11.   Herbert is currently fifth in the world championship standings, but consistently rates a second or two slower per lap than his German teammate.

12.   Olympic champion Harald Czudaj piloted his German teammates to victory Sunday in the four-man bobsled European Championship that also counted as a World Cup meet.

13.   That meant Americans Jonathan Stark and Rick Leach won in a walkover against Kiefer and his German teammate, Alex Radulescu.

14.   This is the case of Olympic downhill champion Katja Seizinger and her German teammate Hilde Gerg who are in the running for gold both in downhill and combined.

15.   Dual world championship gold medalist Krabbe tested positive to the stimulant Clenbuterol, along with two German teammates.

16.   World show jumping champion Franke Sloothaak sprained his wrist in a fall Thursday, but his German teammates kept alive their gold medal hopes.

17.   Italian Giancarlo Fisichella was a surprise fourth in the Jordan Peugeot, his German teammate Ralf Schumacher ending eighth after having briefly topped the timing screens.

18.   Nonetheless, German teammate Dirk Nowitzki said Wang will have an exceptional career.

19.   She, Krabbe and another German teammate were first accused of being involved in tampering with urine samples before later failing a drugs test for Clenbuterol.