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Coach Evgeny Marchenko lifts American gymnast Carly Patterson after she won the gold medal in the women's gymnastics individual all-around final Thursday at the Olympics in Athens. The 16-year-old dynamo beat out Russian superstar Svetlana Khorkina for the win. Patterson is the first U.S. woman to win the all-around title since Mary Lou Retton in 1984.

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