This is the record: a 40-year-old gymnast rides for the Olympics in Rio

Female gymnastics is mainly a sport for young girls. Even very young girls - the best age to participate in the Olympics is 16 years old. Do you remember the scandal at the 2008 Olympics that concerned the young gymnasts? The fact is that this sport has a very serious impact on the body, and many medalists become winners only once, after which their career is on the decline.

New age record in gymnastics

And in the light of all this there was a new heroine - 40-year-old Oksana Chusovitina. In her forty years she was recently qualified to participate in the Olympic Games in Rio - and this will be her seventh Olympics. Thus, she becomes a record-holder - the oldest gymnast in history. She represents the national team of Uzbekistan.