And Marta just ignored her.
https://twitter.com/Dmoceanu/status/1420396388614037509
This reminds me: @philipaklein wrote a piece referencing the tragic accident that paralyzed a young gymnast in 1988. I immediate noted one thing. nationalreview.com/corner/those-d… 
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. chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-19…
But Fong was training another Olympic hopeful for the '88 Olympics: Christy Heinrichs. This is her performing in 1989.
She died in 1994. (TW for discussions of EDs and weight in this clip) washingtonpost.com/archive/lifest…
Fong is, by the way, still coaching.
Another quote from that WaPo article:
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.
(I'm not even getting into the pudding enthusiasts who have decided that this week in this sport is the nail upon which they wish to use their hammer.)
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