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Olympic Trial gymnastic competitions without having had any significant experience with
Gymnastics. The gymnasts and coaches who sided against Gulak's management convinced Gulak and his wife to leave the tour, though a meeting between Gymnastics Coach Abie Grossfeld and AAU officials back in America did not result in specific penalties for the rebelling group or the Gulaks. As a result of the controversy, six years later in 1970, the American Athletics Union was replaced by the United States Gymnastics Federation as the Gymnastics organization recognized by the International Federation of Gymnastics Congress.
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felt strongly his wife should be allowed to leave as she had dysentery. There was also an issue of nepotism as several
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As a youth in Latvia, Gulack divided his time between gymnastics, becoming the national all-around champion in 1921, and pole-vaulting but after immigrating to
America around 1922 he narrowed his focus, and competed exclusively as a competitive gymnast. He was a member of New York
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