Soviet Gymnastics 1986

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Posted some Soviet training from 1986. Gymnasts include Olga Strazheva (’88 Olympian and ’89 AA Bronze medalist), ’81 World Champion Olga Bicherova, ’87 World Silver medalist Elena Gurova, ’88 Olympic Gold medalist Elena Shevchenko, and Aleftina Priakhina (’87 Worlds alternate and queen of the full twisting everything)

V- Yurchenko full on full twisting tsuk off
UB- Full twist back handspring mount, full in dismount
BB – Full twist back handspring to back hip circle mount, standing full, gainer rulfova, full in dismount
FX – Double double mount, 1 1/2 to double back, full in dismount

Hard to believe this was 25 years ago. 2 full in dismounts off beam (Gurova and Shevchenko) and 2 double double mounts on floor (Priakhina and a girl I can’t identify) and 3 full in dismounts (Shevchenko, Priakhina, and Gurova).

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube. (1hr 25min)

Gymnasts were much tougher in that era. Wow.