In 'Winterland,' a Soviet Union gymnast navigates a grueling responsibility
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What Set Soviet Gymnastics Apart?
The Soviet Union won team gold for eight consecutive Olympics. The girls in this book are repeatedly told they'll be washed up by the time they reach their middle 18s. But Meadows plunged back into gymnastics as she wrote this book when she was in her 50s. "I found so much joy at doing gymnastics in middle age"
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