Olga Korbut won three golds and a silver at the ... various Soviet medals and a sports magazine cover signed by her. The Korbut Flip was a spectacular trick that she performed on the asymmetric ...

While the Russian media reported that Olympic gold medalist Olga Korbut sold several of her medals at auction after running into money troubles, Korbut shot down the reports Tuesday and said she ...

Thirty years ago, Olga Korbut backflipped into history with ... A sign on the door cautions: “6-month membership required for autographed pictures. Bela Karolyi, the Romanian and U.

The stunt so scary it had to be banned? The Korbut Flip, a move first performed at the 1972 Olympics in Munich Olga Korbut from Belarus — representing the Soviet Union — debuted this legendary ...

ATLANTA — Fans of former champion gymnast Olga Korbut still bubble in awe over her daring back flips and her megawatt charisma. But then they pivot, voices lowered, to topics that make them ...

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 ...

Olga Korbut, the gymnastics darling of the 1972 Munich Olympics who has apparently fallen on hard times, has sold off her Games medals and other trophies through a US auction house. In this August ...

Olga Korbut walks around the man-made lake in anonymity, despite the bright red warmup jacket with "Olga" in sparkly letters on her left shoulder. Korbut likes it here, this little suburban slice ...

Reputations: Olga Korbut - The Gymnast, Her Coach, Her Rival And The President is broadcast on BBC Two on Tuesday 28 August at 2100 BST. Russian athlete Olga Korbut began a tiny thaw in the Cold War ...