Kyle Albrecht’s relationship with gymnastics dates back nearly three decades to that warm summer night in 1996 when the “Magnificent Seven” won gold at the Atlanta Olympics.

He was just a kid when he watched Kerri Strug’s iconic gold-clinching vault on TV.

Albrecht’s view will be much different when the Summer Games return to the United States in Los Angeles in three years.

USA Gymnastics has tabbed Albrecht, an executive at Major League Soccer , as its next president and CEO. Albrecht will replace Li Li Leung , who is stepping down at the end of the year following a highly successful tenure in which she guided one of the crown jewels of the U.S. Olympic movement out of the shadow of the Larry Nassar sexual abuse scandal .

“When I step into this role, you know, certainly I thin

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