1. Several former East German swimmers, including the triple Olympic gold medalist Rica Reinisch and the double silver medalist Birte Weigang, have since admitted using anabolic steroids. 2. The swimming competition will feature Russian Alexander Popov, a double gold medalist in the Atlanta Olympics, and an us. 3. A double gold medalist at the world championships in Vail last month, Meissnitzer now has her sights set firmly on a few World Cup crowns. 4. Double gold medalist four years ago in Barcelona, Lavinia Milosovici left for Atlanta Sunday with six more Romanian gymnastics aiming for more Olympic glory. 5. Double Olympic speedskating medalist Mirko Vuillermin was gravely injured in a motorcycle accident Friday, less than two weeks after a teammate lost a leg in a similar crash. 6. Dolan is trying to become the first male double gold medalist of the games. 7. Double gold medalist swimmer Alexander Popov is here, and Dominique Dawes and Dominique Moceanu from the gold medal gymnastics team are entered. 8. Germany, weakened by the absence of double Olympic gold medalist Katja Seizinger, had three in the top ten. 9. Knauss was the only Austrian other than double Olympic gold medalist and reigning World Cup overall champion Hermann Maier, to have won a downhill this season. 10. Seventy years after Jack Shea became the first double gold medalist in Winter Olympic history, grandson Jimmy won gold in skeleton on Wednesday. |