Medal Picks

Single sculls
• Ekaterina Karsten, Belarus
• Rumyana Neykova, Bulgaria
• Zhang Xiuyun, China
Harvard grad Michelle Guerrette is in the medal hunt.

Double sculls
• Li & Tian, China
• Evers-Swindell & Evers-Swindell, New Zealand
• Thiele & Huth, Germany
Caroline and Georgina Evers-Swindell are identical twins.

Lightweight double sculls
• Yu & Xu, China
• Halliday & Houston, Australia
• Van der Kolk & Van Eupen, Netherlands
Amber Halliday broke six ribs in '04 and was fourth in Athens.

Quadruple sculls without cox
• China
• Great Britain
• Germany
German or East German boats have won last five titles.

Pairs without cox
• Wu & Gao, China
• Cummins & McGee, U.S.
• Bichyk & Helakh, Belarus
Portia McGee missed Athens team by .2 of a second.

Eights
• Romania
• U.S.
• Canada
U.S. beat '04 Olympic champ Romania at last two worlds.

SAILING

Men

470 (two-person dinghy)
• Wilmot & Page, Australia
• Rogers & Glanfield, Great Britain
• Coster & Coster, Netherlands
Nathan Wilmot's father and uncle sailed for national team.

Laser (one-person dinghy)
• Tom Slingsby, Australia
• Paul Goodison, Great Britain
• Rasmus Myrgren, Sweden
Slingsby won world titles in 2007 and '08.