Olympic Profiles

By Harriet Barovick, Hilary Hylton, Lina Lofaro, Tam Gray, David Spitz and Flora Tartakovsky

GOING FOR THE GOLD: TRAMPOLINE When trampolining debuts as an Olympic-medal event at the 2000 games in Sydney, one young star will be Team U.S.A.'s best hope.

JENNY PARILLA, Lake Forest, Calif. AGE: 18 RANK: No. 1 in U.S., No. 15 in world HEIGHT OF JUMP: about 20 ft. AIR TIME: about 2 sec. BEST TRICK: 2 1/2 twisting double flip

What's the main difference between you and your Russian and German arch-rivals?

"They get paid for training, it's their job, and sometimes they all live together. I have other things to keep up with, and I live at home."