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Champion Gymnast's Hidden Life: Dominique Moceanu on Secret Sister

Dominique Moceanu was the youngest member of the celebrated "Magnificent 7" gymnasts who won team gold at the 1996 Olympic Games. But behind the broad smile and shining medals she hid heartache and pain inflicted by some of the people she trusted the most. Her parents, Dimitry and Camelia Moceanu, came to the United States from Romania in the early 1980s to escape the brutal regime of Nicolae Ceausescu. Both had been athletes and had high hopes for their first child. "My dad, he wanted a...Full Story
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