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Brian Cazeneuve's
2004 Olympic Medal Picks
Canoe and Kayak
U.S. OUTLOOK: Former Israeli Rami Zur (kayak singles 500 meters) and 2002 world champ Rebecca Giddens (slalom) could both reach the podium.
Men's Canoe singles 500 meters
Gold Russia Maxim Opalev
Silver Germany Andreas Dittmer
Bronze Czech Republic Martin Doktor
Doktor was DQ'd for encroaching on Dittmer in a 2000 heat, then reinstated.
Men's Canoe singles 1,000 meters
Gold Germany Andreas Dittmer
Silver Spain David Cal Figueroa
Bronze Russia Maxim Opalev
Defending champ Dittmer works 20 hours a week as a bank teller.
Men's Canoe pairs 500 meters
Gold Hungary Kozmann & Kolonics
Silver Poland Baraszkiewicz & Jedraszko
Bronze Romania Popescu & Simiocencu
The Polish pair placed second by .25 of a second in Sydney.
Men's Canoe pairs 1,000 meters
Gold Poland Sliwinski & Woszczynski
Silver Russia Kovalev & Kostoglod
Bronze Romania Popescu & Simiocencu
Florin Popescu won the gold medal in Sydney with another partner.
Men's Canoe singles slalom (whitewater)
Gold France Tony Estanguet
Silver Slovakia Michal Martikan
Bronze Germany Stefan Pfannmoller
Martikan received a presidential pardon in 2000 after killing a pedestrian.
Men's Canoe pairs slalom (whitewater)
Gold Slovakia Hochschorner & Hochschorner
Silver Czech Republic Volf & Stepanek
Bronze Germany Becker & Henze
Twins Pavol and Peter Hochschorner are defending champions.
Men's Kayak singles 500 meters
Gold Australia Nathan Baggaley
Silver Germany Lutz Altepost
Bronze Hungary Akos Vereckei
Baggaley was once a national champion in surf lifesaving.
Men's Kayak singles 1,000 meters
Gold New Zealand Ben Fouhy
Silver Norway Eirik Veras Larsen
Bronze Australia Nathan Baggaley
Fouhy used his savings to pay his way to the 2003 worlds, which he won.
Men's Kayak pairs 500 meters
Gold Germany Rauhe & Weiskotter
Silver Lithuania Duonela & Balciunas
Bronze Belarus Piatrushenka & Makhnev
Three rain stoppages and 40-mph winds delayed the Sydney final by five hours.
Men's Kayak pairs 1,000 meters
Gold New Zealand Ferguson & Fouhy
Silver Norway Larsen & Fjeldheim
Bronze Sweden Oscarsson & Nilsson
Steven Ferguson's father, Ian, won three flatwater golds at the 1984 Games.
Men's Kayak fours 1,000 meters
Gold Slovakia
Silver Hungary
Bronze Germany
The Germans and Hungarians have gone gold-silver at the last three Olympics.
Men's Kayak singles slalom (whitewater)
Gold France Fabien Levevre
Silver Germany Thomas Schmidt
Bronze Great Britain Campbell Walsh
Walsh has a mathematical physics degree from Nottingham University.
Women's Women's Kayak singles 500 meters
Gold Hungary Katalin Kovács
Silver Canada Caroline Brunet
Bronze Poland Aneta Pastuszka
In 2000 Brunet's second straight Olympic silver ended her two-year winning streak.
Women's Kayak pairs 500 meters
Gold Hungary Szábo & Pota
Silver Spain Portillo & Rivas
Bronze Germany Fischer & Leonhardt
Birgit Fischer, 42, has won two medals at each of four Olympics.
Women's Kayak fours 500 meters
Gold Hungary
Silver Poland
Bronze Germany
Germany's Fischer won the first of her seven Olympic gold medals in 1980.
Women's Kayak singles slalom (whitewater)
Gold Slovakia Elena Kaliska
Silver Germany Mandy Planert
Bronze Czech Republic Stepanka Hilgertova
Hilgertova bathed in a bathtub filled with champagne after her 2000 win.
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