Medal Picks

SHOOTING

Men
10-meter air pistol
• Pang Wei, China
• Vladimir Isakov, Russia
• Franck Dumoulin, France
China's Wang Yifu won medals in this event at last four Games.

25-meter rapid-fire pistol
• Ralf Schumann, Germany
• Christian Reitz, Germany
• Sergei Alifrenko, Russia
Schumann blamed bad Sydney score on electronic malfunction.

50-meter pistol
• Lin Zhongzai, China
• Boris Kokorev, Russia
• Tomoyuki Matsuda, Japan
Xu Haifeng won in '84 for China's first Olympic gold.

10-meter air rifle
• Zhu Qinan, China
• Alin George Moldoveanu, Romania
• Peter Sidi, Hungary
In Athens, Zhu broke U.S. shooter Jason Parker's world record.

50-meter rifle, 3 positions
• Jia Zhanbo, China
• Artur Aivazian, Ukraine
• Maik Eckhardt, Germany
U.S.'s Matt Emmons was winning in '04 before hitting wrong target.

50-meter rifle, prone
• Warren Potent, Australia
• Matt Emmons, U.S.
• Sergei Martynov, Belarus
Potent sold his house to pay for his mom's Alzheimer's care.

Trap
• Michael Diamond, Australia
• Mario Filipovic, Slovakia
• Bret Erickson, U.S.
Erickson's heart stopped during jog in '04; now has pacemaker.

Double trap
• Hu Binyuan, China
• Richard Faulds, Great Britain
• Glenn Eller, U.S.
Faulds did focusing exercises as a boy to correct poor vision.

Skeet
• Georgios Achilleos, Cyprus
• Vincent Hancock, U.S.
• Anthony Terras, France
Hancock was world shooter of the year in 2005 at age 16.