Medal Picks

Synchronized springboard
• Guo & Wu, China
• Pakhalina & Pozdnyakova, Russia
• Cole & Stratton, Australia
Guo Jingjing's dating life is always news in China.

Synchronized platform
• Wang & Chen, China
• Wu & Cole, Australia
• Ortiz & Espinosa, Mexico
China has more golds in diving (20) than in any other sport.

EQUESTRIAN

Individual three-day event
• Nicolas Touzaint, France
• William Fox-Pitt, Great Britain
• Lucinda Fredericks, Australia
New Zealand's Mark Todd came back at 52 but won't win a medal.

Team three-day event
• France
• Great Britain
• Australia
Brits miss royal Zara Phillips, whose horse injured a leg.

Individual dressage
• Anky van Grunsven, Netherlands
• Isabell Werth, Germany
• Andreas Helgstrand, Denmark
Van Grunsven was pregnant when she won gold in Athens.

Team dressage
• Netherlands
• Germany
• U.S.
Germany's only (nonboycott) loss since '56 came in Munich.

Individual jumping
• Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum, Germany
• Beezie Madden, U.S.
• Eric Lamaze, Canada
U.S.-born Michaels wed German equestrian Markus Beerbaum.

Team jumping
• Germany
• U.S.
• Canada
Upstate New Yorker Madden led U.S. to gold in '04.

FENCING