Chusovitina sick son, 37-year-old mother's gymnastics the 6
Olympic campaign story, a controversy again and again in the summer, as the
precious moved. If she knew that in Germany, there is a 86-year-old
gymnastics Grandma "- Johanna • Kui Asi, presumably will feel great
encouragement. After all, Gymnastics Mom the first time to participate in the
Olympics but 20 years ago, gymnastics grandmother attended gymnastics
competition, has to be traced back to before World War II.
Johanna is not practicing gymnastics seventy years. Cottbus gymnastics World
Cup this spring, famous as the oldest player, the reporter asked her: "Are
you a young age is the athlete?" Johanna said: "Yes, ah, in 1954, we
are the East German handball league championship."
Most proud of her, not age, but after a career change,
retired, married, children at the age of 56, but also re-practicing. The
grandmother said with a smile, perhaps he can inspire people, "it's never
too late (never too late).
Germany after World War II, gymnastics
Allied CMC prohibited. Until 32 years old, hails from a gymnastics family of
Johanna really start practicing. A few years later, she married a gymnastics
coach, rearing three daughters. Blink of an eye Johanna 56 years old, in 1982,
she said to herself, and gymnastics have to get it back.
World Cup on the uneven bars preliminaries, she intends to
borrow on the strength of the bar to the action bar, the result ass to. She
smiled and waved his hand toward the audience, then the judges Tanshou pout
pout like saying, "I do not know how to engage.
Feel relaxed, does not mean that the game play. Although a bit
slow-paced, the layman can see not too high difficulty score, but have full
intentions of her every movement. Free exercise accompanied by soft piano,
confident and elegant dance, legs stretched straight rolling and head
handstand, has let the audience applause exclaimed constantly, a happy
grandmother, came a cartwheel. If it is wore a silver-haired, wearing gold spectacles,
you can hardly believe her age is more than four times of the other players.
And a group granddaughter also small girl is not competing
against Johanna wish. Her a year ago, told reporters complain that there is not
even the elderly European Championship, let alone the World Cup. In fact, the
world's elderly Championship is just no gymnastics this project. Germany
does have elderly Gymnastics Championship, but Johanna little tired - she has
already pocketed 11 championships.
Johanna favorite, August Jahn Memorial Tournament. To
commemorate the German gymnastics Father Jahn birthplace Freiburg
the outdoor race held every year. She likes to Freiburg,
because while the game, enjoy the sun.
The age limit for the 90-year-old race, Johanna has not been
surpassed. 57 September 2012 "Guinness World Records, the" confirmed
her active duty oldest gymnast. But she did not stop intend to, because in the
same "Guinness Book of World Records Guinness", as well as a German
grandfather Walter • Li Sina, 94 years old, his public performances backflip
diving.
The first time to participate in the gymnastics competition in
1934, Johanna was 86 years overnight fame. More than 300 million hits on her in
the video game Cottbus,
YouTube. Admirer of the self-proclaimed "Johanna fans, the establishment
of home for her, and concern she continues to" grow "on Facebook.
A gymnast seen her play, I'm 32 years old, sometimes say to
myself, I'm probably too old, this sentence has been invalidated.
In addition to gymnastics, people concerned about other people
who comment: "Which people familiar Johanna can tell me what to eat every
day, to a 80-year-old also so thin?"
Chusovitina let people feeling maternal love so youthfulness,
The Johanna grandmother would say, gymnastics itself can. Boarded the
"Guinness Book of Records", she was invited to the British ITV
effortlessly live performances for some parallel bars. Scissors rotation,
shoulder and elbow upside down, and this time, there are very successful
dismount. Moderator muttered "My God," asked her to do gymnastics, so
much older, will not cause discomfort and pain. "Not at all,"
grandmother replied, "I was the early bird woke up used to run up and down
the stairs." Finish after her next habit is doing yoga.