US SafeSport suspends 2 gymnastics coaches
The Straits Times
|December 25, 2025
The United States Center for SafeSport has suspended longtime gymnastics coaches Al Fong and Armine Barutyan for physical and emotional misconduct, according to the organisation’s disciplinary database.
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The married couple, who founded and operate Great American Gymnastics Express (GAGE) in Blue Springs, Missouri, have coached numerous US Olympic and world medallists over several decades.
Fong was suspended through Dec 22, 2030, while Barutyan, a former Soviet Union gymnast from Armenia, received a one-year suspension.
GAGE, meanwhile, said on Dec 23 that it disagreed with the findings and plans to challenge the decision.
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