41.   Bure led the Russian Olympic team to a silver medal last winter at Nagano, Japan.

42.   Brooks later coached Minnesota, the Devils and Pittsburgh and recently guided the United States to the silver medal at the Salt Lake City Olympics in February.

43.   But in three stunning performances in London, Ewell won two silver medals and one gold medal and came within a blink of sweeping three gold.

44.   But Lucchino instead told of an Olympic athlete who was asked what it meant to finish with a silver medal instead of a gold.

45.   But Lynch, who went last, performed well enough to win the silver medal.

46.   But she came home from Australia with more than a silver medal in the long jump.

47.   But the cries of unfairness that followed their silver medal and eventually won them their own gold medal catapulted them into an international spotlight.

48.   China won only a silver medal in shooting, but it was a major disappointment after the heavily favored Yifu Wang shot wildly in the last round.

49.   Coming into the competition, the German duo of Silke Kraushaar and Otto was seen as locks for the gold and the silver medals.

50.   David Gossett, the reigning U.S. Amateur champ from the University of Texas, accepted his silver medal yesterday for being the low amateur at the Masters Tournament.