31.   Weiss, who fell twice in the short program, fell on his first jump Thursday, stumbled twice more and still was elevated over two skaters into third.

32.   While Ajunwa won her gold medal on her first jump, Joyner-Kersee was mired in sixth place after five jumps.

33.   A day after four people were killed in a parachuting accident in eastern Germany, a woman making her first jump died after her chute failed to open completely.

34.   A sky diver making his first solo jump got blown two miles off course Wednesday and had to be rescued from treetops, police said.

35.   American skier Stacey Bluner had to pull out of the second round after a spectacular crash landing in her first jump bruised her ribs and shoulder.

36.   And then there was that first jump Tuesday.

37.   Anthony Liu of Australia fell on his first jump, a quad toe.

38.   Banjo, one of the pre-race favorties, was one of four horses to fall going over the first jump.

39.   Bergoust made a mistake in his first jump and was seventh after the first round.

40.   But Cooper, who led after the first jump, stepped out of her landing and the victory belonged to Leu.