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However, the fact that Pete had made the finals was the real miracle. The greatest moments in sports are when an athlete's spirit drives him or her beyond all physical expectations. Of course, we have had Kerri Strug rammed down our throats since the Olympics...
...Kerri Strug's torn ligament at the Olympics may be the cloud with the fattest silver lining ever. The gutsy gymnast isn't letting her pint-size voice stop her from hitting the big time. Instead of touring with the rest of her team, she's working on two books, a TV-movie deal, a cameo on Beverly Hills, 90210, a tour with the Ice Capades, and maybe even a gymnastics exhibition. Oh, and college...
Things aren't going so swimmingly for Strug's sister in pharyngeal disadvantage, Kathy Ireland. Authorities busted a sweatshop in New York, where workers were locked in and the sprinkler system was broken. The clothes made there for K Mart bore Ireland's label. "I will not, and K Mart will not, tolerate unscrupulous practices in the manufacture of my products," said the swimsuit model...
...worst things for a newsmagazine is a long drought of news. Almost as challenging is being hit with two stories the same week. Sometimes they pair interestingly in our minds and on our cover: Kerri Strug's golden heart and a two-bit pipe bomber's tarnished mind allow us to grapple with the courage and cowardice of the human soul. But sometimes the stories are eerily disparate, hard to balance in our minds because the relative weight of each seems more difficult to calculate the closer together we bring them...
...spectacular team victory was the week's unmatchable high point. Because of Strug's injury--a severe ankle sprain--she was forced to withdraw from the individual competition two nights later. Moceanu took her place, joining Miller and Dominique Dawes as America's three entrants. Performing separately, they seemed more fragile, both physically and emotionally. Moceanu wobbled on the balance beam and was never in contention. Dawes and Miller, two stoic 19-year-olds, each made a major flub on the floor exercise and walked off sobbing, aware that their medal chances had vanished. That allowed the elfin Ukrainian Lilia...