21.   Maier, a candidate to win three gold medals at the Olympic and the runaway overall World Cup leader, also had a successful comeback from an injury.

22.   McNamee said it was always going to be a difficult proposition for Graf to make a successful comeback at the Australian championships.

23.   Mike Richter took his place in goal for the U.S. Olympic hockey team Wednesday, another step in his successful comeback from major injuries to both knees.

24.   Mike Richter took his place in goal for the U.S. Olympic hockey team Wednesday night, another step in his successful comeback from major injuries to both knees.

25.   On a day when Australian Mark Philippoussis made a successful comeback from injury, Sampras bowed out and the championships lost its major drawcard.

26.   Ronaldo, who made a successful comeback with the Brazilian national team this week, will arrive in Milan over the weekend.

27.   That is perhaps the only surprise in a remarkably successful comeback that reaches its one-month milestone Saturday, when his Pittsburgh Penguins play Atlanta.

28.   The striker was fed by Italian superstar Baggio, who made a successful comeback following a three-month absence due to a knee injury.

29.   While the American Agassi on Thursday continued his successful comeback, Steffi Graf hit a snag in hers.

30.   French political heavyweights Edouard Balladur, Michel Rocard and Charles Pasqua made a successful comeback in parliamentary by-elections and a senate poll on Sunday.