The International Gymnastics Hall of Fame will celebrate the careers of four gymnastics legends this May in Oklahoma City: Vera Caslavska (Czech Republic), Zoltan Magyar (Hungary), Natalia Shaposhnikova (Russia) and Kim Zmeskal (USA).
The class of 2012 — having won a combined 19 Olympic and 21 world championships medals — will be feted May 19 at the Petroleum Club in Oklahoma City.
Shaposhnikova, one of my favourite gymnasts, was coached by the infamous Vladislav Rastorotsky, a bear of a man. We were mightily unimpressed by the brute the one time I saw him live at a Canadian meet.
Her Bars in 1979 were considered insanely original and difficult.
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