In 1997 he won his first individual world title as well as team gold.
Last year, for the first time, the United States women won team gold at the world championships.
He finished second in the senior race and took the team gold with Kenya.
Until tonight, the American women never had won a team gold in world or Olympic competition.
He needed 105 meters to win the team gold.
He finished individually second, and won team gold, at his first Olympic competition in 1932.
Here she contributed to the team gold by competing only on uneven bars.
They had won team gold in Montreal by 3.2 points.
Despite not reaching the top three, he managed to help the Kenyan junior men to the team gold that year.
In Atlanta, the women's team gold could go to any one of four nations.