Gymnastics star Gabby Douglas leaves coach
Champion gymnast Gabby Douglas has moved to California to be with her family.
GABBY DOUGLAS is on the move.
The Olympic all-around gymnastics champion left coach Liang Chow's gym in West Des Moines, Iowa, earlier this week to join her family in California after a recent move from Virginia Beach, Va. The 17-year-old remains on "good terms" with Chow, Missy Parton, whose family hosted Douglas in Iowa, said yesterday.
Chow is out of the country and could not be reached for comment. Douglas' single mother, Natalie Hawkins, did not immediately return a phone call from The Associated Press.
The Des Moines Register first reported the move.
"She came over [Monday] and said goodbye to us," Liwen Zhuang, Chow's wife and co-coach, told the Register. "I didn't ask her [the reasons]. I did talk to her. She was a little upset. I guess that's a family decision for her."
Under Chow's guidance, Douglas won two gold medals at last summer's London Olympics. Douglas left Virginia Beach when she was just 14, telling her mother she needed to train with Chow if she was to have a chance at making the 2012 Olympic team.
It is believed that Douglas will train with Chris Waller, the 1991 U.S. men's champion and member of the 1992 Olympic team.
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