The following year she finished fifth at the SPA Regatta in Medemblik as well as fourth in the pre-Olympic event in Athens.

He was assigned to a few pre-Olympic events and impressed Ms. Solomon.

Water was released for 77 days into the course for training, a pre-Olympic event, and the Olympics themselves.

Several weeks ago, the newly composed Kerrigan won the Piruetten competition, a pre-Olympic event on the Olympic ice at Hamar, Norway.

Are we to believe there is less interest in this pre-Olympic event now than there was four years ago?

Many of the public pre-Olympic events held in Vancouver were attended by protesters.

We could have pre-Olympic events to test these events at all the Olympic sites and Australia is a country which is crazy about sport.

It lacks drama and gives television few pre-Olympic events to begin drumming up interest, but most sports officials have decided that this selection process produces teams more likely to bring home medals.

The comparable pre-Olympic event in 1988 rated an 11.4.