Today's Number: 10

The number of cities - a record - who are bidding to stage the 2002 Winter Olympics. They are the Kazakh capital, Alma Ata, Graz in Austria, Jaca in Spain, Salt Lake City in the United States, Oestersund in Sweden, Poprad-Tatry in Slovakia, Sion in Switzerland, Sochi in Russia, Quebec in Canada, and Tarvisio in Italy.