Valeri Luikin, father of USA 2008 women's gold medal gymnastics champion Nastia Luikin, takes over the head of the USA women's gymnastics program from Marta Karolyi as National Team Coordinator. Karolyi headed the program from 2001 through the Rio 2016 summer games, then retired. Valeri Luikin was the USA team Development Coordinator since 2013. Luikin won two gold medals and two silver medals for the Soviet Union at the 1988 Olympics. Luikin moved to the USA in 1992. Under Luikin there will be no major changes to how the program is run.
This is a very good pick to lead USA women's gymnastics into the 2020 Tokyo games and beyond!
