up her place in the all-around to Gutsu, feeling that she had had no option but to agree. The two split the prize money between them, but they stopped speaking after the Olympics. The substitution was against the rules (as Galiyeva's injury was not genuine), but such switches were and are common in gymnastics, usually when a gymnast considered to be the best on the team makes a mistake in qualifications and thus finishes behind a teammate who is considered weaker. Other notable examples include the replacement of Alexandra Marinescu with Simona Amânar in the 1996 Olympics, and the Soviet coaches' removal of Olga Mostepanova and Irina Baraksanova for Elena Shushunova and Oksana Omelianchik in the 1985 World Championships. On both occasions, the gymnasts substituted in took a medal. Coaches now have the right to make such substitutions without having to falsify injuries. After retiring from competitive gymnastics, Gutsu moved to the United States, where she is a gymnastics coach in Michigan. She tried for a comeback to compete at the 2003 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships as a three-event specialist (vault, beam, and floor), but was unsuccessful. Alleged rape In October 2017, she accused former Soviet (Belarusian) gymnast Vitaly Scherbo of raping her when she was 15. Competitive history International scores CIS Soviet Union References External links 2008 Video of Gutsu coaching in the US 1976 births Living people Gymnasts at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic bronze medalists for the Soviet Union Soviet female artistic gymnasts Ukrainian female artistic gymnasts Medalists at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships Ukrainian people of Romanian descent Sportspeople from Odesa Olympic medalists in gymnastics Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics European champions in gymnastics