I remember when I was in high school, a person appeared countless times in my essays.
Chusovkina.
Yes, a "grandma-level" gymnast appeared on the rio Olympics again.
I don't know how Mama Qiu feels when she looks at the teenage girl next to her.
(Twenty young Chusovkina, beautiful and moving)
Born in Uzbekistan in June 1975, Chusovkina won the gold medal in women's teams and freestyles at the World Championships and the silver medal in vaulting at the age of 16 for the CIS. The following year, at the age of 17, he represented the CIS for the Olympic Games for the first time, winning the women's team gold medal and winning the world championship for the first time.
Uzbekistan was in poor condition, and almost the whole team was supported by him alone, but Chusovkina won 70 medals for Uzbekistan from 1993 to 2006.
In the International Gymnastics Federation, there are three movements named after her (two uneven bars, 1 free gymnastics).
As written in the old photographs, she was "beautiful and lovely." "Short in stature, but powerful, the vault is particularly good, like a spring."
After the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, Chusovkina retired, got married and had children, and was ready to start enjoying another life.
Her husband, Bakder Kpanov, is a wrestler who also represented Uzbekistan at the Olympics.
In 1999, Chusovkina's eldest son, Arish, was born and lived a happy life.
However, God will always give people unexpected tribulations.
In 2002, Chusovykina's eldest son, Arish, was diagnosed with leukemia. Because of the high cost of hundreds of thousands of dollars to treat leukemia, the Chusovkina family, who are not wealthy, are really difficult to pay.
As a mother, of course, she could not watch her son die, so she chose to make a comeback, because the only way she earned money was gymnastics.
At the age of 26, Chusovkina returned to the field and developed towards the all-around, training hard and playing everywhere.
Sometimes, she would compete in all of the women's events on a tour, rather than focusing on one or two, she said, "One world championship gold equals 3,000 euros in prize money, which is my only way.".
Her reason for participating in all competitions is for money. She never shied away from that.
She didn't dare to get sick, she didn't dare to get hurt, she didn't dare to rest, she didn't dare to slacken off, and she kept playing.
Winning prize money and treating her child is all about her life.
Because of her son's illness, he could not get good treatment in Uzbekistan, and Chusovkina took him to a German hospital.
The cost of treatment is higher. The couple sold their house and car, raised money everywhere, and still couldn't afford to pay for their son's life.
In order to get more prize money, Chusovkina chose to become a German citizen and fight for Germany.
At the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Chusovkina won a valuable silver vaulting medal for Germany. At that time, many Chinese met her and met this "veteran" in his thirties.
And this is already the fifth Olympic Games she has participated in.
The unfortunate thing happened again, and three months later, she unfortunately broke her Achilles tendon in another international competition. This is fatal for gymnasts. Without a flexible body, the soul of gymnastics is lost.
At the time, everyone speculated that the 33-year-old veteran must be retiring.
But surprisingly, in 2011, she went out again. In both international competitions, he won silver medals in vaulting. After landing, the light shines brightly.
In the face of the world's amazement, she said calmly: "As long as my son has not recovered from his illness, I will continue to persevere." He is my motivation. ”
There was a sentence that hit the tear point instantly: "You are not cured, I dare not grow old"
Fortunately, with the full efforts of this heroic mother, the child's illness has improved greatly, and now he no longer has to receive treatment, but only needs to go to the hospital every year for a check-up. Maybe this is, heavenly good reincarnation.
No more running for her life, but she still showed up on the field.
Only this time, she fought for herself.
The 41-year-old Chusovkina stood on the field, surrounded by little girls like her daughter.
She seemed a little offbeat.
She was no longer pretty, her skin was sagging, wrinkles were exposed, and her waist was slightly thicker.
But so what?
She said, "I don't think I'm old, I always feel like I'm still eighteen." "Young opponents don't put pressure on me, they have pressure because I have experience."
I think this should be the most admirable player in this Olympic competition
The story of the "Elders of the Seven Dynasties" brings everyone moving.
Maybe once you faced something you liked and said, "I'm old, forget it."
Twenty years old want to learn guitar, will say, I am old, the hands are too stupid, learn can not pick up the sister. Thirty years old and not married, will say, I am old, no one will want me. Forty years old to change jobs, more will think, a handful of age, how to fight through the young people, Fifty years old want to start a business, more timid, half a lifetime, don't toss.
He drew a cage for himself, and he did not dare to take a step forward.
We feel old and just afraid of getting hurt if we fail.
But think about it, what qualifications do we have to say we're old?
Maybe we should be like "Qiu Ma", put life under our feet and put our dreams in front of us.
Now, who's old?
Not old, not endless.