1.   Rudolf Nierlich, double gold medallist at the Vail World Championships, was third.

2.   Knauss was the only Austrian other than double Olympic gold medallist and reigning World Cup overall champion Hermann Maier, to have won a downhill this season.

3.   Maier, a double Olympic gold medallist in Nagano, endangered his lead atop the World Cup overall rankings when he missed a gate halfway down.

4.   Fredericks, a double silver medallist just he was in Barcelona, and Boldon can count themselves unlucky.

5.   But the German, the Albertville Olympics double gold medallist, did not attribute her win to any one cause.

6.   But the German, an Albertville Olympics double gold medallist, did not say she broke the world record because of the new shoes.

7.   Even with double gold medallist Hermann Maier sidelined with injuries from a motorcycle wreck, the mighty Austrian team were poised to dominate.

8.   With Lu Bin, another double gold medallist in Rome, also in the race, the Chinese had no fears about surrendering even one title to the Japanese.

9.   She joins the other other double swimming gold medallists of the day Danyon Loader of New Zealand.