11.   Now all Racine has to do is reach for her goal while many view her as someone so committed to winning gold she discarded her best friend.

12.   Since winning gold in Nagano, Granato has battled anemia.

13.   Swimmer Aleksandr Popov moved from his dorm room in a Volgograd sport institute to Australia after winning two golds and two silvers in Barcelona.

14.   The difference this year is that Sweden has a chance of winning two golds if Magdalena Forsberg can maintain her World Cup form.

15.   The winner was assured a bronze medal and had a chance at winning gold.

16.   Winning gold after it had eluded her in Lillehammer four years before took some of the urgency out of her in the downhill.

17.   Perkins has struggled leading up to the Olympics, much as he did before winning gold at the Atlanta Games.

18.   After that, I have to concentrate on winning gold at the Asian Games.

19.   At least after Nagano, Kwan had the prospect of winning gold in Salt Lake City to ease her pain.

20.   Atle Skaardal after winning gold in super-G.