Elena Mukhina
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Elena Vyacheslavovna Mukhina was a Soviet gymnast who won the all-around title at the 1978 World Championships in Strasbourg, France. Her career was on the rise, and she was widely touted as the next
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Elena Mukhina on balance beam at the 1978 World Championships in Strasbourg
Nellie Kim
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Nellie Vladimirovna Kim is a retired Soviet and Belarusian gymnast of Sakhalin Korean and Tatar descent who won three gold medals and a silver medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, and two go
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…Mukhina drew notice at the 1978 World Championships in Strasbourg, France, when she won the all-around ahead of Olympic champions Nadia Comăneci and Nellie Kim. She also tied for gold in the floor exercise event final and won two silver medals on balance beam and uneven bars. At the event, she debuted three…
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Nellie at the 1980 Summer Olympics