Elite Gymnastics Not All It's 'Chalked Up' to Be

From: NPR Talk of the Nation | Date: May 1, 2008| Author: NEAL CONAN | Copyright information


NPR Talk of the Nation

05-01-2008

Elite Gymnastics Not All It's 'Chalked Up' to Be

Host: NEAL CONAN
Time 3:00-4:00 PM

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This is Talk of the Nation. I'm Neal Conan in Washington. Women's gymnastics is about to resume its quadrennial place in the national consciousness. Every four years, girls and young women astonish us all with grace and power, athleticism and artis...

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