2024 Paris Olympics Thread

Originally posted by 4ML:

Originally posted by SunDevilNiner79:

Originally posted by 4ML:

Originally posted by BobS:

Originally posted by 4ML:
I must seen this a 100 times over the years and still can't get over it.

The "Dead Loop" of Olga Korbut, also known as the Korbut Flip, was a daring gymnastics move performed by the Soviet gymnast Olga Korbut at the 1972 Munich Olympics. This maneuver involved Korbut standing on the high bar, performing a backflip, and then regrasping the bar. It was… pic.twitter.com/7wbp6jyqpU

— Historic Vids (@historyinmemes) August 1, 2024

Slow motion replay for your viewing pleasure ❤️ pic.twitter.com/U6Cb2U7Yh8

— Frank Bruno (@FrankRBruno) August 2, 2024

and…that last jump - neck & head being so close to the lower bar is was also banned.

On that dismount it did not look like her face missed that lower bar by much.

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Part 2 😊😊 pic.twitter.com/VROWynqRpN

— Frank Bruno (@FrankRBruno) August 2, 2024

…it didn't and she did it several times. She was the GOAT before Biles. She got a few 10s when the scoring used to be till 10. Simply amazing in floor exercise too.

She's credited with changing gymnastics from ballet to acrobatics

Makes sense. Also - Don't wanna forget about Nadia Comaneci. She achieved more and was more famous but strictly from the videos I've seen on YouTube - I always felt Olga's difficulty & originality was on another level. Had she played safer - she probably could have achieved similar to Nadia but she pushed the sport to another level imo.

Originally posted by SunDevilNiner79:

Originally posted by 4ML:

Originally posted by SunDevilNiner79:

Originally posted by 4ML:

Originally posted by BobS:

Originally posted by 4ML:
I must seen this a 100 times over the years and still can't get over it.

The "Dead Loop" of Olga Korbut, also known as the Korbut Flip, was a daring gymnastics move performed by the Soviet gymnast Olga Korbut at the 1972 Munich Olympics. This maneuver involved Korbut standing on the high bar, performing a backflip, and then regrasping the bar. It was… pic.twitter.com/7wbp6jyqpU

— Historic Vids (@historyinmemes) August 1, 2024

Slow motion replay for your viewing pleasure ❤️ pic.twitter.com/U6Cb2U7Yh8

— Frank Bruno (@FrankRBruno) August 2, 2024

and…that last jump - neck & head being so close to the lower bar is was also banned.

On that dismount it did not look like her face missed that lower bar by much.

Part 2 😊😊 pic.twitter.com/VROWynqRpN

— Frank Bruno (@FrankRBruno) August 2, 2024

…it didn't and she did it several times. She was the GOAT before Biles. She got a few 10s when the scoring used to be till 10. Simply amazing in floor exercise too.

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She's credited with changing gymnastics from ballet to acrobatics

Makes sense. Also - Don't wanna forget about Nadia Comaneci. She achieved more and was more famous but strictly from the videos I've seen on YouTube - I always felt Olga's difficulty & originality was on another level. Had she played safer - she probably could have achieved similar to Nadia but she pushed the sport to another level imo.

Yeah Comaneci was great

but to me 96 team was the Goat, carrying the injured girl so she could finish and win gold on home turf, I remember watching live

Biles is probably the best ever, but don't forget suni li. She tore it up after battling kidney disease and won all around gold in 2020.

Originally posted by 4ML:
Suni Lee is amazing too. What she did in 2020 was inspiring too. She is having a great Olympics in Paris too.

Originally posted by VaBeachNiner:
Scheffler with the comeback in the final round to win golf gold for the US!