And now, an exclusive "Mogilny" interview with Svetlana Baitova.

M- Hi, Svetlana.

SB- Hi.

M- How are you?

SB- I don't know.

M- Tell us about Stuttgart.

SB- It is in Europe, I think. There are many buildings.

M- At the '89 World Championships, you seemed to be the team captian. Tell us about your Stuttgart teammates.

SB- Well, Boguinskaia has trouble unzipping her suitcase, all Lashonova's plants died, Gurova likes day-old spaghetti, Sazonenkova wets her bed, Agache locks herself out a lot, Oksana likes to fix clocks, Olga likes rap.

M- They weren't all your teammates. Gurova is from'87, Agache is Romanian and Oksana is retired.

SB- Oops, they all run together. I washed my car, it didn't leak.

M- Good, good Tell us about Dudnik.

SB- Who?

M- Olesia Dudnik, your teammate.

SB- Oh, the fat one. Once I packed too much in my suitcase (imagine that) and she sat on it so it would close.

M- Wonderful. Now about the Championships.Was it tense?

SB- I've been all over the world, but I like Bulgaria best of all. After Stuttgart my hands were chapped from chalking so many bars so I sat on them.

M- Tell us how you got started in gymnastics.

SB- My mom drove me to the gymnasium.

M- Did anything happen before that?

SB- Well, once when I was 7, I accidentally tied the shoelaces on my left shoe to my right shoe, no wait, I tied the right shoelaces to the left shoe, or was it the wrong shoe to the left shoelaces, well, either way I stood up, tripped and fell on my head but, of course, there was no damage.

M- Thank you, Svetlana.

SB- Who?

Poetry

They call me Zoya.

Queen of the strange.

I venture into chaos,

leaving a trail.

I turn my body

and gyrate with glee.

I paint you a picture

Of my inner self.

I tell a story,

through my moves,

ofa a cats struggle to escape,

from the corner it was backed into

I sleep in padded rooms,

and live with men in white coats,

I perform like I do,

because it scares you.