In a better universe Kathy Johnson-Clarke would be the icon of American gymnastics. In the best universe, the 1984 Olympics wouldn't have been boycotted and Mostepanova could've had her moment.
MLR's gymnastics was quite honestly never all that. Her AA floor was so overscored, and her interview...
a lot of mine have been mentioned here already: yang yun, naimushina, filatova, davydova
here are some more: oksana omelianchik (1985 and 1987), Emilia eberle and teadora ungureanu's sanie cu zurgalai routines, Jiang yuyuan 2008, shushunova 1988, meng fei 1997, Cheng fei 2006, Zhang nan 2004
as others have stated, I'm surprised it took so long. I remember hearing allegations back in 2016-2017, and I believe an investigation was conducted then as well, though I could be wrong
pang panpan had lovely floor especially as a Chinese gymnast and I feel she isn't discussed much if at all
I also think Zhang nan is underrated - she won bronze at 2003 worlds and the 2004 olympics yet I rarely see her mentioned
I think they were surprised by the public reaction to the big mess and now they're trying to minimize it as much as possible by just waiting until people forget