And Marta just ignored her.https://twitter.com/Dmoceanu/status/1420396388614037509 …
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This reminds me:
@philipaklein wrote a piece referencing the tragic accident that paralyzed a young gymnast in 1988. I immediate noted one thing. https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/those-dunking-on-simone-biles-should-remember-julissa-gomez/ …pic.twitter.com/xn5vSQAdd0
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According to the book "Little Girls in Pretty Boxes," Fong pushed Gomez to perform that vault, and argued after her death that it was imperative to teach the Yurchenko to younger gymnasts in order to beat the Russians.https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1988-06-27-8801110283-story.html …
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But Fong was training another Olympic hopeful for the '88 Olympics: Christy Heinrichs. This is her performing in 1989.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KghC-sNmmBY …
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She died in 1994. (TW for discussions of EDs and weight in this clip) https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/wellness/1996/07/30/the-medical-costs-of-being-young-female-and-the-best/f0900b6b-f961-4d19-bbf3-8e37d1092a74/ …pic.twitter.com/p5QoGqJ2yz
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Fong is, by the way, still coaching.
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Another quote from that WaPo article:pic.twitter.com/K9T3jgZ4Xl
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There's some weirdo talk on here among gymnastics enthusiasts about how we "need" to bring back the Karolyis to "win" and I will lie down in front of USAG headquarters in Indianapolis if that even comes close to happening.
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Karolyi was more or less the Wernher von Braun of gymnastics.
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That is actually an excellent comparison. "You know that thing you did over there? It was bad, BUT also... could you do it here?"
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I don't think we opened up slave camps at Redstone to build his rockets, though.
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decision demonstrates that we have a say in our own health—“a say” I NEVER felt I had as an Olympian.