I finished Dominique Moceanu's autobiography you mentioned.
THEY.ARE.MONSTERS. I remember her face from the 96 olympics after she fell on vault for the first time, when she looked at Bela in shock (though, now I suppose it was sheer terror).
And wow, just wow to everything else that poor girl had to go through so young. I can't even imagine. Thank you for letting me know about it, it really opened my eyes to just how manipulative that sport can be.
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I couldn't make it through that book. The gymnastics world was too much for me to handle.
Also, I trained with Moceanu for a summer of my off season, and it was AWESOME.
(/bragging)
Hate you
Awesome!
Ms... Her parents were monsters too! Unbelievable... Every event/situation reference she made in that book, I remember it happening to her and now being able to see the other side of what really happened... Like the shock you mention after the vault in 96! I couldn't put that book down!
Im reading Shawn's book now... 1/2 way through; it's pretty good I guess. Nothing like Moceanus tho!!