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Donna Niewiaroski. "For Retton, the Gold Still Glitters;Pressure, Time and Change Mature '84 Olympic Gymnastics Champion."The Washington Post. Washingtonpost Newsweek Interactive. 1990.HighBeam Research. 10 Jun. 2014 <http://www.highbeam.com>.
Donna Niewiaroski. "For Retton, the Gold Still Glitters;Pressure, Time and Change Mature '84 Olympic Gymnastics Champion."The Washington Post. 1990.HighBeam Research. (June 10, 2014).http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-1156729.html
Donna Niewiaroski. "For Retton, the Gold Still Glitters;Pressure, Time and Change Mature '84 Olympic Gymnastics Champion."The Washington Post. Washingtonpost Newsweek Interactive. 1990. Retrieved June 10, 2014 from HighBeam Research:http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-1156729.html
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Every few months, 22-year-old Mary Lou Retton seeks outbody-builders, nutritionists and exercise experts. She signs on todo a gymnastics exhibition, though "getting into a leotard at 14 andgetting into a leotard at 22 is quite different," said the formerOlympic champion the other night over a very bland, low-fat dinner.
"Next time I see Kathy Johnson {a member of the 1984 team at age24} I'll tell her how much I appreciate what she did and how she didit," said Retton. "Your body just can't take the abuse it did at 14."
If her nutritionist knew, he'd kill her, she said. She wassneaking a small glass of white wine.
Saturday at 7:30 p.m., Retton joins other former Olympicchampions and current national sensations at Patriot Center for theRevco Gymnastics '90 Tour of Champions. …
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