After 10 Olympics and 36 years, Nino Salukvadze says she’s finally done. This time, though, she says she is done “for sure.” Coming to the Paris Olympics was about honoring her father, Vakhtang, who was also her coach. I gathered all my strength, for his sake.” Salukvadze’s father died earlier this year at the age of 93, but he lived …
Georgian shooter Nino Salukvadze has become the first woman to compete at 10 Olympic Games in a career which began representing the Soviet Union. In a career spanning five decades, Salukvadze has competed on three different Olympic teams — first with the Soviet Union in 1988, then the Unified Team which was organized for ex-Soviet athletes in Barcelona in 1992 …
TASHKENT, Uzbekistan — Record-breaking 48-year-old gymnast Oksana Chusovitina says an injury has ended her attempt to qualify for what would have been her ninth Olympics. “I will not be able to take part and I am very upset as I have been preparing for this competition for a long time,” Chusovitina said in the statement Thursday. Chusovitina’s long career is …
Dusseldorf: Even if it takes an extra year, Nino Salukvadze will still be aiming for an Olympic record. At the Tokyo Olympics — now postponed until 2021 because of the coronavirus pandemic — she will set a women’s record of nine appearances. There’s also 37-year-old American hurdler Lolo Jones, who is hoping to return to the track in Tokyo, and …
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