Sports, 3rd prize
Vincent Leloup
01 January, 1990
The Olympic School for Gymnastics: The painful side of the training given to the school's five to ten-year-old pupils. The body of the school's star pupil, Marina Chibaiva, is pulled, pushed and pressed.
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