Vera Caslavska was not only a champion, she was a HERO . I was only elementary school age during these Olympics and it took my some years to understand the implications of her protest. It is possible to make your voice heard without violence or verbal offense. Vera Caslavska protested with dignity and class. She has always been one of my idols.
I wasn't alive then, I don't go gymnastics, and I'm from the U.S.A, but she's still one of my favorite gymnasts. Watching her makes me happy, her grace is amazing. Rest In Peace❤
The Queen and favorite of the olympic games of México 1968 , in México at that time we called the México's girlfriend , so fine , so artistic , so briliant, so unique , we fall in love with Vera , now i see your skills and i'am not tired to see again and again vera's interpretation of the mexican song , and she took everybodys heart , VIVA VERA , BRAVO , MEXICO IS CRYING VERA , MEXICO DOESN'T FORGET YOU NEVER ,YOU ARE IN OUR HEART .........
Most of gymnast then enjoyed what they were doing... now they are abused phisically, mentally and with a lot of pressure Just look at the chineses when they won/win, but unlike in the USA, they can't speak The only actual person in those censure-countries who enjoys what she does is Aliya Mustafina, 24 year, mom last year and still competes in elite (I love her!)
@misoginainternalizadaopres7131 for sure... especially Comaneci and Mukhina that had a big smile on their faces all their routines were full of joy...
Thank you for sharing this wonderful video of our beautiful Vera. She is so beautiful and mesmerizing. It's like watching a beautiful Miss Universe contestant competing in the final round of the swimsuit competition combined with the talent portion of the competition!!! May you R.I.P. beautiful and magnificent Vera!!! We all love you!!!
Stumbled on this by accident. This is an amazing feat not because of her athletic ability but because of the pressures on top of training in her personal life. To not have personal freedom and still survive..is A true test of will. The other part of her story had to be an immense struggle.
Jane Aston you are right, her moves were very refined, clean and graceful. The way she had of landing in a split from a tumbling run was absolutely divine. I doubt many girls today could carry that off the way she did (today's power flips lead to sloppy landings). She advanced the sport of gymnastics a great deal, also. Her power and level of difficulty were very advanced for her time, which raised the bar for those who followed. Almost as important was the attention and popularity she brought to the sport at a time when women weren't supposed to be athletic. Truly the mother of the "modern" gymnast.
She was absolutely amazing, and even by today's lofty standards it's a pleasure to watch her! There is her absolute precision coupled with huge amounts of pure and mature grace. Unfortunately women's gymnastics took a wrong turn many decades ago! Someone with Caslavska's completely appropriate body of a young and healthy woman could not compete with today's dwarfs.
Věra Čáslavská a remarkable gymnast, one of the greatest, competed in three Olympics: Roma 60, Tokyo 64 and Mexico 68 she was winning lots of medals; she was the precursor to give more breadth to the routines in uneven bars and floor, great vaulter; Their contributions Issue foreshadowed the golden age of gymnastics in the seventies When This discipline Reached the Top With Tourischeva, Korbut and Comaneci. Čáslavská was also a remarkable political activist against the dictatorship of the Soviet Union and in their own country Czechoslovakia. May she rest in peace
maybe she would have started in Munich 72, but after 1968 and their protest, the communists turned her around, and she could slowly only add the maximum to the boiler
Please please spanish or English please thank You , we love vera , Kisses from México , the olimpic girlfriend of mexico, tears in my face the time I see this new to me video, VIVA VERA , VIVA MEXICO WE LOVE YOU FOR EVER RIP
We won't forget you Vera , the Queen of gymnastics in México 1968 , you printed our hearts for Ever , so elegant , so Unique , vera we love you , our eternal love to you , God bless you vera , we can see you here the time we see a gymnastics competition or exhibition , viva Vera viva Checoslovaquia and viva México
These were the real thing; WOMEN gymnastics not children gymnastics. I loved how every team strutted in, swinging their arms and marching in. It was a classy thing to watch, never vulgar.
Věra Čáslavská forever...neboli navždy...ona je naší hrdinkou...she is our HERO...Dear Věra, Rest In Peace...Drahá Věro, odpočivej v pokoji...we love you...máme Tě rádi... for you did...pro to, co jsi vykonala pro tenhle národ...
I did not know she had passed. Rest in peace beautiful Vera, she was the most beautiful, graceful elegant lady who stood on the gold medal stand in the Olympics. Wish it still could be mature graceful elegant ladies who compete instead of little girl's who do such difficult unbelievable tricks they get hurt so often
And the kid and overly muscular bodies of today love the advanced skills their bodies are capable of and the freedom in that enough to not care what you want. ;)
She and all divas from gymnastics like latinina,korbut,comaneci,shoshonova,silivas,korkina,podkopayeva,amanar,gutsu,boguinskaia,milosovich,onodi,and so many other great gymnastics made this sport become one of the most gracefull show to watch and for us to wait the next queen and hope that the beautiful of this sport come back with the grace that made to ve so beautiful ;)
You know it's really sad to me is that they don't ever talk about the past Olympians that were in the Olympics from like the '20s to 30s and the 40s and 50s and 60s and etc because I can't stop watching Vera and I never heard about her before till 2 days ago when I was watching the Olympics..😢🌏
It was Womens gymnastics at the time. Now, nothing but little girls. Little girls with huge muscles. More strength, tricks then flexibility and grace. I prefer the lithe leaner ballerina style but ...the sport must go on.
lucy ... You can thank the technical committees (I think) for continually raising the difficulty factors for competition. You MUST have muscle mass to protect your bones from breaking or even shattering when you have to keep pounding your body weight at 1 1/2x or 2x gravity when landing from insane heights. What cannot sustain that kind of stress adequately are ligaments, spines, knees and ankles, and you see evidence of that all the time with countless injuries to them. Wispy little "ballerina style" twiglets who are 4 1/2' tall and weigh 80 lbs with fragile, diminutive bones and little muscle mass, simply cannot maintain that kind of stamina for very long under current difficulty levels.
I just hate that people always complain about the gymnasts' age "nowadays". When Nadia went to the 1976 Olympics, she was 14! I've never seen anyone complaining about that...
Minami Suzuki Minami ... Forty years ago, most of the routines did not have the difficulty factors that gymnasts have to perform today. When Nadia was interviewed about the type of performances that are required to compete today, she said she did not think she could have done them. Fourteen year old girls forty years ago seldom had injuries from very risky routines, so no one would complain about their being too young.
A magnificent athlete and brave patriot ! She had to train in hiding for while . Her Olympic protest caused her grief for a long time at home from what I understand. I believe she died a few years back. All respect and RIP .
so interesting to see how gymnastics has evolved...but holy crap, she's on the bars WITHOUT hand guards? That right there makes her tougher than anybody alive.
Maybe, but look well at her routine. The bars are right next to each other requiring little inertia or speed flinging full body weight to get from one to the other. She can just reach over to grab it. She does only two small "turns" around the bar, not multiple turns from extended handstand positions as required today. She is not trying to catch her body weight falling, almost doubled by gravity, from 3 or 4 feet above the top bar, with her wrists and 8 weight-bearing fingers in something like a Tkachev, even though the Tkachev didn't exist then. A good coating of chalk for her kind of routine to keep her hands dry would be enough to prevent any tearing.
There have been gymnasts in the modern era to not use grips. Gutsu and Khorkina to name two. Among current gymnasts, Lieke Wevers goes bare handed. That's serious toughness.
Beyond many other differences to current times not only regarding gymnasts but other sports athletes were in average much older. Here Vera was 26 and today gymnasts already are retired when they are 26
In the 1950's and 1960's Soviet Union faced strong gymnasts from the East European countries. First, Hungarian Agnes Keleti in 1952 and 1956 olympics. Second, Czech Vera Caslavska in 1964 and 1968. Third, East German Karin Janz in 1972 and Rumanian Nadia Comaneci in 1976 and 1980 olympics. The 1960 Rome olympics marked the only time USSR didn't have strong opposition. Soviet Union won 15 medals in 16 possible. Latynina, Astakhova, Muratova, Lyukhina and Nikolayeva owned the podium.
She suffered a lot beacause of her opinions. She couldn't get a job and had to work as cleaning lady but later they prohibited her to do so as she was an Olympic champion and it didn't look well ...
C' était la belle époque du sport.la classe quoi! Les spectateurs venaient endimanchés.les stades étaient pleins.pas d 'embrouilles.la belle vie.bravo.
Don’t know if this was discussed before, but I remember when she and a Russian tied .for the gold medal in the AA. When they played the Soviet national anthem, she turned away and looked down as a form of protest.
Vera Caslavska was not only a champion, she was a HERO . I was only elementary school age during these Olympics and it took my some years to understand the implications of her protest.
It is possible to make your voice heard without violence or verbal offense.
Vera Caslavska protested with dignity and class.
She has always been one of my idols.
Such a beautiful mature woman, not a child like these days...I love her elegance and style, not a robot but a human being.
I wasn't alive then, I don't go gymnastics, and I'm from the U.S.A, but she's still one of my favorite gymnasts. Watching her makes me happy, her grace is amazing. Rest In Peace❤
one of my favorite videos to watch.. and I really agree, the grace and maturity in this video makes gymnastics amazing..
It's mine too now
Me, too. I really enjoyed to watch this video. There is not much the grace and maturity now. I’ve watched her on TV at Tokyo Olympic 1964.
A strong woman and a role model of resistance.
Thank you, Vera!
I like how she had a smile on her face as she was doing the routine.
Me too
Rozplakalo mě to opravdu jsem hrdý obrovská legenda a Bojovnice nádhera.
The Queen and favorite of the olympic games of México 1968 , in México at that time we called the México's girlfriend , so fine , so artistic , so briliant, so unique , we fall in love with Vera , now i see your skills and i'am not tired to see again and again vera's interpretation of the mexican song , and she took everybodys heart , VIVA VERA , BRAVO , MEXICO IS CRYING VERA , MEXICO DOESN'T FORGET YOU NEVER ,YOU ARE IN OUR HEART .........
A smile on her face the whole time. You hardly see that anymore!
Most of gymnast then enjoyed what they were doing... now they are abused phisically, mentally and with a lot of pressure
Just look at the chineses when they won/win, but unlike in the USA, they can't speak
The only actual person in those censure-countries who enjoys what she does is Aliya Mustafina, 24 year, mom last year and still competes in elite (I love her!)
just realised this comment is 5 years old
Such gracious form and that smile! Not just a smile for presentation but her true joy in performing.
@misoginainternalizadaopres7131 for sure... especially Comaneci and Mukhina that had a big smile on their faces all their routines were full of joy...
Thank you for sharing this wonderful video of our beautiful Vera. She is so beautiful and mesmerizing. It's like watching a beautiful Miss Universe contestant competing in the final round of the swimsuit competition combined with the talent portion of the competition!!! May you R.I.P. beautiful and magnificent Vera!!! We all love you!!!
Rest in peace beautiful Vera, queen of 1968 Olympic Games. Mexico felt in love with your beauty and grace and you'll always be remembered
The quality of this footage is remarkable!
Stumbled on this by accident. This is an amazing feat not because of her athletic ability but because of the pressures on top of training in her personal life. To not have personal freedom and still survive..is A true test of will. The other part of her story had to be an immense struggle.
I've seen her do moves that nobody else has done since, not especially 'difficult' but requiring absolute precision.
Jane Aston you are right, her moves were very refined, clean and graceful. The way she had of landing in a split from a tumbling run was absolutely divine. I doubt many girls today could carry that off the way she did (today's power flips lead to sloppy landings). She advanced the sport of gymnastics a great deal, also. Her power and level of difficulty were very advanced for her time, which raised the bar for those who followed. Almost as important was the attention and popularity she brought to the sport at a time when women weren't supposed to be athletic. Truly the mother of the "modern" gymnast.
She was absolutely amazing, and even by today's lofty standards it's a pleasure to watch her! There is her absolute precision coupled with huge amounts of pure and mature grace. Unfortunately women's gymnastics took a wrong turn many decades ago! Someone with Caslavska's completely appropriate body of a young and healthy woman could not compete with today's dwarfs.
@@EmpressMermaid perfect coment, viva from CZE
She so graceful and pretty. I wish gymnastics was still like this today.
Finally, i've been waiting fort this for a long time. She really was an icon and was very important for Czechoslovakians back in the day.
Vera, Emil Zatopek, and Dominik Hasek are like the trinity of Czech sports
@@colleenross8752 @Colleen Ross přidat Jágra, Soukalovou a Lededkou
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Věra Čáslavská a remarkable gymnast, one of the greatest, competed in three Olympics: Roma 60, Tokyo 64 and Mexico 68 she was winning lots of medals; she was the precursor to give more breadth to the routines in uneven bars and floor, great vaulter; Their contributions Issue foreshadowed the golden age of gymnastics in the seventies When This discipline Reached the Top With Tourischeva, Korbut and Comaneci.
Čáslavská was also a remarkable political activist against the dictatorship of the Soviet Union and in their own country Czechoslovakia. May she rest in peace
maybe she would have started in Munich 72, but after 1968 and their protest, the communists turned her around, and she could slowly only add the maximum to the boiler
Bůh opatruj Vaši duši, paní Čáslavská... :(
Joe R mam takovej pocit že ti nikdo kdo není z Čech nerozumí
Joe R jono ❤
Please please spanish or English please thank You , we love vera , Kisses from México , the olimpic girlfriend of mexico, tears in my face the time I see this new to me video, VIVA VERA , VIVA MEXICO WE LOVE YOU FOR EVER RIP
One of the best female gymnast from the past and from today...God bless you Vera !!!
this is not gymnastic this is acrobatics
@@marciamathieu4441 it was gymnastics for that time. Remember this was 1968
Věra Čáslavská is an *icon* 🔥
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I am sooooo proud to be from Czech republic/ jsem hrdá na to že jsem z České republiky❤❤❤
R.I.P. Věra Čáslavská. You will never be forgotten. Gymnastics will not be the same now.
We won't forget you Vera , the Queen of gymnastics in México 1968 , you printed our hearts for Ever , so elegant , so Unique , vera we love you , our eternal love to you , God bless you vera , we can see you here the time we see a gymnastics competition or exhibition , viva Vera viva Checoslovaquia and viva México
greatings from Czech ))
Viva México 1968 the Best olimpic games because vera was there viva checoslovaquia
These were the real thing; WOMEN gymnastics not children gymnastics. I loved how every team strutted in, swinging their arms and marching in. It was a classy thing to watch, never vulgar.
Какие стройные и женственные гимнастки. Очень пропорционально сложены. Сейчас такие фигуры в спортивной гимнастике не встречаются.
Gorgeous. She’s captivating. Her life story is incredible.
She is a legend
Věra Čáslavská forever...neboli navždy...ona je naší hrdinkou...she is our HERO...Dear Věra, Rest In Peace...Drahá Věro, odpočivej v pokoji...we love you...máme Tě rádi... for you did...pro to, co jsi vykonala pro tenhle národ...
Legendary gymnast Vera Čáslavská died Tuesday night at age 74. Čáslavská a long battle with pancreatic cancer.
2016 8.31.
I did not know she had passed. Rest in peace beautiful Vera, she was the most beautiful, graceful elegant lady who stood on the gold medal stand in the Olympics. Wish it still could be mature graceful elegant ladies who compete instead of little girl's who do such difficult unbelievable tricks they get hurt so often
jirka obluda RIP. But thankfully we still have her beautiful performances to watch
@QPHashSS77 What's with the racism? And what nationality are you? I wouldn't be at all surprised if your ancestors are European.
I never knew thank you ❤
God bless you darling RIP ❤
Gymnastics used to have so much grace and style!
I like these older videos, showing how excellent many have been over the decades
I love her elegant womanly body vs the kid bodies and overly muscular bodies you see today in gymnastics. Such an amazing gymnast.
Yes 💯
And the kid and overly muscular bodies of today love the advanced skills their bodies are capable of and the freedom in that enough to not care what you want. ;)
She and all divas from gymnastics like latinina,korbut,comaneci,shoshonova,silivas,korkina,podkopayeva,amanar,gutsu,boguinskaia,milosovich,onodi,and so many other great gymnastics made this sport become one of the most gracefull show to watch and for us to wait the next queen and hope that the beautiful of this sport come back with the grace that made to ve so beautiful ;)
dont forgot Elena Muchina!
I dont understand much about the sport, but her movements are so clean and precise. It s beautiful to watch
I just love how she smiles throughout her UB routine!
You know it's really sad to me is that they don't ever talk about the past Olympians that were in the Olympics from like the '20s to 30s and the 40s and 50s and 60s and etc because I can't stop watching Vera and I never heard about her before till 2 days ago when I was watching the Olympics..😢🌏
Bez žádných pomůcek,ikona naše nejúžasnější..❤❤❤
Descansa en Paz, Vera, fue increíble verte en México 68
I love the Black & White original footage.
It was Womens gymnastics at the time. Now, nothing but little girls. Little girls with huge muscles. More strength, tricks then flexibility and grace. I prefer the lithe leaner ballerina style but ...the sport must go on.
I agree. Some of today's gymnasts look more like body builders, with huge shoulders and biceps.
Some of these women were married with kids.
lucy ... You can thank the technical committees (I think) for continually raising the difficulty factors for competition. You MUST have muscle mass to protect your bones from breaking or even shattering when you have to keep pounding your body weight at 1 1/2x or 2x gravity when landing from insane heights. What cannot sustain that kind of stress adequately are ligaments, spines, knees and ankles, and you see evidence of that all the time with countless injuries to them. Wispy little "ballerina style" twiglets who are 4 1/2' tall and weigh 80 lbs with fragile, diminutive bones and little muscle mass, simply cannot maintain that kind of stamina for very long under current difficulty levels.
I just hate that people always complain about the gymnasts' age "nowadays". When Nadia went to the 1976 Olympics, she was 14! I've never seen anyone complaining about that...
Minami Suzuki Minami ... Forty years ago, most of the routines did not have the difficulty factors that gymnasts have to perform today. When Nadia was interviewed about the type of performances that are required to compete today, she said she did not think she could have done them. Fourteen year old girls forty years ago seldom had injuries from very risky routines, so no one would complain about their being too young.
A magnificent athlete and brave patriot ! She had to train in hiding for while . Her Olympic protest caused her grief for a long time at home from what I understand. I believe she died a few years back. All respect and RIP .
hi
so interesting to see how gymnastics has evolved...but holy crap, she's on the bars WITHOUT hand guards? That right there makes her tougher than anybody alive.
Maybe, but look well at her routine. The bars are right next to each other requiring little inertia or speed flinging full body weight to get from one to the other. She can just reach over to grab it. She does only two small "turns" around the bar, not multiple turns from extended handstand positions as required today. She is not trying to catch her body weight falling, almost doubled by gravity, from 3 or 4 feet above the top bar, with her wrists and 8 weight-bearing fingers in something like a Tkachev, even though the Tkachev didn't exist then. A good coating of chalk for her kind of routine to keep her hands dry would be enough to prevent any tearing.
There have been gymnasts in the modern era to not use grips. Gutsu and Khorkina to name two. Among current gymnasts, Lieke Wevers goes bare handed. That's serious toughness.
she looks so happy doing it
Odpočívejte v pokoji, legendo...
Beyond many other differences to current times not only regarding gymnasts but other sports athletes were in average much older. Here Vera was 26 and today gymnasts already are retired when they are 26
legendary sportswoman and great spirit
Věra Čáslavská is good she is from The Czech Republic 👍
Legendary. A true angel
Nejlepší gymnastka na světě 😉
Hrdý Čech 😘❤
R.I.P. Věra ❤️
R.I.P, děkuji Vám za vše
I am happy that I could have been trained as child at gymastics by Věra Čáslavská
She is awesome!!
Я спортивная гимнастка в прошлом, очень приятно смотреть исторические видео в прекрасном качестве!❤
R.I.P.
Her name is Věra Čáslavská, please correct the headline.
+Connie Tan It is now, but several weeks ago it was Vera Calavska.
Vera calabaza 😂😂
Mis tíos paternos hablaban mucho de ella.
Dios la tenga en su gloria.
Śliczna. Pozdrowienia z Polski
Real woman gymnast...she is magic..
あの頃はベラチャスラフスカさんクチンスカヤさんウォロニナさん日本選手では羽生和永さん松久ミユキさん三栗多仁子さん橋口佳代子さん香取光子さん小田千恵子さん渋谷多喜さん等 皆様とても美人で演技も華麗優雅で非常に美しかったですね!あの頃がとても素晴らしかったし懐かしいです!
In the 1950's and 1960's Soviet Union faced strong gymnasts from the East European countries. First, Hungarian Agnes Keleti in 1952 and 1956 olympics. Second, Czech Vera Caslavska in 1964 and 1968. Third, East German Karin Janz in 1972 and Rumanian Nadia Comaneci in 1976 and 1980 olympics. The 1960 Rome olympics marked the only time USSR didn't have strong opposition. Soviet Union won 15 medals in 16 possible. Latynina, Astakhova, Muratova, Lyukhina and Nikolayeva owned the podium.
forgot Olga Korbut
Fantastic 🙂👍
Věra was one athlete that did not need media hype to mesmerize the world.
Like a swan. Beautiful.
what a brave woman!!
A woman who love her country and people and not afraid to tangle with the puppet of Russia.
She suffered a lot beacause of her opinions. She couldn't get a job and had to work as cleaning lady but later they prohibited her to do so as she was an Olympic champion and it didn't look well ...
Hats off to her fierce nationalism. Hope that the young generation of her country will always remember her and her struggle against the russian boot.
She was an amazing athlete and amazing human being for quietly protesting the Soviet occupation of Czechoslovakia. Rest In Peace.
And this was when gymnasts didn't wear the leather hand grips!
I love her. Her grace, daring skills, her joy in competing, her hair..... Rest In Peace
Why is it that tears blur on a performance of Vera Čáslavská? She might reach the domain of God. I thank for up.
Her story should be an international box office movie tbh
I love that she wore the elaborate hairstyle of the time even when competing.
so graceful! so much pressure for her! amazing!
Czech in Colorado always will Member you
She's beautiful ❤️🌏
Very nice montage, thanks :-)
One of my country's heroes ❤️ 🇨🇿
with that hair she looks like a barbie doll. just beautiful
I had never heard of her before today. Now I have a new heroine. Her's is better than Olga Korbut's floor routine 4 years later.
R.I.P goddess
C' était la belle époque du sport.la classe quoi! Les spectateurs venaient endimanchés.les stades étaient pleins.pas d 'embrouilles.la belle vie.bravo.
a very inspirational video
Великолепно!!!
great! great information!
What is the name of the instrumental song and by whom? If anyone can provide that info. Love the video. Thanks
just perfect! Rest In Peace Vera Caslavska
Nadia Comaneci was a princess. Svetlana Boginskaia was a queen. Olga Korbut was an angel. Věra Čáslavská was an herald.
So beautiful video...Věra was a legend :(
Czech 49 lady was the first one on the Olympic games for that famous stars,I known when I frist times watched the Television form h.k.T.V.B。
Nice highlight (even if I'd prefer to watch the whole routine!). It also shows how much gymnastics have been developped through the decades.
Best icone of the czech sport!
Maravillosa
Just Amazing !!!!!
Rest in peace Vera
Our school is named zš and mš věry čáslavské
it was so different compared to today!
A true Hero a really true Hero.
Ademas, se ganó el cariño de México y también el titulo de " La novia de México"
Don’t know if this was discussed before, but I remember when she and a Russian tied .for the gold medal in the AA. When they played the Soviet national anthem, she turned away and looked down as a form of protest.
she did so great in the sport!
she was sooooo good...:33 #proud #czech