I am not interested in medals or titles. I don't need them. I need the love of the public and I fight for it.

There Korbut's first trainer was Elena Volchetskaya an Olympic gold medalist (1964) but Olga Korbut was moved to Knysh's group a year later. In the same year Olga completed a backflip-to-catch on the uneven bars; this was the first backward release move ever performed by a woman on bars. After the boards displayed a score of 9.

Olga Valentinovna Korbut (Belarusian: Вольга Валянцінаўна Корбут Volha Valancinaŭna Korbut; Russian: Ольга Валентиновна Корбут) (b. May 16 1955 in Hrodna) also known as the "Sparrow from Minsk" is a Belarusian Soviet-born gymnast who won four gold medals and two silver medals at the Summer Olympic Games in which Olga Korbut competed in 1972 and 1976 for the USSR team.