
Forty-two-year-old gymnastics legend Oksana Chusovitina of Uzbekistan has announced that she will compete all-around in 2018, as reported by R-sport.
Chusovitina competed solely on vault at the 2017 World Championships this October and qualified for the event final, taking fifth. She competed a front handspring layout full and a Tsuk 1½ in Montreal.
In 2018, we'll get to see more of Chuso on more events. She already has her eye on the Asian Games in August and has been working up to competing all-around again for quite some time.
"Since January I've been preparing all-around and I'll be performing all-around events at all competitions, all four apparatus," she said.
At 42 years old, muscle memory is on a whole new level for Chuso, but she's a lifetime student of the sport.
"I remembered all my old elements; I even learned one new element on the uneven bars."
To close out 2017, Chusovitina is competing at the Voronin Cup in Moscow on December 19-20.
"I have not been to the Voronin Cup for a long time, I'm happy to take part in this tournament," she said. "I want to end the year well, so I come here, there are a lot of friends and good acquaintances here."