Korbut flip
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The Korbut flip is a gymnastics skill performed on either of two different apparatuses. Both were first performed internationally by the Soviet gymnast Olga Korbut.
Olga Korbut 1973
Olga Korbut
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Olga Valentinovna Korbut is a Belarusian retired gymnast who competed for the Soviet Union. Nicknamed the "Sparrow from Minsk," she won four gold medals and two silver medals at the Summer Olympic Gam
Korbut flip
…The Korbut flip is a gymnastics skill performed on either of two different apparatuses. Both were first performed internationally by the Soviet gymnast Olga Korbut. One version was performed on the uneven bars, where the gymnast, from a stand on the high bar, performs a back flip and regrasps the bar. Korbut…
Olga Korbut at the 1972 Olympics on an Azerbaijani stamp
A wax figure of Korbut at Madame Tussauds in London