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Olga Korbut

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And from that nineteen sixty four, this was my goal to go to Olympic Games. And I realized what does it mean, Olympic Games, like big celebration.


— Olga Korbut


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And I suggested to change very simple way to Olympic Games, in one competition, two different levels. Separate from, until sixteen, and after sixteen years old.


— Olga Korbut


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And we lost a lot because of that, and I think this is future gymnastics to separate ages. Because kids can do it more than adult. A woman and adult woman can show more than the small kids.


— Olga Korbut


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And, in nineteen seventy two Olympic Games I wasn't really going to be a star, and overnight I became a star.


— Olga Korbut


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Anyway I will go same road because I, I was born in gymnastics. This is my, how to say, my life and my duty.


— Olga Korbut


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But let me do I will show the world what gymnastics looks like. Well may be this is a future gymnastics.


— Olga Korbut


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But probably this is helps to win, to win, to gold, more gold medals, and to win most my important medal, heart of people. This is most important for me.


— Olga Korbut


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But, I couldn't live without creation gymnastics.


— Olga Korbut


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Finally I almost dropped gymnastics because I couldn't live without create, and you know, and then, all public in the world start to say, we don't want to see gymnastics without OLGA.


— Olga Korbut


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How many people in the world is, each of them is individual. And I like to eat bread, somebody don't like that. You know this is the same in gymnastics.


— Olga Korbut


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There Korbut's first trainer was Elena Volchetskaya an Olympic gold medalist (1964) but Olga Korbut was moved to Knysh's group a year later. In the same year Olga completed a backflip-to-catch on the uneven bars; this was the first backward release move ever performed by a woman on bars. After the boards displayed a score of 9.

Olga Valentinovna Korbut (Belarusian: Вольга Валянцінаўна Корбут Volha Valancinaŭna Korbut; Russian: Ольга Валентиновна Корбут) (b. May 16 1955 in Hrodna) also known as the "Sparrow from Minsk" is a Belarusian Soviet-born gymnast who won four gold medals and two silver medals at the Summer Olympic Games in which Olga Korbut competed in 1972 and 1976 for the USSR team.

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