1.   But a Sydney organizing committee spokesman said the committee was not aware of any wrongdoing by its bid team.

2.   But Fukiura and Nagano games organizing committee spokesman Akio Yoshida said that casting her as a torch-runner never came up.

3.   Nagano organizing committee spokesman Ko Yamaguchi said the papers had agreed to do so.

4.   None of the occupants was taken hostage in the escape, Sydney Olympics organizing committee spokesman Milton Cockburn said.

5.   Organizing committee spokesman Ko Yamaguchi said he is not totally satisfied with the traffic situation, for example.