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267: Growing Up In Cuba Charlie Tamayo
Category: Sports & Recreation
Duration: 01:08:33
Publish Date: 2017-09-13 03:01:41
Description: THIS WEEK'S INTERVIEW

Creator of the laid-out double arabian, Charlie Tamayo, is here. The first male gymnast to win a World medal for Cuba tell us what it was like to grow up in the Cuban gymnastics system. We discuss:

  • Being selected for a special sports school
  • Daily life at the National School of Gymnastics, including ballet classes
  • Conditions in Cuba, from power to food to the politics of getting a phone
  • What gymnasts were told when they weren't allowed to compete internationally
  • The vault that he thought would change his life
  • What happened to his competition and gala earnings 
  • Learning a full twisting double back vault before it was named for Ri Se-gwang
  • Competing with a broken ankle
  • Defecting
  • Learning to coach in the United States
  • Some videos of Charlie Tamayo training the Tamayo and inside his gym in Cuba
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