1.   A win against the reigning world champions is always good for morale, but on this occasion it would be especially welcome.

2.   Twigg, the reigning world champ in pursuit, should strike gold again.

3.   ...the reigning world champion.

4.   Also in the first round, Antonio Tarver, the reigning world champion, faces Dmitri Vybornov of Russia in a light heavyweight bout.

5.   Another reigning world champion is featherweight Ricardo Rocky Juarez.

6.   At the Calgary, Albertville and Lillehammer Olympics, a Canadian man was the reigning world champion only to finish with less than gold.

7.   Bennett is also the reigning world champion because Savon declined to get in the ring for their fight.

8.   - Fred Whitfield, the reigning all-around world champion cowboy and the first black cowboy to earn that title.

9.   A talented but young U.S. team is part of the group with seven fighters reaching the quarterfinals, including two reigning world champs.

10.   Daron Rahlves is a reigning world champion.