Buckeye Gymnastics (coaches let go)

[RedBirdie]

IIRC, Cuba then limited their participation for a few years. Fairly common for them after people would defect in groups at sporting events.

 

[Denn]

Issues with the Cuban gymnastics federation have continued — Manrique Larduet withdrew from the 2020 Olympics because of that. (And I think he's had other challenges with them...)

Manrique has been in Italy for a good 3-4 years, recently winning the Italian Championships AA. I wish he could compete for them internationally — and I am wondering if that is in the works. That team is already great, and he would just make it even better. One of the best AAers not to win a major (Olympic or Worlds) AA title in my opinion.