THE Olga Korbut he had swept the medals in Olympic Games, European and World Championships between 1972 and 1976conquering six gold and seven silver in instrumental gymnastics.
In ’72, however, in Munich Olympicshad made history with one of the most impressive drills the sport had seen.
On a day like today 50 years ago, the then 17-year-old athlete from the Soviet Union had for the first time made a move that went down in history as “The Dead Loop” and “Korbut Flip”.
During the execution of her program at asymmetrical yokesKorbut had stood with her feet on the higher one and backflip catching it again, before spinning with unimaginable speed between the two yokes!
INSANE! ?? #OnThisDay 50 years ago, Olga Korbut stunned the world with some absolutely mind-blowing acrobatic moves. #Munich1972 @OlgaKorbut1 | @gymnastics pic.twitter.com/WeL10me1GZ
— The Olympic Games (@Olympics) August 31, 2022
The approx 11,000 spectators burst into applause and cheerswith the young athlete still scoring 9.8 and… comfortable with the silver medal.
Her historical exercise had already earned her a place in history, however until In the 1980s it was banned due to the high risk of injury – although Korbut herself had claimed that it was very easy for her!
The Belarusian Olympic champion finally retired at the age of 22 and then got involved in coaching, while the 2000 shocked by revealing that she had been raped by her coach in the 70s…
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