Oksana Chusovitina, "Stamina" [vid]
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melodytreeTitle: Stamina
Fandom: Gymnastics (Oksana Chusovitina)
Song: The Greatest by Sia
Contains: One shot that might look scary - it's a fall that she rolls out of and is okay.
Notes: In honor of Oksana Chusovitina, the gymnastics legend with five(!) skills named after her, who competed for three(!!) different countries, and made it to eight(!!!) Olympics - even after her son was born in 1999. She has finally retired at 46 years of age and received a standing ovation from the few in the stadium at the 2020ne Olympics after completing her last competitive vault ever.
Despite not liking bars, she has two bars moves named after her, including the hop full turn featured in the vid. She kept the same backwards roll sequence on her beam for over two decades. At the 2016 Olympics, she brought out the 'vault of death' that even Simone Biles thought was too dangerous and which had become infamous for being chucked by young gymnasts from underfunded feds without much equipment - without a great landing, but at least she rotated and landed on her feet. In 2008, she won her first individual medal (silver, on vault) despite being the oldest female gymnast there. She retired after London 2012 and un-retired less than twelve hours later. After a mistake on her vault at 2019 Worlds, she still managed to qualify for the Olympics... via her all-around score. Amazing. (I'm even a little amazed that she still has joints left after watching some of the older footage of her.)
Also, she seems to have a great personality in her interviews. Blunt and straightforward, but kind, and not without the occasional joke.
Download: Click here (contains softsubs for song lyrics)
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Fandom: Gymnastics (Oksana Chusovitina)
Song: The Greatest by Sia
Contains: One shot that might look scary - it's a fall that she rolls out of and is okay.
Notes: In honor of Oksana Chusovitina, the gymnastics legend with five(!) skills named after her, who competed for three(!!) different countries, and made it to eight(!!!) Olympics - even after her son was born in 1999. She has finally retired at 46 years of age and received a standing ovation from the few in the stadium at the 2020ne Olympics after completing her last competitive vault ever.
Despite not liking bars, she has two bars moves named after her, including the hop full turn featured in the vid. She kept the same backwards roll sequence on her beam for over two decades. At the 2016 Olympics, she brought out the 'vault of death' that even Simone Biles thought was too dangerous and which had become infamous for being chucked by young gymnasts from underfunded feds without much equipment - without a great landing, but at least she rotated and landed on her feet. In 2008, she won her first individual medal (silver, on vault) despite being the oldest female gymnast there. She retired after London 2012 and un-retired less than twelve hours later. After a mistake on her vault at 2019 Worlds, she still managed to qualify for the Olympics... via her all-around score. Amazing. (I'm even a little amazed that she still has joints left after watching some of the older footage of her.)
Also, she seems to have a great personality in her interviews. Blunt and straightforward, but kind, and not without the occasional joke.
Download: Click here (contains softsubs for song lyrics)
Embed:
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Date: 2021-08-05 08:14 pm (UTC)