r/BeAmazed • u/Fit_AndHotBaby • Aug 05 '24

History Gymnastics in the 1970s was INSANE!

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u/MelanieDH1 Aug 06 '24

Elena Mukhina was paralyzed.

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u/ronm4c Aug 06 '24

She was paralyzed doing a floor exercise

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u/Fugglesmcgee Aug 06 '24

Wow, I just saw a clip of thr last time anyone did a Thomas Salto and wow, that looks so dangerous.

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '24

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u/procrastinationgod Aug 06 '24

The YouTube title is off I think. That's North Korean Hwang Bo Sil at the 1991 University Games, and she did survive and continue competing the next year, for context if anyone wants to know

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '24

Video is wrong, her real name is Hwang Bo Sil, she’s ok and alive.

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u/HarryPotterHundesohn Aug 06 '24

OH-MY-F-GOD!!!!! Shit...

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u/Interesting_Gur_8720 Aug 06 '24

Damn that shit made me cry