11.   Fiona May was the defending world champion and Chioma Ajunwa the reigning Olympic champ.

12.   Maier, a two-time Olympic champ, will also be defending his downhill title at the world championships.

13.   Olympic champs Kurt Brugger and Wilfried Huber of Italy edged the U.S. doubles team of Chris Thorpe and Gordi Sheer Saturday at a World Cup luge competition here.

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17.   So did reigning Olympic champ Linford Christie and world champion Donovan Bailey.

18.   The birthday party featured other well-known Cuban athletes, including fellow Olympic boxing champ Felix Savon, retired high-jump legend Javier Sotomayor and volleyball champion Mireya Luis.

19.   The Netherlands team is the Olympic champ, Germany is the world champ and Great Britain has dominated at Spruce Meadows equestrian centre near Calgary.

20.   The retirement of the three-time heavyweight Olympic champ was announced Sunday by the Cuban Boxing Federation and the official Prensa Latina news agency.