Oksana Chusovitina! At 33 years old, she's competing in her fifth Olympics. Her first was the '92 Barcelona games - that's the year the youngest gymnasts competing at these Olympics were born! It's truly admirable that she has been able to remain competitive for so many years, and in the face of adversity no less. Check out her full bio at Wikipedia.
This year she's competing for Germany (previously for the former Soviet Union and Uzbekistan). She's a vault specialist and qualified for the vault event finals this Sunday. Looking forward to seeing her perform. Go Oksana!
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