11.   No female American athlete has ever won seven gold medals in the Olympics, as Thompson has.

12.   No other athlete has won the half-mile more than three times.

13.   No younger athlete had ever won an individual gold medal at the Winter Games.

14.   Only one athlete has ever won a gold medal in both Olympics.

15.   On Wednesday a New Zealand athlete won the discus throw by default.

16.   She is confident the women athletes will win the Brown and LSU cases and looks forward to carrying the battle on to what she describes as the new frontier.

17.   Seven Division II athletes have won four, as have four Division III athletes.

18.   The hinomaru flies above government offices and is used at state banquets, and Kimigayo is played at sumo matches and at Olympic medal ceremonies when Japanese athletes win.

19.   To date, women athletes have won the Title IX cases that have gone to trial.

20.   Only three other athletes have won gold at four successive Olympics.