This move was so dangerous and hard to pull off that it was made illegal in 1976. This Olympic athlete was penalised for it.

She was the only one to do a backflip on skates in competition landing on one leg. It was illegal to do a backflip, because of risk. She was tired of judges, scoring her inaccurately so she did this as a “screw you to the judges”.

She got PENALIZED for doing something extremely difficult in the olympics?!

Olga Korbut’s banned ‘Dead Loop’ at the 1972 Munich Olympics.

Somewhere in the world, a retired figure skating couple is back on the ice, their magic undimmed.

This is Surya Bonaly, who was one of my favorite skaters. A tremendous athlete who sometimes was affected by the jitters. She'd blown her routine in this competition, and knew she couldn't medal, so she said f it, and did the backflip for the audience. It was great fun to watch.

100 years of gymnastics at the Olympics

The opening ceremony. 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR.

Love this spin ❤️😭😭 There is a reason why he's the TOTAL PACKAGE, the GOAT! Nothing is ignored, all elements are essential and he keeps working on them to ensure that Yuzuru Hanyu's skating is always the best, the unreachable level.

She got penalized for having the coldest move out 😭

CHIMPANZEE uses hand SANITIZER.😯