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.
【新闻快讯】近日，前体操队员、德国86岁高龄的约翰娜-奎阿斯出现在德国体操挑战者杯现场，她动作灵活、尽显优雅的双杠和自由操表演，引得全场观众欢呼声此起彼伏。
在双杠器械上的表演，她通过踏板轻松跃上双杠，随后很快做出与专业运动员相同的倒立动作，并稳稳保持了几秒钟的时间，随后她又通过一连串优雅娴熟的侧翻动作完成杠上转身，紧接着她将整个表演带入高潮，在双杠上做出了与地面完全平行的俯撑动作，虽然最后的下法跳了一小步，但她赢得全场的尖叫与掌声。
此后，奎阿斯在自由操的表演中，伴随着柔美的音乐展现出的力量、平衡感和柔韧性使得20岁左右的年轻人也自叹不如。她完成的自由体操的动作包括倒立前滚翻、侧手翻、后滚翻、水平支撑以及头手倒立。据报道，奎阿斯是德国多项艺术体操比赛的冠军，在30岁的时候才开始从事体操运动，她一直相信：运动能帮助人保持年轻。
值得一提的是，这位86岁的老奶奶还不是年龄最大的“体操运动员”，在原联邦德国巴伐利亚州的埃贝恩布市，有一位男子体操运动员——海因里希施密特。他曾在原联邦德国体操锦标赛中曾获得器械操4项全能第66名，多年后已经90岁的他仍可做大回环、挂膝回环、屈体翻滚等体操动作。
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