A victory podium had been erected in a corner, across from a snack bar and sharing a wall with a free-weight area.

She had her father construct a series of boxes so that she could stand on a pretend victory podium with them.

"Everything went perfectly," Armstrong said in French on the three-step victory podium.

Braun, who was trailing her in the point standing, ended up winning and raised a finger signifying No. 1 on the victory podium.

Armstrong saw the sights of Paris on his way to the top step on the victory podium.

Armstrong himself is not thinking so much about tomorrow as about Sunday in Paris and the final victory podium.

On the victory podium, he was given a national champion's stars-and-stripes jersey and a bouquet.

He barely held back his tears on the victory podium while the German and Italian national anthems played.

The first use of a victory podium.

They caught the building wave of Olympic professionalism and rode it onto the victory podium Saturday night as expected.