21.   Radek Belohlav and Pavel Patera, who set up the only goal in the Olympic final in Nagano against Russia, each scored two goals for the Czechs.

22.   Rhode started slowly in the Olympic finals, hitting just one of the two targets with her first four shots.

23.   Seeded five, Bruguera, who lost to Andre Agassi in the Olympic final last month, has slipped down the rankings after suffering injuries to his left knee.

24.   Tamura has only lost twice in the past five years, both in Olympic finals.

25.   The American, who finished fourth in the Olympic final, had already beaten Bailey in Zurich, Brussels and Berlin although he lost to the Canadian in Cologne.

26.   Thompson, fourth in the Olympic finals last summer, was running with Johnson on the curve.

27.   Throughout last season, they avoided each other until the Olympic final.

28.   You know, in the chaos of an Olympic final, anything can happen.

29.   Gatien, who also lost to Waldner in the Olympic final in Barcelona, nevertheless looked very much in form.

30.   He only reached the Olympic final with his last, desperate leap.