Nadia Comaneci will forever be remembered as the ... but it was another Soviet Union entrant, the diminutive Olga Korbut, who captured her imagination -- and that of the international audience ...

In 1976 at Montreal, she won team gold and silver on the balance beam, but was surpassed by another tiny dynamo, Nadia Comaneci of Romania. Munich was Korbut’s personal playground.

Nadia Comaneci can still deliver a perfect ... As for the picture. That’s Olga Korbut. She’s Russian. She won three gold medals at the 1972 Olympics in Munich and added team gold in Montreal.

Olga Korbut, of the Soviet Union ... At the following Summer Olympics in Montreal, Nadia Comaneci, only 14, received the first perfect 10 in gymnastics. Olga’s groundbreaking ’72 performance ...

There are few Olympians who can say they redefined their sport, but that is what former Soviet gymnast Olga Korbut did at the ... Human to Hero: Nadia Comaneci - Olympic gymnastics’ first ...

In 1972, it was Olga Korbut, who brought attention to the sport at Munich. In 1976, it was Nadia Comaneci at Montreal. Last year, it was Mary Lou Retton in Los Angeles. Who will it be in 1988 in ...

In an apt tribute, The Hindu on July 23, 1976 wrote: “What the Soviet gymnast Olga Korbut began in Munich (Olympics) four years ago, Nadia Comaneci has completed in Montreal — turning ...

Nadia Comaneci will forever be remembered as the ... but it was another Soviet Union entrant, the diminutive Olga Korbut, who captured her imagination -- and that of the international audience ...

There are few Olympians who can say they redefined their sport, but that is what former Soviet gymnast Olga Korbut did at the 1972 and 1976 Olympics. She won balance beam, floor exercises and team ...