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Originally Aired On: Thursday, May 22, 2008

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May 22

SPORTS SPECTRUM TODAY 

Olympics

Guest: Dominique Dawes
U. S. Olympic Gymnast

Interviewed by: Frank Giardina


The 2008 Summer Olympic Games take place in Beijing, China and begin in August. On Sports Spectrum Today we catch some Olympic spirit in a visit with a three time Olympic gymnast, Dominique Dawes. Dominique was a member of the 1992, 1996 and 2000 women's gymnastics teams.

Her 1996 team won the team gold medal in Atlanta and was selected this spring to be inducted into the Olympic Hall of Fame.

Dominique is now a motivational speaker based in Washington, DC and she is covering the 2008 games for Yahoo Sports. She also travels around the country helping young boys and girls cope with self esteem issues and childhood obesity.

Dominique shares her thoughts on the upcoming games talks about the impact of former U. S. gymnast, Mary Lou Retton. Take a few minutes to listen to a visit with former U. S. Olympic gymnast, Dominique Dawes, on this edition of Sports Spectrum Today.


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