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Agnes Keleti, Holocaust survivor who won 10 Olympic gymnastics medals, dies at 103

Keleti moved to Israel in 1957 and helped build the new country’s gymnastics program.

Agnes Keleti performs a split in front of Hungarian young gymnasts Budapest on January 16, 2016. (Peter Kohalmi/AFP/Getty Images)

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