Medal Picks

[Gold]Rauhe & Weiskotter, Germany
[Silver]Duonela & Balciunas, Lithuania
[Bronze]Piatrushenka & Makhnev, Belarus
Three rain stoppages and 40-mph winds delayed the Sydney final by five hours.

Kayak pairs 1,000 meters

[Gold]Ferguson & Fouhy, New Zealand
[Silver]Larsen & Fjeldheim, Norway
[Bronze]Oscarsson & Nilsson, Sweden
Steven Ferguson's father, Ian, won three flatwater golds at the 1984 Games.

Kayak fours 1,000 meters

[Gold] Slovakia
[Silver] Hungary
[Bronze] Germany
The Germans and Hungarians have gone gold-silver at the last three Olympics.

Kayak singles slalom (whitewater)

[Gold]Fabien Levevre, France
[Silver]Thomas Schmidt, Germany
[Bronze]Campbell Walsh, Great Britain
Walsh has a mathematical physics degree from Nottingham University.

Women

Kayak singles 500 meters

[Gold]Katalin Kov�cs, Hungary
[Silver]Caroline Brunet, Canada
[Bronze]Aneta Pastuszka, Poland
In 2000 Brunet's second straight Olympic silver ended her two-year winning streak.