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Olga Korbut Biography

Olga Valentinovna Korbut[nb 1] (born 16 May 1955) is a Belarusian former gymnast. Nicknamed the "Sparrow from Minsk", she won four gold medals and two silver medals at the Summer Olympic Games, in which she competed in 1972 and 1976 for the Soviet team, and was the inaugural inductee to the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame in 1988.

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I've never wanted to be anything but a gymnast. Maybe it is dangerous-but when you start thinking about danger, you might as well give up.

Courage, Danger, Give, Giving Up, Gymnast, Thinking

I feel great. I feel younger. And I don't feel anything at all. I don't know who knows, but right now I'm, how, how many years have I, fifty five, something like that. Forty three years old. And I feel like seventeen, like twenty five years ago.

Fifty, Three, Twenties, Years, Younger

Because up to sixteen years old you feel gymnastics more. You can show your emotion, grace, like woman gymnastics, not kid's gymnastics. I feel I have good shape, and I can do it elements everything, but, it's not competition for me.

Grace, Gymnastics, Kids, Shape, Sports, Woman

And from that nineteen sixty four, this was my goal to go to Olympic Games. And I realized what does it mean, Olympic Games, like big celebration.

Four, Games, Mean, Nineteen, Realized, Sports

If there has not been such a thing as gymnastics, I would have had to invent it because I feel at one with the sport.

Gymnastics, Invent, Motivational, Sport, Sports, Thing

But, I couldn't live without creation gymnastics.

Creation, Gymnastics, Live

Don't be afraid if things seem difficult in the beginning. That's only the initial impression. The important thing is not to retreat; you have to master yourself.

Gymnastics, New Beginnings, Recovery, Retreat, Thing, Things

I would say this is not negative this is h, a hard part in gymnastics. You can't eat, whatever you want to eat. And what kind of meal you're supposed to have, you can't.

Gymnastics, Meal, Negative, Say, Sports

I'd been ready too, because before Olympic Games, I wasn't compete in big competition like, World Championship, like European Championship. I just competed in national competition.

Competition, European, Games, National, World

Life is marvelous now because I have a tape recorder.

Gymnastics, Life, Life Is, Recorder, Tape

This ability to conquer oneself is no doubt the most precious of all things sports bestows.

Athlete, Bestows, Motivational, Oneself, Sports

I think this is all my life. Because if I was split gymnastics and something else like far, fun or to go with friends. No, this, you're supposed to one go, one straight road and to do every day. And touch the wall, of the goal.

Fun, Gymnastics, Think, Touch, Wall

Thank god, and now all I have are, twenty one years together, in January and, you know, I, you know I forgot this all about things. And anyway the first place is good thing.

Anyway, Good, Know, Thank God, Thank You, Years

Anyway I will go same road because I, I was born in gymnastics. This is my, how to say, my life and my duty.

Born, Duty, Gymnastics, Life, Say

This is probably why, my life is easier, and my family is very happy, because we never lie each other. This is probably all people supposed to feel each other, so be always in all of the world they'll be peace.

Easier, Happy, Life, Lying, People, Sports

How many people in the world is, each of them is individual. And I like to eat bread, somebody don't like that. You know this is the same in gymnastics.

Gymnastics, Know, People, Same, Sports

I am not interested in medals or titles. I dont need them. I need the love of the public and I fight for it.

Fighting, Interested, Love, Public, Sports, Titles

But let me do I will show the world what gymnastics looks like. Well may be this is a future gymnastics.

Gymnastics, Let, Looks, Sports, World

Its better to have a rich soul than to be rich.

Rich, Riches, Soul, Sports

Remember before nineteen seventy two Olympic Games I was total skinny, I was small, very strong, they may be don't like to see a gymnastics like that. I don't know but, gymnastics, might. Nineteen seventy two supposed to be change somewhere.

Change, Gymnastics, Olympic, Sports, Strong, Supposed

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