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Kerri Strug, who made her Olympic debut at 14 in the 1992 Barcelona Games, is now 31 and has run four marathons and plans to run her first New York City Marathon on Nov. 2.

How can one describe former gymnastics coach Bela Karolyi’s role as commentator for the Olympic games?

Sang Lan is a symbol both of gymnastics’ inherent danger and of spirited resilience.

Even for alumni, the ability to cash in on one’s former fame comes only once every four years, because corporate sponsors prefer to work with athletes when their signature sports are in the news.

The U.S. Olympic women’s gymnastics team announced that Bridget Sloan, Alicia Sacramone, Chellsie Memmel, and Samantha Peszek will be competing in Beijing.

On Saturday night, Alicia Sacramone will find out whether she has made the United States Olympic team for the first time.

USA Gymnastics announced that the gymnast Morgan Hamm, twin of Olympic champion Paul Hamm, was still on the team despite his positive test for a banned drug.

Two gymnasts, Shawn Johnson and Nastia Liukin, earned automatic spots by finishing first and second at the Olympic trials.

The gymnasts — Morgan Hamm, Joseph Hagerty, Justin Spring and Kevin Tan — joined the two men who were named to the team Saturday.

For Paul Hamm, making the United States Olympic gymnastics team is still only halfway to the Summer Games.