41.   Sixteen countries had a medal of some sort after three days.

42.   The Chinese already have had medals at world championships and this could be a factor, he said.

43.   The French only have two medals in Olympic soccer history.

44.   Were it not or a series of knee operations and illnesses, Compagnoni might have even have more medals.

45.   When she finally got to bed, she had the medal by her pillow.

46.   In the three doubles events, Indonesia, Denmark and South Korea had gold medals.

47.   IOC officials voted to have the medal recast by Huguenin Medailleurs, a Swiss firm that makes all Olympic medals.

48.   Maybe you get careless, or you just lose track when you have nine Olympic gold medals.