1.   Assa Abloy is in solid contention for a podium finish.

2.   At the time of his podium finish, Hearn looked like a rising star in Indy racing.

3.   All, say the coaches, are capable of podium finishes.

4.   He placed sixth in Nagano and had four World Cup podium finishes and two Grand Prix victories last year.

5.   I was hoping for a podium finish, or at least a top six.

6.   Long Beach yielded a pole position and a podium finish.

7.   Several podium finishes were followed by victory in the last race, in Zuhai, China.

8.   To have lost a podium finish through a thoughtless and fleeting error on deck was particularly trying for the Toshiba crew.

9.   Aamodt, third in the season-opening giant slalom at Solden, Austria, last month, was encouraged by his second podium finish of the young season.

10.   Also looking for a podium finish will be the Austrians, led by the home-crowd favorite Andreas Goldberger and Andreas Widhoelzl.