This morning, USA Gymnastics announced that Valeri Liukin, coach and father of 2008 Olympic all-around champion Nastia Liukin, will take over the role of national team coordinator for the U.S. women’s program.
As the final reflection in our Olympic team series, read about the Belgian women who qualified their first full Olympic team in 68 years.
The French women had a blast at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio, where their team total in qualifications and strong individual finishes made it their best Olympics in a decade.
We chatted with 2016 Olympians Isabella Amado and Courtney McGregor, who went from Rio straight to their freshman year as student athletes at Boise State.
Nicolae Forminte will resume duties as the national team coordinator of the Romanian program operating out of Deva.
The Italians missed out on qualifying a team at the 2016 Olympics, where Vanessa Ferrari once again placed fourth in the floor final.
Canada missed the team final by one tenth this year, but showed so much fight and strength in their performance and had some historic individual finishes as well.
Results from the 2016 School Games, held from September 1 through September 4 in Loughborough, Great Britain.
The Brazilian women missed out on a couple of medals in Rio, but came together as the strongest team in the country’s history to place 8th in finals.
It was a memorable Olympic Games for the Dutch women, who had their best team finish in 68 years and got their first medal since 1928.
The Gymternet 