31.   Jason Tunks, the fourth-ranked discus thrower this year, only managed ninth place in the final and stalked off the field in disgust.

32.   Last month, Smith married Dutch discus thrower Erik de Bruin, her companion of three years who is under a four-year suspension for steroid use.

33.   New Zealand discus thrower Beatrice Faumuina seeks to turn a dominating season into world championship gold.

34.   Redgrave joins Danish yachtsman Paul Elvstrom, Hungarian fencer Aladar Gerevich and American discus thrower Al Oerter as the only competitors to strike gold in four successive Olympics.

35.   The Australian Sports Drug Agency will investigate claims by a former Olympic discus thrower that high-ranking Australian Olympic officials had secretly encouraged widespread drug use among athletes.

36.   The Lithuanian athlete, who remained competitive past the age most discus throwers retire, had been preparing for the European athletics championships in Munich this August.

37.   The only other athletes with golds in four successive Olympics are Danish yachtsman Paul Elvstrom, Hungarian fencer Aladar Gerevich and American discus thrower Al Oerter.

38.   The others are U.S. discus thrower Al Oerter, Danish yachtsman Paul Elvstrom and Hungarian fencer Aladar Gerevich.

39.   Ubartas, who remained competitive past the age most discus throwers retire, had been preparing for the European athletics championships in Munich this August.

40.   U.S. discus thrower Mike Gravelle, American heptathlete Gea Johnson and Jamaican sprinter Aston Morgan are among the athletes facing four-year bans.