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PEOPLE, Page 71On the Beam
By EMILY MITCHELL/Reported by Wendy Cole
The balance beam is a straight and narrow length of pure
treachery. "I was really scared of doing anything at first,"
says Kim Zmeskal. That was eight years ago. Now Zmeskal, 14,
is the U.S. senior women's all-around gymnastics champ. The
mighty mite from Houston -- she is 4 ft., 6 in. and weighs 70
lbs. -- has been putting in six hours a day, six days a week
to be ready for the Goodwill Games that begin in Seattle next
week. And after that? Perhaps the Olympics in '92. Her coach
would feel right at home. He's Bela Karolyi, who trained gold
medalists Nadia Comaneci and Mary Lou Retton.