1.   American gymnasts might have to get used to Karolyi, for good or ill.

2.   Burt Strug, a physician and the father of American gymnast Kerri Strug, said that Wednesday on a TV talk show.

3.   Dominique Moceanu is the youngest American champion gymnast in history, and is already being compared to legends of the sport.

4.   If she wins a medal, Dawes will be the first American female gymnast to do that at three Games.

5.   It would have been politically incorrect to ignore the other medals won by American gymnasts on this last night of competitive artistic gymnastics at the Georgia Dome.

6.   Miller, the most accomplished American gymnast ever, has no regrets about signing on early.

7.   Miller is the most decorated American gymnast in history.

8.   She is unsure now about participating in the potentially lucrative two-month tour the American gymnasts have scheduled after the Olympics.

9.   She was the first among the American gymnasts to perform in two events, the uneven parallel bars and the beam.

10.   Strug, of course, is the American gymnast who never took a penny in endorsements so she could remain pure and tumble at UCLA this fall.