Olga Korbut seeks perfection blackpool Competitive swimming pools began to

Competitive swimming pools began to install special viewing windows at their perimeters

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Olga Korbut seeks perfection blackpool Competitive swimming pools began toOlga Korbuts performance on the uneven bars at the 1972 Olympics in Munich, pictured here by Gerry Cranham, was a thing of beauty. The 30 second display featured what became known as the Korbut flip an inconceivable, whirling sequence in which she daringly backflipped off the high bar, then propelled herself off the low bar via her hips. It was so innovative that when the judges scored her routine 9. 80 out of 10, placing her second overall, there