41.   American record holder Scott Huffman headlines the pole vault field.

42.   Among world record holders and Olympic medalists who withdrew Saturday were long jumper Jonathan Edwards of Britain and Svetlana Masterkova of Russia.

43.   Another Cuban athlete, world record holder Javier Sotomayor, finished second to Dimitrios Kokotis of Greece in the high jump.

44.   Barmasai engaged in a thrilling battle with Moses Kiptanui, the veteran fellow Kenyan and former world record holder.

45.   Bennett was watched by U.S. world record holder Evans, who retired from the sport after the Atlanta Games and is now a television commentator.

46.   Before Michael Johnson was a household name, a world and Olympic champion, a world record holder, he was a World University Games participant.

47.   Boldon is a favorite to win his first Commonwealth title Thursday, especially in the absence of world and Olympic titlist and world record holder Donovan Bailey of Canada.

48.   But Britain does have a world record holder, triple jumper Jonathan Edwards.

49.   But world record holders Le Jingyi and He Cihong will miss the games, the newspaper said.

50.   But, added Montgomery, that was not necessarily a reference to the absence of current record holder Maurice Greene.