Medal Picks

200 meters
• Allyson Felix, U.S.
• Veronica Campbell-Brown, Jamaica
• Kerron Stewart, Jamaica
Preacher's daughter Felix is Sunday-school teacher in winter.

400 meters
• Sanya Richards, U.S.
• Novlene Williams-Mills, Jamaica
• Rosemarie Whyte, Jamaica
Richards was also born in Jamaica.

800 meters
• Pamela Jelimo, Kenya
• Janeth Jepkosgei, Kenya
• Yuliya Krevsun, Ukraine
Jelimo, 19, has run five of the year's seven fastest times.

1,500 meters
• Maryam Jamal, Bahrain
• Yelena Soboleva, Russia
• Iryna Lishchynska, Ukraine
Ethiopia-born Swiss resident Jamal could give Bahrain its first Olympic medal.

3,000-meter steeplechase
• Yekaterina Volkova, Russia
• Gulnara Samitova-Galkina, Russia
• Eunice Jepkorir, Kenya
Volkova's husband, Artem Mostov, ran the 800 at the Sydney Olympics.

5,000 meters
• Tirunesh Dibaba, Ethiopia
• Meseret Defar, Ethiopia
• Priscah Jepleting, Kenya
Dibaba's bronze at 19 in '04 made her Ethiopia's youngest medalist.

10,000 meters
• Tirunesh Dibaba, Ethiopia
• Mestawet Tufa, Ethiopia
• Zhang Yingying, China
Dibaba's cousin Derartu Tulu won this event in '92 and '00.

Marathon
• Zhou Chunxiu, China
• Gete Wami, Ethiopia
• Catherine Ndereba, Kenya
Local training gives hosts the home-smog advantage.

100-meter hurdles
• Lolo Jones, U.S.
• Susanna Kallur, Sweden
• Damu Cherry, U.S.
Ex-LSU star Jones won points title as world's top indoor athlete last winter.

400-meter hurdles
• Melaine Walker, Jamaica
• Tiffany Ross-Williams, U.S.
• Huang Xiaoxiao, China
Two-time world champion Jana Rawlinson is out after foot surgery.