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The oldest active athlete in gymnastics is undoubtedly a striking figure! She is Chusovykina, 48 years old, who played for Uzbekistan. As soon as she appeared at the Hangzhou Huanglong Sports Center, she immediately became the focus of the audience. This time, she competed in both vault and balance beam, and her goal is to win a medal for the Uzbekistan team. Will she be able to get her wish?
Chusovykina, a legend in gymnastics, possesses extraordinary talent. She was born on June 19, 1975, in the Soviet city of Bukhara. At just 7 years old, her family sent her to gymnastics school for training, and she showed great talent and coordination, and finally was selected for the national team at the age of 13. At the 1991 World Championships in the United States, she won the women's team and floor exercise world titles, the first world title of her career. At the age of 17, she made her international debut with outstanding results. At the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, she again won gold in the women's team event. However, at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, she won a bronze medal in the women's vault. In 2002, she performed well at the Asian Games in Busan, winning 2 gold medals and 2 silver medals, and subsequently announced her retirement.
But fate played a joke on her, and her son Alyosha suffered from leukemia and needed huge medical costs. In order to pay for her son's medical expenses, Chusovykina resolutely returned to the arena, participated in various competitions, and fought for prize money to save her son. Although she has passed her golden age as a gymnast and despite the difficulties and challenges, she does not hesitate to devote herself to training and competition. In order for her son to receive better treatment, Chusovikina's family moved to Germany, and at the age of 27, she even became a naturalized German citizen and returned to represent Germany in the Olympic Games. At the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the mother won the silver medal with her self-named "Chusovykina Jump", which won Germany's first Olympic gold medal in gymnastics in 62 years. She did not dare to rest, dare not get hurt, did not dare to get sick, and could only fight aging by training harder than the younger players.
However, her son's leukemia eventually healed, but Chusovikina did not stop training. She made another comeback, representing Germany at London 2012, despite finishing fifth in the vault event. Then, at the age of 35, she helped Germany win seven medals and announced her retirement again. However, a year later, she announced her comeback again, this time changing her nationality and representing Uzbekistan at Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2021. She has always had a wish to win a medal for Uzbekistan in a major event.
Chusovikina is famous for 5 difficult gymnastic moves that bear her name, she is one of the legends of the gymnastics world. She fought hard for her son, for the country, for her dreams, and never said die. Now, nearly half a hundred years old, she has returned again and trained for more than 5 hours to participate in the 2023 Hangzhou Asian Games and prepare for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. If successful, she would become the first active athlete to compete in nine consecutive Olympic Games, creating breathtaking feats. She enjoys the joy of sports, fights for herself, and hopes to end her career perfectly.
In her view, age is not a limit, courage is the greatest motivation. With a firm will and fighting spirit, she wrote her own legend and showed the core of sportsmanship.
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