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Against all expectations, he returned to international competition and won his second world title in Rotterdam last October with what he termed a "poor performance." Today the sensitive superstar still harbors some bitterness toward certain teammates, officials and even his parents. "Many condemned me for my irresponsibility," he says. "It was my wife Svetlana who gave me encouragement to continue...
Certainly, the charm of the tiny competitors cannot be dismissed. How, we wonder, can ones so young and so small compete with such fierce determination and concentration? The commentators may speak of "women's gymnastics," but these are adolescent girls. If the 1987 world championships, held last October in Rotterdam, are any indication of things to come, the four events will be dominated by four teenagers: Rumania's Aurelia Dobre and Daniela Silivas, and the Soviet Union's Elena Shushunova and Svetlana Baitova. Most of them weigh less than 90 lbs. and do not clear...
...perfect 10 clinched the U.S. team's gold in Los Angeles, has bulled his way through the agony of injury. He has faced ankle surgery, a ruptured disk and nerve problems in his left arm. The worst came ten months ago after a vault at the World Championships in Rotterdam. When he landed disproportionately on his left leg, two bones simply snapped, severing an artery. His leg saved by an emergency operation, Daggett refused to stop: "I don't want to look back at any time for any reason and say, 'What if?' " Last week at the U.S. trials...
...movie is more than just 85 minutes' worth of concert footage from Rotterdam. Indeed, when Prince finishes up with "The Cross," you know that you have experienced something special...
Street crime is producing the strongest backlash. The problem is not murder and armed robbery but a wave of thievery and vandalism, much of it committed by drug addicts and squatters. In Rotterdam, theft has increased from 8,000 cases a year in 1960 to 64,000 in 1986. Radical "proletarian shoppers" help themselves to supermarket goods, frequently with impunity. Even Christian Democratic Prime Minister Ruud Lubbers, who presides over a center-right coalition government, has been touched by crime. Twice within the past year, Lubbers has chased down men who broke into his wife's car and held them...