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Word: yurtchenko (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1984-1984
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...America's top women, they showed that they can now hold their own with anyone in the world. That includes the absent Soviets, who defeated the Rumanians in the 1983 world championships and whose top gymnast, Natalia Yurtchenko, would have been a favored contender for individual honors in these Olympics. Julianne McNamara is the best there is on the uneven bars. Her line is as perfect as a ballerina's, and she flows so lightly from one bar to the next, one movement to another, that the bars sing for her. She got a 10 to prove...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Olympics: Finishing First, At Last | 8/13/1984 | See Source »

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