1.   Considered by many as the greatest female athlete of all time, Joyner-Kersee has won a total of six Olympic medals.

2.   Female athletes, the survey found, received a little more than a third of the money spent on all athletic scholarships.

3.   Like most female athletes, she was lean and muscular.

4.   Although female athletes now have their own professional leagues, there is still some debate over whether subjective matters like greatest should be segregated by sex.

5.   Although experts stress that any female athlete is at risk for the female athlete triad, those in certain sports are more likely to experience the problem.

6.   Although research on pregnancy and young athletes is minimal, one recent study gave high marks to female athletes and mixed results to males.

7.   And if Title IX became the bill of rights for female athletes, this summer has emerged as the exclamation point for any equal-rights amendment.

8.   And female athletes, afraid of losing their spots on teams, rarely report their coaches.

9.   And salaries for top female athletes are still far below the levels paid to men.

10.   And what if his crew -- an eager but relatively inexperienced group of female athletes -- were in close pursuit of the most sought-after prize in yachting?