1.   Her hope was realized, and Monday night Dragila became the first gold medalist in her event.

2.   She became the first individual American medalist from Nagano to sign a major endorsement contract, with Unilever as a spokeswoman for Fresh Deodorant Caress.

3.   Smith took advantage of the ruling to become the first repeat gold medalist of the Centennial Games.

4.   He hit that weight earlier this month in Prague while overshadowing Haworth to become the first American gold medalist in the junior world championships.

5.   Ole Einar Bjoerndalen had another biathlon win Saturday and became the first triple gold medalist at the Salt Lake Olympics.

6.   Seventy years after Jack Shea became the first double gold medalist in Winter Olympic history, grandson Jimmy won gold in skeleton on Wednesday.

7.   That was the result of Ukranian Aleksandr Bagach being the first gold medalist during the championships ever to be stripped of his title.

8.   With her second win she became the first double gold medalist in Atlanta.

9.   Latvia has reportedly said it will give almost half a million dollars to its first gold medalist in Atlanta, although it has few serious medal contenders.