Category: history

Nadia Comaneci Plaza in Montreal

A plaza named after Nadia Comaneci, the Romanian gymnast and runaway star of Montreal’s 1976 Olympic Games, was inaugurated at the Olympic Park on Wednesday.

Gazette

Olympic Bars Champ – Julianne McNamara

Everybody loved Julianne back in that era. We boys loved how she mounted with mixed grip jam cast, like a boss.

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Oksana Omelianchik – 1985 Floor

One of the greatest routines all time. Worlds Montreal 1985.

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Okasana is judging Vault here I understand.

Oksana is the new FIG athlete representative

Only gymnasts were allowed to vote. And who wouldn’t support Oksana?

But with only 16th World Championships, does she have the experience? 😀

Nadia back in Montreal at Worlds

Nadia got great applause when she took the stage for the first time during Men’s AA Finals. They love her in Montreal. Nadia’s image appears all over the city.

She lived here for 18 months after defecting and learned French.

Press conference.

Ponor is serious about retiring this time

Sad. She looks in great shape in #MTL2017GYM.

Upgraded her tumbling on Floor …

But anyone can miss in competition. Anyone.

https://twitter.com/uegymnastics/status/915676927419142144

Nadia competed at the Montreal Forum

Dave Holmes reminded me that the 1976 Olympics were hosted at the Montreal Forum (Forum de Montréal).  Dave was there.

Home of the Montreal Canadiens from 1926 to 1996.

1985 Worlds Montreal were hosted in the venue now called the Montreal Biodome.

Kolesnikova, Shushunova, Omelianchik, Baraksanova, Mostepanova, Yurchenko