In the Olympic arena, countless athletes, countless gold medals.
However, today's headlines, we left her -
A legendary athlete, a great mom.
Her name is Oksana Chusovitina, 41, and she is a famous gymnast in Uzbekistan.
This year's Rio is her 7th Olympic stand.
For a sport with a shorter sports cycle like gymnastics, it is not easy to catch up with the two Olympic Games, and those over 20 years old are considered veterans. However, Chusovkina, the First World War is more than 20 years, which is a unique myth in the gymnastics world.
On the evening of August 7, in the women's gymnastics qualification tournament of the Rio Olympic Games, Chusovkina stood on the field as promised.
She began her gymnastics training at the age of 7, and at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, she represented the then CIS in the Olympic women's gymnastics team event, winning a gold medal. At that time, most of her current opponents had not yet been born.
Born in Uzbekistan, she has worn many different flags to participate in hundreds of international competitions, large and small, from the Soviet Union to the CIS to the CIS after the collapse of the CIS, she represented her country Uzbekistan.
Behind her participation, there is also a story that has touched the world.
In 1997, Chusovkina entered the palace of marriage, and she chose to retire happily and sweetly. In November 1999, his son Arish was born.
What had been a good and happy life came to an abrupt end in 2002. Her son Arish was diagnosed with leukemia, and as a mother, she did everything she could to save her son. The real problem is, money! The cost of treating leukemia is simply astronomical for the average athlete's family.
Without hesitation, the strong Chusovkina chose to make a comeback. Later, for the sake of her son, she overcame the weakness of her age, endured all kinds of injuries, and took off and rotated on the field again and again...
Because you are not cured, I dare not grow old...
In order to save her son, Chusovykina and her family traveled to Germany, and with the help of people in the German gymnastics community, her son Arish was well treated. In order to repay the favor of Germany, she became a German citizen. In 2008, the 33-year-old Chusovkina represented Germany at the Beijing Olympics and won a silver medal in vaulting.
Later, her son's condition was controlled, and he no longer had to receive treatment, just needed to go to the hospital every year for a check-up, and Chusovkina finally did not have to compete in the Olympics for her son.
There is no need to fight for her son's life anymore, and most people think that she will retire to spend time with her family. However, Chusovkina still did not leave the gymnastics field.
When life returns to peace, love becomes purer. In 2012, she appeared at the London Olympics and finished fifth in vaulting. She said domineeringly, "I can be better than 40 years old." ”
Sure enough, she didn't break her word. Rio, here she is again!
But this time, she is for herself, for the sports she loves all her life, for the sports that bring luck to her life, for the spins and jumps she likes...
Regardless of the outcome of the game, she is already a legend.
Editor: Zhao Chenyan