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...through minutes before the event was due to start, Peszek tweaked her ankle on a tumbling run on the floor exercise. "On the take off, she initiated twisting a little early," says Martha Karolyi, national team coordinator. "It wasn't a fall or anything. But it gave us a tiny disturbance at the last minute - we had to reorganize things, and readdress." It was the women squad's second injury in as many weeks - the first came just days before the Games, when Chellsie Memmel, a contender for the all-around title and a critical part of the U.S. women...
...tale. U.S. stock markets still attract more money and investors than any in the world, mostly because of a reputation for operating fairly. The strict rules "give companies the opportunity to tell investors, 'Look at the scrutiny we undergo. That's why you should invest with us,'" says Andrew Karolyi, an Ohio State University finance professor...
Thanks in part to this reputation for clean dealing, foreign firms can get as much as 37% more for their stock on U.S. markets than they can elsewhere, including on the London Stock Exchange, according to an article co-authored by Karolyi. That's a big reason why, per dollar raised, U.S. stock offerings are the cheapest in the world...
...factor that has kept Retton in the public eye. The '84 champ hasn't stopped smiling since Los Angeles, but Patterson barely showed any enamel when a group of cameramen asked her to flash her medal and shine after the victory. "Mary Lou was an open book," says Bela Karolyi, who coached Retton and whose wife Martha put together this year's women's team. "Carly is a little more stubborn." Stubborn enough to keep winning meets and--unlike many young, burned-out women's champions--perhaps defend her gold in four years. But don't expect a new temperament...
...remember having since 1984," says Martha. "We are proving to the world that gymnastics is not only for tiny, bouncy baby girls, but it's also possible to be done very well after ages 20 and up if you do the right preparation." And if you keep a Karolyi in command. --With reporting by Kristin Kloberdanz/Huntsville