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Tiny Soviet gymnast Olga Korbut is on the verge of upsetting countrywoman Lyudmila Turischeva in the 1972 all-around until a slip on the uneven bars leaves her a tearful seventh. A day later, Korbut-who now lives in Atlanta-enchants the world with two individual-event golds.