best AA gymnasts EVER

Kristen Ras is posting a series of on the best all-around gymnasts of all time, starting with the Soviets:

Larissa Latynina
Lyudmila Tourisheva
Natalia Yurchenko
Olga Mostepanova
Oksana Omelianchik
Aleftina Pryakhina

Couch Gymnast – Best of the All Arounders Series: The Soviets

Obviously there are some big, BIG names not included.

While Tokyo 1964 saw the final performances of the Soviet gymnastics legend Larissa Latynina at the Olympic Games, it also marked the rise of new upcoming star, Czechoslovakia’s Vera Caslavska, who would also gain iconic status in her career.

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