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...last, a bedroom where the walls do speak. On the door, a sign warns, DANGER, KEEP OUT! THIS ROOM IS GUARDED BY A TRAINED ATTACK GYMNAST. Sweeping left, a Legends of the Fall poster featuring teen idol Brad Pitt is tacked beside a poem titled "Don't Quit." Religious icons hang above the double bed; a handmade quilt hides the outsize teddy-bear slippers stashed below. Though the third wall boasts framed magazine covers of the room's tenant, the reverie of choice is taped to the desk lamp: Brad Pitt. Above the desk, a fanciful collection of macrame dream...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DOMINIQUE MOCEANU: FLEXIBLE FLYER | 6/28/1996 | See Source »

...while, Dimitry was propelled by a single disappointment from his youth. As a teen on Romania's junior national gymnastics team, he had seen his dreams destroyed when a teacher called his mother and firmly suggested that Dimitry must choose: gymnastics or school. Forced to abandon the sport he loved, Dimitry says, "I made myself a commitment that I'd like my first child to be a gymnast." While courting Camelia, he shared his plan. "I said, 'It'll be a big commitment. It's gotta be a different country. But we have no money, so we may just drink...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DOMINIQUE MOCEANU: FLEXIBLE FLYER | 6/28/1996 | See Source »

...former gymnast who decided in high school to pursue academics full-time rather than attempt to make it to this year's games, Girotto received a call from the Olympic committee about a month ago asking him to carry the torch through Cedar Rapids...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Senior Carries Torch Through City in Iowa | 6/4/1996 | See Source »

MARRIED. NADIA COMANECI, 34, first Olympic gymnast to score a perfect 10; and BART CONNER, 38, U.S. 1984 Olympic gold medalist; in Romania...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones May 6, 1996 | 5/6/1996 | See Source »

...could breathe easier this time, without the uncomfortable sense that if a gymnast fell, she might shatter physically or crumble emotionally. Most of the top competitors at last week's National Gymnastics Championships in New Orleans' Superdome were sturdy, poised high-school graduates. Three were veterans of Olympic competition, Shannon Miller, 18, who placed second in the all-around competition; Dominique Dawes, 18, who came in fourth; and Kerri Strug, 17, who finished fifth. The intervening years have added height and weight to their frames and a maturity to their faces that lent new elegance and expressiveness to their performances...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SPORT: TUMBLING'S NEW TITANS | 8/28/1995 | See Source »

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