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  1.                                  shone. She won the silver
  2.                                  medal on the uneven
  3.                                  parallel bars and gold
  4.                                  medals for the balance
  5.                                  beam and the floor 
  6. exercise. She was the first person to do a
  7. backflip on the balance beam. She won
  8. another gold medal as a member of the
  9. winning Soviet team. 
  10.  
  11. Four years later, Olga was a member of the 
  12. Soviet UnionΓÇÖs gold medal-winning team at 
  13. the 1976 Olympics, but she finished fifth in 
  14. the all-around competition. She retired from 
  15. competition in 1977.
  16.