Word: gymnasts
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Since the scores in team competition count for half of a gymnast's total in the all-around finals, it appeared that Comaneci had no chance to repeat as gold medalist. Yet she reeled off a 10 on the parallel bars and began the last rotation as one of three women with a shot at top honors...
Since she is now the country's leading gymnast, the Soviet press has naturally begun to refer to Nelli Kim as "Charming Nelli." When she pauses to chomp watermelon in the midst of an otherwise rigid training regimen, she fits that title, but Nelli and her coaches agree that she can often be much less than charming. The only thing that justifies her moods are the results. In Montreal four years ago, Kim not only won two individual gold medals but scored two all-but-unprecedented perfect tens -one in the floor exercise program and one in her specialty...