Svetlana Khorkina wasnt in the Beijing Gymnastics?

Question

I'm VERY curious why Svetlana Khorkina wasn't in the Olympics this year I'm guessing the reason is because she had her baby already[ I read it on yahoo answer or she just didn't want to anymore]

I want to know because she was really good in 2004 and shes tall and the most famous gymnasts:D

Answer 1

Sorry, I can't resist : Who's Svetlana Khorkina? If she looks anything like Isinbayeva, feel free to give me her number if you have it.

Answer 2

she retired after loosing the all around to carly patterson and then told everyone that she only got silver because she wasn't american.. very poor sportsmanship.

Svetlana Khorkina was quoted as saying, "I'm just furious [because] I knew well in advance, even before I stepped on the stage for my first event, that I was going to lose. Everything was decided in advance. I had no illusions about this when the judges gave me 9.462 for the vault after conferring with one another at length."

Answer 3

She's also 29, which is old for a gymnast. It's better that she stops than hurt herself. She is a commentator for the Russian TV channel that is broadcasting gymnastics though.  

Answer 4

She was in the audience though. In fact she was shown cheering for Nastia Liukin in the individual all around competition after she won the gold medal. Kind of surprising actually and a bit disrespectful (in my opinion) for the russian gymnasts.