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Olympics Predictions:
 The
funniest prediction... ever!, quoted at BBC:
Commentater 1 - 'the Romanian girls lead the qualifications
over the USA, 1984 Olympic champion Mary Lou Retton's prediction
that America could send their 3rd or 4th rated team and still
walk home with the gold not looking quite so strong'
Commentater 2 - (in hugely sarcastic tones) 'Surley not an
over confident American'
...Gotta love commentaters!(said our Forum member)
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Yahoo Sports Predictions
MEN
Team:
Gold -- China;Silver -- United States; Bronze -- Romania
All-Around
Gold -- Paul Hamm, United States
Silver -- Yang Wei, China
Bronze -- Marian Dragulescu, Romania
WOMEN
Team
Gold -- Romania; Silver -- United States; Bronze -- China
All-Around
Gold -- Svetlana Khorkina, Russia
Silver -- Courtney Kupets, United States
Bronze -- Daniela Sofronie, Romania
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AP predictions for Olympics
MEN
Team
Gold -- China
Silver -- United States
Bronze -- Romania
All-Around Gold -- Paul Hamm, United States
Silver -- Yang Wei, China
Bronze -- Marian Dragulescu, Romania
WOMEN
Team
Gold -- Romania
Silver -- United States
Bronze -- China
All-Around
Gold -- Svetlana Khorkina, Russia
Silver -- Courtney Kupets, United States
Bronze -- Daniela Sofronie, Romania
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"Sports Illustrated Olympic Preview"
magazine
Team
Gold: U.S.
Silver: Romania
Bronze: China
Individual All-Around
Gold: Svetlana Khorkina, Russia
Silver: Carly Patterson, U.S.
Bronze: Daniela Sofronie, Romania
"At 25, Khorkina would be the first nonteen to win
all-around gold since '68".
Vault
Gold: Monica Rosu, Romania
Silver: Oksana Chusovitina, Uzbekistan
Bronze: Yelena Zamolodchikova, Russia
"Chusovitina, 29, unretired to earn cash for her son's
leukemia treatments"
Uneven Bars
Gold: Svetlana Khorkina, Russia
Silver: Courtney Kupets, U.S.
Bronze: Beth Tweeddle, Great Britain
"Khorkina has 13 European, world and Olympic titles on
bars".
Balance Beam
Gold: Fan Ye, China
Silver: Carly Patterson, U.S.
Bronze: Catalina Ponor, Romania
"Look for Patterson's dismount, an Arabian double front".
Floor Exercise
Gold: Daian Dos Santos, Brazil
Silver: Cheng Fei, China
Bronze: Catalina Ponor, Romania
Romanian Gymnastics News Archive.
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