GAGE was founded in 1979 by its present-day owner and head coach, Al Fong.
"[2] However, Gomez's coaches insisted that she needed to continue training and competing the Yurchenko vault in order to achieve high scores.
[2] Gomez fell into a coma during treatment due to a hospital error and never awoke.
Desperate to move up the ranks in the highly competitive world of Olympic-level gymnastics, Henrich took the criticisms to heart; her drive to lose a few pounds progressed to unhealthy eating habits and, eventually, became full-blown anorexia nervosa.
Her death led to changes in the way coaches across the nation implement nutrition in training, and how television and media discuss gymnasts' bodies.