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...common ground so everybody is not coming from different places." The gymnasts invited to the ranch begin to bond as a team and get expert advice from Martha and a handful of specialists. The coaches scrutinize and refine techniques on each of the four apparatuses--balance beam, bars, vault and floor exercise...
...EVENT Gymnastics THE DRAMA The world's No. 2 in the all-around competition, she risks the most difficult dismount from the balance beam of any competitor: a round off back handspring double Arabian. THE COMPETITION It's formidable but not invincible. In the team contest, the U.S. must vault past the solid Romanian and Chinese squads. For the individual all-around title, Patterson faces three-time world champion Svetlana Khorkina of Russia and newcomer Daniela Sofronie of Romania...
...funky chicken. He might pull out the robot--"It's a classic," he says, laughing. "You get this reaction from the people, like 'Oh, my God, he's doing the robot.'" Some purists aren't smiling, labeling Stevenson a showboat. But he says his antics are what the vault needs. "I'm just having a great time," says the Stanford economics grad, who plans to start his own business. "I'm not taunting anyone. This is a professional sport--it needs help. It needs fans. And if someone says, 'I heard this crazy pole vaulter that does these dumb dances...
Kattner said families that opt to pay their bills online can be assured that their information is secure. The banking and routing numbers to checking accounts are stored in a secure vault in Chicago, she said...
...world championships. In what was her first-ever big international contest, Ponor won two silver medals. And last month, Romania won four out of six possible golds at the European championships, including the team title. Ponor scored two gold medals in floor and beam, and Monica Rosu won the vault. Going into Athens, Romania is once again a top contender for gold. Most observers attribute Romania's enduring success in women's gymnastics to its centralized training system that has barely changed in three decades; the government's continued spending on what is one of the country's top three...