1. She doesn't compete Yurckenko vaults
2. Front pike beam mount
3. For the longest time she only wore sleeveless leos and was the only one who wouldn't get called out for it by the gymternet
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4. She has since started wearing sparkly meshy leotards meant for teenagers and been ROCKING THEM (she and Vasiliki need to start a club for that)
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5. Queen Chuso and Svetlana Boginskaya are always a riot
6. Her floor music has included the theme from The Godfather and Pirates of the Caribbean
7. Split-leg double layout-punch front
8. As of today, she is officially twice the age of Vika, Jordyn, Gabby, and co.
9. She has 2016 in her IG username, just like a junior
10. Four eponymous skills
11. Including two on bars
12. She competed on the Soviet team with Valeri and competed against Nastia
13. And is still competing while Nastia has long since retired
14. Ninth in the all around in Beijing
15. She won a complete gold, silver, and bronze set of World/Olympic/Euros/Asian Games vault medals competing for both Germany and Uzebekistan
16. Even her competitors break out in cheers when her name is announced
17. She gave birth in 1999. And competed at the Sydney Olympics.
18. Her son is as old as this year's new WAG seniors
19. She was the 2007 German national all around champion
20. Her husband is a fellow Olympian- and a wrestler, no less
21. Her two Olympic medals are over fifteen years apart
22. She competes at a bunch of smaller meets, including World Cups and a bunch of open meets
23. She has competed for longer under the 10 system than under the D+E system
24. And competed on a vault horse for ten years before the table
25. She was on the Uzbekistan coaching staff at the 2010 Asian Games while still competing for Germany
26. Competing gymnastics literally saved her son's life
27. She doesn't use grips
28. And she spits in her hands instead of using a spray bottle
29. The number of times she's stated she'll retire only to come back
30. German giants
31. The NBC trio totally fangirl over her
32. Her international competitive career has spanned more than half her life
33. Her two World Championship titles were twelve years apart
34. She's been known to wear leg warmers
35. She's won three World and Olympic medals on vault in the second half of her career
36. She's the last gymnast still competing from the Soviet team
37. And she's the total opposite of the stereotypical Soviet gymnast
38. She's competed for three nations plus multiple variations of the Unified Team in 1992
39. Have you watched her compulsories? They're pretty awesome.
40. She was the last Soviet gymnast to win a World Championship title on floor. With the William Tell Overture. And a back-to-back tumbling pass.
9. She has 2016 in her IG username, just like a junior
10. Four eponymous skills
11. Including two on bars
12. She competed on the Soviet team with Valeri and competed against Nastia
13. And is still competing while Nastia has long since retired
14. Ninth in the all around in Beijing
15. She won a complete gold, silver, and bronze set of World/Olympic/Euros/Asian Games vault medals competing for both Germany and Uzebekistan
16. Even her competitors break out in cheers when her name is announced
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| source: masters-gymnastics.com |
17. She gave birth in 1999. And competed at the Sydney Olympics.
18. Her son is as old as this year's new WAG seniors
19. She was the 2007 German national all around champion
20. Her husband is a fellow Olympian- and a wrestler, no less
21. Her two Olympic medals are over fifteen years apart
22. She competes at a bunch of smaller meets, including World Cups and a bunch of open meets
23. She has competed for longer under the 10 system than under the D+E system
24. And competed on a vault horse for ten years before the table
25. She was on the Uzbekistan coaching staff at the 2010 Asian Games while still competing for Germany
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26. Competing gymnastics literally saved her son's life
27. She doesn't use grips
28. And she spits in her hands instead of using a spray bottle
29. The number of times she's stated she'll retire only to come back
30. German giants
31. The NBC trio totally fangirl over her
32. Her international competitive career has spanned more than half her life
33. Her two World Championship titles were twelve years apart
34. She's been known to wear leg warmers
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35. She's won three World and Olympic medals on vault in the second half of her career
36. She's the last gymnast still competing from the Soviet team
37. And she's the total opposite of the stereotypical Soviet gymnast
38. She's competed for three nations plus multiple variations of the Unified Team in 1992
39. Have you watched her compulsories? They're pretty awesome.
40. She was the last Soviet gymnast to win a World Championship title on floor. With the William Tell Overture. And a back-to-back tumbling pass.
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