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- PEOPLE, Page 71On the Beam
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- By EMILY MITCHELL/Reported by Wendy Cole
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- The balance beam is a straight and narrow length of pure
- treachery. "I was really scared of doing anything at first,"
- says Kim Zmeskal. That was eight years ago. Now Zmeskal, 14,
- is the U.S. senior women's all-around gymnastics champ. The
- mighty mite from Houston -- she is 4 ft., 6 in. and weighs 70
- lbs. -- has been putting in six hours a day, six days a week
- to be ready for the Goodwill Games that begin in Seattle next
- week. And after that? Perhaps the Olympics in '92. Her coach
- would feel right at home. He's Bela Karolyi, who trained gold
- medalists Nadia Comaneci and Mary Lou Retton.
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