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Show xtremely Sad Ending for Russian Gymnas i Continued from Page But ihe 1 Wonder concert. It was su.i remembered gx.d us Our greeting was short, for she was wh.sked away fcy me Amenca.i body guard at her s;de S'.evie to see she croi was with O'.gi. and every t.rr.e sr.. performed tr.e hall bcarr,e sheer pandemonrum It s no secret in me gymnastics that crowd reaction ccrrLrriiiiuy influences scores to Tunstcheva won the all around, but Olga was the queen. She had arrived a virtual ur.known. and new. arour.d the Olympic Village, she was surrounded by admirers. I was writing for Gynnaxt of Aieica Mj.in.ne the next time I saw Olga She was the featured performer for the touring Russian gymnastics team. I was sent to cover the stop m Washington D C Debbie ar.d I were waiting m the lobby of the hotel when the Russians camo in from seeng a The world was wa.tir.g for Oiga ji U:e Montreal O.yrr.pics m I had met and watched 1976 Nad.a perform two years tetore and knew Olga had no chance What Nad.a accom.pl.shed in the 1S76 Olympics is now documented history But what of Oiga'1 She d.d win some medals, but for me that was not the real story. In the last three days cf competition, I saw Oiga display courage like I have seldom seen, before or since. I was manager coach) of the US 'assistant Team, and - theret ore allowed into al. the rs The n.ght .)! :ne praeure ihd. vual ima.j I was in the warm-urjom. aoaut translated tor me what was t.. ir 50-fe- from the ma.r. f.ot.r I was in there to he:p the read cojiT. wuh the American gymnasts As I sat on a bench next to Saadi of Russ.a. I observed Oiga shut:'hr.g into tr.e r.vrr. I say shu!fl;r.g because that is exact.v what she was doing She could not wain correctly w .thout a great deal of pa.n She sat down next to me. The Russian coaches took ui: her shoes The bottom ot each foot was a massive stone bruise. I mean, she was walking on totalis black and blue feet The Russian coaches began discussing the problem with one of the Olympic otticials A friend tue g gm-nastic- TfTfff ri f it i f "i i x 1 1 htitiiiin.i r gji.-- Russians wanted Ulga replaced ty Saadi. who was the th:rJ h.ghest Russun in tr.e conv pet.tuin Olympic otficials would nut agree to the charge They stated if O.ga did not go onto the floor. r.e would oe replaced by an t'tcure gvmnast troni SpaJi. who had t.mshed someth.ng l.Ke 65th p'.aie The rules of Olympic com pet. t.on stated that only two from ar.v one country could te in the tx.a.s I personally thought that it one from Russia could not compete, they should put m another trom that country Siaadi had f.n.shed in the top seven It was nut to be O'.ia hob hied out onto the floor, s and pertvirmed the greatest of her career She had to The 1 n rr.v left, sat Olga Even now. 1 e:g".t vears later. have an image ot that pathetic s.ght She sat her most a.'tiCLit ot Ki..s trom the tree exercise eut st..l she went on tverv-tiroshe landed on that t.oor, rou-t.ne- , e her hair seemingly alone, 1 couid almost teei the pam shoot-L'through her bd Hhen the competition was over. Olga stood oft to the side and cried Television ar.d the news media picked up on this very quickly The next day pictures of Olga were on the front pages, siat.ng she was cry ir.g because Nadia had beaten her If they had her head down, sad eyed, g holding a fork, picking at a try of food could not help but think 1 back to just tour years earher. when alter the competition in Munich, she was the toast of the world Now everyone had deserted her for the new hero only known Do The last time I saw Olga was two davs la'er I wa.ked into une of the cafeterias in the Olympic Village for lunch To my right I saw Nadia with her team A stream of people stopped by to congratulate her In a corner, to your g nsl Drakes squeal x2 i or grind? 0i Ye."r 10! 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