1.   Also confirming her entry is Svetlana Boguinskaya, the former Soviet gold medalist who is attempting to participate in her third Olympics next summer.

2.   After all, Atlanta is his home, and he is a former Olympic medalist.

3.   But on a night when former bronze medalists Aren Nielsen and Michael Chack both were flawed, Davis and Eldredge were the class of the field.

4.   Creel would not comment about whether Korbut, a former Olympic gold medalist, or her former husband are among the four suspects.

5.   DeFrantz, a lawyer and foundation president and former Olympic medalist, explained later that she is just not that great with numbers.

6.   Four months later, the former Olympic gold medalist followed that win with an impressive victory against Genaro Hernandez, defending his World Boxing Organization lightweight title.

7.   Her coach and husband is Erik de Bruin of the Netherlands, a former silver medalist in the discus at the world track and field championships.

8.   Helmick, himself selected for IOC membership a year earlier, pushed for Donna de Verona, a former gold medalist swimmer.

9.   Her mother, Nanette, had moved to Plano, so that Vanessa could train with former Russian gold medalist Valeri Liukin.

10.   Holum, the daughter of the former Olympic gold medalist Dianne Holum, announced last month that she would retire after this season to pursue her art studies.