An blog called (un)Orthodox Gymnastics — that’s cute — linked to the gold medal routine (9.975) of Lysenko at the Barcelona, Olympics 1992.
Click PLAY or watch her on YouTube.
It seems a bit silly to flag Jewish gymnasts as there have been so many great ones. But often we do in the context of what I’ve always called the “Jewish Olympics”, the Maccabiah Games started 1932.
Anyway, it’s a great excuse to see Lysenko once again.
She also won vault with a Double Twisting Yurchenko. WAY ahead of her time with that!
Click PLAY or watch her first vault to win Olympic gold on YouTube.
Her second vault was handspring front, half-out, STICK. (YouTube)
Jewish Gymnasts – (un)Orthodox Gymnastics
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