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Article: Ruiz and Retirement Weren't Synchronized; Sets Sights on Winning 1988 Olympic Gold
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- The Washington Post
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- August 15, 1987
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Tracie Ruiz is the sort of woman you usually find in a tank
filled with playful porpoises at Sea World. She has a little
starfish cap on her head that bobs back and forth, and every so often
her arms and legs come shooting out of the water with a dolphin's
grace.
It's called synchronized swimming, and Ruiz is once again the
best in the world at it. But she is no longer doing her show in the
pool at the local Holiday Inn or amusement park, as she did during a
two-year retirement. Instead, the winner of two gold medals at the
1984 Olympic Games is back in international competition.
Thursday night, she won the gold medal at the Pan American Games
in the solo event, just another something to ...