Oksana Chusovitina (GER) - 2008 Olympic Games - Uneven Bars Qualification

[kararioriginal]

She is just amazing! period.

[Timic83pronc]

And at 37 y/o she's still ROCKING gymnastics!!! What an amazing woman! A hero in gymnastics! :)

[walktheroadtosuccess]

She a girl or boy?

[xrictinagymnastics]

@walktheroadtosuccess Well, she is competing on the uneven bars, wearing a leotard, all their teammated who hugged her after the performance were girls and her name is Oksana. For god's shake everyone stop saying she looks like a man and just enjoy her gymnastics. The woman is a living legend

[AndromedaAiken]

This lady deserves ALL our respect. She's been in gymnastics longer than many of us have started following gymnastics and older than any gymnast competing international now. WOW.

[PhenixJoe]

She needs to stop

[aNoifmYg391]

@PhenixJoe Well I think it's wonderful that she's sticking around in the sport, and in 2011 she is still going and even winning medals without showing any signs of wanting to retire. You're never too old to compete! :)

[HeidiHiding]

That's something we don't see anymore in the Olympics...

[freestyleskiing24]

So awesome the dismount is even named after her! and the hop full!

[DarkHybridxx]

I thought overshoots to the low bar like that weren't allowed anymore o.o

[bernardmvella]

@DarkHybridxx They are, they just aren't rated as highly as similar moves like Bail 1/2's to handstand, so gymnasts use those instead, as they're not much harder to compete but give a higher score.

[DarkHybridxx]

@bernardmvella Ah, thank you for the explanation =D

[agators212]

@DarkHybridxx they're not. they need to be at a complete handstand now cause now she'll incur major deductions

[Loveringe]

Again, I don't mean it bad, she is great, I mean that serious!

[khjasonhsiao]

Love the transitions used before in the 90's, although they're now obsolete. and no grips? old school gymnastics rocks

[AndromedaAiken]

I really really admire her for still being in the sport after so long!! Excellent excellent role model!

[snofagun1814]

she's bad ass! still doing uneven bars with bare hands!

[Loveringe]

she looks like a man

[AureliaDobreFan]

@Loveringe So do you

[Loveringe]

@AureliaDobreFan i don't mean it bad, but her face looks like a man,

[AureliaDobreFan]

@Loveringe Why point it out?

[panicandfoblvr]

@Loveringe yeah, but she can do things that only very few people in the world can do. She is also one of the oldest competitive gymnasts ever, and also has a son with lieukemia. So fuck you for saying what you said. Oksana Chusovitina is inspirational.

[ParanoidAndroidDA]

Oksana Chusovitina is the almighty queen of gymnastics.

[gymnastics404]

no grips.......... omg

[Jameshistory]

I wish she would do bars again. She has the skills, but needs better combinations.

[tide32athlete]

30+ years of doing bars with no grips. Her hands must feel like concrete.... or maybe they've been worn smooth like rocks in a river?

She's truly amazing. I wonder if she could upgrade bars if she were to work with someone like Liukin for a while. She has the shoulder flexibility to do more difficult pirouettes.

[danielcnsilva]

@tide32athlete Wow, I can't understand... what are the benefits of wearing grips?

[jpsimoes100]

thanks !! :D

[AureliaDobreFan]

@jpsimoes100 No prob :) but I think it will have been blocked by tomorrow ^.^

[Omegadoomsday]

so unusual to see her at bars, just loving it!