21.   Irina Privalova, the Russian sprint star, still trains on a dilapidated Moscow university track but continues her yearly altitude training sessions in April in the Caucasus.

22.   Cole said Fossett, who has been altitude training in Colorado, would arrive in Australia in the next few days.

23.   EPO, a drug for kidney patients, gives the same benefit as altitude training.

24.   Twenty-five Australian swimmers on the flight will link up with the other nine members, who are finishing high altitude training in Flagstaff, Arizona.

25.   Moroccan agency MAP said Friday the car carrying Bassou to altitude training in Ifrane, Morocco, was forced to swerve to avoid an incoming vehicle.