Oksana Chusovitina was one of the older Olympians inducted into the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame on Saturday. She was also the only one who is still competing.
“It seems like this awards is for people who retired,” Chusovitina said through a translator, her coach and three-time Olympic champion Svetlana Boginskaya. “In this case, I am not, and you will never be alive until I retire. So keep waiting.”
Chusovitina’s joke-filled induction speech can be seen about 1 hour, 40 minutes into the broadcast here.
Chusovitina, who broke the record for Olympic gymnastics appearances with her seventh in Rio, turns 42 years old next month.