After Shayla Worley, Ivana Hong was my favourite American gymnast of the last quadrennial.
As Amy Van Deusen says, ” … you can’t seem to take a bad picture of Ivana because her form is so good.”
sitesbymorgan – Brian Jones – larger version
more photos of Ivana
World gold medalist Ivana Hong will make the move to Plano, Texas-based WOGA to train under Valeri Liukin as soon as her right ankle heals enough to resume training, she told Inside Gymnastics earlier this week.
In the past few months, Hong, who turned 16 in December, has sampled several clubs across the U.S., but settled on the WOGA, home of the last two Olympic all-around champions, after a successful trial run in early January. …
Inside Gymnastics – Hong Headed to WOGA
Despite endless commentary I read about her problems leading up to the Beijing Olympics, I felt Ivana was extremely well trained by Al Fong and Armine Burutyan over the last quad. For an international gymnast she was an average talent, very well prepared. Her training of Yurchenko Double Twist, for example, was text book perfect. It’s amazing to me she can do that vault.
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