OKSANA CHUSOVITINA - BEAM 1997
OKSANA IS ONE OF ONLY A HANDFUL OF GYMNASTS THAT WENT BACK TO THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF ELITE GYMNASTICS AFTER BECOMING A MOTHER.
OKSANA IS THE GYMNAST THAT KEPT ON TRAINING AND COMPETING AND PERFORMING MUCH LONGER THAN "NORMAL" TO PAY THE BILLS AND TO PAY FOR HER SON'S CANCER TREATMENTS - IF I WAS RICH I WOULD'VE HELPED HER OUT WHEN I HEARD THAT STORY - BUT I'M NOT....
Oksana Aleksandrovna Chusovitina (Russian: Оксана Александровна Чусовитина; born June 19, 1975 in Bukhara, Uzbek SSR, USSR) is an Olympic medalist and World Champion gymnast who has competed for Germany since 2006. She was formerly a citizen of, and a competitor for, the Soviet Union (before 1993) and Uzbekistan (1993--2006).
To date, Chusovitina's career in elite gymnastics has spanned twenty years
Love how they're talking about her being 21 like "OMG SHES SO OLD!" little did they know that, in retrospect, this is still very much "her early career". she is and remains a BEAST!
ViardotVSGrisi 4 months ago
She is amazing.
gravyboatK 4 months ago