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The competitive edge: bodywear. (Illustration)

By Chinsee, George
Publication: Children's Business
Date: Tuesday, September 1 1992

Boys might want to "be like Mike," but every little girl at Hill's Gymnasium in Gaithersburg, Maryland, wants to be like Dominique - Dominique Dawes, one of six female gymnasts who won the team bronze medal for the U.S. in the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona. Fifteen-year-old Dominique electrified the Olympic crowd with her tumble-forward-then-tumble-backward floor routine. Dominique is the national champ on the uneven bars, and she has trained with coach Kelli Hill at Hill's Gymnastic Training Center since she was six years old. The 10-year-old

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