41.   Maarten van der Linden and Pepijn Aardewijn of the Netherlands edged Americans Tom Auth and Steve Peterson in the first heat of the lightweight double sculls.

42.   Norwegian Buraas leads after first heat in World Cup slalom.

43.   On Monday, she fell only a few strides into her first heat, and just like that she was finished for the day.

44.   Schneider led after the first heat in poor weather conditions.

45.   She crashed with four other skaters in the first heat.

46.   She had to endure three false starts by other runners in the first heat and two more false starts in the semis.

47.   Street also had her problems, when she nearly lost her pole at the start of the first heat.

48.   Thanks to her giant slalom result, Wachter also leap-frogged Seizinger, who slipped and was eliminated in the first heat Thursday.

49.   Swiss veteran Urs Kaelin held the lead after the first heat of a World Cup giant slalom race Saturday.

50.   The first three had also finished in the same order in the first heat and were favored to win after veteran Italian Alberto Tomba straddled a gate.