Artistic Gymnastics: Gabby Douglas leaves from the World Olympic Gymnastics Academy

Gabby Douglas left the World Olympic Gymnastics Academy five months prior to the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris when she withdrew from the 2024 Winter Cup.

After an almost eight-year break, the American gymnast was ready to hit the mat again in Kentucky. She was forced to quit, however, after finding that she had COVID-19.

After leaving, she made news again a week later when she departed the Frisco, Texas-based World Olympic Gymnastics Academy, where she had been trained by Anna Kotchneva and her husband Valeri Liukin since 2022.

Douglas has not competed in an elite gymnastics competition since the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics, where she won gold in the team event alongside a “final five” that included Simone Biles, Aly Liasman, Laurie Hernandez and Madison Kocian.

The 28-year-old still has her sights set on the upcoming Olympics in the French capital, with a bid to qualify for the 2024 Xfinity U.S. Gymnastics Championships at Dickies Arena Secure Fort. By winning, you could potentially earn a spot in the biggest event in the sports world. Worth, Texas from May 30th to June 2nd.

Gymnasts earn a spot at the championships through national team camp in April or by qualifying for the 2024 American Classic, to be held on May 17, 2024 at the XL Center in Hartford, CT. must be secured.

Douglas and Kocian won the Rio Olympics team event in 2016. The World Olympic Gymnastics Academy has trained three Olympians.

A look at of Gabby Douglas’s Olympic feats

In two editions, Gabby Douglas has won three gold medals at the Olympics. She won the gold medal in the individual all-around competition, making history as the first African-American gymnast to do so.

The achievement was made by the Virginia-born gymnast in the London 2012 Summer Olympics. Along with her team, the “Fierce Five,” which included Aly Raisman, Kyla Ross, Jordyn Wieber, and McKayla Maroney, she won another gold medal at the same Olympics.

After overcoming the Chinese and Russian squads, Douglas and the “Final Five” won a gold medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics, her final competition. This was three summers later.

The three-time Olympic gold medallist will become the oldest American female gymnast to compete at the Olympics in over 70 years if she wins a spot in the 2024 Paris Olympics.