1980 Olympics Gymnastics Titov on Mukhina Injury Videos

levlava Says:

Jul 26, 2008 - Wow. I hadn't seen this. Thank you.

trashywilma Says:

Jul 26, 2008 - horrible.

Beccka Says:

Jul 26, 2008 - What a liar! "She's eighteen, the age limit..." She was paralyzed, for goodness' sake!

xochipepe Says:

Jul 26, 2008 - Perhaps I am wrong, but I heard that she wasn't trying a new routine, but was trying to get her old routine back up to par under pressure from coaches after a recent leg injury.

DeltaSVO Says:

Jul 26, 2008 - You are correct on that. Her coach went away to Moscow for some "work-related issues". She was training by herself and did not complete a rotation and fell.

tombarnes123 Says:

Jul 26, 2008 - rip

gw2012ogm Says:

Jul 26, 2008 - not to speak the obvious but she died 12/22/06

abruin4life Says:

Jul 26, 2008 - From what I recall, Mukhina was trying to add a 1/1 (full) twisting ararbian 1 & 3/4 dive roll, the same trick that Kurt Thomas had in his floor routine at the Worlds in 1979 in Fort Worth, TX. Part of the reason that you don't see a whole lot of this trick anymore is that if you are at all under rotated on the skill, you are coming down, twisting your head into the floor with alot of speed.

zim83 Says:

Jul 26, 2008 - One of the most shameful moments in sports history. Rest in peace, Elena.

artgalgenius Says:

Jul 26, 2008 - Mukhina had broken her leg and her coaches ordered her cast off early and she was consequently weaker on the tumbling pass and landed on her neck. She protested but her coaches insisted that she do the trick anyway.

floettree Says:

Jul 26, 2008 - oh my god she broke her neck... how horendous

zoozooyou Says:

Jul 26, 2008 - Liar!

crazyblonde0 Says:

Jul 26, 2008 - that applies to the entire USSR. they all lied. about everything.

laughsandsmiles Says:

Jul 26, 2008 - That is absolutely horrendous....

sinjinthule Says:

Jul 26, 2008 - This is appalling.

belavia Says:

Jul 26, 2008 - you may be talking about the USA

ralucagymnast Says:

Jul 26, 2008 - This whole business makes me very very sad indeed: She said in an interview many years after this tragedy that, and I am quoting her directly now "Mikhail Klimenko(her coach) treated me like a little robot: you werent allowed to be ill, or tired. It wasnt that you COULDNT do it, you didnt want to: you were lazy".

ralucagymnast Says:

Jul 26, 2008 - She also said that she had hurt herself badly several times trying that element, and she wasnt physically or mentally ready for it. Just so sad, and so preventable. At least now she is at peace:(

KarenLovesGymnastics Says:

Jul 26, 2008 - Sorry, I couldn't make out a word he said, could somebody tell me?

cherrydani Says:

Jul 26, 2008 - what liarsssss!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!i hadent seen thisthnx 4 posting this

espinaca79 Says:

Jul 26, 2008 - What a Liar! How infamous!!!

larameehan Says:

Jul 26, 2008 - what a crim

shjess Says:

Jul 26, 2008 - This is pathetic--It's so obvious that he skirts around the questions and minimizes the horrible reality of what was happening.