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15Preview: 2010 Youth Olympics The IOC kicks off its first Olympic-style event for juniors
By Dwight Normile
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VOL. 52 - NO. 6
18Veteran Presence Canadian champions Kristina Vaculik and Nathan Gafuik are
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22Gifted & Talented Alex Ko, a former gymnast from Iowa, is living a Broadway
dream as Billy Elliot
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31Q&A: Hall of Fame Interviews Eileen Langsley, Cathy Rigby, Henrietta Onodi
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37Transition How elites are changing collegiate gymnastics—and vice versa
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Cover (clockwise from top left)
Natsumi Sasada JPN, Diana Bulimar ROU, Karla
Salazar MEX, Sam Oldham GBR, Viktoria Komova RUS, Irina Baraksanova RUS, Brandon Prost
FRA, Tess Moonen NED. Thomas Schreyer (5);
Ayako Murao (Sasada), Terrell Fry (Salazar).
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