I hadn’t realized how little I knew of Latynina before reading this post. She was one feisty athlete.
An interview with the most decorated Olympic Champion of all time, Larissa Latynina, by Dmitry Efanov and Alexander Lyubimov for ‘Kultura’.
Nine time Olympic champion gymnast Larissa Latynina will be 80 years old on the 27th December. A few days before her birthday, the legend of world sport answered some questions. …
RRG – No retreat, no surrender
… Her success, she says, is partly down to the fact that she was always ruthlessly competitive. …
Larisa Latynina: An unbeaten Olympian for 48 years. (photos)