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SI's Brian Cazeneuve: Daily Medal Picks from Sydney
| September 21 |
| Archery |
| Men's Team |
Italy
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Australia |
South Korea |
| Host countries (South Korea, Spain and the U.S.) have won last three Olympic titles |
| Badminton |
| Men's Doubles |
Wijaya & Gunawan, Indonesia |
Ha & Kim, South Korea |
Subagja & Mainaky, Indonesia |
| Pairs from Asia have won all 17 Olympic doubles medals |
| Cycling |
| Men's Keirin |
Marty Nothstein, U.S. |
Jens Fiedler, Australia |
Florian Rousseau, France |
| Olympics' first motorcycle-paced event suits Nothstein's hard-nosed makeup |
| Men's Madison |
Switzerland |
Denmark |
Australia |
| New 60-km relay descends from six-day races held in Madison Square Garden in early 1900s |
| Women's 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 |
| Equestrian |
| Team 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 |
| Fencing |
| Men's Individual Sabre |
Stanislav Pozdnyakov, Russia |
Damien Touya, France |
Luigi Tarantino, Italy |
| Pozdnyakov has dominated event for last decade |
| Women's Individual Foil |
Laura Badea Carlescu, Romania |
Valentina Vezzali, Italy |
Giovanna Trillini, Italy |
| Even with Carlescu, Romanians didn't qualify for team final |
| Gymnastics |
| Women's Individual All-Around |
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Svetlana Khorkina, Russia |
Viktoria Karpenko, Ukraine |
Simona Amanar, Romania |
| Khorkina once dated men's all-around favorite Ivan Ivankov |
| Judo |
| Men's Half-Heavyweight (100kg) |
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 |
| Women's Half-Heavyweight (78kg) |
Noriko Anno, Japan |
Tang Lin, China |
Uta Kühnen, Germany |
Celine Lebrun, France |
| Tang was last-minute sub for Asian champ Yin Yufeng |
| Rowing |
| Women's pairs without cox |
Damian & Ignat, Romania |
Luke & Robinson, Canada |
Kraft & Ryan, U.S. |
| Theresa Luke and Emma Robinson are also in eights |
| Shooting |
| Men's 10m Running Target |
Manfred Kurzer, Germany |
Yang Ling, China |
Jozsef Sike, Hungary |
| A boring bull's-eye target has replaced reproduction of wild boar |
| Women's 25m Sport Pistol |
Tao Luna, China |
Nino Salukvadze, Georgia |
Cai Yeqing, China |
| Cai is the current world champ, Tao the world cup winner |
| Swimming |
| Men's 200-meter backstroke |
Lenny Krayzelburg, U.S. |
Aaron Peirsol, U.S. |
Gordan Kozulj, Croatia |
| The 17-year-old Peirsol is Krayzelburg's heir apparent |
| Men's 200-meter Individual Relay |
Yana Klochkova, Ukraine |
Beatrice Coada-Caslaru, Romania |
Elli Overton, Australia |
| Czene smoked the field in Atlanta -- from lane 1 |
| Women's 100-meter Freestyle |
Therese Alshammar, Sweden |
Jenny Thompson, U.S. |
Inge de Bruijn, the Netherlands |
| Six of history's eight fastest could face off in thrilling final |
| Women's 200-meter Breaststroke |
Kristy Kowal, U.S. |
Masami Tanaka, Japan |
Agnes Kovacs, Hungary |
| World 100 breaststroke champ Kowal, a.k.a. the Georgia Peach, missed team by .01 in that event |
| Track and Field |
| Men's 20km Walk |
Roman Rasskazov, Russia |
Vladimir Andreyev, Russia |
Jefferson Pérez, Ecuador |
| Pérez, the '96 Olympic champion, works out at the Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, Calif. |
| Weightlifting |
| Women's 75+ kg (165+ lbs.) |
Ding Meiyuan, China |
Agata Wrobel, Poland |
Cheryl Haworth, U.S. |
| The 17-year-old Haworth lifts as much as 50,000 total pounds in a daily workout |
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