11.   Aamodt maintained his balance on a treacherous hairpin turn that wiped out many of the favorites and ruined the medal hopes of American Daron Rahlves.

12.   American medal hopes on the first day of swimming belonged to its two relay teams, with veteran Thompson seeking to capture a record sixth gold medal.

13.   Andrei Korneyev, Andrei Ivanov and Stanislav Lopukhov also provide strong medal hopes in the breaststroke events.

14.   British journalists caught the rare scent of medal hopes and descended on the curling with patriotic glee.

15.   But his gold medal hopes were destroyed when he fell in the race.

16.   He hopped up quickly and briefly considered trying to continue, but realized that his medal hopes were over.

17.   Instead, he crashed into the snow, the victim of a rare spill that ruined his medal hopes.

18.   Its medal hopes had already been snuffed out Saturday.

19.   It was the second time in two days that U.S. medal hopes rested on the last routine.

20.   Keith Morgan of Calgary, a medal hope for Canada, lost his opening bout to Kim Min Soo of South Korea and was eliminated.