Last night, last chance

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NEW WAVERLY, Texas -- On the final night of the women’s Olympic gymnastics selection process, girls have to perform on only two of the four events, though team coordinator Martha Karolyi said she would be happy with anyone who performed more than twice. On the start list, though, no one is scheduled to do more than two routines.

Chellsie Memmel, who hurt her neck Friday, was listed as competing on vault and uneven bars.

Nerves were apparent.

Alicia Sacramone was up first on the first event, the floor exercise. She went out of bounds once and received a score of 15.400. Jana Bieger, who may be on the bubble for the last of the six spots, went out of bounds twice during her routine and left the mat with her head down. She posted a score of 15.000. Nastia Liukin, the third one up, had one big step off the mat and was given a 15.400.

Only one other girl, 16-year-old Corrie Lothrop of Gaithersburg, Md., did the floor -- and she stayed in bounds! Lothrop also doesn’t have a chance to be anything but an alternate. Her score was 14.850.

-- Diane Pucin