21. Only individual all-around medals will be awarded. 22. Roberson nervously rubbed his hands on his pants while co-coach Sharon Markenson tallied individual medals. 23. She also earned two gold, two silver and two bronze individual medals. 24. She won a team bronze medal, but was denied a chance to compete for an individual medal through manipulative moves by U.S. gymnastics coach Bela Karolyi. 25. Some of the other U.S. veterans have more eye-popping times and better individual medal hopes than Davis, but none is more respected. 26. Still, winning an individual gold medal may not be any easier in Sydney than it was in Barcelona and Atlanta. 27. Teammate Jair Lynch became the first U.S. black male gymnast to win an individual Olympic medal when he struck silver on the parallel bars. 28. Team members from various schools also took home individual medals. 29. That year, he also qualified for the Maccabiah Games in Israel, where he won an individual silver medal and a team gold. 30. That year he also won an individual bronze medal and a team gold in the Pan American Games. |