61.   China won the silver medals in both races, also its first medals of these games.

62.   Competition begins Saturday with the first medals being awarded in sharpshooting.

63.   Daniel Petrov of Bulgaria will box in his second Olympics final in quest of his first gold medal.

64.   Dawn Ellerbe of the United States wiped away all the disappointments of her international career by winning the first gold medal in athletics in the Games.

65.   Dawn Ellerbe of the United States won the first gold medal in athletics at the Games, overcoming several past failures in international competition.

66.   Dong Zhaozhi won the first gold medal in fencing when he beat Chinese teammate Wang Haibin for gold in the foil.

67.   Ecstatic Nigerians poured into the streets and partied into the early hours Sunday to celebrate the first Olympic gold medal for an African soccer team.

68.   El Guerrouj tumbled to the track, but Morceli stayed on his feet and pulled away for his first Olympic gold medal.

69.   Enough, Gretzky hopes, to win his fifth Stanley Cup and his first Olympic gold medal.

70.   For Ammann, who overcame injuries this season, it was his first medal at a major competition.