Medal Picks

Hammer throw

[Gold]Yipsi Moreno, Cuba
[Silver]Irina Sekachova, Ukraine
[Bronze]Wenxiu Zhang, China
Nine of the 11 best throws in the world this year belong to Moreno.

Javelin

[Gold]Osleidys Menendez, Cuba
[Silver]Mirela Manjani, Greece
[Bronze]Nikola Brejchova, Czech Republic
Menendez has the five longest throws in the world this year.

Heptathlon

[Gold] Carolina Kl�ft, Sweden
[Silver]Svetlana Sokolova, Russia
[Bronze]Kelly Sotherton, Great Britain
Kl�ft, 21, was the most downloaded Swede after her 2003 victory at worlds.

TRIATHLON

U.S. OUTLOOK: Hunter Kemper is a medal threat. Susan Williams could make it a U.S. women's sweep. She finished sixth while pregnant with daughter Sydney at the 2000 trials.

Men

[Gold]Bevan Docherty, New Zealand
[Silver]Dmitry Gaag, Kazakhstan
[Bronze]Ivan Rana, Spain
Docherty's father, Ray, competes in the Ironman's 55-59 age division.