An interview with the most decorated Olympic Champion of all time, Larissa Latynina, by Dmitry Efanov and Alexander Lyubimov for 'Kultura'. Nine time Olympic champion gymnast Larissa Latynina will be 80 years old on the 27th December. A few days before her birthday, the legend of world sport answered some questions. Kultura: Birthday, New Year's Eve - don't you get fed up of cooking? Latynina: I love the holidays - it's a joy to communicate with loved ones. My priority is to see my daughter. Kultura: Which New Year has been the most memorable? Latynina: Probably 1957. Returning from the Olympic Games in Melbourne. I arrived into Vladivostock on New Year's Eve, then travelled by train to Moscow. Everywhere we went people were happy and congratulated us on our successful performance at the Olympics. They gave us gifts, and decorated Christmas trees. Everyone was young, cheerful. With great pleasure I remember this trip. Kultura: Yo...
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