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Was Linoy Ashram the first non-Soviet gymnast to win Olympic gold?

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Yes, Linoy Ashram is the first non-Soviet gymnast to win Olympic gold. The Soviet Union was dissolved in 1991, and since then, gymnasts from Russia and other former Soviet republics have won Olympic gold. Ashram, a gymnast from Israel, won gold in the balance beam event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.
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