Medal Picks

Pommel horse
• Xiao Qin, China
• Hiroyuki Tomita, Japan
• Yang Wei, China
Yang proposed to fiancée at a fake press conference.

Rings
• Chen Yibing, China
• Jordan Jovtchev, Bulgaria
• Yang Wei, China
Bad (early-group) U.S. draw may cost Kevin Tan a bronze.

Vault
• Marian Dragulescu, Romania
• Leszek Blanik, Poland
• Daniel Popescu, Romania
Dragulescu was on Romanian Dancing with the Stars.

Parallel bars
• Mitja Petkovsek, Slovenia
• Li Xiaopeng, China
• Kim Dae Eun, South Korea
Former world champ Li is finally healthy after foot ailments.

Horizontal bar
• Fabian Hambüchen, Germany
• Vlasios Maras, Greece
• Paul Hamm, U.S.
Hambüchen was Germany's '07 sportsman of the year.

Women

Team
• China
• U.S.
• Romania
U.S. beat China by a point at worlds last year.

Individual all-around
• Shawn Johnson, U.S.
• Steliana Nistor, Romania
• Yang Yilin, China
Rain flooded Johnson out of her Des Moines gym in June.

Vault
• Cheng Fei, China
• Hong Su Jong, North Korea
• Alicia Sacramone, U.S.
Germany's Oksana Chusovitina, 33, could win a medal.

Uneven bars
• Nastia Liukin, U.S.
• He Kexin, China
• Ksenia Semenova, Russia
Liukin's dad, Valeri, was first man to do a triple back on floor.