11.   After the Kenyans, the most feared runner is Fiz, who had a four-race marathon winning streak before finishing fourth at the Atlanta Olympics.

12.   After finishing fourth at nationals last week, she must beat Elena Sokolova or sit out Nagano.

13.   Bjarte Engen Vik virtually wrapped up the World Cup Nordic Combined title on Thursday night by finishing fourth in a sprint event.

14.   Finishing fourth was Ferrari driver Gerhard Berger of Austria, followed by his teammate Jean Alesi in fifth.

15.   Finishing fourth was Erik Zabel of Germany, followed by Jimmy Casper of France.

16.   Finishing fourth in that contest was Melbourne, Australia.

17.   Former champion Damon Hill of Britain also had his best result of the year by finishing fourth in his Jordan.

18.   Gross, a four-time Olympian, picked up his sixth medal after finishing fourth twice at these games and getting edged in both races.

19.   He had started the season by finishing fourth at the Mercedes Championship and second at the Nortel Open.

20.   Meissner made up for the disappointment of finishing fourth at the world championships in Goteborg, Sweden, and ran her second-best time of the year.