33-year-old Uzbekistan native Oksana Chusovitina was living in her native country her son, Alisher, got leukemia. He could not get treatment in Uzbekistan or even in Moscow, so Chusovitina moved to Germany, where she had a training base. Well there's good news all around: Chusovitina, who has been in five Olympics and is a decade older than the next-oldest gymnast in Beijing, won a silver in the vault, and 9-year-old Alisher is healthy, happy and excelling in gymnastics. "I could go to London in 2012," Chusovitina said to reporters. "I will only be 37." Clip above.
Oksana Chusovitina, 33, Bucks Young-Gymnast Trend [LAT]

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