Expect a partly cloudy day, with a high of 89° and a 20% chance of rain.
 Swimming finals (SW76301). On the last night of competition, Michelle Smith of Ireland goes for her fourth gold medal, in the 200-meter butterfly. She is trying to match the 1988 record of East Germany's Kristin Otto for the most individual swimming golds won by a woman at an Olympics. Daily Double: Michele Smith is no slouch herself. A designated hitter when she isn't pitching, Smith will be in the lineup today when the powerful U.S. softball team meets Australia in Columbus, Ga.
Equestrian (1)
(11 a.m.) Georgia International Horse Park
Individual Three-Day Event
Pick: Blyth Tait, New Zealand
Judo (2)
(3 p.m.) Georgia World
Congress Center
Men's 132 Pounds
Pick: Georgi Vazagachvili, Georgia
Women's 106 Pounds
Pick: Ryoko Tamura, Japan
Shooting (2)
(Noon) Wolf Creek Shooting Complex
Women's Sport Pistol
Pick: Jasna Sekaric, Yugoslavia
Men's Running-Game Target
Pick: Yang Ling, China
Swimming (5)
(7:30 p.m.) Georgia Tech
Aquatic Center
Women's 200m Butterfly
Pick: Susan O'Neill, Australia
Men's 200m Backstroke
Pick: Vladimir Selkov, Russia
Women's 50m Freestyle
Pick: Le Jingyi, China
Men's 1,500m Freestyle
Pick: Kieren Perkins, Australia
Men's 4x100m Medley Relay
Pick: Russia
Track and Field (2)
(8 a.m.) Olympic Stadium
Men's 20-km Walk
Pick: Mikhail Shchennikov, Russia
(4:30 p.m.) Olympic Stadium
Men's Shot Put
Pick: John Godina, U.S.
Weightlifting (1)
(4 p.m.) Georgia World
Congress Center
183 Pounds
Pick: Pyrros Dimas, Greece
Tell About the South
Atlanta-Fulton Public Library
1 Margaret Mitchell Square NW
11 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily
Through Aug. 18
Subtitled "Georgia Writers from Margaret Mitchell to Alice Walker," this
literary exhibit has items from nine Georgia novelists on display. Also featured are Raymond Andrews, Tina McElroy Ansa, Erskine Caldwell, Judith Ortiz Cofer, Carmen Deedy, Caroline Miller and Flannery O'Connor. Admission is $5 for adults, $2 for children under 12.
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John Godina
Winner of a total of five NCAA titles in the shot put and discus, he turned down a football scholarship from Nebraska to compete in track at UCLA. With the start of track and field competition today, Godina—in the shot—is expected to lead a U.S. parade to the medal stand. He returns on Monday for qualifying in the discus.
photograph by Al Tielemans
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