25 Responses to “1958 Larissa Latynina”

1. cgkitti says on August 30th, 2011 at 12:36 pm :
   

   @AngelCutums Well, I could see when a woman is pregnant. . . any type of strong movement can make you feel ill, so that’s an extra challenge to be dealt with. Plus, you’re more easily tired. I could see that having an effect.

2. chocdave says on August 30th, 2011 at 1:36 pm :
   

   @LMA629 . . . you actually didn’t hit your stomach but the fold of your leg on the bars, and they didn’t do those back then (Larissa ended her career having never done one). Those bars were very stiff and hard and broke a lot. It wasn’t until more flexible rails came in during the 1960s that you started seeing that (the earliest film example I have is from 1966). If you look at Larissa on the medal platform, it’s kinda funny, she stops sucking her gut in and this “pouch” shows up

3. LMA629 says on August 30th, 2011 at 2:11 pm :
   

   didn& amp; #039; t crujen their stomachs on the inégales bars in arrière then? (fodder they& amp; #039; pulsations appelés re d& #039; stomach). how it could have done that pregnant one? and she doesn& amp; #039; watched of t 5 months d& #039; enclosure of the set! !

4. Stonymypony says on August 30th, 2011 at 2:21 pm :
   

   Why was she competing while pregnant?

5. KevYuuuu says on August 30th, 2011 at 2:30 pm :
   

   Michael phelps is gonna beat her record

6. AngelCutums says on August 30th, 2011 at 3:01 pm :
   

   I don’t know, it doesn’t seem that difficult to do what she did at this specific competition. Let’s realize that even before she was pregnant, she could do the splits, split jumps, back handsprings, fulls (on floor), etc easily. Seeing as these skills probably weren’t pushing these athletes to their physical limits, since gymnastics was more artistic back then, I don’t see how this was very difficult. Please correct if I’m wrong.

7. bbhouk1 says on August 30th, 2011 at 3:13 pm :
   

   @violaroadkill
   compulsory vault and optionals beam

8. violaroadkill says on August 30th, 2011 at 4:01 pm :
   

   @bbhouk1 Well, she was overscored in the final, so I guess that made up for it. Which routines was she underscored on?

9. bbhouk1 says on August 30th, 2011 at 4:15 pm :
   

   @violaroadkill
   oh i know that, the romanians were rarely better than the soviets, with the exception of 1987 worlds. im talking about the all-around, Daniela was underscored in the team event, and before the new life rule, scored carried over.

10. violaroadkill says on August 30th, 2011 at 5:05 pm :
    

    @bbhouk1 In which competition? If you mean Seoul, the Soviets were clearly the best and deserved the gold.

11. bbhouk1 says on August 30th, 2011 at 5:46 pm :
    

    @violaroadkill
    she underscored her and all other countries as a judge, possibly causing the loss of the gold medal

12. violaroadkill says on August 30th, 2011 at 6:27 pm :
    

    @bbhouk1 What did she do to Silivas?

13. malyshbrat says on August 30th, 2011 at 6:39 pm :
    

    @CoCoNuTsiopatHic if “the highlight of her beam routine was, like, walking across it. . . ” and with that she won more gold medals than anyone in the Olympic history, then CAN YOU IMAGINE WHAT others were doing on the beam?!
    Simply Standing by it, lol

14. bbhouk1 says on August 30th, 2011 at 7:24 pm :
    

    @CoCoNuTsiopatHic apparently before Nelli’s career really took off, Larisa said quote
    “she has no future” unquote.
    Larisa said that in 1970, after Nelli’s competition results had been less than satisfactory
    but then again i don’t respect Nellie anymore either, not after what SHE did to Daniela Silivas.

15. CoCoNuTsiopatHic says on August 30th, 2011 at 7:52 pm :
    

    @bbhouk1 What’d she say? I remember she said something about Korbut to the tune of “a real champion never falls” or something like that. Well easy for her to say when the highlight of her beam routine was, like, walking across it. . .

16. bbhouk1 says on August 30th, 2011 at 8:21 pm :
    

    i love her gymnastics but i have no respect for Larissa as a person anymore
    not after i heard what she said about Nellie Kim. . . . . .

17. bbhouk1 says on August 30th, 2011 at 9:13 pm :
    

    @audie83 the olympics are every four years. so, naturally, this is a worlds event
    i know this comment is really old but still

18. Elemarth says on August 30th, 2011 at 9:44 pm :
    

    What was her silver?

19. TakingOverCrayola says on August 30th, 2011 at 10:41 pm :
    

    omg. pleasant springboard;)

20. HSMusicMom says on August 30th, 2011 at 10:52 pm :
    

    Fascinating!

21. sochisochi says on August 30th, 2011 at 11:38 pm :
    

    She made the artistic gymnastic sport

22. caligrl82091 says on August 31st, 2011 at 12:35 am :
    

    how many months was she?

23. Nattalliya says on August 31st, 2011 at 1:27 am :
    

    Iam proud of her !!!!BRAVO!!!! RUSSIANS ARE THE BEST!!!!

24. audie83 says on August 31st, 2011 at 1:38 am :
    

    Woops!!! I meant ‘with’ her daughter!
    Darn Ytube-no edit feature!

25. TuesdayPillow says on August 31st, 2011 at 1:52 am :
    

    Pregnant by her daughter?!? Sounds like a Jerry Springer episode!