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Published: 2009-07-12 03:47:13 +0000 UTC; Views: 2407; Favourites: 20; Downloads: 303
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Description This is my entry for Cataclysm-X's Couples & Duos contest news.deviantart.com/article/84…
Featuring Gymnastic legends Nadia Comaneci on the left, and Olga Korbut on the right, both during their floor routines.

Done in pencil with a little contrast from photoshop.

Olga Korbut (Soviet Team) was the first to really revolutionise gymnastics during the 1972 Munich Olympic games. She gave the world a good shock with her acrobatics and daring on the beam, bars, and floor. She won two golds, a silver, bronze, and two team golds for Russia in '72.

Nadia Comaneci (Romania) burst onto the gymnastics scene in the 1976 Montreal Olympic games. She was the first one ever to score a perfect ten, and she did it 7 times. Funny enough, the scoreboards weren't equipped to go as high as 10, so they showed 1.00 instead.

These two legends were responsible for popularising gymnastics to the degree it enjoys today.

If you have time, I highly recommend you have a look at these two in action on Youtube.
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Comments: 10

CripSpaz [2010-11-15 00:35:59 +0000 UTC]

Olga is my favorite! And I have actually met Nadia. She is really nice, and Bart is so funny. And they have the cutest little boy!!! :3

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aurigale In reply to CripSpaz [2010-11-15 08:03:19 +0000 UTC]

You lucky fish! She's my favourite too! I've heard Nadia is absolutely tiny, is it true?

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CripSpaz In reply to aurigale [2010-11-15 21:05:00 +0000 UTC]

She is not reeallly tiny, beacuse she is taller than Bart, but she is pretty small

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American-English [2010-11-01 10:42:32 +0000 UTC]

Beautiful, I love her and your picture is amazing

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aurigale In reply to American-English [2010-11-02 03:21:21 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much! ^^

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dielectric-m [2010-09-15 05:10:52 +0000 UTC]

nice artwork

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aurigale In reply to dielectric-m [2010-09-15 05:59:50 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much

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dielectric-m In reply to aurigale [2010-09-15 06:02:46 +0000 UTC]

no prob

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Gymnart [2010-02-07 20:56:53 +0000 UTC]

Very nicely done! Great job with the shading!

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Anante [2009-07-19 14:26:11 +0000 UTC]

I love the shading! Good luck with the contest!

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