operaguy opened this issue on Aug 15, 2008 · 9 posts
operaguy posted Mon, 18 August 2008 at 5:42 AM
Here’s that pose from another angle, sans outfit. (mild nudity)
http://jrdonohue.com/oly4.jpg
The last gymnast prior to Anastasia who enthralled me as elegant,
stylish and theatrical was the "Belarus Swan", the wonderful Svetlana Boginskaya
Floor
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zO3vfULCRKU
Beam
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nelq7qeaV0&feature=related
At one time Béla Károlyi disapproved of The Swan, but she tamed him and got him to coach her.
You can hear him in the background cheering her on.
Vault
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6v_3ze269E&feature=related
I love the look on her competitor’s face after Boginskaya nails both runs with stuck landings
For fun as a dancer, 1997. What a woman!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOgJmcjNokU&feature=related
Floor for fun, All That Jazz
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_h04CZPzyys&feature=related
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