1.   Gone last night was the heat and humidity that once wilted Olympic pistol shooters and equestrians and turned spectators into sun-stroked fools.

2.   Pistol shooters are competing through Sunday at Ft. Benning, Ga., in the second of four Olympic team selection matches.

3.   The second of four elimination rounds for U.S. pistol shooters will be fired next weekend at Fort Benning.

4.   Pistol shooter Abel Juncosa Reyes asked for asylum before the games got started.

5.   Pistol shooter Abel Juncosa Reyes asked for asylum before the Games.

6.   Before the games began, pistol shooter Abel Juncosa Reyes asked for asylum.

7.   Cuban pistol shooter Abel Juncosa Reyes asked for asylum before the games.

8.   Cuban pistol shooter Abel Juncosa Reyes defected when his team arrived at the Pan American Games, sources confirmed Wednesday.