Throwback Thursday: Brighter than Gold

Just a teeny, tiny throwback to last summer and the European Youth Olympic Festival where my Baby Swan favorite Ksenia Klimenko competed like the champion she is. She won the all around and got gold on balance beam and floor exercise too, but finished second on bars, her best apparatus.

Buuuuuut... Look at her.

We can clearly see that Ksyusha is still the brightest star on that uneven bars podium. The brightest star with the brightest medal.

I can't even tell you why I love this picture so much. Maybe it's because the way this picture ended up is the kind of shit that only happens to Queen Aliya. So maybe it's a sign for great things to come for Ksyusha.