Eighteen months ago, they were still the heroes of the nation, standing triumphantly above the world of international sport that made their Communist state, politically and economically a dwarf, an athletic giant. Now they lie among the flotsam and jetsam of the discredited system, the athletes heckled for the privileges they enjoyed and their clubs threatened with closure.
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Krabbe has seen her life change every bit as precipitously as has her country over the past two years, during which the Berlin Wall has come down and East and West Germany have come together. With her long legs, high cheekbones and riveting smile, she has become a poster girl, figuratively and literally, for the new Germany and its untidy transition from antagonistic parts to tentative whole.
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