Author: Rick Mc

Career gymnastics coach who loves the outdoors, and the internet.

Al Fong & Armine Barutyan permanently banned

Though GAGE is a club that did many things right, the founder and head coaches are listed with the U.S. Center for SafeSport as “suspended from all contact” on its disciplinary database.

Fong and Barutyan-Fong were temporarily suspended in December 2025.

Reese Esponda training Yurchenko Double Pike

Easy to train into the pit.  Super difficult to compete 

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