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	Svetlana Khorkina - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Khorkina had led after the first rotation only to come to the mis-measured vault and crash on her first attempt.
		Khorkina became the second female gymnast in history (after Ludmilla Tourisheva) to medal in her third Olympic games.
		Khorkina II Round off Half on-tucked rudi (this was a phenomenally difficult skill for Sveta due to her height and as she got older she seldom practiced it because of the wear and tear on her body from falling on that skill.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Svetlana_Khorkina (1517 words)

	Svetlana Boginskaya - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Svetlana led her Belarus team to sixth place and competed in the all around and vault finals, though medals were not forthcoming.
		Svetlana Boginskaya is one of very few women in gymnastics history to have competed in three Olympic games: others include Svetlana Khorkina, Dominique Dawes and Oksana Chusovitina.
		Svetlana Boginskaya • 1991: Kim Zmeskal • 1993: Shannon Miller • 1994: Shannon Miller • 1995: Lilia Podkopayeva • 1997: Svetlana Khorkina • 1999: Maria Olaru • 2001: Svetlana Khorkina • 2003: Svetlana Khorkina • 2005: Chellsie Memmel
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Svetlana_Boguinskaya (815 words)

	Svetlana khorkina pictures
		Svetlana Khorkina certainly contributes to the sport by adding her unique theatrical elements, elegance and maturity to the routines, changing the images of gymnastics-it is no longer a teenager acrobatics.
		Svetlana Khorkina is hoping to pursue a career in modeling, stage acting and being a business woman (she posed for Russian Playboy in 1997 and Maxim in 2004).
		Svetlana Khorkina is cyrrently the vice-president of the Russian Gymnastics Ferderation.
	www.comaneci-salto.com /khorkina.htm (334 words)

	SI.com - Khorkina says "judges robbed me" in all-around - Monday August 23, 2004 2:26AM
		Khorkina was in a dour mood after falling off the parallel bars in Sunday's event final.
		MOSCOW (Reuters) -- Russia's Svetlana Khorkina, who was second to American Carly Patterson in the women's all-round gymnastics competition, has accused the judges of robbing her of the gold medal and said "everything was decided in advance."
		Khorkina confirmed that Athens were her last Olympics but she wants to remain in the sport.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /2004/olympics/2004/gymnastics/08/22/bc.olympics.gymnastics.khorkina/index.html (469 words)

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		Svetlana Khorkina, on the other hand, is all hunger; she loves the power of being an athlete and, with the lean lines of a greyhound, gives off the impression of being someone who metabolizes the world at twice the speed of the rest of us.
		Khorkina's power is diffuse, and that's what makes her perfect split leaps and back-layout-step-outs so astonishing.
		Khorkina was bitter at the very end, but earlier in the evening she smiled with real, open pleasure throughout her floor routine.
	www.slate.com /toolbar.aspx?action=read&id=2105463 (829 words)

	sport.iafrica.com \| today Khorkina shines in qualifying
		Khorkina's total score of 37.836 was the mark to beat after the first of four qualifying sessions that will determine Tuesday's eight team finalists, Thursday's 24 all-around finalists and eight finalists on each apparatus.
		If Khorkina wins the all-around title in Athens in her farewell competition, she would be the first non-teen since 1968 to claim that Olympic gold medal.
		Khorkina, who did not speak with journalists after the session, suffered vaulting struggles at the 2000 Sydney Games and the same event bit her again.
	sport.iafrica.com /news/341315.htm (492 words)

	deseretnews.com \| Patterson overcomes Khorkina for all-around title
		Khorkina, who for years called herself the "Queen of Gymnastics," still took the one prize that has eluded her during an entertaining and wildly successful career — a medal in the Olympic all-around.
		Two moments stood out then: Khorkina leaving the floor and admitting she was disinterested while Patterson was performing the decisive routine on vault.
		Khorkina, meanwhile, stared at the scoreboard and smiled at the fans, most of whom had come to see her.
	deseretnews.com /dn/view/0,1249,595085295,00.html (552 words)

	sport.iafrica.com \| olympics \| news Khorkina chases golden goodbye
		Russian heart-throb Svetlana Khorkina goes for her third consecutive Olympic gold medal on the uneven bars on Sunday in the farewell performance of her gymnastics career.
		Khorkina's attempt at a historic golden goodbye tops 10 apparatus finals, including American men's all-around champion Paul Hamm's run at four medals, and Greek world champion Dimosthenis Tampakos trying to become 'Lord of the Rings'.
		Khorkina, nicknamed 'Queen of the Bars', could become the first gymnast to lay sole claim to gold medals on the same apparatus in three consecutive Games.
	sport.iafrica.com /olympics/news/342598.htm (568 words)

	2003 Gymnast of the Year
		Russia's Svetlana Khorkina made gymnastics history in becoming the first male or female gymnast to win three world all-around titles.
		At the 2003 World Championships in Anaheim, the 24-year-old Khorkina won the all-around gold medal, the third of her career.
		Khorkina concluded the year by winning the all-around at the Chunichi Cup in Nagoya, Japan.
	www.intlgymnast.com /gymnast2003/khorkina.html (88 words)

	Patterson denies Khorkina all-round gold - Gymnastics -
		Svetlana Khorkina of Russia (silver), Carly Patterson of the United States (gold) and Nan Zhang of China (bronze).
		Khorkina showed creative flair and solid tumbling moves in a conservative routine that had the crowd clapping the musical beat but only produced a 9.562 mark from judges, leaving her first at 38.211 but vulnerable to Patterson.
		Khorkina, who would have been the first non-teen to win the Olympic all-around crown since 1968, claimed her first Olympic medal in the event.
	www.smh.com.au /olympics/articles/2004/08/20/1092889318735.html (374 words)

	TIMEeurope Magazine \| Olympic Preview
		It was a vintage Svetlana Khorkina performance, from the midair half-twist to the glittering diamanté leotard to the haughty demeanor afterward.
		Khorkina also desperately wants to win gold in the all-around, in which gymnasts compete on all four apparatuses: floor, vault, balance beam and uneven bars.
		Khorkina is the reigning world all-around champion, but she has never won an Olympic gold in the event.
	www.time.com /time/europe/roadtoathens/preview/khorkina.html (921 words)

	Welcome To Svetlana Khorkina Online!
		Finally, I would like to plead to all the Svetlana and gymnastics fans out there to drop me a line with important events that have taken place in the gymnastics world in the past two years.
		Svetlana Khorkina is one of the greatest gymnasts in the modern era.
		Gymnastics is not gymnastics without Svetlana Khorkina, or at least for this era.
	svetashrine.tripod.com (967 words)

	Litke: Khorkina makes grand Olympic exit - Gymnastics - MSNBC.com
		She was the last competitor on the floor, and after four tumbling passes with the kind of elevation that Khorkina could manage only in her dreams, leaped all the way to the top of the medals stand.
		She was a lithe, long-legged, 5-foot-5 performer who had to rely on a regal presence and a fluid combination of moves, playing to the public every bit as much as the judges.
		Khorkina won medals in every major competition on just about every apparatus and just as she had no predecessors, it’s unlikely anyone will follow in her footsteps.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/5763628 (1019 words)

	Svetlana Khorkina- what do you think of her? - TWINS Message Board
		Oh, I while I disagree with Svetlana's removing her silver medal during the medal ceremonies in Sydney, I know that she was somewhat justified in her sincere anger.
		So, I think Svetlana had a reason to be sincerely angry at Sydney, but removing her medal was the least classy way in which to show her anger.
		Although I am not a fan of Svetlana's I was sorry to see her fall on the uneven bars tonight (uneven bars finals), especially since she fell on a move that was named after her.
	twinsmagazine.com /vbulletin/showthread.php?s=086e1cf8e23a4bf02c96bd975e636e5b&t=27057&goto=nextoldest (3282 words)

	International GYMNAST Magazine Online: 2004 Women's European Championships
		Khorkina dominated the 2000 Europeans in Paris (pictured), where she won the gold medal in the all-around, as well as individual titles on uneven bars and balance beam.
		Khorkina is the reigning World all-around champion, and so far in history the only gymnast (male or female) to win three World all-around titles.
		Khorkina also won the Olympic gold medal on uneven bars in 1996 and 2000.
	www.intlgymnast.com /events/2004/europeans/champions/khorkina.html (461 words)

	HAVE YOU HEARD? SVETLANA KHORKINA IS AN ACTRESS!
		Svetlana's name means 'the bright' in Russian and that it the main quality of Svetlana Khorkina's character.
		Her results are always brilliant and impressive whether she plays sport and starts a Playboy photo modeling career (Playboy has announced her the sexiest Russian sport celebrity) At the same time she is a very active and enthusiastic member of society, she has organized a youth institution that fights for sport and healthy lifestyle.
		'Svetlana was very natural and moving' these are the words of Brenda Vinus herself that was invited to the premier of the play.
	www.amourservice.com /sport3.html (186 words)

	Svetlana Khorkina, Russian female gymnast
		Svetlana has finished her education in the physical culture faculty of Belgorod State University.
		Svetlana thinks about becoming an independent business woman along the lines of modeling, but she also likes to do something for gymnastics in her home town of Belgorod.
		Svetlana has her own official webserver at Novgorod State University, with unique pictures from her family album and other information.
	www.olympic-eurogym.demon.nl /russia/khos/khos.htm (525 words)

	Cetate World Gymnastics - Svetlana Khorkina Claims Third All-Around World Title
		Veteran Russian gymnast Svetlana Khorkina claimed her third world all-around victory at the 2003 World Championships in Anaheim, Calif. with a winning score of 38.124.
		Khorkina won the same title in 1997 and 2001, but admitted that this third win will be her last world championship appearance.
		Khorkina gained momentum as the day progressed, but received the highest individual scores on bars, her specialty, and floor.
	cetate.com /Gymnastics/ArticlePrint.asp?id=257 (493 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > Sports -- Ailing U.S. clears way for Russian
		Under any circumstances, Khorkina would be the star of the competition, since this is basically the start of her farewell tour after a decade of dominance.
		Khorkina, whose air of invincibility had been built on gold medals in the unevens at both the '96 and 2000 Olympic Games, fell twice that night in the apparatus finals.
		Khorkina does command attention in a crowd, especially a crowd of dinky little gymnasts.
	www.signonsandiego.com /sports/20030817-9999_1s17gym.html (718 words)

	Khorkina targets third Olympic gold
		Not one to adhere to the norm, Khorkina loves being in the spotlight, be it with her gymnastics, modelling exploits or acting.
		Ever since she was introduced to gymnastics by her mother, Khorkina has brought an unrivalled blend of elegance and athleticism to the sport.
		Four years ago, Khorkina was favourite to win the title but her hopes were dashed by a fall from the vault.
	inhome.rediff.com /sports/2004/jul/30oly-gym.htm (360 words)

	CBBC Newsround \| WORLD OLYMPIC ATHLETES \| Svetlana Khorkina
		Khorkina also failed to win on her best event, the uneven bars, after falling during the final.
		In Olympic history the most famous names in gymnastics have often been tiny teenage girls who stunned the sport with their tumbling skills.
		So Svetlana Khorkina is extremely unusual as she is much taller than many of her rivals and at 25 is competing in her third Olympics.
	news.bbc.co.uk /cbbcnews/hi/find_out/guides/2004/world_olympic_athletes/newsid_3934000/3934159.stm (131 words)

	Svetlana Khorkina Wins Uneven Bars Gold - Kommersant Moscow
		Svetlana Khorkina’s performance scored as much as 9.662 points.
		Khorkina's uneven bar and Alina Kozich of Ukraine's gold in the all-around were the only non-Romania golds.
		Svetlana Khorkina also won a bronze in the balance beam and was just seventh in the floor exercise, when she toned down the difficulty because of an injured foot that forced her to miss the Russian nationals in March.
	www.kommersant.com /page.asp?idr=500&id=-358 (269 words)

	Russia's gymnastics queen preens at the finals. By Meghan O'Rourke - Slate Magazine
		I was disgusted and infuriated by the line commenting stomping Khorkina the way it did, and in my mind, it was nothing but a flinch from the sheer power this astonishing athlete brings into this sport.
		She truly is a diva, in the best sense of the word; because she's there, all of her, unique, striking, in style and ability; and she is amazingly talented because of it, and not despite it.
		Beyond her proven astounding qualities as a gymnast, I think Khorkina should be admired for her enthusiasm, for her passion.
	www.slate.com /id/2105463 (1749 words)

	Svetlana Khorkina: Competition Reports and Results
		Svetlana started as the favorite, on the floor exercise, looking more determined than ever before, and giving nothing away to the judges either, with her very clean tumbling and captivating dance and mimics.
		Svetlana is making her way back, but still needs to prove she is competitive again, by competing abroad in front of international judges.
		Svetlana was at her best again, with a solid and strong program, amended by high motivation and concentration.
	www.olympic-eurogym.demon.nl /russia/khos/khos_rep.htm (2524 words)

	Heroic deed of Russian gymnast Svetlana Khorkina at Athens' Olympics - Pravda.Ru
		There have been arguments if arbiters' were prejudiced to Russian gymnast Svetlana Khorkina's performance at Olympics, and for this reason she was not given the gold medal.
		Another fact is of more importance - Svetlana Khorkina was able to stay in sport despite her successful career in the theater and photo sessions for glossy magazines.
		To understand the heroic deed of Svetlana Khorkina, it is worthy to tell about several other Russian female sportsmen, for comparison.
	english.pravda.ru /world/20/91/365/13853_Khorkina.html (864 words)

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