Medal Picks

Doubles

[Gold]Wang & Zhang, China
[Silver]Lee & Suk, South Korea
[Bronze]Guo & Niu, China
Chinese teams have finished 1-2 in three straight Games.

TAEKWONDO

U.S. OUTLOOK: The U.S. qualified two Houston-area athletes. Steven Lopez will be a slight favorite to repeat and Nia Abdallah, 20, will have an outside chance at 57 kg.

Men

58 kg (128 lbs.)

[Gold]Chu Mu Yen, Chinese
[Silver] Taipei Juan Antonio Ramos, Spain
[Bronze]Michalis Mouroutsos, Greece
Sydney champ Mouroutsos has an arena named for him in his hometown.

68 kg (150 lbs.)

[Gold]Lee Won Jae, South Korea
[Silver]Hadi Saeibonehkohai, Iran
[Bronze]Carlo Molfetta, Italy
Saeibonehkohai auctioned his Sydney medal to help Iran's earthquake victims.

80 kg (176 lbs.)