{"id":1478,"date":"2012-04-04T09:57:47","date_gmt":"2012-04-04T09:57:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/p=?1478"},"modified":"2012-04-04T09:57:47","modified_gmt":"2012-04-04T09:57:47","slug":"86-year-old-gymnast-wows-german-crowd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/86-year-old-gymnast-wows-german-crowd\/","title":{"rendered":"86-year-old gymnast wows German crowd"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Gymnastics is often seen as a sport for younger people, because of all the physical training and skills involved.<\/p>\n<p>However, 86-year-old Johanna Quaas clearly forgot to read the script as she is still cart wheeling, head-spinning and rotating while wowing the crowds.<\/p>\n<p>The lady showcased her range of talents at the 2012 Cottbus World Cup in Germany and still looks quite handy on the bars and beam.<\/p>\n<p>Incredibly, Ms Quaas &ndash; who used to play handball professionally &ndash; didn't take up the sport until after her 30th birthday and she displayed the suppleness and dexterity of someone over half her age.<\/p>\n<p>It seems there is not stopping the OAP and who knows how much longer she will be able to compete at this level.<\/p>\n<p>She might even harbour a long shot of making it to the London Olympic Games, which get underway on July 27th, although this could prove to be a stretch even for her.<\/p>\n<p>Posted by Mark Wilkins<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"ADNFCR-2867-ID-801333458-ADNFCR\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.directnews.co.uk\/feedtrack\/justcopyright.gif?feedid=2867&amp;itemid=801333458\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Johanna Quaas showcased all of her gymnast talents at the 2012 Cottbus World Cup in Germany.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5214,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.5 - 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