This season, Oksana Chusovitina once again proved that we should never beleive her retirement announcements. She started training a few months after the Olympics in order to compete at the Asian games and is now considering...
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Oksana Chusovitina who “retired” after the Tokyo Olympics was supposed to come back just for the 2022 Asian Games (she also picked up some World Cup medals on the way). However, the 2022 Asian Games were postponed for...
While fans all over the world rejoiced when Oksana Chusovitina announced her comeback, she also received negative reactions – people saying that it’s time for her to leave the sport and give way to younger gymnasts...
Oksana Chusovitina had one of the shortest retirements in artistic gymnastics. She officially announced her retirement in Tokyo, her 7th Olympics, 32 years since she started competing internationally, and said in several...
Oksana Chusovitina has finished competing at the Tokyo Olympics. Chusovitina placed 14th on vault, two spots behind the first reserve for the final. She started crying after her vaults but told journalists the reason for crying...
Oksana Chusovitina was supposed to be one of the two flag bearers for Uzbekistan at the opening ceremony in Tokyo. Gymnasts very often skip the opening ceremony because they start competing a day or two after, but Chusovitina...
Many times before, we heard Oksana Chusovitina saying she would retire after the Olympics and every time, she ended up training for the next Olympics. At 46 years old, she will compete at her 8th Olympics on Sunday. At the podium...
Last month, Oksana Chusovitina opened her 2021 season with a bronze on vault at the Varna World Cup. Chusovitina said in an interview to Bulgarian media, that she recently dealt with an injury but is feeling fine already and...
When Oksana Chusovitina thought of what she would be doing in 2021, “still training and preparing for the Olympics” probably wasn’t what came to her mind. Chusovitina said multiple times that she would finally...
Oksana Chusovitina is returning to competition this week at Stella Zakharova Cup in Kiev. Chusovitina is usually quite a jet-setter, traveling around the word for competitions and appearances. However, the pandemic forced her to...