWAY IN DECEMBER LAST YEAR. SHE WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN……please leave a comment on what you think of this video, thanks…
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She so copied olga korbut
poor mukhina
i feel bad for the gymnasts who quit,they worked so hard to get everthing correct then next thing you know that move is band
In 1978, Kathy Johnson was just coming into her own for the USA as an international competitor.
Qué gran gimnasta fué Elena Mukhina y qué enorme tristeza me da el saber de su tragedia..que haya terminado así..Te recordaremos con cariño y admiración Elenita . Descanza en paz.
1977
No. She got to the top in 1978 on hard work and well-timed consistency rather than exceptional talent. Even at peak fitness, she would have been doing to well to medal at Moscow 1980. Don’t let the appalling tragedy of her accident distort her real achievements by romantically imagining she was better than she was.
@themagicalgem The Code of Points said it was too dangerous. The Code of Points made A LOT of gymnasts quit.
My God that was an incredible bar routine.
her bars routine was amazing!!!!
today I did for the first time a full twisting double back, i work really hard for it!
but now i realize how hard mukhina must have worked for it in in 1987, she does it on a floor as hard as stone!
Mukhina, you were the only one who was beter than Nadia.
Rest In Peace.
They would be as good today as they were back then but rules were put in place to protect the gymnasts.
Amazing.
poor mukhina, may she rest in peace.
soviet athletes were sports machines then
3:45 to 3:49 was terrifying. @_@
That has got to be one of the scariest uneven bars routine ever! I swear back then they would put the most dangerous routines ever O.O
she had a new skill in every apparatus
whoa girls were doing full-ins back then?!
The uneven bar routines were so much better back then
I ask myself the same, she looked better than nadia in some ways.
@wadwadthenugget
I agree. It’s all about power now. The gymnasts from the Eastern Bloc at this time had such catlike grace and elegance. May not have been so fast as now but it had something else.
She was so fabulous but why did she keep hitting the lower bar after she wraps around it?
remember watching her…so inspirational…such an amazing talent!