Starting with Ludmilla Tourischeva and Olga Korbut in 1972, something happened to women’s gymnastics. It went from elegance to acrobatics. As the long legged and graceful Tourischeva won the all around gold in Munich, it was the small and perky Korbut who won gold on the floor exercises. Four years later in Montreal, 14 year old 4 foot 11 Nadia Comaneci…
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