11.   Also, the IOC has been investigating Austrian cross-country skiers and officials after a cleaner found blood transfusion equipment in a house used by the team.

12.   An Austrian cross-country skier was banned from competition for two years after testing positive for the endurance-boosting drug EPO, ski officials said Sunday.

13.   Apart from the opening race on a home glacier when Austrians finished second and third, no Austrian skier has made the podium since.

14.   Austrian skiers had swept the top nine places for an all-time World Cup record at a Super-G race in Innsbruck last week.

15.   Austrian skiers have set a blistering pace in the World Cup this season, winning nine of thirteen races, including the previous four.

16.   Austrian skier Hermann Maier continued his mastery of the Super-G Sunday, winning his fourth straight in the final World Cup race before the Olympics.

17.   Austrian skiers already had swept the top five places in a Super-G at Aspen, Colo. last month.

18.   Austrian skiers also lead World Cup standings of their favorite disciplines - downhill and super-G.

19.   Austrian skier Hermann Maier placed third.

20.   Austrian skiers already had set an all-time World Cup record by sweeping the top nine places in a Super-G race at Innsbruck last week.