11.   Philippe Ermenault won the individual pursuit title on Wednesday beating teammate Francis Moreau.

12.   After winning the first four events of the competition, France finally lost one when Lucy Tyler-Sharman of Australia took the individual pursuit for women.

13.   Andrea Collinelli of Italy set a world record in individual pursuit cycling Wednesday at the Olympic track in Stone Mountain Park.

14.   China and Kazakstan each won individual pursuit races in cycling.

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

16.   France also has two world champions in the individual pursuit, which also began Wednesday.

17.   Germany will be counting on a repeat performance of Jan Van Eyden in the sprint and on Jens Lehman in the individual pursuit.

18.   Home crowd hero Lee Robert played a catch-up game against Filipino Victor Espiritu to win his heat of the individual pursuit.

19.   In individual pursuit, two racers start from opposite sides of the track and race for the fastest times.

20.   Judith Arndt of Germany beat Natalia Karimova for her first major individual pursuit gold medal.