Věra Čáslavská (1942-2016)
https://www.facebook.com/olympics/videos/10154541807509216/
"Yet it’s telling that the first female global star in gymnastics was a young girl and not the woman who had quietly protested Soviet aggressions—both while in her home country and on the medal podium. Caslavska, the Olympic champion, won medals while Korbut, the Olympic star, won hearts. Korbut seemed something of a blank slate onto which we could project our fantasies about girlhood and innocence. We lionized the young, charming girl and mostly forgot about the woman who had opinions and expressed them as an activist and as an athlete." Dvora Meyers
Source:http://brooklynquarterly.org/personal-protest-at-the-olympics/
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