What this article says: She has changed her nationality twice, participated in 8 Olympic Games to treat her son, and is still competing at the age of 46
On July 23, the Tokyo Olympics quietly opened.
For athletes from various countries, this Olympic Games has a special experience. There are no spectators, the environment is simple, the beds are cardboard, the water in the pool can make the contestants sick to vomit, all this is nothing, for them the game is the most critical, but this year's referee has repeatedly disappointed.
For them, it doesn't matter if there's no applause, no cheers, or even a gold medal, because they're already victorious when they can stand on the Olympic field.
Among the many participants, there is a 46-year-old gymnast who is particularly eye-catching, this time the average age of the gymnasts is only a teenager, and the 46-year-old is particularly dazzling in the crowd. This is The Uzbekistan athlete Chusovykina, who has represented three countries and participated in the Olympic Games eight times.
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="26" > started practicing gymnastics at the age of 7 and won his first gold medal at the age of 16</h1>
Born in 1975 to an ordinary family in the former Soviet Union, although she grew up sweet-looking, she was passionate about sports and performed very well in various tests. At the age of 7, she entered a gymnastics school, which was the time to play, but Chusovkina was always very serious about training.
Because of her outstanding performance, she was selected to enter the national team at the age of 13. Only 13 years old, she received high-intensity training in the team every day, and every time she played, her young mind had to carry a huge pressure to play, perhaps because she was too nervous, which caused her face to be tense every time she appeared.
She won her first gold medal in 1991, when she was only 16 years old and had finally gained something from practicing gymnastics for nearly a decade. Just when she was happy that she had finally won glory for her country, the Soviet Union announced the news of the disintegration.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="25" > married and had children after retiring from the army, but then chose to comeback</h1>
Then she had to change her nationality, but that didn't change her life, and she continued to train every day in the training ground. She represented Uzbekistan at the Olympics in 1996, but this time she did not win any medals, but announced her retirement after the end.
After running on a runway for a long time, I wanted to take a different path. This beautiful age belongs to love, so she meets Bakdel Kepanov, and in the second year of retirement, the two of them choose to marry. This happy family was established, and in 1999 they had their own children.
One day she passed by the training ground and looked at the athletes who were training inside, and she suddenly had the idea of a comeback. She is only 24 years old, there are still a lot of good times in the future, and her gymnastics dream has never disappeared, so at the age of 27, she chose to make a comeback. Although she married and had children for a long time during her retirement, it did not affect her strength after her comeback.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="12" > game to earn money to treat his son</h1>
But Heaven made a big joke about this woman, and after a game, she was happily rushing to the phone to announce the good news, but she heard the news that her son was sick on the other end of the phone. Then she and her husband rushed back, and when they arrived at the hospital, they were told by the doctor that she was leukemia, and at that moment she felt as if the sky had collapsed. But back to hear the doctor say that the child is currently in the early stages, there is still hope for treatment.
However, treating their sons cost them all their savings, and the car and house were all sold. But at that time, it was difficult to cure leukemia in Uzbekistan, and doctors recommended that they go to Germany for treatment. But at that time, they could not even get the travel expenses, and then with the help of friends, she finally raised money and took her son to Germany.
On the one hand, she had to accompany her son to treat her illness, and on the other hand, she was busy training and competition, and she could not choose between the two, because only by participating in the competition and getting the prize money could she have the money to treat her son. So she almost went into the races so she could, just to be able to get more prize money.
When the Germans learned that this famous gymnastics player was in such difficulty, they gave her a lot of help. They not only arranged a place for her son to be treated, but also provided her with a place to train, and later in return for the favor, she chose to become a German citizen and represented Germany in the competition.
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Author: Thirteen
References: Headline Chusovkina Encyclopedia
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