{"id":3707,"date":"2009-02-26T03:02:31","date_gmt":"2009-02-26T03:02:31","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2009-02-26T20:02:47","modified_gmt":"2009-02-26T20:02:47","slug":"Ivana-Hong-trains-with-Nastia-Liukin-s-dad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/?p=3707","title":{"rendered":"Ivana Hong trains with Nastia Liukin&#8217;s dad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We told you in October 2008 that Ivana had left <strong>Al Fong&#8217;s<\/strong> <a href=\"\/news\/2008\/10\/28\/gymnast_ivana_hong_leaves_gage_and_al_fong?phpMyAdmin=b6e7070bd5fbb419ad8364bda928eebb\" target=\"_blank\">gym<\/a>. <strong>Ivana<\/strong> had been competing on a fractured ankle for months even though she complained to Fong. <strong>Al Fong<\/strong> has trained and was the USA gymnast coach at the Beijing Olympics in 2008 and has a reputation of pushing his students too hard. Two gymnasts even died under his watch.<\/p>\n<p>As <strong>Ivana<\/strong> and her family started to look for a new coach, rumors started swirling that she would train <a href=\"\/news\/2008\/11\/11\/ivana_hong_to_train_with_nastias_dad?phpMyAdmin=b6e7070bd5fbb419ad8364bda928eebb\" target=\"_blank\">with Olympic Gold medalist Nastia Liukin&#8217;s dad<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In the latest edition of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.insidegymnastics.com\/content\/show\/newsarticle.aspx?articleid=463&amp;zoneid=1\" target=\"_blank\">Inside Gymnastics<\/a> Hong confirms her coaching switch and talks candidly about her struggles this past year and her plan for the future while Liukin shares his perspective on his newest pupil.<br \/>\n<br \/>\n<!--break--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We told you in October 2008 that Ivana had left Al Fong&#8217;s gym. 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