1.   The Commonwealth triple gold medallist was tipped to win gold again in Barcelona.

2.   Killy had been triple gold medallist four years previously at Grenoble.

3.   Triple Olympic gold medallist Michelle Smith De Bruin faces an international appeal panel Monday, with her lawyer optimistic that her four-year drug ban will be overturned.

4.   Triple Olympic gold medallist Michelle Smith-De Bruin appealed to an international panel Monday to overturn her four-year drug ban.

5.   Her nearest rivals, based on world championship achievements, would be teammates He Cihong and Liu Limin, triple gold medallists in Rome.

6.   Both Faulkner and Keating personally rang Riley, touted as a possible triple gold medallist in Atlanta, to apologise for any stress caused over the mixup.

7.   Triple gold medallist skier Johann Muhlegg of Spain was bowerful new drug.

8.   Sjoberg, a triple Olympic medallist despite being a chain smoker, said he was thinking of sueing for damages.

9.   The International Olympic Committee silenced rumours of drug use surrounding Irish triple gold medallist Michelle Smith here Thursday, saying they had no positive drug tests to report.