1.   As a last footnote, Czech Republic coach Ivan Hlinka is asked whether he thought the size of the rink had anything to do with the surprising Olympic final.

2.   Asked afterward if he thought this might be a preview of the Olympic final in Sydney, Vargas smiled.

3.   A nubile assistant coach tries to explain to her boss and ex-lover why she dropped him after he injured his shoulder at the Olympic finals.

4.   But he was good enough to wrestle his way into a fourth Olympic final, and he always carries with him a mystique.

5.   Can Bob Kennedy, the improving American distance man, meet the challenge of a race that has the depth of an Olympic final?

6.   It took me two months to even watch a tape of the Olympic final.

7.   Maybe the Olympic final would have been different.

8.   Yugoslavia is in its fifth Olympic final.

9.   Almost one year after the successful Olympic final against Argentina in Atlanta, Nigerian soccer star Nwankwo Kanu is rejoining his national team.

10.   Although he made it through to Olympic finals, he never won a medal.