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Former olympic gymnast dominique moceanu talks about her new book, which describes a training regimen that as a 14yearold she found. From goldmedalwinning olympic gymnast and bestselling author laurie hernandez comes a picture book about chasing your dreams an. Dominique has been on a long and lonely journey seeking truth for over a decade with being only of the most vocal leading voices on the topic of abuse in gymnastics. She lives with her husband and two children near cleveland, ohio.

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