August 02, 2004

Medal Picks

Here's the outlook for all 301 events, as well as the U.S. prospects and a gallery of international stars

Brian Cazeneuve

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Projected Medal Count
The U.S. will surpass its goal of 100 medals, and China, Japan and Great Britain will also see significant gains from Sydney.
COUNTRY	GOLD	SILVER	BRONZE	TOTAL	2000 TOTAL
U.S.	38	37	36	111	97 (rank: 1st)
RUSSIA	34	26	25	85	88 (2nd)
CHINA	31	19	24	74	59 (3rd)
AUSTRALIA	19	12	19	50	58 (4th)
GERMANY	14	16	18	48	57 (5th)
FRANCE	9	17	15	41	38 (6th)
GREAT BRITAIN	7	11	16	34	28 (9th)
ITALY	12	9	9	30	34 (7th)
CUBA	12	9	4	25	29 (8th)
JAPAN	7	13	4	24	18 (14th)

ARCHERY

U.S. OUTLOOK: No medals are likely, though Jennifer Nichols could pull off a surprise in the women's individual. The men's and women's teams are aiming for bronzes.

Men

Individual

[Gold]Michele Frangilli, Italy
[Silver]Im Dong Hyun, South Korea
[Bronze]Wietse van Alten, Netherlands
Frangilli defeated Im 113-112 at the 2003 world finals in New York City.

Team

[Gold] South Korea
[Silver] Italy
[Bronze] Ukraine
The U.S. trio needed extra arrows to break a tie with Russia for 2000 bronze.

Women

Individual

[Gold]Yun Mi Jin, South Korea
[Silver]Park Sung Hyun, South Korea
[Bronze]Natalia Valeeva, Italy
Yun led the Koreans to a medal sweep in Sydney.