On August 14th, Chusovitina waved to the audience after finishing the competition. On the same day, in the women’s vault final of the gymnastics competition in Rio 2016, Uzbekistan’s Chusovitina won the seventh place with a score of 14.833. Chusovitina is 41 years old, and the Rio Olympic Games is the seventh Olympic Games she participated in. Xinhua News Agency reporter Zheng Huansong photo
Xinhua News Agency, Rio de Janeiro, August 18th, Sports Special (Reporter Lu Yuchen and Jia Yuchen) Black marker, drawing a five-ring outline on paper, and then matching a series of numbers: 92/96/00/04/08/12/16 & hellip; …
Yes, this is the unique signature of Chusovitina, a gymnastics legend who participated in seven Olympic Games.
She is a great athlete; She is a great mother.
Return to the game for your son
"From the moment my son was born, he was everything to me."
In Chusovitina’s view, she is just an ordinary woman, wife and mother.
The 41-year-old Uzbek gymnast has been on the international stage since the 1990s — — Many of the little girls who compete with her today have not yet been born.
After winning the women’s team in Barcelona Olympic Games, Chusovitina married Uzbek wrestler panov in 1998, and then they participated in the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games together.
However, the good times didn’t last long. In order to take her son Alisher, who was suffering from leukemia, to seek medical treatment, she left her motherland to represent Germany, and constantly challenged the limits with the title of "mother-level" or even "grandmother-level". The phrase "You are not cured, I dare not get old" made her impress countless people with the image of a great mother.
"For me, family and son will always come first."
I remember Beijing the most.
"I can repeat it a hundred times: the most impressive Olympic Games for me is the Beijing Olympic Games."
Chusovitina said that at the age of 33, she won the silver medal in vault, and her story was well known by more people, and many people gave a helping hand.
However, I didn’t expect better news waiting for her!
In the studio of Xinhua News Agency, she couldn’t help but cock her mouth when she recalled this past. After the Beijing Olympic Games, she returned to her son’s side. As a result, I didn’t expect the doctor to tell her: Congratulations, your son has recovered!
"Ten Olympic gold medals are not enough for this good news!" Chusovitina said.
Now, my son has grown up and is going to school in Germany. He will be 17 years old soon, and his appearance is just like Chusovitina. Usually, her son kept telling her around: Mom, don’t do those dangerous things; Mom, be careful; Mom, have a good sleep!
"I am the happiest mother in the world."
I will never retire!
After her trip to Rio Olympic Games, she is planning to prepare for the trip to Tokyo Olympic Games in 2020 — — However, Chusovitina has not told her son about this plan, because she is still looking for sponsors to help her prepare for the next Olympic cycle.
"I know, he will be disappointed." Chusovitina finished with a smile, squeezed her eyes playfully, and then made an innocent expression.
With her fame, it seems a more prudent plan to open a gymnastics club to make a living. However, her heart, like a bird yearning for the sky, is attached to the stadium.
In Chusovitina’s view, she is only 18 years old. With her chin held high, she said that after the training competition, "it doesn’t hurt anywhere", which may be thanks to her mother’s reward for a superwoman’s good figure.
"Retired? No, I will never retire! "
Of course, if that day really comes, Chusovitina hopes that she can end her professional gymnastics career in the place where she was born and raised.
At present, the only thing that makes Chusovitina "afraid" is that one day her son will suddenly say, Mom, I am married.
"I really want to attend my son’s wedding."