Elena Mukhina, The Tagic Gymnast Who Could Not Say 'No'

ClipVerseMoments on Instagram: "This move became known as the Thomas Salto—an extreme gymnastics skill performed at the highest level by Elena Shushunova at the 1988 Seoul Olympics. It involved a backward somersault with a one-and-a-half twist, finishing in a roll, a detail that made it visually stunning—and incredibly dangerous. The margin for error was almost zero. A slight miscalculation could result in a direct impact to the neck or spine. That risk became tragically real in 1980, when gymna

YeeThree WAG | May we learn from the mistakes of our sport’s past🙏 In 1980, just weeks before the Olympics. Elena Mukhina was left permanently... | Instagram