10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «KORBUT»
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Eastern superstar, Olga
Korbut
A biography which explores the political and personal dimensions of Olga Korbut's life as a gymnastic superstar.
Gwen Evans, Bruce Curtis, Heinz Kluetmeier, 1976
A biography of the Soviet gymnast who won three gold medals in the 1972 Olympics and returned to win another in 1976.
3
Outstanding Women Athletes: Who They are and how They ...
Korbut rebounded from this setback the next day during the individual apparatus
competition. To the delight of her fans, she completed the "Korbut loop" on the
uneven bars and the "Korbut somersault" on the balance beam, winning a silver ...
4
Sports Around the World: History, Culture, and Practice
Korbut was born on May 16, 1955, in Grodno in the Soviet Republic of Belarus.
She was the youngest of four siblings and started gymnastics at the age of nine.
Two years later she began working with coach Renald Knysh, who emphasized ...
John Nauright, Charles Parrish, 2012
5
Icons of Women's Sport [2 volumes]
The following year, she debuted a move known as the “Korbut flip,” in which she
stood on the high bar, performed a back flip in the open air, and then caught the
bar; this was the first backward release move done on the uneven bars, and it is,
...
Kelly Boyer Sagert, Steven J. Overman, 2012
6
Sports Culture: An A-Z Guide
Rivalries beyond competition Unlike any other sports rivalry, the one between
Olga Korbut and Nadia Comaneci was never played out in an arena: the two
gymnasts never met head to head in a competition. Their rivalry was for the
affections ...
As Korbut's career was winding down, the rising star of Nadia Comaneci caught
the world's attention. But it was Korbut who truly changed the face of gymnastics.
Her success in Munich and the resulting media attention brought worldwide ...
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Munich 1972: Tragedy, Terror, and Triumph at the Olympic Games
With strong performances by the rest ofher teammates, the USSR/Belarus women
edged out a powerful team from the GDR for the gold medal. Henceforth,
however, all the fan attention was on a single member of that Soviet team, Olga
Korbut.
What character trait in Olga Korbut is one that would be good for you to develop
over the next few years? Why? Discuss this with your classmates. 2. Olga once
said, “If there had not been such a thing as gymnastics, I would have had to
invent ...
10
Great News Photos and the Stories Behind Them
69. Olga. Korbut. Steps. Down. for. Nadia. Comaneci. EDDIE ADAMS The finest
athletes and more than one hundred of the best news photographers from
around the world crowded into Montreal to take part in the Olympic Summer
Games, ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «KORBUT»
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Korbut is used in the context of the following news items.
Railroad excursions to Harveys Lake revived in 1948
Perhaps inspired by the Olympic performances of Russian gymnast Olga Korbut in the 1972 and Romanian gymnast Nadia Comenici in 1976, ... «The Sunday Dispatch, Jul 15»
It's All About Education: What Kids Learn from Sports
I grew up watching gold medalists Olga Korbut and Dorothy Hamill on television. Not surprising, then, that I became a budding gymnast and a ... «GoLocalProv, Jul 15»
Montreal remains close to gymnastic queen Nadia Comaneci's heart
The media had built the competition into a contest between reigning gymnastics queen Olga Korbut of the Soviet Union, then 21, and ... «Montreal Gazette, Jul 15»
5 Fabulous Gymnast Hairstyles Through the Decades
... Larisa Latynina, Ludmilla Tourischeva—we haven't really seen anyone try and pull this off since Olga Korbut and Cathy Rigby in the '70s. «Inside Gymnastics magazine, Jul 15»
Md. crossed parallel parking off the driver's test. Our nation is doomed.
What Michael Jordan was to basketball and Ted Williams was to hitting, what Olga Korbut was to gymnastics and “Weird Al” Yankovic is to ... «Washington Post, May 15»
All About Jenji Kohan, Orange Is the New Black's Creator
She recently completed a 1970s-themed puzzle that includes images, she says, of “everything from the Iran hostages to Nadia Comăneci and Olga Korbut.”. «Vanity Fair, May 15»
Gymnastics legend and Arizona Cardinals fan Olga Korbut wants …
Korbut would like those yards to come with Arizona. The Scottsdale resident is a big Cardinals fan and wants them to acquire the disgruntled ... «TwinCities.com-Pioneer Press, Apr 15»
Putin's Feed-Russia-First Push Has Global Grain Markets on Edge
“Farmers in the south have huge stockpiles that the market will not have demand for,” Alexander Korbut, vice president of the Russian Grain ... «Bloomberg, Apr 15»
10 Routines That Changed Gymnastics Forever
When the Soviet Union's Olga Korbut introduced her back flip on balance beam in the Olympic Games, she forever changed the way ... «Inside Gymnastics magazine, Apr 15»
Missing Roseland man found safe Saturday
Marlon Korbut was found Saturday on a spoil island in the Indian River Lagoon east of his house in the 11300 block of Indian River Drive, ... «TCPalm, Jan 15»
