1.   Forget that Russian gymnast and that Australian swimmer.

2.   In all Olympic sports, only Russian gymnast Larysa Latynina and American swimmer Mark Spitz won as many as nine gold medals.

3.   The Russian gymnasts, with limpid, soulful eyes that seemed to reflect the suffering of generations, knew the gold medal was gone.

4.   Russian gymnast Alexei Nemov was crisp, flexible and flawless tonight, winning the world championship in the floor exercises and on the pommel horse.

5.   Russian rhythmic gymnast Irina Tchachina has tested positive for a banned drug for a second time, the International Gymnastics Federation said Friday.

6.   Russian gymnast Svetlana Khorkina made it look easy, winning yet another title on the uneven bars.

7.   The International Gymnastics Federation on Thursday rejected an appeal by two leading Russian rhythmic gymnasts and confirmed their one-year bans for doping.

8.   Two Russian gymnasts wept after the scoreboard flashed the final scores confirming the American victory.

9.   We have only Russian gymnasts now.