Paris 2024 Olympics: Record-equalling ninth Games dream over for gymnast Oksana Chusovitina

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Oksana Chusovitina's hope of competing in a record-equalling ninth-straight summer Olympic Games is ended by injury.

Oksana Chusovitina's hope of competing in a record-equalling ninth-straight summer Olympic Games has been ended by injury.

Canadian equestrian athlete Ian Millar is the only person to compete at 10 Olympics, which he did between 1972–1976 and 1984–2012, winning one silver medal in 2008. "While training I was injured. 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."She was 19 years old when she won gold at the 1988 Seoul Olympics for the Soviet Union and she then won bronze in 2008 for Georgia.

 

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