21.   Cuba lost twice in the preliminary rounds, but has swept through the playoffs, beating the United States and Russia.

22.   Each team will face the five other teams in its pool during the preliminary round.

23.   Even more ominously for Daly, she lost the preliminary round in her legal battle against Boston College.

24.   Foreman was injured in a preliminary sparring round, postponing the boxing match for six weeks.

25.   For the past several Cliburns, the preliminary rounds have been in Ed Landreth Auditorium at Texas Christian University.

26.   He also said that he would not run in the preliminary rounds but that he would be available for the final.

27.   He had defeated Coutts in a race during the preliminary round, and that was a milestone.

28.   He finished first in the preliminary round, but faded to fourth in the final, while Darnyi took another gold.

29.   Her only respite figures to be in the preliminary rounds of the relays, in which Jones is expected to be spelled by other U.S. runners.

30.   How will he handle major competitions in which he has to run preliminary rounds instead of a single race?