Gymnastics-Chusovitina turns 50 and flies to silver in World Challenge Cup

FILE PHOTO: Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Gymnastics - Artistic - Women's Vault - Qualification - Ariake Gymnastics Centre, Tokyo, Japan - July 25, 2021. Oksana Chusovitina of Uzbekistan in action on the vault. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez/File Photo

(Reuters) -Uzbek gymnast Oksana Chusovitina celebrated her 50th birthday in remarkable fashion by winning silver in the vault at the Gymnastics World Challenge Cup in Tashkent on Friday.

Bulgarian Valentina Georgieva, 18, beat the former Olympic and world champion to claim gold while Uzbeki compatriot Shakhinabonu Yusufova took third place.