Ludmilla tourischeva biography of mahatma gandhi
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Ludmilla Turischeva is a 3x Olympian whose career started in the tail-end of the “romantic era” that existed under the likes of Vera Caslavska and Larissa Latynina.
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But by the time her career reached its conclusion WAG had pivoted to “little girl” gymnasts in the fashion of Nadia Comaneci. Turischeva’s success was particularly noteworthy with that contrast in mind. Turischeva was in many ways the last of her kind.
She was a style of gymnast that had seen its day, but Turischeva’s win streak would be unmatched for decades to come.
Even Nadia struggled to match Turischeva’s combined medal count. It wasn’t until the 1990s that another gymnast (Lilia Podkopayeva) was able to hold the World Championships and Olympic AA titles at the same time as Ludmilla had done.
It wasn’t until the current century (Dominique Dawes &