When gymnasts Aly Raisman, 22, and Gabby Douglas, 20, qualified for their second Olympics we all cheered. For the sport of gymnastics both Raisman and Douglas are considered old for the sport, so qualifying for their second games is quite the accomplishment.
Well, you ain’t seen nothing yet.
Meet Oksana Chusovitina, the 41-year-old gymnast who’s just made it through to the finals of her seventh Olympic games.
HER SEVENTH OLYMPIC GAMES.
Chusovitina, who competed for the Soviet Union in 1992 (winning the team gold medal), Uzbekistan in 1996, 2000, and 2004, and Germany in 2008 (where she won the vault silver medal) and 2012, has once again competed for her native Uzbekistan — this time against women the same age as her 16-year-old son.