11.   He qualified first in his two heats and is a medal favorite.

12.   He won four World Cups this season and is the only American skiing gold medal favorite.

13.   Headed by Lisa Leslie, Teresa Edwards, Katrina McClain and Sheryl Swoopes, the U.S. has risen to gold medal favorite.

14.   In halfpipe, Fabien Rohrer and Anita Schwaller of Switzerland are the world champions and medal favorites.

15.   In the other semifinal, Devers, the gold medal favorite, pulled up lame and that set the stage for the final.

16.   Included in the contingent are medal favorites Kim Myong Nam in weight lifting and Pae Gil in gymnastics.

17.   Making its return to the Olympics after sitting out the Barcelona Games because of U.N. sanctions, Yugoslavia is considered one of the medal favorites.

18.   Moreover, Brazil, which beat a team of international all-stars just two weekends ago at the Meadowlands, came into this Olympics as the consensus gold medal favorite.

19.   Okkert Brits of South Africa, a medal favorite, failed to clear a height.

20.   OLY-SPORTBYSPORT -- ATLANTA -- Sport-by-sport look at the Games, with outlook, medal favorites and schedule for each sport.