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Fascinating and I agree that these led to Glasgow's successful hosting of several competitions since. My Mum came with me once and for years after she would ask how Alisher was doing, or rather "that old gymnast's son with cancer". I remember the PBs breaking for Pegan. Quite something.
They really did pull in the stars. I remember walking past Khorkina (and Reeder) in the hall my first year and being completely starstruck. I also encountered Karpenko changing leotards in the toilets one year. The floor finals in particular I remember being high quality in 2002 and 2004. Looked up the names and these were the FX finalists:
2002
Oksana Chusovitina
Andreea Raducan
Zhang Nan
Elena Zamolodchikova
Nicola Willis
Suzanne Harmes
Natalia Ziganshina
Daniele Hypolito
2004
Catalina Ponor
Cheng Fei
Beth Tweddle
Alexandra Eremia
Daniele Hypolito
Zhang Nan
Elena Zamolodchikova
Anna Pavlova
Quality fields.
ETA Megan->Pegan
They really did pull in the stars. I remember walking past Khorkina (and Reeder) in the hall my first year and being completely starstruck. I also encountered Karpenko changing leotards in the toilets one year. The floor finals in particular I remember being high quality in 2002 and 2004. Looked up the names and these were the FX finalists:
2002
Oksana Chusovitina
Andreea Raducan
Zhang Nan
Elena Zamolodchikova
Nicola Willis
Suzanne Harmes
Natalia Ziganshina
Daniele Hypolito
2004
Catalina Ponor
Cheng Fei
Beth Tweddle
Alexandra Eremia
Daniele Hypolito
Zhang Nan
Elena Zamolodchikova
Anna Pavlova
Quality fields.
ETA Megan->Pegan
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