11.   It could be called the birth of the South African Olympic ski team.

12.   It will visit Solider Hollow, the Olympic cross-country ski venue, then board the Heber Creeper for a train ride to Heber City.

13.   Kayhko, who has not scored any downhill points this season, had not been picked for the Finnish Olympic ski team heading to Salt Lake City .

14.   Kayhko, who has not scored any downhill points this season, was not picked for the Finnish Olympic ski team heading to Salt Lake City next week.

15.   Retired Olympic ski champion Alberto Tomba was acquitted of tax fraud Thursday, the ANSA news agency said.

16.   The victims included Patrick Vuarnet, a son of Olympic ski champion and sunglasses tycoon Jean Vuarnet.

17.   Three-time Olympic ski champion Katja Seizinger announced her retirement Friday.

18.   Tomba, the three-time Olympic ski champion, sat with the Turin delegation but did not speak to the assembly.

19.   Two-time Olympic ski champion Hermann Maier left a hospital on crutches Friday, three weeks after he suffered potentially career-ending injuries in a motorcycle accident.

20.   Winners of Gold Cup events are assured berths on the U.S. Olympic ski team, and Schlopy thus earned a bid by winning the GS.