1.   Having won the GS in Lillehammer four years ago after Albertville, she could well become the first woman skier to take gold in three straight Olympics.

2.   Maier went on to take gold in the Super-G.

3.   No American took gold in Atlanta.

4.   The two took gold in the first race of the World Cup in Prague, Czech Republic.

5.   Australian gymnast Philippe Rizzo proved his win five days ago at the University Games was no fluke when he took gold in the horizontal bar.

6.   Defending high bar world champion Vlasios Maras added a European title to his collection as teammate Vasileios Tsolakidis took gold in the parallel bars.

7.   Dutchwoman Leontien Zijllaard who took gold in the individual pursuit in Sydney, is entered in the pursuit and points races here.

8.   In dance, Americans Elizabeth Punsalan and Jerod Swallow of the United States took gold.

9.   In the heavier weight, Yuan Hua needed barely a minute to beat Lee Hsiao-hung of Taiwan and take gold.

10.   Olympic boxing gold medalist Somluck Kamsing capped a successful Asian Games tournament for local fighters when he took gold in the featherweight class Friday.