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Miller, by contrast, has had to make her peace with the attention that attends world-class competition. "Shannon's always had the talent, but would never take her eyes off the floor," says her balance-beam coach, Peggy Liddick. "She's had to overcome her shyness and learn to play to a crowd." Miller masks well the ego that helped get her to this point. She does not read her own press clips and refuses to watch videotapes of her performances, except for training purposes. "I would rather do gymnastics than watch it," she says...
...spoken to; her favorite answer is, "I don't know." When working out, she constantly looks as if she might break into tears. It was that very look that initially attracted the attention of Steve Nunno in 1986 when both were visiting a gymnastics camp in the Soviet Union. "Shannon was trying so hard and getting extremely frustrated," he recalls. "I felt, There's a kid I can help if I can channel that frustration into a positive energy." Conveniently, both were from Oklahoma, and Miller soon took up training in Nunno's Oklahoma City facility. "Shannon is the hardest...
...course, they are kids. So go ahead and call them Kim and Shannon. Or Henrietta. Or Tatiana. But when one or more of them join the ranks of Nadia, Olga and Mary Lou next week, just remember: they didn't reach those Herculean heights by being Tinker Bells. That's not fairy dust they sprinkle on their hands...
...their petite charm, Americans Kim Zmeskal and Shannon Miller rank with the world's toughest...
Washington: Stanley W. Cloud, Margaret Carlson, Ann Blackman, Michael Duffy, Dan Goodgame, Ted Gup, S.C. Gwynne, Julie Johnson, J.F.O. McAllister, Jay Peterzell, Elaine Shannon, Dick Thompson, Nancy Traver Boston: Sam Allis Chicago: Jon D. Hull, Elizabeth Taylor Detroit: William McWhirter Atlanta: Michael Riley Houston: Richard Woodbury Miami: Cathy Booth Los Angeles: Jordan Bonfante, Jeanne McDowell, Sylvester Monroe, James Willwerth, Sally B. Donnelly San Francisco: David S. Jackson...