UH athletes return as Olympic winners Aug 27, 2008
Vol. 13, Issue 239 - Tuesday, August 26, 2008. UH Olympic athletes go 10-for-10. (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
CAZENEUVE: Is Phelps best ever? Aug 14, 2008
Granted, her era of preeminence took place before the innovators of gymnastics (Olga Korbut, Nadia Comaneci, etc. turned the sport on its ear, but in an era of classical precision Latynina was the very best. (SportsIllustrated.CNN)
Women's gymnastics: After settling for team silver, U.S. now focuses on individual glory (Today) Aug 14, 2008
Olga Korbut, Nadia Comaneci, Mary Lou Retton, Shannon Miller, Svetlana Khorkina, they're remembered for signature individual moments and medals. And so that's what Johnson, 16, and Liukin, 18, are aiming for. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA -- Sports)
Olympians Pick The Perfect Athlete Aug 8, 2008
"The perfect athlete is any athlete who has the drive, the desire to participate and the will to achieve and succeed," says gymnast Olga Korbut, who won four Olympic gold medals and two silver medals for the Soviet Union at the 1972 Munich Games and the 1976 Montreal Games. "Everyone who has ever tried out for their school team, was lucky enough to put on a uniform, participated in intramural activities, or just went onto the field, the court or the arena and gave it their all--no matter the... (Forbes)
Joura a high achiever Dec 30, 2007
A Russian coach's advice to Olga Korbut, who won four gold medals at the 1972 and 1976 Olympics, provides an insight into how the gymnasts must hide the reality of what they're doing. "Smile!" Renald Knysh demanded. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
Golfer Lorena Ochoa keeps climbing, selected AP female athlete of year Dec 22, 2007
1972 Olga Korbut, gymnastics. 1971 Evonne Goolagong, tennis. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Sports)
Youth Olympics are a bad idea Mar 22, 2007
Teenagers have been stars of the Olympics going back to the days of Donna de Varona in the 1960s, Olga Korbut and Nadia Comaneci in the 1970s, Mary Lou Retton in the 1980s, Shannon Miller in the 1990s and Sarah Hughes and Carly Patterson in the early 2000s. Six of the 14 members of the U.S. diving team at this week's world championships are 18 or under. (USA Today -- Sports)
Recovery from injury often not easy for boomers Sep 21, 2006
This condition, according to Dr. Ruane, primarily affects logical areas of the cerebral cortex and causes a 40- or 50-something to believe he or she is a young Jimmy Connors or Olga Korbut. Sudden remissions are known to occur shortly after the patient is diagnosed with a torn rotator cuff, pulled muscle, stress fracture, or other sports injuries. (Columbus Business First, OH)
New-look MNF to bow Aug 14, 2006
When a running back was spun in the air Friday, he noted it was "an Olga Korbut move" and added "even my cat can't do that." (Kornheiser's public persona can be funny, but it might chafe with the I'm-here-to-watch-football crowd, like when he said Friday that fans like Giants quarterback Eli Manning "because he gets up at 5 in the morning to study film. I get up at 4 to walk my dog and nobody likes me."). But Kornheiser, and veterans Theismann and Tirico, clearly know they're on TV, not jotting... (USA Today -- Sports)
Munich: Theatre of dreams » Jun 25, 2006
Opposite to the Olympia-Schwimmhalle is the multi-purpose Olympiahalle where little gymnast Olga Korbut swung from joy to despair and joy again. The Olympiastadion, with a roof that looks like plexiglass hammocks jutting into the azure sky, is not far away. (Hindustan Times, India)
Friends are a fat lot of good when you're young Mar 6, 2006
There were lonely pursuits kicking a ball against a wall, walking around the playground with the dinner ladies, eating 12 Curly Wurlys before lunch, and becoming as big as a barn and lonely heroes like Olga Korbut, J. R. Ewing and Horace from Horace Goes Skiing. These days, however, fictional representations of children never portray them with fewer than a 25-strong crew back-up. (TimesOnline)
Now is when heroes are born Feb 11, 2006
We never imagined pixies named Olga Korbut and Nadia Comaneci, from Communist bloc nations the Soviet Union in 1972 and Romania in 1976, respectively, would ease some of the fear and spite America possessed. We chanted U-S-A at radios and TV sets in 1980 when kids made a miracle on ice. (Houston Chronicle)
