ʻO Agmn Gymnast Oksana Chusovitina i kūpono no ka Finals

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I ka wā i hoʻokûkû ai ʻo Oksana Chusovitina i ka 'Olumepika mua loa i ka makahiki 1992, ʻaʻole i hānau ʻia ʻo Simone Biles ʻekolu manawa i ka moho honua. I ka pō nei, ua lanakila ka makuahine 41 makahiki (!) I kahi 14.999 kupaianaha ma ka waihona, ke kūlana pae ʻelima holoʻokoʻa, kūpono hou ana i nā finals.

Hānau ʻia ma Koln, Kelemānia, ua hoʻokūkū mua ʻo Oksana i ka Olumepika ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o ka Unified Team i ka makahiki 1992, a ua lanakila ʻo ia i ke gula no ka hui kime a puni. A laila hoʻokūkū ʻo ia no Uzbekistan i ka makahiki 1996, 2000, a me 2004 'Olumepika. Ma luna o kāna moʻolelo Olumepika hoihoi, ʻo Oksana kekahi mau mekala World a me European Championship ma lalo o ke kāʻei. ʻO kēlā, ʻo ka hoʻokūkū ʻana i kāna 40 mau makahiki, ʻaʻole ia he ʻāpana o ka hoʻolālā.

I ka makahiki 2002, ua ʻikea kāna keiki kāne hoʻokahi, ʻo Alisher, me ka leukemia ma 3 makahiki wale nō. Ma hope o ka loaʻa ʻana o ka lāʻau lapaʻau ma Kelemānia, ua neʻe ʻo Oksana a me kona ʻohana e hoʻokipa i kona kūlana. E hoʻomaikaʻi aku iā Kelemānia no kona lokomaikaʻi, ua hoʻomaka ka makuahine mahalo i ka hoʻokūkū no ka ʻāina i ka makahiki 2006, e lanakila ana i ka mekala kālā no ka waihona ma ka ʻĀlapa 'Olumepika o 2008. Ua hoʻokūkū pū ʻo ia no lākou ma ka 2012 London Games.

I ka noʻonoʻo ʻana i kāna ʻaiʻē i uku ʻia, ua kūpono ʻo Oksana no kahi wahi pākahi ma ka hui ʻo Uzbekistani ma nā Pāʻani 'Olumepika 2016. "Aloha nui au i ka haʻuki," i haʻi aku ai ʻo ia iā USA I kēia lā ma o ka mea unuhi. "Makemake au e hāʻawi i ka leʻaleʻa i ka lehulehu. Makemake au e hele i waho e hana no ka lehulehu a no nā mea pā."

ʻO ka hōʻole ʻana i ka waiho ʻana a me ka lā pau i kāna ʻoihana, ʻaʻole mākou e kāhāhā inā ʻike mākou iā Oksana e hoʻokūkū pū ana ma 2020 Tokyo Games. A hiki i kēlā manawa, ʻaʻole hiki iā mākou ke kali e ʻike iā ia e hoʻokūkū ana i ka hopena o ka waihona ma ka Lāpule, Aug 14.

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