Gymnastics boom hits LI after Olympic gold
By: News 12 Staff Aug 13, 2012, 10:57pm Updated on: Aug 13, 2012
Team USA?s gold-medal performance in women?s gymnastics is helping to grow the sport on Long Island.
Robin Thomas-Harper, owner of New Image Gymnastics in Brentwood, says there?s been huge increase in enrollment there since the summer games.Many of the girls who compete at New Image Gymnastics have goals of one day competing in the Olympics themselves. The current competition team practices 20 hours per week.