Cross-country skier Katerina Neumannova first competed in the Games in 1992,but it was not until her

third Winter Games that she finally won her first medals：a silver in the 5-kilometer race and a bronze in the pursuit.Two more silver medals were won in 2002,this time at 15 kilometers and in the pursuit.Because she also competed in the mountain bike event at the 1996 Summer Games(18th),the Torino Games were the sixth in which she participated.On 12 February,she earned another silver medal,this one in the pursuit.On 24February,Neumannova skied in the 30-kilometer race and,at the age of 33,she won her first gold medal.