51.   Canada, the Olympic silver medallists in Lillehammer, paid the price for having top stars stay behind in a National Hockey League season extended by a salary fight.

52.   Cacho will still face Olympic bronze medallist Stephen Kipkorir of Kenya.

53.   Defending champion and Olympic gold medallist Bart Brentjens, of the Netherlands, finished sixth.

54.   Despite the semi-final victory, three-time Olympic gold medallist Redgrave said he expects the Germans to provide stiff competition in the final.

55.   Cuban high jump defending champion Ioamnet Quintero and Olympic gold medallist Heike Henkel became the latest high-profile casualties of the world championships here on Friday.

56.   Daniela Costian of Australia, the Olympic silver medallist and former Romanian, came in eighth and last place.

57.   Cuban Olympic silver medallist Javier Sotomayor will be aiming to write off his poor performance in Barcelona when he competes in the high jump event.

58.   Cuche, Olympic silver medallist in the discipline, has finished at least third in all the Super-Gs this season.

59.   Dai, who overcame the top-seeded Olympic silver medallist Mia Audina, has now beaten the fifth-seeded left-handed Chinese player, Zhang Ning.

60.   Defending champions and Olympic silver medallists Canada, without stars such as Joe Sakic or Luc Robitaille, will probably not retain their title.