Medal Picks

Kayak singles 1,000 meters
• Tim Brabants, Great Britain
• Adam van Koeverden, Canada
• Eirik Veraas-Larsen, Norway
Brabants is a physician.

Kayak pairs 500 meters
• Kammerer & Kucsera, Hungary
• Rauhe & Wieskötter, Germany
• Piatrushenka & Makhneu, Belarus
Ronald Rauhe has 11 world golds.

Kayak pairs 1,000 meters
• Colin & Carré, France
• Kammerer & Kucsera, Hungary
• Oscarsson & Gustafsson, Sweden
Markus Oscarsson won gold in '04 with different partner.

Kayak fours 1,000 meters
• Belarus
• Germany
• Slovakia
Two-time defending champ Hungary has hit hard times.

Kayak singles slalom (whitewater)
• Fabien Lefevre, France
• Alexander Grimm, Germany
• Campbell Walsh, Great Britain
Walsh needed skin graft in '05 after another boat cut his arm.

Women

Kayak singles 500 meters
• Katalin Kovács, Hungary
• Katrin Wagner-Augustin, Germany
• Josefa Idem, Italy
Kovács has won four medals.

Kayak pairs 500 meters
• Fischer & Reinhardt, Germany
• Kovács & Janics, Hungary
• Mikolajczyk & Konieczna, Poland
German duo also won non-Olympic 200 at '07 worlds.

Kayak fours 500 meters
• Germany
• Hungary
• Poland
Germany's first Games since '76 without great Birgit Fischer.

Kayak singles slalom (whitewater)
• Stepanka Hilgertova, Czech Republic
• Jennifer Bongardt, Germany
• Elena Kaliska, Slovakia
Hilgertova is in her fifth Games.