71.   Joyner-Kersee mourns her idol Three-time Olympic gold medallist Jackie Joyner-Kersee reacted with sadness to news that her idol, Wilma Rudolph had died.

72.   Jackie Joyner-Kersee and others in the US athletics world reacted with sadness Saturday to the news that triple Olympic gold medallist Wilma Rudolph had died.

73.   Kelly has aspirations of emulating the deeds of compatriots, first-ever gold medallist welterweight Michael Carruth and silver medallist bantamweight Wayne McCullough at Barcelona.

74.   Joyner-Kersee, heptathlon gold medallist at the last two Olympics, has been plagued with injuries all season.

75.   Katja Koren of Slovenia, German Martina Ertl and Italian gold medallist in giant slalom Deborah Compagnoni all ended in undignified fashion in the snow.

76.   Madaras was more consistent throughout the five events than the rest of the field, where Atlanta Olympic Games gold medallist Aleksandr Parygin of Kazakhstan could only finish fifth.

77.   Leonidis, a close friend of the gold medallist, said that he congratulated him immediately after the competition.

78.   Light heavyweight Garbey and Barcelona Olympic gold medallist bantamweight Casamayor fled the Cuban team from a Mexican training camp and crossed into California to seek political asylum.

79.   Looking relaxed they shared the podium with Russian gold medallists Elena Berezhnaya and Anton Sikharulidze.

80.   Meanwhile Lazutina, a five-time Olympic gold medallist, has yet to win gold in Salt Lake City - and time is running out.