51.   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.

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

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

54.   Decathlete Henrik Dagard, the reigning European silver medallist, bowed out of the Olympic Games with injury here on Wednesday.

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

56.   European champions Susanna Rahkamo and Petri Kokko of Finland, and European silver medallists Sophie Moniotte and Pascal Lavanchy of France could prove a danger to the Russian duo.

57.   Elfi Eder, Olympic silver medallist and reigning World Cup champion, slipped back from third after the first run to finish joint seventh with Urska Hrovat of Slovakia.

58.   European silver medallist Florian Schwarthoff of Germany, a real contender for a medal here, had fallen in the semi-final.

59.   The Olympic silver medallists played tough against Italy making their goalkeeper Michael Rosati the most overworked player at the rink.

60.   The Netherlands -- second in the European championships behind Italy and Olympic silver medallists behind Brazil -- were left to wonder what it takes to win.