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Article: Potent U.S. hopefuls compete in trials.(SPORTS)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- June 25, 2004
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Byline: Jenine M. Zimmers, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
The United States has so much talent in women's gymnastics that a half-dozen athletes could decide not to show up at tonight's Olympic trials in Anaheim, Calif., and the remaining competitors would still be favored to win gold in Athens.
"There is so much depth to the team that every single girl here could go to the Olympics," said Courtney Kupets, 17, of Gaithersburg. "I wish that we could take two teams, and they would both be great."
The gymnastics program has come a long way from the 2000 Sydney Games, when the United States failed to bring home a medal in gymnastics for the first time. The ...