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Dates: during 1988-1988
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...onto a horse set vertically out from the launching board, making it a narrower and more dangerous target than the women's horse, which is set horizontally. But the Yurchenko is still highly risky for the women. While warming up at the Tokyo World Sports Fair in May, American Julissa Gomez bounced badly off the springboard and hit her head against the horse. Instantly paralyzed, she later lapsed into a coma in a Tokyo hospital. She is now in Houston, and it is unknown whether she will ever regain consciousness...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Olympics: Gym Shorts: Danger in a Bold New Move | 9/19/1988 | See Source »

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