She amazed me. When she was asked why she was doing this she answered “I’m doing this for another Elena who should be on the podium with me with a medal, but couldn’t be.”

@Bully7930

3 жыл бұрын

That is right, she said that, I remember, I was 15 and I admired Elena Muhina, she was one of the best gymnast in the world of all times and always will be. And Elena Davidova picked up the flame and won the Olimpics for Her friend. 👏

@vfvf8495

2 жыл бұрын

Now I understand her fire, she was fighting for both herself and Mukhina. Gotta love that.

@cesarfuentes6499

2 жыл бұрын

Yea to horored Elena mukhina, to the Gloria

@ilfbforever7292

Жыл бұрын

...and she did the Thomas Salto , the first Woman who did so, Elena Mukhina broke her neck during practising it 2 Weeks before the olympics..

@mysticalmargaret6105

8 ай бұрын

It is beautiful that Davidova thought of her friend Yelena Mukhina who was tragically paralyzed just two weeks before the Olympics attempting that same opening tumbling pass, the Thomas.

My god!!!!! Did I really just see that first tumbling pass?!!! The height. The precision. The speed. The sheer beauty. Absolutely unbelievable. Words fail me. Her execution of this entire routine was ABSOLUTE perfection. One of the very few times that, if 10.00 really does mean perfection, it was 100% deserved.

@iliitchwieopw

Жыл бұрын

Soviet greatness and perfection 🫡😉

@ElizaDolittle

9 ай бұрын

That tumbling pass is called the Thomas Salto (named after American male gymnast Kurt Thomas) and has since been banned. It was the tumbling pass that caused Russian gymnast Elena Mukhina to become paralyzed. She was supposed to be at these Olympics but never made it.

@mysticalmargaret6105

8 ай бұрын

​@@ElizaDolittle Spot on. I was going to post this about Mukhina. 🥺💔💔💔

@karenhilmy

2 күн бұрын

@@ElizaDolittleand Davidova was friends with Mukhina and visited her after being paralyzed from the Thomas Salto move. What a kind friend.

Yes, and it was well deserved. Davidova was completely on that day and even Comaneci admits that she was the best for the AA. This routine is fantastic and her interpretation of it impeccable. She deserved that 10.

Beautiful choreography, excellent music, lots of difficulty (this was 1980!), and she could really sell a routine. To this day, this is the routine I enjoy watching the most on FX.

One of the best FX's ever-bar none! The Soviets were miles ahead of the competition in choreography and skill

The beauty of these old routines can't be duplicated.

@heatherjay843

10 ай бұрын

Agreed! I miss the old gymnastics 😢

The absolute best floor routine EVER. The music, the choreography, and the tumbling passes are just sublime!!

@rg1whiteywins598

3 жыл бұрын

No go look up an old one of Maria Filatova. She has pigtails and a red leotard. On a plain floor. It's even more WOW.

One of the best routines ever!!!! Skills and choreography and "attitude"

Such an astonishing and spectacular floor routine!!

She blows me away!!! This is still one of the BEST FX routines of all time! It's such a shame that no one seems to have taped her FX from the AA!

Are you kidding me, round off to a mile high Arabian 1 3/4 for a first pass in 1980? That's insane!

@JohnSmith-qd1zl

8 жыл бұрын

Ikr with no springs like nowadays. And also thank gosh I'm not the only one watching in March 2016.

@Kevinsf

8 жыл бұрын

+John Smith John Smith, I can watch this type of gymnastics all day. :-)

@alexanderortizcruz7986

6 жыл бұрын

That arabian 1 3/4 of somersault and all its variations of flight element with salto to land with hands were banned from womens artistic gymnastics after Worl Champion Yelena Mukhina (URSS) got quadraplegic training it and landing it badly (is called Thomas salto, the risk is underrotating; you land on your chin, overrotating; you land on your nape). This year the Thomas salto also dissapear from mens artistic gymnastics as the group of difficulty dissapeared from the Code of point (to make the gymnast not perform rollouts from saltos)

@alexanderortizcruz7986

6 жыл бұрын

She also didi it in piked position kzread.info/dash/bejne/Y3mhrq6PlLu_aJM.html

@alexanderortizcruz7986

6 жыл бұрын

And Shushunova did it in laid out straddled legs position in 1988 Olympics kzread.info/dash/bejne/qqmfrpqxeLusccY.html

Best floor exercise ever: the outrageous difficulty for the time(Elena was the first woman to perform a rebound skill on floor; 1and ahalftwist to immediate punch front salto, and the incredible Arabian roll-out skill), the marriage of the music to the dance was made in heaven, and perfect, flawless timing.

@gutsfinky

Жыл бұрын

And the bouncy hair!

Davydova, the best of Olympic games 1980, Her technique, the routine, her Grace, she transmites impetus, energy and passion. When I ser her I think in perfection, in the Glory of human being.

@nogoodnameleft

Жыл бұрын

She lost the FX event final to Nadia though

@mysticalmargaret6105

Жыл бұрын

​​@@nogoodnameleft Actually, and unfortunately, this mesmerizing FX did not make the Olympic floor final. Due to the two per country rule, only Nelli Kim and Natalia Shaposhnikova from the tough Soviet squad made it to floor finals. Nelli Kim was given a retirement present, imo. Filatova, Davidova, Shaposhnikova and Naimushina all had superior floor routines to Kim's boring and basic one. Kim ended up tied with Nadia for the floor gold, while Shaposhnikova tied with East Germany's Maxi Gnauck's also boring and basic routine for the bronze.

I can't choose between filatova and davidova's floor. Two faboulous chorégraphies. The best ever.

OMG this routine kills me !!1 Its just wonderful, beautiful , awesome... Many words can describe this routine, unbelieve !!!

I forgot to include Shapornikova, her Olympic team mate. Just watch her FX routine and you can still enjoy the Soviet trademark, that put them on the top of the evolution of gymnastics!!!

she is mukhina's best friend i think :0 amazing too!

@kikib8812

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah. She is mukhina's best friend.

The quality of the Japanese Broadcast stands stronger than ever 40 years after this event was broadcast.

Expresión, fuerza, ímpetu, gracia y excelente ejecución. Una de las rutinas que nunca dejaré de admirar.

This routine was just incredible! I have been loving yelena for years and years! Her choreography was on point! She also had great attitude and face expressions too! I mean, that first tumbling pass was just insane! Now her floor music disco oriental is stuck in my head! :)

i was 13 during the Moscow Olympics and was mesmorized by Elena

@yianpap6093

4 жыл бұрын

Same here, I was 11 and in love with her, lol, I had no idea she was 19, no that it would've mattered to me. That routine just captured my heart, I remember thinking about her for months after that.

So grateful to be able to take lessons from such an amazing athlete!

I remember thinking what a cute, talented little kid she was, only to find out she was years older than me!

Vividly remember watching this routine and thinking how wonderful it was! It's this kind of artistry that I miss seeing in both artistic gymnastics and ladies' figure skating today. I'm glad they've banned that awful Thomas Salto move though and a few other dangerous elements that abounded in gymnastics at the time.

Always questioned Davydova's win in '80- but this routine was wonderful.

Definitely the best floor routine of the Moscow Games. She just brought the house down! How often does a floor routine do that to this caliber? There have been lots of floor routines that dazzle crowds but have it in the palm of the hands...

@JuanMartin-nl8el

6 жыл бұрын

I agree.

Absolute charm!

THIS IS JUST SO FULL OF WIN ITS UNBELIEVABLE XD Seriously I adore this. This should be shown to all of todays competing gymnasts to demonstrate how a floor exercise should marry wonderful acrobatics with beautiful choreography.

This routine is so much damn fun

Mais graciosa, impossível! Lindo demais!

@FLACSC74 I agree with you entirely. The music is simply fantastic and she really moves with it! The tumbling runs, choreography and overall pace throughout the entire performance is just fantastic. The big advantage of having KZread is having the ability to replay these wonderful performances over and over again.

Perfect, perfect, nothing Less than perfection....

La mejor impresionante nadie como ella.

Sublime perfec routine wow

Yelena looks quite young but a young lady of 19 at the time. You have to have a very sound base in dancing to get away with this. And the Soviets BREATHED dance into their gymnasts from a very early age. :)

@marielaframboise8319

3 жыл бұрын

Ballet as an integral part of their training, and it shows.

Гимнастки 80. Молодцы!!!

Я помню это выступление Давыдовой в прямой трансляции. Разница с Москвой 7 часов. Глубокой ночью смотрели и болели. Наши гимнастики самые лучшие.

Wow 🤩 one of the greatest floor routines all time. Wonderful, fun, amazing, all the ingredients

That was freaking awesome!

I remember being mesmerised by Yelena whilst watching this in the UK. When I first saw her I felt as though I`d been hypnotized. I became fascinated by her to the point of obsession.

Davydova always had awesome floor music

What a routine! amazing...she looks like Maxi ...Love those bowl haircuts many of the girls had at that time.

this is so great!!!

ohmigosh the ending choreography was epic!

The routines of the 80's were simply in a league of their own. The best era.Todays are a walk in the park in comparison.

That was 1 1/2. This was an amazing routine!

@FLACSC74 I agree with your comments entirely. As an observation, the old Soviet regime certainly allowed some fantastic pieces of music to be used by their performing sports i.e. gymnastics and figure skating.

Impeccable Yelena Davydova. The Soviet Union mastered the art of revolutionary artistic gymnastics.

Fantastic routine! I am glad though that the opening tumbling pass, the Thomas, has since been banned. This is the skill that the late 1978 World champion Yelena Mukhina underrotated just 2 weeks before the 1980 Olympics. She landed on her chin, damaging her spine and remained a quadriplegic for the rest of her life. 🥺

@marwahussein666

6 ай бұрын

This is not an Thomas salto

@marwahussein666

6 ай бұрын

Why do people just keep talking and remembering this? Elena wasn't just her accident and she never wanted to be remembered just for that. Now talk about your victories and rapid rise in the sport, starting at 12 and entering the adult category without knowing how to do new skills and in a year of learning them all. ELENA WAS MUCH MORE THAN THOMAS SALTO

Bravissimo!!!! 👍👍👍

gosh I wish I could do I floor routine like her😍 I could always get taught by her though 😂 (shes head coach at my gym )

After seeing this clip, i'm now convinced why Davydova won the AA out from nowhere (she has been on the sidelines years before) eclipsing the favorites to win in Moscow. She was right indeed, she was at the right time and in the best form to go past Nadia and Maxi. Her floor routine is a classic!

30年以上たった今でも、この音楽、この演技覚えている

даже не верится,что такое возможно !!!!!!

The Soviets were the absolute queens of floor exercise.

@nogoodnameleft

Жыл бұрын

Nadia won gold here in FX bc her compulsory was perfect. Davydova couldn't even make FX final!

Love the music!

You will never see that kind of difficulty from a woman like the first pass ever again, not only because it's banned but that move is just insanely difficult from a round off. Absolutely crazy!

@nogoodnameleft

Жыл бұрын

No spring floor in 1980 Moscow also

@marwahussein666

4 ай бұрын

​@@nogoodnameleft😂 they have a spring floor since 1979 worlds

@ralucagymnast I agree with your comments 100% - also too, the quality of the Japanese broadcast is so high and the video uploaded is so clear when you take into consideration that it was filmed 31 years ago..........

My daugther is a gymnast ,she can learn from watching yelena i remember she was the best on floor.

Es curioso ver que Davidova ejecutara el 'Thomas salto' en estos juegos (salto que dejó Mukhina discapacitada de por vida'). Desconozco si Davidova ya estaba planeada para competir en esos juegos, o solo fue el reemplazo de Mukhina; si es lo primero, el comité soviético debió saber que otra chica ya venía trabajando el 'Salto Thomas', por lo que debieron de entender y aceptar que 'Mukhina' aún no se sintiera lista para dicha maniobra. Aún así, por el motivo que fuese, es inaudito que el entrenador de Elena Mukhina la presionara a tal grado que no la dejó recuperarse por completo de una previa lesión que tuvo poco antes del fatal accidente.

@hjaidar

3 жыл бұрын

Debido a esa lesión Mukhina no se contemplaba para los olímpicos por eso la presión de entrenador para ejecutar ese movimiento que la dejó cuadrapléjica. Es una pena porque Mukhina era una formidable gimnasta. Kim, Filatova, y Shaposhnikova eran veteranas del equipo del 76, Davydova era de la nueva generación de gimnastas, potentes como Comaneci o Korbut, y por eso fue dejada de lado en el 76 por la entrenadora Larissa Latynina, pero si estaba contemplada para Moscú 80. Ese año fue muy bueno para Davydova, ganó la copa soviética, por delante de Shaposhnikova que era la favorita del equipo soviético, incluso Bela Karolyi sabía que Davydova era una gran oponente para Comaneci, y así lo dijo previo a los olímpicos. Era imposible que Davydova no asistiera a esa justa olímpica y con ello se encontrara con su destino, el oro de la prueba general individual.

Mukhina had worked to build an image for a strong team, shame .... that much pain, unable to enjoy the glory and consecration as a gymnast. The Russian team was required to refrain from competing in those games.

I have previously been involved in competitive Figure skating and everyone talks about age and how quickly they are to state that you're too old. Yelena is either 19 or 20 in this video, no walking stick in sight and could we ever envisage anyone younger with such rounded accomplishments?

@mysticalmargaret6105

Жыл бұрын

She was 19 and had a very mature, spectacular routine!

This routine was performed 43 years ago!

Para mi estas Gimnasta de los años 70 y 80 eran mas INCREHIBLES, que las Gimnastas Actuales que son puro musculo, ostil, y pura fuerza, antes estas Gimnastas demostraban la BELLEZA de la Gimnasia Ritmica, eran Unicas y Geniales.💛💛🧡👑

Gotta love the obnoxious Western documentaries that always lay the insults on "the Soviets" calling her forgettable.

That first tumbling run would not be allowed today for a VERY good reason - she has to land on her shoulders and could easily break her neck. A similar move during practice paralyzed Elena Muchina from the neck down and she died at a very young age because of it.

She did the Thomas Salto, Elena Mukhina broke her neck 2 Weeks before the Olympus while practising it 😭

@marwahussein666

11 ай бұрын

This is not a Thomas Salto.

@iliitchwieopw

5 ай бұрын

@@marwahussein666it is

@marwahussein666

4 ай бұрын

​@@iliitchwieopwNo, just research for the men's code of points and you will see that's NOT a thomas salto

I like her her first tumbling run, those classic Nadia adidas leotards

The invincible soviet team

@Kulpa71 It's called Oriental Disco :-)

@ekateri28 it's called Disco Oriental

Superior to Nadia's routine.

@nogoodnameleft

Жыл бұрын

Nadia won the FX event because her compulsory was perfect. Davydova couldn't even make the FX final because her compulsory was shit. Nadia made sure her optional FX was clean and no falling down. Nadia won it in the compulsory 😁

@amandine2239

Жыл бұрын

@@nogoodnameleft Nadia had the worst FX of these games, followed closely by Nellie Kim and Eberle. Crazy how far a name can carry you.

@nogoodnameleft

Жыл бұрын

@@amandine2239 Crazy how much simping you do for mediocre Nellie and Eberle. Nadia was much better than everyone else. Back then they had mandatory rounds and Nadia kicked all their asses.

@amandine2239

Жыл бұрын

@@nogoodnameleft That’s what I said, Nellie Kim and Eberle were average, just like Nadia. Kim had the worst FX of her team and Nadia and Eberle both had shitty choreography thanks to Martha. Just watch the other soviets and East Germans so you can see how easy and bland Nadia’s routine was. Nadia and Nellie robbed Gnauck from the gold, but you don’t hear of it because the GDR coaches didn't threaten the judges like Karolyi did (Besides In the compulsories round Nadia tied Shaposhnikova for first place, I wonder if you saw the full games at all)

@strykertool You can use google translate for just about every language now. Look in the upper left tabs, it should be there. :)

thomas salto

@AfanasyevaFan

8 жыл бұрын

That's not a Thomas. A thomas has two flips before the roll. She only did one flip

@AfanasyevaFan

8 жыл бұрын

If that makes sense

@lti4833

8 жыл бұрын

+AfanasyevaFan Hi

@AfanasyevaFan

8 жыл бұрын

hi

@vhjxjcjdjdjf2303

2 жыл бұрын

Очень-сильна-красиваэреобыёнм-Оли?п-й!кая-чемпионка-

素晴らしいですね(^_-)-☆

The song is called "Tico tico" by Zequinha Abreu

@mysticalmargaret6105

8 жыл бұрын

+Melle Kerber Thank you! I've been trying to find that out for at least two decades!!

@211jump

7 жыл бұрын

Melle Kerber it's disco oriental

А какой кураж, господа! 👸

wat is this music called???? amazing routine

@kikib8812

5 жыл бұрын

Disco oriental

And this music is so entertaining too. Does someone knows what it is?

@kikib8812

5 жыл бұрын

Disco oriental

Yeah Davidova pay tribute to Elena Mukhina in this unmached routine

Its so easy to say ever ever ever! Lets be honest here: Did we ever heard from her again after 1981!? Davydova was a one competition (not even) wonder. She was not even good on vault or beam. Her bars was fantastic thought. Now that routine for me was a standout at these games. If nadia didnt fall, she would have taken the aa title.

@MrMartinportnoy

3 жыл бұрын

Well, in 1981 she was already 20 and went on to compete at the Moscow Worlds - she had been around since the mid-70s and got her lifetime chance at the '80 Games (compare with what Mary Lou did after L.A). By the way I've always loved that vault she did, full-on full-off

@chariezwane3981

3 жыл бұрын

She had a bunch of injuries. This doesn't mean she was untalented, just that her body had its limits. And we will have to agree to disagree on her beam. She may not have been as great as Shaposhnikova and Ungureanu on beam but I don't think she was terrible. She is a bona fide all rounder. I think she took a dumb risk on her second vault, but I guess you are only at the Olympics once.

Can someone please explain to me why this wasn’t on EF if this scored a 10?! In this code did they get half of compulsories and half of optionals? Thanks!!

@marwahussein666

6 ай бұрын

Her compulsory score was too low

What is the name music?

@marwahussein666

Жыл бұрын

Oriental Funk

What's the name of the first element?

@gymnasticsloverxoxo

10 жыл бұрын

An arabian 1 3/4. It is now banned because skills that land on your neck are not allowed in womens gymnastics for safety reasons.

@alexanderortizcruz7986

7 жыл бұрын

Fátima Cruz Hernández All the elements with one and 3/4 of flip and landed with hands first are called "Thomas salto" are forbbiden in WG because of the risk and the accident of Mukhina

:53-:54 lol!!!!

@depksz in Engish translation please? Id like to know

@depksz can you translate into English? no offense but curious to know what your comments are

What is the music called

@kikib8812

5 жыл бұрын

Disco something. Sos. I forgot.

@kikib8812

5 жыл бұрын

Now i know. Disco oriental.

Yes, she was a great gymnast with a lot of difficult skills, but I should say that she was only a great tumbler. I don't think that she had the signature ballet-coreography of the Soviet gymnasts then. Just like Kim, Omelliantchik or Boginskaya. Though still a great routine. I wouldn't say it's the best but it sure beats many routines from today !!!

@kikib8812

5 жыл бұрын

Many routines today are full of just tumbling! What the hell happened to the dancing!?

@yianpap6093

4 жыл бұрын

I would take that routine out of any routine today, sorry. Today just athleticism, no charm, no elegance.

Davydova did not qualify for the floor finals. In the compulsories, where execution and elegance counted most, she was average. Unlike Comaneci and Shaposhnikova.

@nogoodnameleft

Жыл бұрын

Nadia is the best!