knowledge_verse on Instagram: "Olga Korbut at the 1972 Olympics performed not just an element, but a revolution in the air: her “dead loop” — a backward somersault on the uneven bars returning to the high bar — was at the very edge of human capability. The audience held its breath, watching the fragile gymnast let go of her support, blindly trusting she would catch it again after a flip in the void. This element was not only spectacular but terrifyingly risky: the slightest mistake in timing or