Added: Jul 6, 2008

From: MizMamie

Duration: 1:25

Soviet gymnast Elena Mukhina performs the compulsory floor routine at the 1979 USSR Spartakiade.

Channel: Sports

Tags: elena  gymnastics  mukhina 

Rating: 4.94 (17 ratings)    Views: 7260' favoriteCount='25    Comments: 15

KDJY4 Says:

Jul 6, 2008 - How long after this did she have her axident?

GoSveta Says:

Jul 6, 2008 - Watching her makes my spine shiver, given all that's happened since then.

cash2thamoney Says:

Jul 6, 2008 - KDJY4, her accident happened RIGHT before the 1980 olympic games, so I'm guessing somewhere around a year.

danicabrooke Says:

Jul 6, 2008 - she died in December 2004...

Chaeley Says:

Jul 6, 2008 - I've never seen a tumbling routine this graceful. My favorite part had to be :20-:29 -- it's like her body can't even be bothered to obey gravity.

miffy1950 Says:

Jul 6, 2008 - No she died in December 2006, I'm sorry to say. What a tragic live she had!!!

isa1285 Says:

Jul 6, 2008 - she died last year, December 22nd 2006

Pinklemon12 Says:

Jul 6, 2008 - how old is this?

lepetitpoulet Says:

Jul 6, 2008 - everytime i see one of those 3/4 saltos, it really makes me cringe! can't help but think of mukhina landing on her neck, breaking it and being paralysed from the neck down, and recently died before her time. RIPthank god they are banned! HATE THEM WITH A PASSION!

SWALE1984 Says:

Jul 6, 2008 - December 22 2006. She died the very night of the celebration of the great Soviet Hockey Dynasty in Red Square.

SWALE1984 Says:

Jul 6, 2008 - She was so graceful, so beautiful, so incredibly talented.

SWALE1984 Says:

Jul 6, 2008 - She died on the very night there was a celebration honoring the great Soviet Hockey Dynasty on Red Square.

SWALE1984 Says:

Jul 6, 2008 - Mukhina was so incredibly sexy and beautiful! She was one of the most incredible gymansts who ever lived. She was every young man's dream girlfriend in the late 1970's. What happened to her was one of the worst tragedies in the history of sports. I am sure that she is in a better place now.

AntarAakash Says:

Jul 6, 2008 - With all that tragically happened to Elena, her innocent beauty and sublime artistry is forever a song untouched by time.In the Eternal Trueness & Boundlessness of Love,Cailean x

pimpinwhitegirlsx3 Says:

Jul 6, 2008 - rip