At 41, she is the oldest gymnast in Rio Olympics
posted on Jul 19, 2016 @ 6:05PM
Oksana Chusovitina the Uzbek star is all set to become the oldest woman gymnast to compete at the age of 41 in the upcoming Rio Olympics. Oksana Chusovitina is training for a record-breaking seventh Olympic Games. Chusovitina, whose son is as old as many of her rivals for Rio medals, said she does not deprive herself to maintain her muscular 1.50 meter (5 feet) tall, 43 kilogram (95 pound) frame. Chusovitina started her career competing for the Soviet Union.
After it collapsed, she went to the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona for the Confederation of Independent States, a unified team of former Soviet states. "I just train and perform because doing so brings me pleasure." Chusovitina says. She is representing her Central Asian homeland of Uzbekistan, a nation of 30 million people where she is so revered she has figured on postage stamps. "Gymnastics has become much more difficult, but at the same time much more dramatic and beautiful," she says. But it appears that her longevity is down to constant training and hard work rather then any special dietary secret.