1.   Before I even reached the podium, two young guys in the front row were dozing.

2.   But they did not reach another podium all season as their teammates Chris Thorpe and Gordy Sheer became the first Americans to win an overall World Cup title.

3.   But when she reaches the podium for the dreaded final weigh-in of her third televised fight, her nerves are jangling.

4.   Last night, she reached the podium.

5.   Only Hannes Trinkl, who barely made the Austrian cut, reached the podium, earning the bronze medal.

6.   Then Valerie Cushman, an associate athletic director and former basketball coach at Vassar College, reached the podium.

7.   When he finally reached the podium his impatient hand gestures to stop applause suggested a man eager to get home fast.

8.   When Morgan reached the podium, supporters surrounded him and locked arms to shield him from the sergeant.

9.   Reaching the podium, he swept his wife, Tipper, into a dipping embrace and planted a long kiss on her lips.

10.   At the same time last year, Goetschl had reached the podium only once before going on to take the World Cup overall and super-G titles.