No, it's not! It is very important that Africa continues to send gymnasts to international competitions in order to develop the sport on the continent. Take for example, 30 years ago Latin America was a joke in artistic gymnastics. Latin american gymnasts had a mediocre participation in important competitions but currently, after years of competing and gaining international experience, the sport has developed on the continent. Brazil was a world team medalist, Mexico almost qualified a complete women's team for the Olympics. And many other latin american gymnasts were world medalists. Africa must follow the same example as Latin America. Furthermore, if we can't have athletes from all continents competing, it doesn't make sense for the Olympics to be a global event.