31.  As expected, Devils forward Bill Guerin has been named to one of the vacant positions on the U.S. Olympic team.

32.  As of last night, she also has a berth on the Olympic team.

33.  As the Atlanta Games neared, Carvin was back in form and expected to make the Olympic team in at least two events.

34.  As winners of the trials, Raheem, Reid and Cauthen had to win only once to qualify for the Olympic team.

35.  At another juncture in their postrace press conference, they embraced and shared a moment that only two friends who had just made the Olympic team can know.

36.  At no time in his legal quest to make the Olympic team, he said, did he expect to lose.

37.  At first, I thought I would have no place to go after college, and I knew there would be a slim chance to make the Olympic team.

38.  Asked about the constant chatter, Olympic team member Dot Richardson shrugged and smiled knowingly, as if this is not the first time she has contemplated the issue.

39.  At stake are three berths on the upcoming Olympic team.

40.  At that time, the Soviet government pumped vast resources into athletics, and its Olympic teams were consistent champions.