1.   If only Strug had not landed her second vault on a bad ankle as the world watched, helping the US women to the gold.

2.   She knew that without a better second vault, her chances of qualifying for the individual all-around final that she missed at the last Olympics would be minimal.

3.   Strug would have done the second vault anyway because she had botched the first.

4.   Strug has little time to assess the injury and make a reasoned decision on what further damage she risks by taking the second vault.

5.   With stiff legs, Miller got up and finished her only event of the night with an awkward second vault.

6.   After walking gingerly off the mat, she decided to attempt her second vault.

7.   After walking gingerly off the mat, she decided to do her second vault.

8.   And Strug bristles at the mere suggestion Karolyi pressured her into making the second vault.

9.   But she got up and, after a long talk with coach Steve Nunno, nailed her second vault.

10.   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.