'They Call Me Grandma': 40-Year-Old Uzbek Gymnast Headed For Seventh Olympics

Uzbek-born gymnast Oksana Chusovitina says she doesn't think about age. The 40-year-old has qualified for the Summer Olympics in Rio. It will be a record seventh Summer Games for the elite athlete, who won her first Olympic medal long before her rivals were born. (RFE/RL's Uzbek Service. Producers: Khurmat Babadjanov, Stuart Greer. Camera: Dragan Milojevic)

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