1.   And Ray was the confident risk-taker who spontaneously increased the difficulty of her final vault to place first at the nationals in July.

2.   She was in instant pain after landing her final vault, but Strug held her spot on one leg before dropping to the mat.

3.   Strug could not put any weight on the leg when she landed the final vault, but the gold was clinched.

4.   Strug stuck her final vault on one leg.

5.   Strug helped secure the victory with a near-perfect final vault, but injured her ankle and had to be helped to the victory stand.

6.   The way she pulled out one final wondrous vault and led the way to the first-ever American team gymnastics gold.

7.   Her final vault left her grimacing and hobbled with a sprained ankle.

8.   Kerri Strug, who sealed the U.S. team gold by taking a second final vault Tuesday despite a sprained ankle, is sitting out the all-around.

9.   No matter that her ankle was badly sprained, or that the United States would have won even if Strug never tried the final vault.

10.   The crossbar was not in place during the final vault.