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snagglepuss

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Fri Mar 30, 2012, 09:15 PM Mar 2012

Johanna Quaas what a swinger! 86 yr old gymnastic champion wows the crowd.


The octogenarian showed off her skills at the 2012 Cottbus World Cup in Germany, where she wowed the crowd with her moves, performing an impressive parallel bar and floor demonstration.

Ultra flexible Quaas was a late starter, beginning her gymnastics training at the age of 30. But that hasn't held her back.

More than fifty years on she still steals the show from her younger rivals, as a multiple time senior champion of artistic gymnastics in Germany.

As she performs routines with the balance, strength and flexibility of a 20-year-old, this geriatric granny could easily be a quarter of her age - were it not for her tell-tale curly bob of snow-white hair and specs balanced on her nose.






http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2123011/What-swinger-Flexi-gran-steals-gymnastics-champs-shes-86-years-old.html
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Johanna Quaas what a swinger! 86 yr old gymnastic champion wows the crowd. (Original Post) snagglepuss Mar 2012 OP
Amazing upper body strength and good joints for her age! spooky3 Mar 2012 #1
As a former gymnast I was going to correct the "parallel bar" part, until I saw the pictures. tridim Mar 2012 #2
That floor exercise was amazing! SHE DID A ROUNDOFF!! At 86!!! kestrel91316 Mar 2012 #3

tridim

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2. As a former gymnast I was going to correct the "parallel bar" part, until I saw the pictures.
Fri Mar 30, 2012, 09:23 PM
Mar 2012

I've never seen a woman do the P-bars, but obviously it's fine that she does.

I really want to do the high-bar again, but I don't think my back and neck can take it. In the mean time I'm happy that I can still walk on my hands.

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