Evolution | Women's Gymnastics 1936-2021

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Hope you enjoy todays Edit. I created this evolution video for a school project in German and thought why not translate it to English and share it with all of you?! :)

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[inluminatiomea]

Korbut of 1972 is perfection - athleticism and grace combined.

[quisnessness]

In modern gymnastics it feels like the difficulty matters more than execution so we see more awkward looking or messy routines. If execution mattered more than difficulty it might be more visually appealing with fewer wobbles and step outs and pauses to focus between elements as athletes wouldn't push themselves to do acrobatics they couldn't do perfectly. But instead it's more about pushing the boundaries and developing physical strength. It's still an amazing sport and I'm in awe of the power of today's gymnasts but it feels like they've taken the "artistic" out of "artistic gymnastics".

[Jjangbunbun]

the sixties and seventies routines are just beautiful bring back the artistry of gymnastics

[rsw]

This is what I miss, the smooth elegance and lyrical gymnastic performances. I wish they would return to pretty flowing movements that are mesmerising to watch. Today, these look more dangerous and are so fast after pauses that it's like a collection of moves.

[motheroftwo]

I miss seeing the beauty of gymnastics from the 1960's and 1970's. Someone, please, bring this back.

[jeniferallan]

Olga korbet was a wow to watch, so graceful 😊

[juliecurran]

Korbut was so graceful and fluid on the beam.Just beautiful to watch❤❤❤

[danamania]

Putting a positive comment down here. Thank you for the effort you put into finding the clips, editing them, captioning them, and uploading the video. I loved it 😊

[luxurylifela]

This is so interesting. It almost feels like two different sports. I know nothing about gymnastics and don’t really have the terminology to describe it. All I can say is the 60 and 70s gymnasts were so flexible and elegant. They really had style and grace. I can see in the 2000s where the gymnasts seem to really combine the two. By the 2020s, their athletic skill is amazing. I always wondered, having only seen modern gymnastics, why they bother with what I see as the “dance” elements because it usually looks so robotic and ridiculous on these athletes. The music is usually irrelevant too because it could be any song because the movements don’t look timed to it at all. Now it makes sense that those elements are a holdover from when gymnastics looked very different. I’m torn on what to think. I truly respect the athleticism and power of today’s gymnasts but I love how beautiful the old style gymnasts look performing their routines as well. They’re actually combining dance elements meaningfully with acrobatic skills. I guess if you’re into the beauty side, there’s rhythmic gymnastics but part of me would like to see there be something in the middle that combines artistry along with athletics, and then a form more like men’s that would cut out all of the dancing stuff and let the woman just compete. I think there are some great gymnasts today that would shine if they didn’t have to add some of those dance elements. They don’t look good doing it and it takes away from their skill. We also have some gymnasts that are just so graceful and flowy that lack the power of some of the top gymnasts but as an untrained eye, their routines actually look better and more put together to me. It would be nice if each group had a place to shine.

[Caretasdemarmol]

Korbut 1972 will always be my gymnastics goddess. She was a creator and in my view the first 10.

[helenf.]

The 1965 beam routine is gorgeous. She’s so talented

[SR-wofh]

The performances before the 2000 were far more graceful and enjoyable to watch than the ones after. Less acrobatic jumps resulted in movements more controlled and neat

[GothicFlowerZ]

I did gymnastics in the early 2000s, we weren’t a big club and we still focused on the old school way of gymnastics, execution over difficultly. All the children went to go to ballet lessons and incorporated ballet steps into the routine in time to the music. Most of the smaller clubs still had the old vaults too and the floor was just hard mats put down with no spring whatsoever. Just watching the Olympic artistic gymnastics today in some ways it’s like watching a different sport. The tumbles are much bigger/more showy, with dance steps just to link between the different moves and elements without just walking. It is the same in the beam, I appreciate the skill required and it’s still fantastic to watch, I know I never would’ve been able to those massive acrobatic elements they do now, but there is a special beauty in a perfectly done backwards walkover that eclipses the huge acrobatic elements for me. I know some people will say, if you want to watch dancing, go watch a dance, and modern dance these days actually combines a lot of acrobatic gymnastics moves, but without the execution that gymnastics is judged by, hence why it is unique and different. Dancing was and still should be an integral aspect of gymnastics routines, not just a way to get from A to B without any thought or rhythm.

[valentinabenivegna]

I love the concept of this video and the tidbits of information you've added but skipping the '80s (and '90s) does a great disservice to the whole idea. The '80s especially is the most innovative, creative and fun decade to watch! There's a huge difference between the gymnastics of the '70s and of the '80s. They still had artistry, form and beautiful coreophraphies on floor and beam but they also had big skills on all events, some of which are now banned because they're too dangerous. The vault was forever changed by Yurchenko, on bars they had so many incredibly new skills that are still used today (the Shaposhnikova for example) on top of beautifully weird mounts and dismounts, on floor they had back to back tumbling, Silivas did a double double for the first time, and the coreos were always so fun to watch. They had so much originality that is now almost completely lost. You can't have a video on the evolution of gymnastics without the '80s.

[kellyoleary]

Olga Korbut (1972) would absolutely wipe the floor with the gymnasts at this year’s Olympics. She flies! So light and effortless, no heavy stomping or wobbles. Her feet are always perfectly placed. Olga and Nadia Comaneci are the greatest of all time in my opinion.

[romyv]

Olga Korbut so graceful and beautiful to watch! Each to their own but personally I'm not nterested in displays of brute strength. I used to enjoy watching gymnastics back in the day, not anymore.

[janinewetzler]

The bars in 1936 was just elegant and stunning to me. The control of the slow, deliberate holds was an incredible feat of all body strength to me which, I guess, is exactly what the routine was suppose to show!!

[ljohnson]

I love the older videos & seeing how routines & athletes have evolved over time. The uneven bars always blow me away.

[puckrabbers]

Nadia and Olga were super elegant. No hard feelings towards Simone Biles, but for me Nadia and Olga will always be the very very best.😊

[KatieLHall-fyhw]

The 60s was lovely to watch, but my fav goes to my girl Olga Korbut in the 70s! She was wonderful!!