I second all that Dennis and Linda said. She was a great friend and an even greater ambassador of the sport not only on the various gymnastics boards, but in the gymnastics community as well. She stood up for those that could not do so alone and was loyal to a fault. I will miss her humor (both...
Perskaia definitely had a say with Marta. Some gymnasts even trained at Capital a day here and there. I was on a flight back with her from a meet and she said Americans shouldn’t even do wolf and ring leaps and voila - they started to disappear from the repertoire. She also made a recommendation...