Word: chicane
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...nutrition. The system has been criticized as unduly harsh. Gymnasts, who enter Deva at around age 14, are allowed only one or two visits home a year. But it produces results, bringing talented athletes to top international level within two years. "Deva is like a military camp," says Marius Chican, a sports writer for the daily Evenimentul Zilei who attributes the success to "titanic work, military discipline and special diet." He adds, "But it allows you to do miracles almost overnight." Training conditions have improved greatly since Comaneci's time. When Comaneci, who now runs a gymnastics academy in Norman...
| 1 |