Oksana Chusovitina Uneven Bars

[@angeliastone-tolcher2386]

It’s also hard to believe her coach is one of her former team mates

[@edithkyt]

What’s her name?

[@sapphiresilence1758]

@@edithkyt Svetlana Boginskaya.

[@JuliusGLlorando]

Boginskaya actually is her junior

[@sapphiresilence1758]

@@JuliusGLlorando No, Sveta is two years older than her, but it‘s still extremely unusual. 😊

[@edithkyt]

Thank you

[@skatingcanuck9837]

It is very rare to see a gymnast in their 30s, but in her 40s? That is rare in any elite sport! She is a machine and a role model for so many people. IT'S NEVER TOO LATE!!!

[@nikkispark6477]

Oksana was born in 1975. On June 19, 2021, she will be 46 years old... it's fantastic!

[@ИринаГригория-ц4в]

Oksana is 46. We love her very very much. Very much.

[@Corn22]

this isn’t really a case of “it’s never too late”. this is her eighth Olympics. she’s been competing since she was a teenager and has kept up with her body. It’s very unlikely that someone without her level of training would be able to do this at her age if they started now.

[@khalfani414]

not necessarily, in elite show jumping and other equestrian sports, it's more common than you might think because it usually takes so incredibly long to get good enough to compete at the elite level, even though equestrian sports are so incredibly hard on your body and there's a certainty that you'll have (usually quite a few) severe injuries at some point in your career

[@tdf123emcee2]

@@Corn22 although that's very realistic, I think what the comment tried to imply it that is never too late to do something you always wanted to do...the point is to just do it without expecting some sort of greatness...rather that to show yourself you can do it and be happy about it regardless the proficiency you achieve....

[@iomoon3608]

“I do not like bars” - gets on bars with no grips

[@nattaliat]

Seems like the reason she doesn’t like bars

[@shieldmaidenforchrist1310]

When she started training, many Russian/Soviet gymnasts (and probably many others) didn't use grips.

[@vivianpham7742]

@@Alexismirage Are you even a gymnast? Grips are not meant to help you master a routine. They have a dowel inside to help you grip and also prevents extreme friction from your hands and the bar.

[@aquatic845]

@@Alexismirage what? You need grips at the beginning and even if she doesn't like it she needs grips because she knows how to do it? You just contradicted what you said before and I'm kind of confused

[@elanorecastillo8268]

@@vivianpham7742 if you train without them you don’t need them you still get rips without them

[@andricheli]

"I don't like bars, but I'm just gonna nail this dismount for fun." Oksana Chusovitina, probably. This woman is a LEGEND.

[@asherraymond4430]

She's literally in her 40s, and still has pretty good form and stuck that dismount with no problem.

[@dnieluz3465]

46 years

[@SuAva]

@@dnieluz3465 She's 45 now, she'll turn 46 in june.

[@moonhunter9993]

"pretty good form"? wow, I wanna see you do ANY of those moves at the age of 21. she's phenomenal, she must have joints of steel. this kind of high level of performance for so many years must be absolutely brutal on the body. she must have been born really special to do this for so long. remember, most of these athletes started training at the age of 3.

[@RebeccaTaylorTillery]

She also has a 21 year old son. For her to come back after childbirth to be able to compete is absolutely amazing!

[@moonhunter9993]

@@sallygreenfield6991 i know what you mean. I just turned 50 and many mornings i have to gently "roll out" and stretch my hips so I don't hobble and shuffle like an octogenarian😅

[@principessadellefiabe]

I love her humble and creative spirit. She 's great. And it' s so good to see her partnership with Svetlana Boginskaia. They were teammates in Barcelona '92. I think there is a true, deep friendship between them.

[@arwenevenstar0761]

I didn’t even realize her coach was Boginskaya! She is one of my all-time favorite gymnasts. The “Byelorussian Swan” was the epitome of grace, skill, and sportsmanship, and loveliness. I always thought she would make a great coach and I’m glad to see she’s still involved in gymnastics.

[@nikkispark6477]

Svetlana and Oksana played on the same team and became World Champions in 1991 in Indianapolis.

[@Janellabelle]

Thats Bogey?!!! 😍

[@susandilaudo9534]

omg simone's giggles along w/"i dont like bars either"---freaking awesome!

[@landonfise8321]

She’s adorable

[@ИннаТрофимова-щ6ь]

Simone is a broiler full of gormons and steroids!

[@susandilaudo9534]

Инна Трофимова what is gormons?

[@captainnemolostintheocean1652]

Cannot everything be about Biles? 🙄

[@rachelkittelberger]

@@ИннаТрофимова-щ6ь lol where is your proof man

[@thespaceshuttlechallenger7882]

She really is the gymnast to emulate. She may not have been the very best, but she was always up there with the best of them, and she did it while taking good care of her body, her career, and her family. I hope that some day all gymnasts will be able to enjoy competing for as long as they want.

[@yleenda]

At the height of her gymnast career, she was actually the world's best at vault. In fact even at 46, she won Gold on the vault at the Doha World Cup. The Double Layout 1/1 is named after her, it is also called The Chusovitina. She was one of the very best who could pull off this extremely difficult skill. And the fact that she was able to stay on top of her game for over 8 Olympics is incredible. Nobody has ever done that but her.

[@daonchik]

She’s a 2-time individual world champion (floor ‘91, vault ‘03) and 2-time world and Olympic team champion (‘91, ‘92). And she continued to win world medals until ‘13 and make finals as recently as ‘18. So she’s absolutely the gymnast to emulate in that she proves that it’s not an either/or - you can have a prioritize medals AND longevity!

[@theshillneckedlizard8364]

She is one of the few gymnasts who can perform the Produnova vault (i.e. the Death Vault) so she's definitely up there with the best

[@andricheli]

She has had a high degree of consistency throughout her career too and has done a really good job of balancing her training. I agree, more gymnasts should be looking to her as a really excellent example. I think Oksana is onto something in the world of gymnastics (along with Chellsie Memmel who is also defying previously held rules around women's gymnastics and age)

[@bremex]

This woman was not going to compete in the last Olympics because she said she would retire, but now she’s training again to qualify for Paris. She is my role model, and a fucking BEAST 🙌🏽

[@SuAva]

> is 43 (at the time of this Superstars of Gymnastics game) > doesn't like bars > throws a perfectly stuck full twisting double back dismount from bars > is the queen mother of our sport O K S A N A

[@uggggggghhhhh]

why are you green texting on YT lmfao

[@simplystreeptacular]

> has no idea what the word 'retirement' actually means

[@SilencedButNotForgotten]

@@simplystreeptacular wins the vault in the Doha World Cup in 2022 again after winning it in 2021😂

[@mathildewesendonck7225]

Oksana and Svetlana were some of the last top gymnasts of the former Soviet Union. One of their head coaches was Alexander Alexandrov, who later emigrated to the USA and trained former Olympian Dominique Moceanu at Karolyi’s for a while. In her book, she describes him as the best coach she ever had. He was tough, but he also knew when it was enough. When Dominique had a bad day or was tired or injured, he would see it and let her take it easy during training. Very professional, with a strict scientific training plan instead of bullying, drill and fear. Alexandrov was later fired by Bela Karolyiy, because the Karolyis believed his training methods were too soft! 🤦🏻‍♀️ I believe that Oksana got an extremely good foundation during her early years in gymnastics, which helped her body to develop enough strength. She wasn‘t burned out at an early age like many others. And she never lost her love for the sport. That’s how it should be!!

[@nondescriptbeing5944]

oh wasn't that Mustafina's coach?

[@mht4908]

Had Dominique been coached by Alexandrov a few years longer, she probably would’ve had a much better experience in Atlanta

[@nikkispark6477]

@@nondescriptbeing5944 Alexander Alexandrov coached Aliya Mustafina in 2009-2012, made her an Absolute World Champion and Olympic Champion.

[@ilikeyoutube836]

Dominique was a true prodigy, with unbelievable talent and potential. It's nothing short of tragic that the Karolyi's ruined her chances by pushing her too hard and causing her to injure herself constantly. On top of that she had to deal with the stress of abuse at home and having to actually emancipate herself from her parents. Pretty difficult to focus on your goals and training when you've got all of that going on in your life. Poor Domi. All the adults in her life failed her, and she burned out too early because of them

[@chicnoir29]

@@ilikeyoutube836 Where is Dominique now?

[@indakgalak]

As much as I love love love Chellsie Memmel, Oksana Chusovitina right here is the TRUE PIONEER of Adult Gymnastics!!! She is the epitome of longevity and forever will be an icon in Gymnastics...❤️

[@brodypenn]

Exactly! Oksana is an absolute legend and changed gymnastics forever but Chellsie is amazing as well.

[@SuAva]

Definitely, there should be many more gymnasts still in the sport at age >30 (just for the sake of our sport, they need to stop wearing out our kids at 16yo), but Oksana will always stay leagues above any others.

[@beckyy584]

I don't think anyone is denying Oksana as the queen of adult gymnastics. Chellsie's comeback is super notable because Martha screwed her over in her prime. Also, it's currently harder to make the Olympic Team in the US than any other country in the world!

[@nerdwriterfighter212]

The two have revolutionized the sport for adults in similar, but different ways. Oksana had one kid, has competed for a much longer lifespan and never quit. Chellsie had two kids and took an 8 year break.

[@ilikeyoutube836]

@@beckyy584 *Marta. I agree with everything else you said

[@connell8]

no grips???? she's amazing

[@celestek.2395]

I never used them either. For me it’s like wearing those shoes on beam. I have to be able to feel it.

[@Lina-ow6di]

@@celestek.2395 same

[@Remy_theRat_]

A lot of countries don’t use grips it’s crazy

[@KKSASMR1]

a brave brave soul

[@elanorecastillo8268]

I mean you still get rips even with grips not really impressive

[@angeo3830]

I saw a documentary about her that she had decided to keep going because her son got sick and they had to be able to afford his treatments but he’s good now and she loves what she does it’s amazing 😻

[@brodypenn]

3:23 OMG two of the biggest gymnastics legends ever: Oksana and Svetlana celebrating so hard, ICONIC!!!

[@Userhandleidk]

I thought that was photoshopped lol she's hilarious

[@Sierra_Polerina]

SAMe ahahaha \

[@middleburyastrology]

Jaw dropping, fantastic. She's now 46 with 8 olympics under her belt. Amazing amazing. I'm an ex-gymnast and now 42 and I am inspired.

[@MrCastoravenue]

Chusovitina is the pride of our country! Hats off 🥰🇺🇿

[@showmustgowon]

seeing her in the olympics saying goodbye was so emoting :(

[@ajimenez1719ify]

I've watched this young lady since she came on the scene in around 91 or so and let me tell you, she continues to be just as good as she was in her younger days. One of my favs!!

[@zutropolazutropola4449]

That dismount was spectacular! And Bogi is coaching her! Bogi was a GOAT during her time in gymnastics. She has to be wowed that her former team mate is still competiting at this level.

[@danschreimann215]

She deserves bonus points from the judges just for her dedication to the sport and her age

[@suffi7716]

She ruined many of my night by taking gold medal from my favorites, but I respect her for what she represents for sport, for gymnastics, for being and example when is about never give up. Well done Oksana, well done champ 😘

[@alisherxojayev567]

The queen of gymnastics, she is from Uzbekistan. She is our pride. 🇺🇿🇺🇿🇺🇿🇺🇿

[@hdb80]

I'm 40 and can barely get out of bed in the morning. lol

[@pialee1475]

I’m only 30 and my back already hurts 😂

[@phuongthaonguyenthi3248]

I’m 18...........

[@thegutlesswarrior9488]

OMG this just cements Chusovitina as a certified bad ass... I love her sense of humor 😂😂😂.... I find it funny a lot of people didn't know that she was being coached by Svetlana Boginskaia!

[@grahamstrouse1165]

The crazy thing is that they're contemporaries. They competed together on the 1992 Unified Team that won the Women's team gold.

[@tammystiletto]

I hope we start obsessing over strong driven athletes that never give up, rather than how young they can be. Her drive is everything 🙌🏻

[@Lea-cp8gi]

This woman is incredible and doesn’t get enough credit all people want to talk about is the trickster!! 7 Olympic Games...she’s a machine!!

[@DizzyedUpGirl]

I love how happy she got for her scores.

[@honeyy3018]

I think she is incredible for someone who doesn’t like bars and for her age! I was lucky enough to watch this live!

[@kcindc5539]

And she’s doing it without grips! She’s beyond beast. She’s iconic, truly awesome.

[@kachi2782]

Always a delight to see Svetlana with a sense of humour.

[@kpeezyforsheezy]

I think it’s so unfortunate that people think you can only be good at this sport if you’re young. Not related but people do incredible stunts in circuses for decades, a lot of those performers retire pretty late in age. There’s no reason gymnastics can’t be the same way.

[@tuesdaypatience]

Oksana is a real life superhuman. She is the true GOAT! (and I love that Svetlana Boginskaya is her coach!!)

[@grahamstrouse1165]

Two of my all time faves! 🙂

[@grahamstrouse1165]

Also, Bogie's only a couple years older than Chuso...and she retired in the '90s.

[@AriannaAyers]

What a sense of humor! Perfect 10 just for that! With Love, from NY

[@SilencedButNotForgotten]

She just competed in her eighth Olympics! She didn't quite qualify for the finals, but still an extremely impressive result!

[@nemo227]

She gained a LOT of new fans with this performance. I'm a new fan too.

[@ledhicks]

Boginskaya as her coach, love it!

[@76helpingdogs]

I noticed that. What was this- an exhibition of some kind?

[@angeliastone-tolcher2386]

I thought it was her and I was like no it couldn’t be

[@angeliastone-tolcher2386]

@@76helpingdogs I think it was like a gymnastics thing for tv

[@svenlabots1869]

Ready for her 8th olympics this year! Ready for a standing ovation! Ready for a very honorable mention from Simone...(wouldn't surprise me)...✌👍❤

[@ri3lalee]

How is nobody talking about the fact that she doesn't have grips on!

[@NatashaEstrada]

I know right and that she licks her hands to wet them. 100% old school charm.

[@Sunburn2508]

Can someone explain me why some routines are so short? How can they be so different in duration?

[@evatalksalot]

@@Sunburn2508 It depends how high of a difficulty you want to have! Some gymnasts can connect skills really well and have seemingly short bar routines but with high difficulty (watch Aliya Mustafinas from 2016 London). It's short compared to others. Oksana just doesn't have many skills on bars, that's why hers is short. :)

[@aliensoup2420]

@@evatalksalot Also, it's an exhibition, not a competition, so why risk injury trying to perform a difficult routine.

[@Lydineetjuh]

That made me freak out totally. I wouldn't even dare to do a hip circle without grips anymore?

[@Марина-я3з8ж]

Очень круто!!! Оксана ты супер!!! Спасибо, что являешься для нас примером. Глядя на тебе понимаешь, что Гимнастика не в 14-18 лет заканчивается, а в 45 только ещё начинается. Удачи и только Победы!!!

[@seda6575]

а что было там написано,и сколько ей лет?

[@SimaVyuzhnaya]

​@@seda6575, было написано: "Я не люблю брусья". Сейчас ей 48 лет и она всё ещё выступает)

[@deeprose4]

Wow...she’s 43? Holy shit that’s amazing.

[@ellehacker3168]

For someone who doesn’t like bars, she is a beautiful bar worker! She looks calm and collected on them and flows smoothly. She also doesn’t even use grips lol

[@alexramirez9589]

She's so adorable lol it's hard to not love and respect her

[@amrose4214]

Oksana she like the longest performing gymnast in the world in her 40s and still competing she must make it in the Guinness book. No major injuries it seems to derail her off. Amazing..

[@kbrown5523]

I have watched this video so many times, it never fails to make me smile!

[@Lena.S618]

Simones laugh is sunshine.

[@mkthom1791]

Oksana Chusovitina's sign that she does't like bars is everything! Like the boss she is, fo sho

[@DizzyedUpGirl]

Wait, is she coached by Svetlana Bouginskaya? Holy hell, the gymnastics royalty on this team.

[@beccas2065]

There is no stopping Oksana Chusovitina!! She is such an inspiration!! Amazing athlete!!

[@Жаннатмакондиёр]

Oksana we love you and are proud of you. Thank you so much for dedicating your life to sports for your country. We wish you a long life and always be happy.

[@vagandomundo]

Ella puede decir lo que quiera, no le tiene miedo a nada, es una veterana .. la amé

[@angelamapa2529]

I love her! And nice to see Svetlana Boginskaya as well.

[@mitzinicoleritter211]

Great sense of humor. SUPERB athlete!❤👊

[@mayme4743]

she’s a legend, going to miss seeing her even though she’s been in more olympics than expected

[@sonnynewman7527]

i love her spirit so much! she's such a joy to watch

[@bonnielucas3244]

Praise the LORD for somebody who is so likeable

[@lindzriddb]

I'm not sure I've ever seen her on bars but that's funny!!! And she rocked it!!

[@ElizaDolittle]

awww she seems to be SO SWEET and down to Earth!

[@corynicolas3175]

I love her dismount! She also has an incredible coach!

[@meirambekteacher8560]

She is amazing. I love her🇰🇿🇰🇿😍😍😍

[@tatteredquilt]

She is a force of nature !! And, from what I've heard, she hopes to be in Paris next year- competing !

[@cocobeebe]

Yes Oksana! Beautiful job! Very determined woman! What a sport she is....I'd be sore for months after a landing like that! Or recovering in the hospital somewhere! 😆😂

[@CoffeeLover-mz7bk]

And she usually does bars with her bare hands. I'm not sure if anyone else in the world does that.

[@philiplieu3889]

I believe Huang Huidan used to do bars bare handed

[@SuAva]

Often Chinese and Romanian gymnasts do too.

[@pratendepizza]

Lieke Wevers also does it!

[@EmpressoftheLibrary]

Her former teammate and now coach, Svetlana Boginskaya, also used to do bars bare-handed.

[@bunnybeaner]

Svetlana Khorkina is well known for not using grips either! It's incredible to watch.

[@ExplorHits]

Svetlana Boguinskaya as her a coach is just EPIC!

[@anikokoren3417]

That dismount tho🔥🔥

[@coolness06]

It took me until nearly the end to realize that her coach here is Svetlana Boginskaya. Two queens!!!!!

[@JanitaShowaars]

Dang 12 hours in retirement lol

[@harahazitis]

Soooo cute.. She deserves all perfect 10s ❤️

[@Someone-lf7iz]

I feel this in my soul lol. It's actually why I wanted to go to UF when I was still looking at college gymnastics as a possibility - they had the number 1 bar team, which means I wouldn't have had to contribute lol

[@reneosbaldomoralesjacobo8413]

Un caso único, irrepetible y especial en el mundo deportivo el de esta maravillosa gimnasta.

[@girliepopcornpiggy7003]

I don't like bars, unless it's chocolate 🤣. A true living legend Oksana.

[@marmota1425]

I don't know what kind of championship is this but I loved it!!

[@lovelygrace499]

The thumbnail made me watch

[@Constantin9va]

Best bar routine I’ve ever seen!

[@radicalrick9587]

Kudo to the Judges for having a Heart of Gold!

[@FlorzinhaDraw]

I don't like bars, proceed to stick her difficult dismount marvelously

[@yourpalfred]

Simone's giggly "I don't like bars either" is so cute

[@thivu9165]

Just incredible to see people doing what they love and pride for their country. Maybe she'll retire when the Simpsons are off the air.

[@mikegarcia597]

That dismount though 🔥

[@jaydawithay8442]

Don’t think she’ll be allowed for 2021 the amount of times she licks her hands and touches everything lol (covid times)

[@edithkyt]

Lol

[@hannahnwhite]

🙄

[@davidfaz2435]

She (and everybody) could have her own chalk and they probably will spray the bars after every gymnast anyways.

[@bec2224]

Her son had leukemia, she still completes to get money to pay his medical bills even though it's been years since he was cured, but the bills have to get paid somehow. I say good for her. Plus every other team she competes against always wants to take a picture with her.

[@tigremalabarista3461]

I’ve enjoyed watching her since the Barcelona games. She competes for the love of the sport. She competed for Germany and Uzbekistan and became the oldest gymnast to medal when she got a silver in vault in Beijing. Was sad she missed the finals in 2021 Tokyo, but the respect she got from the other gymnasts spoke volumes.

[@HannahTrapeze]

She's Still paying those bills off!?!? I thought they were paid via fundraising in the gym community years ago?!!?

[@SimaVyuzhnaya]

Incorrect information, she doesn’t pay bills and has been performing for her own pleasure for a long time. When she was a German citizen and played for that country, her son received free treatment.

[@deirdre9746]

WOW!!! LADY OKSANA! YOU ARE A PHENOMENON.

[@auntmaybell4833]

We didn't use grips in the 70s. I wish that they were around because I ended up having surgery to remove callouses on both hands when I was in my twenties. My hands were so ugly before the surgery.

[@virginiastirnweis5214]

Woah!!!! That was incredible. And young gymnast take note, no hand grips!!!

[@eiraremejeene]

Just wow! This was so fun! And that transition, I believe she could have done a Strong if she went for it... And that is Svetlana Boguinskaya, her coach, right? The two of them look adorable!!!

[@nancy.lauderdale]

I got goosebumps watching her. Amazing gymnast.

[@juanito3661]

Hahaha. Love her. She doesn’t like it but she did it excelente. I give her a 10.

[@Ari-ep2ub]

i saw the no grips and i was like 😬 my PTSD from doing bars before I got my grips just came right back.

[@jeffgoesrandom4217]

To not use grips on those moves. Especially the dowel grips... almost insane. She can probably crush your hand in a shake...

[@DiuQuy]

She's freaking amazing! And funny too. Love her fearless spirit and incredible grit.

[@actorboy2]

She's my queen! 👑😍

[@AndreaDeanVanScoyoc]

I can't stand grips. I never wore them, either. I couldn't hold on wearing them. Keep kicking ass, Chuso!

[@ilikeyoutube836]

That 10 was well deserved

[@user-zs4iv3vf5m]

she is amazing!!!! Power from her son!

[@undergravitydownforce714]

so this IS what they mean by tanks being built different in the ussr! lots of love to you! amazing work

[@quintusquesz5610]

Es que esto es espectacular, increíble, la verdad es que no hay palabras, repito... espectacular.

[@CionnFE]

And no less than Svetlana Boguinskaya coaching! Wow!

[@zutropolazutropola4449]

She qualified on the uneven bars at the world level back in 93.

[@johnmichaelarnaud]

Most modern 40-year-olds have trouble rolling out of bed. She's somersaulting in four dimensions. Bravo, ma'am.