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...Hungary's Henrietta Onodi has a fluid, elegant presentation that pleases audiences as well as judges. And as always, the former Soviets of the Unified Team are formidable. Several of the competitors -- 1988 gold medalist Svetlana Boginskaya and the two Tatianas, Gutsu and Lisenko -- have a shot at the all-around title, and there may be some stealth talent in the wings. Nonetheless, in American gymnastic circles many think this is the year the U.S. women could upset the long dominant ex-Soviets for the team gold. "The Soviets are weaker financially and spiritually, and don't know who they...
...team of Bela and Martha Karolyi have produced several Olympic champions, among them Nadia Comaneci (1976) and Mary Lou Retton (1984). Zmeskal was among the first 200 students to sign on when the Karolyis opened their Houston gym in 1982, and they fully expect her to bring home the all-around gold. Bela says that of the more than 4,000 girls he has coached in Romania and the U.S., not one of them can touch the competitive drive of the one whom he early on dubbed the Little Pumpkin, and now calls Kimbo. "She has an outstanding capability...
Such determination and poise have made the blue-eyed, strawberry blond a three-time U.S. champion and the first American ever to secure an all-around world title. That triumphant moment, in the fall of 1991, was soured by grousing from the Unified Team that Zmeskal had won only because the meet was held on American turf, in Indianapolis. The following April in Paris, when world competitors duked it out for medals on the four individual events, Zmeskal coolly answered her critics by capturing gold on both floor exercise and the balance beam. To date, it is her proudest achievement...
...stays calm and summons some hey-look-at-me showmanship, she could hit gold. At 4 ft. 10 in., her lithe, well-proportioned frame creates the illusion of greater height, and her floor routine, set to West Side Story, offers a grace and artistry rare in the tumbling-heavy all-around event...
...place in athletic history than with using her good fortune to help out in her hometown. Last November she chartered a plane to take 114 kids from East St. Louis, Illinois, to see the Thanksgiving Day parade in New York City. "People think it's special to be an all-around athlete," she says. "But it's more important to be an all-around person...