SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic -- Chellsie Memmel's third gold medal in the Pan American Games capped an amazing four days for the U.S. women gymnasts.

And she isn't the only one headed home with multiple gold medals.

Memmel, 15, of West Allis, Wis., scored a 9.575 to win the uneven bars Tuesday night. She can add her latest triumph to the golds she earned in the all-around and team competitions.

The Americans took the team competition on Saturday, President Bush called with congratulations Sunday, Memmel won the all-around Monday -- edging American teammate Nastia Liukin -- and now this.

Memmel also added a bronze in the balance beam, which Liukin won. And Tia Orlando of Macungie, Pa., won gold in the floor exercise -- she scored a 9.587 to win as the final competitor to perform. Her teammates cheered wildly when her score finally appeared.

Courtney McCool, the top U.S. qualifier in the vault with a 9.293 and the lone American in the finals of the event, led through the first six competitors. But Leyanet Gonzales of Cuba scored a 9.512 to win gold. McCool got the silver.

The U.S. women's team earned the first gold medal for the Americans here, beating Canada and Brazil in the team competition.

Liukin, the second-youngest athlete in the entire U.S. delegation and one of two 13-year-olds, took bronze on the uneven bars. The Plano, Texas, native won the U.S. junior title in June, but is too young to compete in the world championships later this month or next year's Athens Olympics.

Liukin is coached by her father, Valeri, who won four medals -- two gold -- at the 1988 Olympics. Her mother, Anna, was the world rhythmic champion in 1987.

After Liukin's impressive beam routine in which she scored a 9.550, her father wrapped his arm around her as they walked away. Then, he leaned on a chair waiting for her score as she stood several feet behind him.

He liked what he saw.

What the men competitors saw was lots of gold being collected by Cuba's Eric Lopez. The husband of Gonzales, he took four gold medals Tuesday and leaves the Pan Ams with six in total. He also won the all-around and the team event.

Lopez won all four disciplines he entered Tuesday, giving him 18 Pan Ams golds for his career. He was first in pommel horse, rings, vault and parallel bars.

Despite his incredible success at the Pan Ams, Lopez has yet to win an Olympic medal.

"I want to close my career with an Olympic medal of any color,'' Lopez said. "Then I can retire at the top.''

The U.S. men collected two individual medals, by Clay Strother of Jasper, Texas. He won silver in the floor exercise and bronze in pommel horse.