This is not an optional exercise, Ms. Smallwood.

Fall Leads to Downfall With two of Saturday night's four optional exercises remaining, Johnson led.

Considering that the all-around final is composed of optional exercises only, is it time for another aggravated injury?

In the optional exercises Davydova came into her own, outscoring all her teammates and meriting a 10 on floor.

To maximise profits is for management not an optional exercise or a work of supererogation: it is management's basic duty.

On the second and final day, the teams perform optional exercises.

The top 36 gymnasts in the team competitions advance to the all-around finals, where they start from scratch and perform optional exercises only.

Each gymnast competed in both compulsory and optional exercises.

The Olympic competition in Atlanta will be quite a different challenge than this specialized event, which was limited to optional exercises on individual apparatus.

The United States, which had been second after the compulsory exercises, lost ground during the optional exercises because of some sloppy performances.