11.   But Tomba is hurting and he will come into contact for the first time this season with the Austrian ski team which simply has been magnificant this season.

12.   He opened eyes when, as an independent racer, he scored a high finish in the Austrian ski championships despite starting far back in the field.

13.   His fourth-place finish, in what should have been his strongest event, left Austrian ski fans disheartened.

14.   It was a day to remember for Austrian ski fans.

15.   Maier fought his way through the intensely competitive Austrian ski machine the hard way.

16.   Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands created controversy at home this week by going ahead with her annual Austrian ski vacation, which began Saturday.

17.   So after a day of hounding by the foreign paparazzi at the Austrian ski resort of Lech, Princess Diana angrily let fly -- to a British tabloid journalist.

18.   The Austrian ski federation claimed Friday the equipment was used for legal medical purposes, an explanation rejected by the IOC.

19.   The Austrian national ski team could ignore him no longer.

20.   The IOC is also investigating the Austrian cross-country ski team after blood-transfusion equipment was found in a house used by the team at the Olympics.