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Gymnastics – 1979 – USSR & USA Exhibition With Elena Mukhina + Alexander Detiatin + Marcia Frederick

Dec92019
1970s1979 USA & USSR Gymnastics ExhibitionABCCathy RigbyElena MuhkinaGymnasticsHighlightsMarcia FrederickVideosWide World of Sports

In this ABC’s Wide World of Sports episode seen herewith…..legendary sportscaster Jim McKay and Cathy Rigby, the 1st American female to ever win a medal is World Championship competition…..provide highlights from the 1979 USA & USSR Gymnastics Exhibition…..which features performances by USSR’s Elena Mukhina on the uneven bars…..Nicolai Andrianov on the high bar…..Stella Zakharova on the balance beam……Alexander Detiatin on the pommel horse……Galina Udodova + Tatiana Isaienko + Galina Karchevala in team dance and acrobatics…..whereas on the American side of performances is a really nice  uneven bar routine by Marcia Frederick.

1979 was a time when the Soviet Union dominated gymnastics…..and the American were just beginning to become a force in international competition…..which made for a great deal of excitement surrounding these USA vs USSR exhibitions….for it provided a great stage for the young Americans to measure themselves against the best in the world. 

Category: 1970s, 1979 USA & USSR Gymnastics Exhibition, ABC, Cathy Rigby, Elena Muhkina, Gymnastics, Highlights, Marcia Frederick, Videos, Wide World of SportsBy L EDecember 9, 2019Leave a comment

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