Keep the umbrella handy. There's a 40% chance of showers, with a high of 93°. Swimming finals (SW7658). In the main event, the 100-meter freestyle, Gary Hall Jr. of the U.S. opposes world-record holder Aleksandr Popov, a Russian who has not lost at this distance internationally since '91. Hall will be the favorite when the two meet on Thursday in the 50 free. INDECENT PROPOSAL: Turkey paid Bulgaria $1 million so weightlifter Naim Suleymanoglu could compete as a Turk at the '88 Games. "Pocket Hercules" has since won two golds and is favored today in the 141-pound class. Fencing (2) (2:50 p.m.) Georgia World Congress Center Women's Individual Foil Pick: Giovanna Trillini, Italy Men's Individual Foil Pick: Rolando Tucker, Cuba Gymnastics (1) (4:30 p.m.) Georgia Dome Men's Team Pick: Russia Judo (2) (3 p.m.) Georgia World Congress Center Men's 189.5 Pounds Pick: Hidehiko Yoshida, Japan Women's 145.5 Pounds Pick: Cho Min Sun, South Korea Shooting (1) (1 p.m.) Wolf Creek Shooting Complex Men's Air Rifle Pick: Wolfram Waibel Jr., Austria Swimming (5) (7:30 p.m.) Georgia Tech Aquatic Center Women's 400m Freestyle Pick: Janet Evans, U.S. Men's 100m Freestyle Pick: Aleksandr Popov, Russia Women's 100m Backstroke Pick: Whitney Hedgepeth, U.S. Men's 200m Butterfly Pick: Denis Pankratov, Russia Women's 4x100m Free Relay Pick: U.S. Weightlifting (1) (4 p.m.) Georgia World Congress Center 141 Pounds Pick: Naim Suleymanoglu, Turkey Picturing the South High Museum Folk Art and Photography Gallery 30 John Wesley Dobbs Avenue, NE 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily This exhibit, a part of the Olympic Arts Festival in Atlanta, features more than 200 photographs and captures the events that have shaped the South dating back to pre-Civil War days. Tickets are $5. Aleksandr Karelin The Greco-Roman wrestler from Russia was born to be a superheavyweight. Karelin weighed in at 15 pounds at birth. A two-time defending Olympic champion and an eight-time world champion, he has never lost an international match. Karelin begins his quest for a third gold medal today. photograph by John Biever

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