1.   Among the most celebrated had been Nadia Comaneci, the former Olympic gymnast, who had fled Romania in November.

2.   As a former gymnast, he envisioned using trampolines to propel performers high above the crowd.

3.   A former gymnast, Stukejl shows his agility by balancing himself on a chair.

4.   Cathy Rigby, the former Olympic gymnast, stars in a production made for television and video.

5.   Ferch, a former gymnast and acrobat, said the movie, while ending on a note of foreboding, gives no direct hint of the Holocaust.

6.   Hamilton, a former gymnast at L.D. Bell High School, is used to playing the role of the Invisible Man.

7.   The former gymnast is the standout in the show, turning her flying sequences into swooping acrobatics.

8.   At the same meeting, former star gymnast Nadia Comaneci was unanimously elected honorary president of the Romanian Olympic Committee.

9.   Like the powerful Bubka, a former gymnast, Johnson employs gymnastics in his training.

10.   Popova, a former gymnast who only turned to weightlifting after the birth of her daughter Ekaterine five years ago, is coached by her husband Sergei Popov.