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
Forty-four years ago, pint-size Olga Korbut took the 1972 Munich Games by storm with the revolutionary difficulty of her routines.
From Slate • Aug. 9, 2016
Four years later, in Montreal, the Romanian Nadia Comaneci, who was fourteen, launched off the beam with a double-twisting backflip where Korbut had daintily flipped off the side.
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
And I was way too tall to be Olga Korbut.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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