86歲德國老太參加體操比賽身輕如燕

　　Meet Johanna Quaas, the lycra-donning granny whose muscular physique puts Madonna to shame。

　　At 86 Quass, of Halle, Saxony, would be forgiven for wanting to put her feet up, which she does - over her head that is。

　　And her gymnastic prowess is not the only trophy in her cabinet, she was once a member of the East German handball champion team, too。

　　The octogenarian showed off her skills at the 2012 Cottbus World Cup in Germany, where she wowed the crowd with her moves, performing an impressive parallel bar and floor demonstration。

　　Ultra flexible Quaas was a late starter, beginning her gymnastics training at the age of 30. But that hasn't held her back。

　　More than fifty years on she still steals the show from her younger rivals, as a multiple time senior champion of artistic gymnastics in Germany。

　　As she performs routines with the balance, strength and flexibility of a 20-year-old, this geriatric granny could easily be a quarter of her age - were it not for her tell-tale curly bob of snow-white hair and specs balanced on her nose。

　　【新聞快訊】近日，前體操隊員、德國86歲高齡的約翰娜-奎阿斯出現在德國體操挑戰者杯現場，她動作靈活、盡顯優雅的雙杠和自由操表演，引得全場觀眾歡呼聲此起彼伏。

　　在雙杠器械上的表演，她通過踏板輕松躍上雙杠，隨后很快做出與專業運動員相同的倒立動作，并穩穩保持了幾秒鐘的時間，隨后她又通過一連串優雅嫻熟的側翻動作完成杠上轉身，緊接著她將整個表演帶入高潮，在雙杠上做出了與地面完全平行的俯撐動作，雖然最后的下法跳了一小步，但她贏得全場的尖叫與掌聲。

　　此后，奎阿斯在自由操的表演中，伴隨著柔美的音樂展現出的力量、平衡感和柔韌性使得20歲左右的年輕人也自嘆不如。她完成的自由體操的動作包括倒立前滾翻、側手翻、后滾翻、水平支撐以及頭手倒立。據報道，奎阿斯是德國多項藝術體操比賽的冠軍，在30歲的時候才開始從事體操運動，她一直相信：運動能幫助人保持年輕。

　　值得一提的是，這位86歲的老奶奶還不是年齡最大的“體操運動員”，在原聯邦德國巴伐利亞州的埃貝恩布市，有一位男子體操運動員——海因里希施密特。他曾在原聯邦德國體操錦標賽中曾獲得器械操4項全能第66名，多年后已經90歲的他仍可做大回環、掛膝回環、屈體翻滾等體操動作。