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Transitioning to multiple sports requires a lot of motivation and commitment. But for one such former Uzbek athlete, her latest transition has become a source of motivation for many brides in her country to follow suit. Her flips and bounces while doing daily routines shared on social media have been raring to go on as posts for empowering women. However, the story of this formidable superwoman stood at a higher level compared to the other run-of-the-mill examples. The adrenaline junkie promises to be many things, and being a Kelinka Superhero is just one of them, inspiring scores of women the world over.????

Starting her journey as an artistic gymnast, Asal Saparbaeva uses her prowess of gymnastics in whatever domain she dips her toes into. Kelinka Superhero was her Mr. Hyde that just came along on her route journey. Now, as the latest alter ego, the former athlete has shared something on her social media. This latest post has proven to be enough to inundate her feed with likes and glances from the renowned nook and cranny of the world.?

Asal Saparbaeva drops her latest drill, in sync with the Kelinka superhero stature

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Saparbaeva has used her traditional roots to make artistic gymnastics famous in her country, Uzbekistan. Being the Kelinka superhero is just a part of it. In that alter ego, she uses her artistic gymnastics moves optimally to carry out domestic work. Now, her latest IG drop has witnessed her prowess while doing things in baking. Asal?s near-perfect moves seemed to ease the work in multiple ways. The Olympic Games? IG handle ?olympic? realized the flair of her expertise and released the post as a co-creator. The caption was vivid, describing Asal’s journey as inspirational and acknowledging her ‘kelinka-superhero’. It read, ?Baking, but make it a sport. ? From artistic gymnastics, to fire dancing, to breaking, and now the ?kelinka-superhero?. Asal Saparbaeva?s story is simply inspirational.? Soon, the post won appraise from the Pro B-boy world champion, Kuzya. His symbolic post compared Asal?s prowess with fire.

 

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The background check of Asal Saparbaeva is the stuff of legends and, on a whole, very admirable. The former athlete achieved her place in the national team of Uzbekistan at 13 years of age in 2007. However, she picked up her athletics choice for the first of when she was 5 years old. Asal has had a remarkably enduring athletic career, including winning a bronze medal in the 2010 Asian Games and being chosen by Olympic legend, Oksana Chusovitina, when she was a wee gal solidifies her credentials. Her athletic career came to a full circle at the podium of the 2014 FIG World Artistic Gymnastics World Cup. There, she earned the bronze medal in her name.?

The 2014 Asian Games proved to be the end of her athletic career. However, the set point also defines Asal?s multiple personas. Kelinka Superhero is the latest one from that list. She has carved a niche from breaking to what have you, proving to be a rock solid paragon of talent and excellence. B-Girl Littos is just one among the hordes of personas the Kelinka Superhero holds the distinction of.

The adage for generations to come? ?

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The Kelinka part exemplifies a young Uzbek bride. Asal Saparbaeva tried this form without any prior planning. In an Uzbek song video, she had to put up the dressings of a kelinka. Being adept at gymnastics as her natural ability, she decided to try some flicks in the traditional attire/garb at that moment. The rest turned out to be history. The clippings dropped as something never-seen before. She described the scenario in the same interview given to Olympic.com. ?In our country a kelinka sweeps, she cleans the house, she cooks delicious food, but in a plain way. And here I am, throwing things up, breaking things, doing some somersaults and the splits. It was something unexpected.?

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Soon, Saparbaeva discovered that her flipping in the kelinka-attire had become a motivation for the ones who were kept down by the man. She devoted herself to the cause, saying, “Many girls, when they get married, they give up on everything – their education, all their dreams,” she said. “They completely devote themselves to family. But this persona lets you know that your life does not end there.?.?

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However, Asal Saparbaeva herself can be a perfect examplar of not being entangled or pigeonholed in a set of of defined societal constructs. After retiring from artistic gymnastics, she tried wushu and breaking for a while. Those trysts morphed her as a human being. However, she learned one or two things about the pivot. Now it is time to see how she delivers her extrapolated wisdom and give it to the millions of downtrodden women who look up to her.

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