1.   At the World Championships last summer, Wunderlich won a silver medal and a relay gold while van Neerden faltered with two eighth-place finishes.

2.   He won two individual silver medals and two relay gold.

3.   Lazutina, who won two individual gold and silver medals and the relay gold, finished her Olympic career with a bronze medal.

4.   She won two individual silvers, a relay gold and countless hearts.

5.   She came to Lillehammer as an overwhelming favorite, yet she skied badly and ended up with only another relay gold.

6.   Then the relay golds.

7.   Wilhelm won an individual and a relay gold, Gross went home with a silver and a bronze for an Olympic total of seven.

8.   The women also have a relay gold up for grabs.

9.   Privalova -- with four world championship medals to her name but only one relay gold -- was slowest out of the blocks and never recovered from that pedestrian start.