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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