He also defended his long jump title and claimed silver in the 200m. Four years later in Barcelona, he won a third gold medal in the long jump, defeating world record holder Mike Powell by just three ...
Confirming her daring nature, she was also the first to do a backward somersault on the beam. At the 1976 Montreal Games, Korbut was overshadowed by Romanian Nadia Comâneci’s astonishing “perfect 10” ...
The American gymnast was stripped of the medal she won in the individual floor exercise at the Paris Olympics after Romania's Ana Barbosu appealed against her victory and was awarded the medal in ...