51.   The Swedish veteran was going for her third gold medal in as many games and her second medal here after finishing runner-up in the downhill.

52.   In typically modest style he deflected questions about whether the unprecedented third gold medal made him the greatest lifter of all time.

53.   Irish Prime Minister John Bruton after Michelle Smith won her third gold swimming medal.

54.   And he modestly deflected questions about whether the third gold medal made him the greatest lifter of all time.

55.   Australia made sure of their third medal when Peter Blackburn and Rhonda Cator made the semi-finals of the mixed doubles after defeating Malaysians Soo Beng Kiang and Zamaliah Sidek.

56.   Larissa Lazutina, one of the most decorated women athletes in Olympic nordic skiing, should have gone on to win her third medal of the Games.

57.   Mark Todd is favourite for a third gold medal.

58.   Michelle Smith, after winning her third gold swimming medal, explaining her reaction to the whispered rumours she is on drugs.

59.   Norwegian biathlete Ole Einar Bjorndalen seeks another slice of history at Soldier Hollow, where he will take aim at his third gold medal of the Games.

60.   Ryoko Tamura clinched a third gold medal to lift the host country to the top of the medal standings at the world judo championships here on Sunday.