Korbut
Americannoun
noun
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The USSR’s Olga Korbut, dubbed “the sparrow from Minsk,” became an international celebrity after stunning performances on the balance beam, floor exercises and uneven bars.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 5, 2022
At the Munich Olympics in 1972, Olga Korbut, then seventeen, made acrobatic use of her eighty-five-pound frame, dismounting the uneven bars by standing atop one bar and backflipping over the other.
From The New Yorker ● May 23, 2016
"It's nice to have relief from all of the sports," said Carillo, whose non-British specific feature on the old Soviet gymnast Olga Korbut aired Sunday morning.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 5, 2012
At 1.10pm on ITV1 you can watch a repeat of Dancing on Ice Goes Gold, a one-off special featuring former Olympians like Olga Korbut and Colin Jackson trying relive their glory years, but on ice.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 26, 2012
And I was way too tall to be Olga Korbut.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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