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Medal Picks

SI's Brian Cazeneuve projects who will win every medal

Cycling

MEN

Roadrace

Michele Bartoli, Italy

Lance Armstrong, U.S.

Erik Zabel, Germany

Hill on Bronte Road provides Tour de France-type climbing battle that any of top three could win

Individual time trial (road)

Lance Armstrong, U.S.

Jan Ullrich, Germany

Oscar Freire Gómez, Spain

Course with 90 turns in 28 miles favors Texan over Teuton

One-km time trial (track)

Arnaud Tournant, France

Shane Kelly, Australia

Stefan Nimke, Germany

Tournant broke Kelly's world record in June

4,000-meter individual pursuit

Robert Bartko, Germany

Alexei Markov, Russia

Philippe Gaumont, France

Ban on outstretched-arms Superman position boosts Bartko, who didn't ride that way

4,000-meter team pursuit

Germany

France

Russia

Germany has won a medal in this event in nine of last 10 Olympics

Sprint

Laurent Gané, France

Jens Fiedler, Germany

Florian Rousseau, France

A native of New Caledonia, Gané wins this one close to home

Olympic sprint

France

Australia

Great Britain

Three-man relay makes its Games debut

Points race

Silvio Martinello, Italy

Vasily Yakovlev, Ukraine

Bruno Risi, Switzerland

Martinello, 37, triumphs with guile more than speed in sprint-filled 40-km track event

Madison

Switzerland

Denmark

Australia

New 60-km relay descends from six-day races held in Madison Square Garden in early 1900s

Keirin

Marty Nothstein, U.S.

Jens Fiedler, Australia

Florian Rousseau, France

Olympics' first motorcycle-paced event suits Nothstein's hard-nosed makeup

Mountain bike

Cadel Evans, Australia

Miguel Martinez, France

Bart Brentjens, the Netherlands

Outback native Evans now lives in a tiny town called Plenty

WOMEN

Road race

Hanka Kupfernagel, Germany

Diana Ziliute, Lithuania

Anna Wilson, Australia

Tour de l'Aude winner takes this battle of sprinters

Individual time trial (road)

Leontien Van Moorsel, the Netherlands

Zulfia Zabirova, Russia

Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli, France

Longo-Ciprelli, a 12-time world champ, will turn 42 in October

500-meter time trial (track)

Felicia Ballanger, France

Michelle Ferris, Australia

Jiang Cuihua, China

Ballanger would dust her foes even with two flat tires

3,000-meter individual pursuit

Marion Clignet, France

Antonella Bellutti, Italy

Judith Arndt, Germany

Illinois-raised Clignet has conquered epilepsy in climb to top

Sprint

Felicia Ballanger, France

Michelle Ferris, Australia

Tanya Dubnicoff, Canada

Ballanger is unbeaten at Olympics and worlds over last six years

Points race

Sarah Ulmer, New Zealand

Marion Clignet, France

Alayna Burns, Australia

Ulmer, the multinational Kiwi, trains part time in U.S. and rides for Canadian pro team

Mountain bike

Alison Sydor, Canada

Marga Fullana, Spain

Alison Dunlap, U.S.

Ex-road racer Dunlap has led in World Cup points much of year

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Diving

MEN

Springboard

Dmitri Sautin, Russia

Xiao Hailiang, China

Fernando Platas, Mexico

Troy Dumais made U.S. team hours after passing kidney stone

Platform

Dmitri Sautin, Russia

Tian Liang, China

Robert Newbery, Australia

Mark Ruiz, 21, is best U.S. hope for individual diving medal

Synchronized springboard

Xiao & Xiong, China

Newbery & Pullar, Australia

Sautin & Dobroskok, Russia

Xiong Ni, ranked eighth in China, was surprise team selection

Synchronized platform

Tian & Huang, China

Sautin & Loukashin, Russia

Ruiz & Pichler, U.S.

U.S. has never failed to land a medal in diving at Olympics

WOMEN

Springboard

Guo Jingjing, China

Fu Mingxia, China

Yulia Pakhalina, Russia

Two-time platform champ Fu was 14 when she struck gold in '92

Platform

Li Na, China

Sang Xue, China

Emilie Heymans, Canada

Coming back from a broken foot, Laura Wilkinson of U.S. has shot at a medal

Synchronized springboard

Guo & Fu, China

Pakhalina & Ilyina, Russia

Bulmer & Hartley, Canada

Sweep of women's Olympic diving gold is China's fourth straight

Synchronized platform

Li & Sang, China

Heymans & Montminy, Canada

Wilkinson & Keim, U.S.

Platform ace Jenny Keim, subbing for Sara Reiling, takes bronze

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Equestrian

Individual three-day event

Blyth Tait, New Zealand

Mark Todd, New Zealand

David O'Connor, U.S.

Tait is only man to reign as world and Olympic champ at same time

Team three-day event

New Zealand

Australia

U.S.

This four-way medal battle includes Great Britain, too

Individual dressage

Anky van Grunsven, the Netherlands

Isabell Werth, Germany

Nadine Capellmann, Germany

Turnabout: Werth edged Van Grunsven for gold in Atlanta

Team dressage

Germany

The Netherlands

Denmark

Germans take fifth straight gold and Dutch third straight silver

Individual jumping

Rodrigo Pessoa, Brazil

Ludger Beerbaum, Germany

Jerry Smit, Italy

Pessoa is only rider to win three straight World Cup finals

Team jumping

Switzerland

Germany

U.S.

Americans and Swedes field first all-female jumping teams in Olympic history

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Fencing

MEN

Individual épée

Arnd Schmitt, Germany

Peter Vanky, Sweden

Pavel Kolobkov, Russia

Schmitt takes second individual gold medal 12 years after first

Team épée

Germany

France

Cuba

Just a touch or two separates the top two teams

Individual foil

Sergei Goloubitski, Ukraine

Elvis Grégori, Cuba

Cliff Bayer, U.S.

Bayer has won two World Cup competitions this season

Team foil

Cuba

Germany

France

Cubans take first team title

Individual sabre

Stanislav Pozdnyakov, Russia

Damien Touya, France

Luigi Tarantino, Italy

Pozdnyakov has dominated event for last decade

Team sabre

Russia

France

Hungary

Russia overcomes retirement of perennial champ Grigori Kiriyenko

WOMEN

Individual épée

Ildikó Mincza, Hungary

Laura Flessel-Colovic, France

Cristiana Cascioli, Italy

Former foil specialist Mincza is ranked first in the world

Team épée

Hungary

France

Germany

Magyars have won seven of last 11 world championships

Individual foil

Laura Badea Carlescu, Romania

Valentina Vezzali, Italy

Giovanna Trillini, Italy

Even with Carlescu, Romanians didn't qualify for team final

Team foil

Italy

Germany

Hungary

Italy won five world and two Olympic titles in '90s

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Field Hockey

MEN

The Netherlands

Germany

Australia

Dutch beat Germans 2-1 for Champions Trophy in June

WOMEN

Australia

The Netherlands

New Zealand

Aussie Hockeyroos, '96 champs, have nine players back

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Gymnastics

MEN

Team

China

Russia

Japan

China grabs its first team gold

Individual all-around

Ivan Ivankov, Belarus

Alexei Bondarenko, Russia

Naoya Tsukahara, Japan

If favorites fall, Blaine Wilson of U.S. will mount podium

Floor exercise

Alexei Nemov, Russia

Gervasio Deferr, Spain

Marian Dragulescu, Romania

Greece's Ioannis Melissanidis, '96 champ, is slowed by bad back

Pommel horse

Marius Urzica, Romania

Xing Aowei, China

Eric Poujade, France

Urzica was unhappy runner-up in '96 when his difficult routine went unrewarded with gold

Rings

Dong Zhen, China

Szilveszter Csollány, Hungary

Jordan Jovtchev, Bulgaria

Ring king Dong has superior strength and great swing combos

Vault

Marian Dragulescu, Romania

Li Xiaopeng, China

Ioan Suciu, Romania

Dragulescu is only vaulter to add a half twist to a double front

Parallel bars

Mitja Petkovsek, Slovenia

Ivan Ivankov, Belarus

Lee Joo Hyung, South Korea

Slovenians didn't qualify as team, but Petkovsek prevails

Horizontal bar

Alexander Beresch, Ukraine

Ivan Ivankov, Belarus

Marian Dragulescu, Romania

World champ Jesús Carballo of Spain is out with knee injury

Trampoline

Alexander Moskalenko, Russia

Dmitri Poliarush, Belarus

David Martin, France

Moskalenko and best friend Poliarush unretired when event was added for Sydney Games

WOMEN

Team

Russia

Romania

Ukraine

Soviet teams won 10 golds before Russia took silver in Atlanta

Individual all-around

Svetlana Khorkina, Russia

Viktoria Karpenko, Ukraine

Simona Amanar, Romania

Khorkina once dated men's all-around favorite Ivan Ivankov

Vault

Yelena Zamolodchikova, Russia

Simona Amanar,Romania

Trudy McIntosh, Australia

Keep an eye out for astounding double-front move from Russia's Yelena Produnova

Uneven bars

Svetlana Khorkina, Russia

Ling Jie, China

Huang Mandan, China

Elise Ray of U.S. is first gymnast to do the difficult toe-on Tkatchev-Tkatchev move

Balance beam

Ling Jie, China

Andrea Raducan, Romania

Dong Fangxiao, China

Dong's layout-full backflip is the move to watch on this apparatus

Floor exercise

Simona Amanar, Romania

Andrea Raducan, Romania

Yelena Produnova, Russia

Popular Aussie Trudy McIntosh performs to "Waltzing Matilda"

Trampoline

Irina Karavayeva, Russia

Oksana Tsyguleva, Ukraine

Anna Dogonadze-Lilkendey, Germany

U.S. trampoline promoter brought the sport to Soviet Union in 1960

RHYTHMIC

Individual all-around

Alina Kabayeva, Russia

Yulia Raskina, Belarus

Eva Serrano, France

Uzbekistan-born Kabayeva seems to have rubber band for spine

Group all-around

Greece

Russia

Belarus

Greeks were second to Russians at last world championship

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Handball

MEN

Sweden

Russia

Spain

Spanish star Iñaki Urdangarín is King Juan Carlos's son-in-law

WOMEN

Norway

Austria

Denmark

Norway beat France 25-24 in double overtime of last world final

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Judo

MEN

60 kg (132 lbs.)

Tadahiro Nomura, Japan

Manolo Poulot, Cuba

Eric Despezelle, France

Oscar Peñas, Spain

Nomura knocked world No. 2, Kazuhiko Tokuno, off Japan team

66 kg (145 lbs.)

Yordanis Arencibia, Cuba

Victor Bivol, Moldova

Larbi Benboudaoud, France

Yukimasa Nakamura, Japan

Flashy Cuban wins wide-open class

73 kg (161 lbs.)

Jimmy Pedro, U.S.

Michel Almeida, Portugal

Vitali Makarov, Russia

Kenzo Nakamura, Japan

Pedro earns first U.S. judo gold

81 kg (178 lbs.)

Kazem Sarikhani, Iran

Graeme Randall, Great Britain

Sergei Aschwanden, Switzerland

Patrick Reiter, Austria

Sarikhani stormed through Asian championships in May

90 kg (198 lbs.)

Adrian Croitoru, Romania

Hidehiko Yoshida, Japan

Yosvanne Despaigne, Cuba

Mark Huizinga, the Netherlands

Yoshida adds silver to '92 gold

100 kg (220 lbs.)

Kosei Inoue, Japan

Stephane Traineau, France

Jang Sung Ho, South Korea

Yuri Styopkin, Russia

Defending world champ Inoue, 22, could become one of best ever

100+ kg (220+ lbs.)

Shinichi Shinohara, Japan

Dennis van der Geest, the Netherlands

Pan Song, China

Tamerlan Tmenov, Russia

In Atlanta, Japan failed for first time to win medal in this class

WOMEN

48 kg (106 lbs.)

Ryoko Tamura, Japan

Amarilis Savon, Cuba

Hyon Hyang Cha, North Korea

Park Sung Ja, South Korea

Four-time world champ Tamura grabs her first Olympic gold

52 kg (114 lbs.)

Legna Verdecia, Cuba

Kye Sun Hui, North Korea

Liu Yuxiang, China

Noriko Narasaki, Japan

Marie-Claire Restoux, '96 gold medalist, was left off French team

57 kg (125 lbs.)

Driulis Gonzalez, Cuba

Isabel Fernández, Spain

Cheryle Peel, Great Britain

Maria Pekli, Australia

Gonzalez easily handled Fernández at '99 worlds

63 kg (139 lbs.)

Jung Sung Sook, South Korea

Keiko Maeda, Japan

Karen Roberts, Great Britain

Severine Vandenhende, France

Celita Schutz of U.S. has fighting chance at bronze

70 kg (154 lbs.)

Sibelis Veranes, Cuba

Ulla Werbrouck, Belgium

Cho Min Sun, South Korea

Kate Howey, Great Britain

Cho, '96 gold medalist in now-defunct 66-kg class, is wild card

78 kg (172 lbs.)

Noriko Anno, Japan

Tang Lin, China

Uta Kühnen, Germany

Celine Lebrun, France

Tang was last-minute sub for Asian champ Yin Yufeng

78+ kg (172+ lbs.)

Yuan Hua, China

Sandra Köppen, Germany

Karina Bryant, Great Britain

Beata Maksymow, Poland

Yuan threw Köppen over her head for an ippon in February

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Modern Pentathlon

MEN

Andrejus Zadneprovskis, Lithuania

Gabor Balogh, Hungary

Sebastien Deleigne, France

Chad Senior, a great swimmer but poor fencer, is best U.S. hope

WOMEN

Pernille Svarre, Denmark

Paulina Boenisz, Poland

Janna Shubenok, Belarus

World champ Svarre, 39, wins event in its Olympic debut

Issue date: September 11, 2000

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