Medal Picks

World's top five ranked players are Chinese; three made team.

TAEKWONDO

Men

58 kg (127.5 lbs.)
• Juan Antonio Rámos, Spain
• Chu Mu Yen, Taiwan
• Guillermo Pérez, Mexico
• Levent Tuncat, Germany
Chu won gold in Athens.

68 kg (149.5 lbs.)
• Gessler Viera Abreu, Cuba
• Mark Lopez, U.S.
• Nesar Ahmed Bahave, Afghanistan
• Son Tae Jin, South Korea
Afghanistan has never won an Olympic medal.

80 kg (176 lbs.)
• Steven Lopez, U.S.
• Bahri Tanrikulu, Turkey
• Hadi Saei Bonehkohal, Iran
• Sébastien Michaud, Canada
Lopez was one of PEOPLE's 50 Most Beautiful People.

80+ kg (176+ lbs.)
• Angel Matos, Cuba
• Daba Modibo Keita, Mali
• Arman Chilmanov, Kazakhstan
• Liu Xiaobo, China
Mali has never won a medal.

Women

49 kg (108 lbs.)
• Wu Jingyu, China
• Yang Shu Chun, Taiwan
• Charlotte Craig, U.S.
• Ivett Gonda, Canada
Craig, only non-Lopez on U.S. team, lives with Lopez family.

57 kg (125.5 lbs.)
• Su Li Wen, Taiwan
• Lim Su Jeong, South Korea
• Diana Lopez, U.S.
• Chonnapas Premwaew, Thailand
No trio of U.S. siblings has won a medal at one Olympics.