Svetlana Khorkina
[1] At the opening ceremony of the 2019 Winter Universiade she lit the fire, together with bandy player Sergey Lomanov.[3] In November 1994, Khorkina competed at the World Team Championships in Dortmund, Germany.[5] In April 1996, Khorkina competed at the World Championships in San Juan, Puerto Rico.Three days later, Khorkina redeemed herself by winning the gold medal in the uneven bars final with a score of 9.850.She helped the Russian team win the gold medal and individually she won the all around final with a score of 38.749.[17] During the final the vault was set five centimeters lower than it should have been, causing many gymnasts, including Khorkina, to fall.She became the second gymnast to win the event in two consecutive Olympic games after Polina Astakhova who won in 1960 and 1964.[19] In September 2001, Khorkina captured the gold medal on the uneven bars in the 2001 Goodwill Games.She helped the Russian team win the silver medal and individually she won the all around final with a score of 37.617.[23] In March 2003, Khorkina competed at the World Cup event in Thessaloniki, Greece.[28][circular reference] However, she placed eighth in the uneven bars final with a score of 8.925 after turning late on a pirouette and coming off the apparatus.Prior to the 2022–2024 quad, she held the record of having the most eponyms at nine before some easier ones were removed as part of CoP's regular update.My mother hoped, that if she puts me into gymnastics, I would start eating breakfast without frowning, after having spent a lot of energy in the gym.However, her coach, Boris Pilkin, saw her potential and created alternative training methods and skills to accommodate her taller body.In 2008, she was a commentator for the Beijing Olympics' gymnastics competition for the Russian TV station NTV+ and released her autobiography entitled, "Somersaults in High Heels" published by Olma-Press[37] She was also an ambassador for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.[40] In July 2005, Khorkina gave birth to a son, Svyatoslav Khorkin, at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, United States but refused to name the father of the child.[citation needed] The father was later revealed to be businessman Kirill Shubsky, who was married to actress and film director Vera Glagoleva.
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