OG Predictions (Women) -- "T&F News"

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T&FN Predictions: Olympic Women's Medals

Predicted women's medals in Beijing; best data known to us by July 25:

100 Meters
G — Lauryn Williams (US)
S — Kerron Stewart (Jamaica)
B — Muna Lee (US)

200 Meters
G — Allyson Felix (US)
S — Veronica Campbell-Brown (Jamaica)
B — Muna Lee (US)

400 Meters
G — Sanya Richards (US)
S — Christine Ohuruogu (Great Britain)
B — Novlene Williams-Mills (Jamaica)

800 Meters
G — Pamela Jelimo (Kenya)
S — Janeth Jepkosgei (Kenya)
B — Yelena Soboleva (Russia)

1500 Meters
G — Maryam Jamal (Bahrain)
S — Yelena Soboleva (Russia)
B — Tatyana Tomashova (Russia)

Steeple
G — Gulnara Galkina (Russia)
S — Yekaterina Volkova (Russia)
S — Eunice Jepkorir (Kenya)

5000 Meters
G — Meseret Defar (Ethiopia)
S — Tirunesh Dibaba (Ethiopia)
B — Meselech Melkamu (Ethiopia)

10,000 Meters
G — Tirunesh Dibaba (Ethiopia)
S — Ejegayehu Dibaba (Ethiopia)
B — Elvan Abeylegesse (Turkey)

100 Hurdles
G — Lolo Jones (US)
S — Delloreen Ennis-London (Jamaica)
B — Susanna Kallur (Sweden)

400 Hurdles
G — Xiaoxiao Huang (China)
S — Melaine Walker (Jamaica)
B — Tiffany Ross-Williams (US)

Marathon
G — Chunxiu Zhou (China)
S — Yingying Zhang (China)
B — Catherine Ndereba (Kenya)

20K Walk
G — Olga Kaniskina (Russia)
S — Ryta Turava (Belarus)
B — Tatyana Shemyakina (Russia)

4 x 100 Relay RELAY
G — United States
S — Jamaica
B — Great Britain

4 x 400 Relay
G — United States
S — Russia
B — Jamaica

High Jump
G — Blanka Vlašić (Croatia)
S — Yelena Slesarenko (Russia)
B — Ariane Friedrich (Germany)

Pole Vault
G — Yelena Isinbayeva (Russia)
S — Jenn Stuczynski (US)
B — Monika Pyrek (Poland)

Long Jump
G — Tatyana Lebedeva (Russia)
S — Naide Gomes (Portugal)
B — Maurren Maggi (Brazil)

Triple Jump
G — Yargelis Savigne (Cuba)
S — Tatyana Lebedeva (Russia)
B — Piyí Devetzí (Greece)

Shot
G — Valerie Vili (New Zealand)
S — Nadezhda Ostapchuk (Belarus)
B — Natallia Mikhnevich (Belarus)

Discus
G — Natalya Sadova (Russia)
S — Darya Pishchalnikova (Russia)
B — Nicoleta Grasu (Romania)

Hammer
G — Yipsi Moreno (Cuba)
S — Aksana Menkova (Belarus)
B — Betty Heidler (Germany)

Javelin
G — Christine Obergföll (Germany)
S — Barbora Špotáková (Czech R)
B — Osleidis Menéndez (Cuba)

Heptathlon
G — Lyudmyla Blonska (Ukraine)
S — Tatyana Chernova (Russia)
B — Hyleas Fountain (US)

© Track & Field News 2008

[Mosiah]

Interesting!

I am concerned about Christine Ohuruogu of Great Britain. I can't remember one race she has run this year and she has had her issues with drugs in the past.