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Elena Vyacheslavovna Mukhina (Russian: Елена Вячеславовна Мухина; first name sometimes rendered "Yelena", last name sometimes rendered "Muchina"; 1 June 1960 – 22 December 2006) 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 ...
Jul 30, 2021 · What happened to Elena Mukhina? Here's the story of the promising Soviet gymnast whose life was ruined by a tragic training accident.
Feb 12, 2007 · ELENA MUKHINA'S PERFORMANCES FROM THE 1978 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS WHERE SHE WINS THE GOLD IN THE ALL-AROUND. THIS VIDEO SHOWS ALL FOUR ROUTINES-VAULT-BARS-BEAM-AND FLOOR. UNFORTUNATELY ONE YEAR...
Jul 31, 2021 · The USSR was grooming young gymnast Elena Mukhina to take home gold medals at the 1980 Olympics. After she got seriously hurt, they still forced her to train at an elite level, exacerbating her...
Dec 11, 2020 · Up until 1975, Elena Mukhina was an unremarkable gymnast, and Soviet coaches largely ignored her. Then, two separate incidents brought her skills to the forefront for the Soviet team: Romanian domination of the Soviet gymnastics machine at the 1976 Olympics, and Mukhina's transition to working with men's coach Mikhail Klimenko, who transformed ...
The epitome of daring, strength and elegance, Yelena Mukhina's career story is one of triumph and tragedy. At the 1978 Worlds in Strasbourg, she won the all-around gold medal, beating out Olympic champions Nadia Comaneci and Nellie Kim, and earning a total of 5 medals, including 3 gold in the Team, All-Around, and Floor Exercise.
Jul 30, 2021 · Soviet gymnast Elena Mukhina was a rising star who was tipped for glory at the 1980 Olympic Games but pushed to extremes and facing mounting pressure, the 20-year-old suffered a life-altering fall.
Former Soviet Union gymnastics star Elena Mukhina, who was rendered a quadriplegic after an accident on the eve of the 1980 Olympics, has died. Mukhina, 45, became the fourth Soviet winner of...
Aug 2, 2021 · Soviet gymnast Elena Mukhina died from complications of the quadriplegia she suffered when she fell on her floor exercise while practicing two weeks before the ’80 Olympics.
Jul 17, 2022 · Elena Mukhina Елена Мухина English Dub Interview 1991. An excerpt from A&E documentary “More than a game” (1991) 00:18 “It happened very simply. Everything had led up to it. I ...
