46-year-old Chusovitina wins the World Cup vaulting championship once more, the Olympic veteran of the eight dynasties targets the Hangzhou Asian Games
2022-04-04 15:36:24Source: Qianjiang Evening News
Chusovitina, 46, won once more.
On April 2, Beijing time, in the Baku Station of the International Gymnastics Federation Equipment World Cup, 46-year-old Uzbekistan veteran Chusovitina won the Baku Station Women’s Vault Championship with a slight advantage in the difficulty of the movements. In the final, although she was not perfect when she tried the 360 straight forward moves, she narrowly won by virtue of her difficulty advantage and won the gold medal in the vaulting competition (5.0+8.333/4.4+8.8). There are four World Cup competitions, Chusovitina won two golds and one silver in the three competitions she participated in, and finally won the championship.
After winning the championship, 46-year-old Chusovitina locked a ticket to the World Championships in Liverpool in October this year, and if nothing else, also locked a ticket to the Hangzhou Asian Games.
Last year’s Tokyo Olympics Chusovitina stood on the Olympic arena for the eighth time. Although she did not qualify for the women’s vault final, when she completed the last jump in the Olympic Games, the audience burst into warm applause, and many competitors from other countries also stepped forward. its compliments.
On July 25, 2021, Chusovitina announced her retirement on her personal social platform. But more than two months later, she announced her comeback once more, with the goal of the Asian Games to be held in Hangzhou in September this year-“I decided to continue preparing for the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games. I haven’t been able to get one for my motherland Uzbekistan (an important event). ) medal, I can’t just end my gymnastics career like that.”
Chusovitina and son
In 2006, Chusovitina changed her nationality to Germany in order to raise money for her son who was suffering from leukemia. After the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Chusovitina’s son made a full recovery. In 2013, Chusovitina applied for renunciation of German citizenship and restoration of Uzbekistan citizenship. In the subsequent Rio Olympics and Tokyo Olympics, she represented Uzbekistan.