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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 44. Chapters: Nadia Com neci, Lilia Podkopayeva, Simona Amanar, Mary Lou Retton, Svetlana Khorkina, Oksana Chusovitina, Daniela Siliva, Cheng Fei, Marian Dr gulescu, Amy Chow, Daiane dos Santos, Mohini Bhardwaj, Kim Gwang-Suk, Oksana Omelianchik, Kristie Phillips, Olga Korbut, Mo Huilan, Cristina Elena Grigora, Terin Humphrey, Ioannis Melissanidis, Mitsuo Tsukahara, Natalia Shaposhnikova, Natalia Yurchenko, Dina Kochetkova, Alexander Vasilyevich Tkachyov, Christy Henrich, Kristen Maloney, Elise Ray, Tracee Talavera, Ma Yanhong, Paul O'Neill, Marius Urzic, Betty Okino, Diego Hypolito, Tina Erceg, Kurt Thomas, Mitch Gaylord, Amanda Borden, Julianne McNamara, Celestina Popa, Shigeru Kasamatsu, Karen Kelsall, Alja Pegan, Li Li, Elvire Teza, Elena Gomez, Yang Bo, Josef Stalder, Silvia Stroescu, Haruhiro Yamashita, Jaycie Phelps. Excerpt: Svetlana Vasilyevna Khorkina (Russian: , born January 19, 1979 in Belgorod, Russia) is a popular Russian gymnast and seven-time Olympic medalist, who is now a deputy at the Russian State Duma. With an unprecedented nine gold, eight silver, and three bronze World Championships medals, she is one of the most successful female gymnasts of her era and has been cited as a fan favorite in various polls in gymnastics magazines. Khorkina is also notable because she was able to continue competing and winning medals for more than a decade, participating in three Olympics and three changes to the Code of Points. She won her final World Championships all-around title at the age of 24 in 2003 which tied her with V ra aslavska as the second oldest female World Champion, second to Larisa Latynina who won her second World All Around title in 1962 at the age of 27. In her career she won 47 World, Olympic and European medals. Khorkina won more medals in major All-Around Championships than any other gymnast - male o...