Comments on: Germany’s 33-Year-Old Gymnast

By: johnwwwatson

johnwwwatson — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 02:17:47 +0000

You have a woman’s name Tony.

Class Ksyusha! Ya tibya lublu!

By: Olympic Moms

Olympic Moms — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 15:41:00 +0000

[...] Oksana Chusovitina credits her Olympic experience with saving her son’s life. Chusovitina, a native of Uzbekistan and competed in gymnastics for that country and the Soviet Union before deunification. She had retired when her son, Alisher was diagnosed with leukemia. Unable to get adequate care for him at home, she turns to a former coach in Germany. The family moved there and Chusovitina became interested again in gymnastics…so much so that the 33-year-old represented Germany in the Beijing Olympics, competing with girls half her age. And her son: his leukemia is in remission. [...]

By: Kelley Uldal

Kelley Uldal — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 01:40:01 +0000

AWSOME!!!

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 21:43:03 +0000

Good for her!

By: Sandy

Sandy — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 15:23:19 +0000

I love this story. Who says you have to be a teenager to compete in the Olympics?

BTW: All eight qualifying gymnastics teams start off with a “clean slate” on Tuesday for the team Gold. Let’s hope the US women get a good night’s sleep.

By: Tony

Tony — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 15:04:12 +0000

she looks like a man