Tony Retrosi has worked with Manila for 10 years as a guest coach.
He knows the Gymnastics superstar very well.
Tony wants people to know just how hard she’s worked:
The True Measure of a Gymnast: More Than Looks
- Silver in TEAM at the 2024 Olympic Games
- Bronze on BEAM at the 2024 Olympic Games
- two-time European all-around champion (2024, 2025)
- European Beam and Floor champion 2024
Before this controversy erupted online, I watched Manila win Floor — second on Beam — at European Championships 2026 in Zagreb last week. Against Russians.
She was the gymnast who impressed me most.
At Men’s Europeans, it was AA champ Illia Kovtun who impressed me most.
With both these superstars, I can’t understand how and why they are so good. So consistent in competition.
Manila is very difficult for a judge to deduct. Her movements so fluid. On Beam she shares that kind of quality with Sanne Wevers & others of the Dutch system.
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