ApparoDei (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)

Definitely romanians. They have always bought it forth where it really matters. And they don't end an olympic event without at least winning a gold medal. In case of the russians, they ended 1992 without winning a gold medal and 2004 and 2008.

giuliarom (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)

Nadia was the first who got a 10 and Lavinia Milosovici was the last. Is from Roumania too :D

giuliarom (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)

She is Nadia (Roumania)

KarenLovesGymnastics (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)

I think that the training isn't as successful because of lack of money also...I don't mean to insult any Russians by saying that.

violet46 (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)

They might, but the program there isn't as successful like it was under the USSR. The Dynamo training gym in Moscow shut down to elite gymnasts I recently heard.

KarenLovesGymnastics (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)

If I'm not mistaken, don't they still do that in Russia?I think alot of credit for the Soviet greats goes to their coaches :-)

violet46 (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)

It was the training program they had before the breakup of the Soviet Union. Children were hand picked at a very young age as potential Olympians then put through a very rigorous training program where they lived away from home and trained with other gymnasts.

eazycpt (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)

URSS=USSR in romanian language :)

kokobar10 (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)

Who is the girl on bars in the white costume? She's amazing

mag999k (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)

Soviets had a longer tradition in gymnastics and also controlled the judges (majority being East-Europeans). Though I believe Romanians were better. The only aspect where Soviets were superior is the "grace" in executing the floor exercises.