Mitchell Andrus
08-21-2008, 7:12 PM
My son and I have been enthralled with the girls on the beam, bars, floor.... "How the **** do they DO THAT?????
I got to poking around on youtube to show him what gymnastics used to look like and how they've evolved over the decades. I now remember why Olga and Nadia were so revered at the time. They practically invented modern gymnastics.
A few gems:
1956 games
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7bwngKxHfU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcdO-_4EO8o&feature=related
1936 games
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IW4VTuAdsjA
Olga, 1972 on a non-sprung floor - nice to hear the live piano again.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcYZ3TTrOII
WOW!
.
I got to poking around on youtube to show him what gymnastics used to look like and how they've evolved over the decades. I now remember why Olga and Nadia were so revered at the time. They practically invented modern gymnastics.
A few gems:
1956 games
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7bwngKxHfU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcdO-_4EO8o&feature=related
1936 games
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IW4VTuAdsjA
Olga, 1972 on a non-sprung floor - nice to hear the live piano again.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcYZ3TTrOII
WOW!
.