21.   Oswald said the laboratory had told him it had never analysed as many samples from one sports competition before.

22.   Oswald said the laboratory had told him they had never analysed as many samples from one sports competition before.

23.   And that little game of catch came only a week before the Grand Prix finals, their biggest international competition before the Olympics.

24.   Both teams remain undefeated in the tournament, the last international competition before the Atlanta Olympics.

25.   But the pair said they plan to compete next week in the Champions Series Final, the last major international competition before the Winter Olympics in February.

26.   Canada claimed the gold medal in the gymnastics team competition before a small but vocal pro-Canadian crowd at Winnipeg Arena.

27.   Hunter withdrew from competition before the games, citing an injury.

28.   It was a storybook comeback for the Spurs, which was kicked out of the competition before the season started as an FA punishment for financial irregularities.

29.   Mechtcheriakov, though, ended up with an injured elbow and withdrew from competitions before attempting a single clean-and-jerk lift.

30.   She was a runner-up in two preliminary competitions before winning the Miss West Virginia title as a sophomore.