11.   A government report that followed the biggest doping scandal in Finnish history found that cross-country skiers had used performance-enhancing drugs for at least two years.

12.   FIS says recreational skiers already use the area where they want the starting gate moved.

13.   Giovanni Alberto Agnelli, president of the organizing committee of the championships, welcomed Tomba as the skier used a crutch to reach the stage.

14.   In fact, some felt European skiers were using the American tragedy as an excuse to avoid the annual trip across the Atlantic.

15.   It says recreational skiers already use the area where they want the starting gate moved.

16.   That angered the Norwegians, who saw it as insinuating that their skiers had used blood doping or other illegal means to rise to the top of the sport.

17.   The federation said the Austrian team doctor, Peter Baumgartl, had not been informed the skiers were using the method.