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Cuba vs. Japan
baseball (BB12431). The recent defection of star pitcher Rolando Arrojo and
speculation that more of their players could jump ship may be weighing heavily on
the Cubans, but they won the gold in BarcelonaJapan won the bronzeand are
favored again. This could be a preview of the gold medal game on Aug. 2.
WHAT IF ...Japan wins? Consider it an upset. The Cubans haven't
lost a tournament game in international play since 1983.
Cycling (1)
(11 a.m.) Buckhead
Women's Road Race
Pick: Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli, France
Fencing (2)
(2:50 p.m.) Georgia World Congress Center
Women's Individual Épée
Pick: Timea Nagy, Hungary
Men's Individual Sabre
Pick: Bence Szabó, Hungary
Judo (2)
(3 p.m.) Georgia World Congress Center
Men's 209 Pounds
Pick: Pawel Nastula, Poland
Women's 158.5 Pounds
Pick: Yoko Tanabe, Japan
Shooting (2)
(Noon) Wolf Creek Shooting Complex
Women's Air Pistol
Pick: Maria Grozdeva, Bulgaria
Men's Trap
Pick: Park Chul Sung, South Korea
Swimming (4)
(7:30 p.m.) Georgia Tech
Aquatic Center
Women's 200m Freestyle
Pick: Franziska van Almsick, Germany
Men's 400m Individual Medley
Pick: Tom Dolan, U.S.
Women's 100m Breaststroke
Pick: Penelope Heyns,South Africa
Men's 4x200m Free Relay
Pick: U.S
Weightlifting (1)
(4 p.m.) Georgia World
Congress Center
130 Pounds
Pick: Nikolai Peshalov, Bulgaria
Wrestling/Greco-Roman (5)
(3:30 p.m.) Georgia World
Congress Center
105.5 Pounds
Pick: Sim Kwom Ho, South Korea
125.5 Pounds
Pick: Dennis Hall, U.S.
149.5 Pounds
Pick: Ghani Yalouz, France
180.5 Pounds
Pick: Thomas Zander, Germany
220 Pounds
Pick: Andrzej Wronski, Poland
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Tom Dolan
America's best bet for swimming gold gets his feet wet today in
the event in which he holds
the world record: the 400-meter individual medley. Only 20,
Dolan is also among the
favorites in the 200 IM and
the 400 freestyle, and he might swim in the 800 freestyle relay.
photograph by
Heinz Kluetmeier
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