You most likely recall the catastrophe that was Nellie Kim, President of the FIG Ladies’s Technical Committee, pushing for American Kylie Dickson to compete for Belarus in Rio.
It was one in every of Nellie Kim’s many moral disasters.
However I’d argue that — as a rule — having a gymnast from an even bigger nation symbolize a smaller nation DOES assist Gymnastics there. For instance, I absolutely count on WAG to increase over the subsequent couple of Olympic cycles in Philippines.
Ought to these athletes have certified to Paris?
- Phillipines – Aleah Finnegan
- Phillipines – Emma Malabuyo
- Phillipines – Levi Jung-Ruivivar
- Colombia – Luisa Blanco
- Haiti – Lynnzee Brown
- Syria – Lais Naijjar (MAG)
- Bulgaria – Kevin Penev
Learn a considerate article by Caroline Value in Forbes:
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