1.   Few of the remaining spectators could guess at the drama up there in the start house.

2.   Far above, Markus Prock of Austria sat in the start house and thought and thought.

3.   He remembers his last bits of conversation with Johnson in the start house two week ago.

4.   On the U.S. Ski Team, knee surgery scars are as common in the start house as goggles.

5.   She listens to CDs by her favorite singer, Shikira, in the start house.

6.   Sunday was colder, the wind chill nearing zero at the start house, but never did these bobsled bullies blink.

7.   And as he climbed the stairs to the start house, his mind took a strange detour that would lead to trouble.

8.   At the start house, Shea jumped up and down and ran in place.

9.   Georg Hackl brought his sled to a stop, glanced up at the clock, then headed back up to the start house for his final practice run.

10.   Schneider said her rhythm was off from the moment she left the start house.