Editing Dominique Dawes (section)

===2000 Olympics===
Between 1996 and 1998 Dawes competed in various professional meets but retreated from elite competition. She returned briefly in 1998 to participate in the [[Goodwill Games]] where she placed 19th in the Mixed Pairs event with Chainey Umphrey. However, she placed 9th all-around at 2000 U.S. Nationals and 7th at the Olympic Trials, and earned a spot on her third Olympic team.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2000/08/21/sports/olympics-the-road-to-sydney-miller-out-but-dawes-and-chow-make-team.html?pagewanted=2 "Miller Out, But Dawes And Chow Make Team"] Selena Roberts, ''The New York Times,'' August 21, 2000</ref>

In team preliminaries at the Sydney Olympics, Dawes posted the second highest score of the American team on [[uneven bars]] but the lowest on beam.<ref>[http://www.gymn-forum.net/Results/Olympics/2000_Sydney/2000_women_quali_teams_1-6.html Scores by gymnast for team prelims at the 2000 Olympics] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091129023643/http://www.gymn-forum.net/results/Olympics/2000_Sydney/2000_women_quali_teams_1-6.html |date=2009-11-29 }} Gymn-Forum</ref> In the team finals, she performed well on three events, contributing their highest beam score and 3rd highest bars score (a very high 9.7), and contributed to the team's bronze medal awarded April 28, 2010 when the International Olympic Committee stripped China of its 2000 team medal for an underage competitor.<ref>[https://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/news;_ylt=Agndo_KdcueIKW6k_R2Rfys5nYcB?slug=txgymunderagegymnast IOC strips 2000 Games bronze medal from China] Yahoo! Sports News, April 28, 2010 {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111007014629/http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/news |date=October 7, 2011 }}</ref>