51.   Krasiltseva and Znachkov were the first alternate pair.

52.   The previous night, Burnitz and Sexson became the first pair of teammates to each hit three home runs in a game.

53.   Their crewmates call them the Silver Team because they will be the first pair of grandfathers to take a spacewalk.

54.   World champions Jamie Sale and David Pelletier of Canada became the first pair to win three straight Skate America titles Friday night.

55.   With the win at Wimbledon, they became the first pair to win all four Grand Slam titles as a team.

56.   Two British men Wednesday began a bid to become the first pair to row non-stop and double-handed across the Indian Ocean.

57.   Two days earlier they had begun a bid to become the first pair to row non-stop across the Indian Ocean.

58.   The first pair fight for four minutes or until one has scored five hits.