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GOLDEN GIRL - HERO - Resident Lucille Owens waits with her Wheaties box ready for Carly Patterson to arrive at The Gardens of Richardson retirement home in Richardson. With her face on television, and now cereal boxes across America, young and old…

GOLDEN GIRL - WRAPPED - Patterson is prepped for a magazine photo shoot by USA Gymnastics vice president Steve Penny, the day after winning the all-around gold. The shoot was just the beginning of the whirlwind that would follow for her after joining…

GOLDEN GIRL - WINNER - Gold medalist Carly Patterson waves to the crowd as she exits the arena, as silver medalist Svetlana Khorkina wipes her eyes after the women's all-around gymnastics finals. You dream your whole life about this,' Patterson said…

GOLDEN GIRL - LEAP - Carly Patterson performs her silver medal winning balance beam routine during gymnastics event finals to capture her third medal of the games. It's been great,' said Patterson. 'I couldn't ask for a better Olympic experience.'…

GOLDEN GIRL - The summer began well for Carly Patterson. She got her driver's license and her braces off. But it was in Athens where Patterson went from hopeful teenager to gymnastics legend. She jumped into the arms of her coach and the dreams of…

'Olympic Portraits - Wrestler 1' Portrait of U.S. Olympic wrestler Eric Gurerrero of San Jose, California.

'Olympic Portaits - Vaulter' Portrait of U.S. Olympic pole-vaulter Toby Stevenson. He is a graduate of Stanford University.

'Olympic Portraits - Crew' Portrait of U.S. Olympic crew team members from Northern California include (standing from left), Jamie Schroeder (Stanford) men's sweep, Alison Cox (Turlock, CA, University of San Diego), Samantha Magee (Stanford) women's…

'Olympic Portraits - Shot' Portrait of U.S. Olympic shot-putter Kristin Heaston of Mountain View, California.

'Olympic Portraits - Table Tennis' Portrait of U.S. Olympic table tennis player Khoa Nguyen of San Jose, California.