Off Balance: A Memoir (33 page)

Tata, Mama, and me in Hollywood, 1981.
(Courtesy of the author)

With my sister, Christina, at the Olympics in Atlanta, 1996.
(Courtesy of the author)

Tata, Mama, and me receiving my official congratulatory certificate from the Olympic Games in Houston, 1996.
(Courtesy of Janice Ward)

Tata, Mama, and me at the Planet Hollywood after-party following our Team Finals victory in Atlanta, 1996.
(Courtesy of Janice Ward)

With Aunt Janice at my home in Cleveland, Ohio.
(Courtesy of Janice Ward)

Pregnant Mama and Tata at the beach in California, 1981.
(Courtesy of the author)

Me with Bela Karolyi.
(Courtesy of Dave Black/
International Gymnast Magazine)

Performing one of my favorite floor routines at the Goodwill Games, July 1998.
(Courtesy of Eileen Langsley/
International Gymnast Magazine)

A pose in my beam routine at the World Championships in Sabae, Japan, 1995.
(Courtesy of Eileen Langsley/
International Gymnast Magazine)

My floor exercise at the World Championships in Lausanne, Switzerland, 1997.
(Courtesy of Eileen Langsley/
International Gymnast Magazine)

On the podium at the Goodwill Games in Long Island, NY, 1998.
(Courtesy of Eileen Langsley/
International Gymnast Magazine)

On beam (one of my favorite events) during the World Championships in Sabae, Japan, 1995.
(Courtesy of Eileen Langsley/
International Gymnast Magazine)