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Brian Cazeneuve
July 28, 2008
Who'll reach the winner's podium in all 302 events
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July 28, 2008

Medal Picks

Who'll reach the winner's podium in all 302 events

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Doubles
Jung & Lee, South Korea
Kido & Setiawan, Indonesia
Fu & Cai, China
U.S. won '05 worlds with two players born in Asia.

Women

Singles
Xie Xingfang, China
Lu Lan, China
Zhu Lin,
Denmark's Tine Rasmussen could ruin the host sweep.

Doubles
Yang & Zhang, China
Zhang & Wei, China
Du & Yu, China
Yang is lone returnee from six Chinese who swept in '00.

Mixed

Doubles
Limpele & Marissa, Indonesia
Widianto & Natsir, Indonesia
Zheng & Gao, China
All five of Indonesia's Olympic golds have come in badminton.

BASEBALL
Cuba
Japan
U.S.
U.S. skipper Davey Johnson managed Dutch in '04 Games.

BASKETBALL

Men
U.S.
Spain
Argentina
U.S. lost three times in Athens.

Women
U.S.
Australia
Russia
U.S. has 25 straight Olympic wins since losing in '92 semis.

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