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Brian Cazeneuve
July 28, 2008
Who'll reach the winner's podium in all 302 events
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July 28, 2008

Medal Picks

Who'll reach the winner's podium in all 302 events

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10-meter air pistol
Pang Wei, China
Vladimir Isakov, Russia
Franck Dumoulin, France
China's Wang Yifu won medals in this event at last four Games.

25-meter rapid-fire pistol
Ralf Schumann, Germany
Christian Reitz, Germany
Sergei Alifrenko, Russia
Schumann blamed bad Sydney score on electronic malfunction.

50-meter pistol
Lin Zhongzai, China
Boris Kokorev, Russia
Tomoyuki Matsuda, Japan
Xu Haifeng won in '84 for China's first Olympic gold.

10-meter air rifle
Zhu Qinan, China
Alin George Moldoveanu, Romania
Peter Sidi, Hungary
In Athens, Zhu broke U.S. shooter Jason Parker's world record.

50-meter rifle, 3 positions
Jia Zhanbo, China
Artur Aivazian, Ukraine
Maik Eckhardt, Germany
U.S.'s Matt Emmons was winning in '04 before hitting wrong target.

50-meter rifle, prone
Warren Potent, Australia
Matt Emmons, U.S.
Sergei Martynov, Belarus
Potent sold his house to pay for his mom's Alzheimer's care.

Michael Diamond, Australia
Mario Filipovic, Slovakia
Bret Erickson, U.S.
Erickson's heart stopped during jog in '04; now has pacemaker.

Double trap
Hu Binyuan, China
Richard Faulds, Great Britain
Glenn Eller, U.S.
Faulds did focusing exercises as a boy to correct poor vision.

Georgios Achilleos, Cyprus
Vincent Hancock, U.S.
Anthony Terras, France
Hancock was world shooter of the year in 2005 at age 16.

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