Editing Larisa Latynina (section)

==Retirement==
Latynina announced her retirement after the [[1966 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1966 World Championships]] and became a coach for the Soviet national gymnastics team, a position she held until 1977.<ref name=r2 /> Under her coaching the Soviet women team won gold in the 1968, 1972 and 1976 Olympics.<ref name=SI /> She organized the gymnastics competition at the [[1980 Summer Olympics|1980 Olympic Games]] in Moscow.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Gale |date=2006 |title=Larisa Latynina |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1631008727/BIC?u=balt85423&sid=summon&xid=6c4ad903 |journal=Encyclopedia of World Biography |volume=26 |via=}}</ref>

She holds [[Russian citizenship]] and lives in [[Moscow]]. Latynina has received numerous Soviet and Russian state accolades.<ref name="Биография на ria.ru">[https://ria.ru/spravka/20141227/1040343691.html Справка. Лариса Латынина. Биография.] «[[РИА Новости]]» // ria.ru (27 декабря 2014 года)</ref>

In 2023, she spoke out against Russian athletes competing under a neutral flag at the Olympics due to the [[2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine]], calling it "unpatriotic".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.championat.com/other/news-4980205-larisa-latynina-ne-podderzhala-uchastie-rossijskih-sportsmenov-v-nejtralnom-statuse.html|title=Лариса Латынина не поддержала участие российских спортсменов в нейтральном статусе|website=championat.com|date=1 February 2023}}</ref>