It is for the U.S. Men’s program:
TEXANS TUSSLE: Looking at the roster, it seems the list of athletes who don’t have Texas as their homestate is shorter than those who do. Eleven of the 45 men—Taqiy Abdullah-Simmons (Oklahoma), Raj Bhavsar (HGA), Chris Brooks (Oklahoma), Sean Golden (HGA), David Henderson (USOTC), Jamie Henderson (Oklahoma), Jonathan Horton (Oklahoma), Tyler Mizoguchi (HGA), Greg Stine (Air Force), Todd Thornton (USOTC) and Sean Townsend (HGA)—who qualified to compete in the senior division hail from or train in Houston, along with two of the juniors. Another seven of the gymnasts are from other Texas towns—meaning almost half the field has a home base connection to the Lone Star State, which should be good for attendance.
News, Notes & Quotes from Nats – Inside Gymnastics
The Gymblog considers the number of great women’s gymnastics programs in Texas:
It is remarkable how many different athletes, from how many different gyms, have come from Texas. Off the top of one’s head, there are the WOGAites, Karolyi kids, gymnasts from Stars Academy and Cypress Academy, Houston Gymnastics Academy and Texas Dreams. …
Mary Lou Retton. Carly Patterson. Nastia Liukin.
I’m not sure you can find a population base of the same size in the world which has produced more high level international gymnasts.
Leave a comment if you can.
UPDATE:
Aimee and Isis both independently suggested Romania. Certainly for women and quite probably the combined male and female Romanian gymnasts have been better. Both Texas and Romania have populations around 23.5 million.
Also, many famous “Texans” moved to Texas from out-of-State, attracted by the strong clubs.
I stand corrected. Romania is the center of the gymnastics world.
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