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FORECAST: Skies will be partly cloudy, with 40% chance of
afternoon and evening rain.
HOT TICKET: U.S. vs. Norway, women's soccer (FB51281). The two
favorites for the gold tangle one round earlier than expected,
in a semifinal in Athens, Ga. Brazil faces China in the other
semi, and the winners will play on Thursday.
GOLD MEDAL PREVIEW? The baseball title game isn't until Friday,
but Cuba and the U.S., the top teams in the field, battle in
preliminary-round play at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium.
TODAY'S GOLD RUSH
BEACH VOLLEYBALL (1)
(11:30 a.m.) Atlanta Beach and Water Club
MEN
Pick: Kiraly-Steffes, U.S.
CANOE (1)
(10 a.m.) Ocoee Whitewater Center
MEN'S SLALOM DOUBLES
Pick: Staniszewski-Kolomanski, Poland
CYCLING (4)
(11:15 a.m.) Stone Mountain Velodrome
MEN'S POINTS RACE
Pick: Bruno Risi, Switzerland
WOMEN'S POINTS RACE
Pick: Svetlana Samokhvalova, Russia
MEN'S SPRINT
Pick: Marty Nothstein, U.S.
WOMEN'S INDIVIDUAL PURSUIT
Pick: Antonella Bellutti, Italy
EQUESTRIAN (1)
(3 p.m.) Georgia International Horse Park
TEAM DRESSAGE
Pick: Germany
GYMNASTICS (5)
(9:30 p.m.) Georgia Dome
MEN'S FLOOR EXERCISES
Pick: Vitaly Scherbo, Belarus
WOMEN'S VAULT
Pick: Gina Gogean, Romania
MEN'S POMMEL HORSE
Pick: Donghua Li, Switzerland
WOMEN'S UNEVEN BARS
Pick: Svetlana Khorkina, Russia
MEN'S RINGS
Pick: Yuri Chechi, Italy
KAYAK (1)
(10 a.m.) Ocoee Whitewater Center
MEN'S SLALOM SINGLES
Pick: Scott Shipley, U.S.
ROWING (7)
(9 a.m.) Lake Lanier
MEN'S LIGHTWEIGHT DOUBLE SCULLS
Pick: Gier-Gier, Switzerland
WOMEN'S LIGHTWEIGHT
DOUBLE SCULLS
Pick: Wiebe-Miller, Canada
MEN'S LIGHTWEIGHT FOURS WITHOUT COX
Pick: Germany
WOMEN'S QUADRUPLE SCULLS
Pick: Germany
MEN'S QUADRUPLE SCULLS
Pick: Germany
WOMEN'S EIGHTS
Pick: U.S.
MEN'S EIGHTS
Pick: The Netherlands
TRACK AND FIELD (5)
(7:05 a.m.) Olympic Stadium
WOMEN'S MARATHON
Pick: Uta Pippig, Germany
(3:45 p.m.) Olympic Stadium
MEN'S HAMMER
Pick: Igor Astapkovich, Belarus
MEN'S HIGH JUMP
Pick: Javier Sotomayor, Cuba
WOMEN'S 5,000M
Pick: Wang Junxia, China
HEPTATHLON
Pick: Ghada Shouaa, Syria
WATER POLO (1)
(3 p.m.) Georgia Tech Aquatic Center
Pick: Croatia
WEIGHTLIFTING (1)
(4 p.m.) Georgia World Congress Center
218 POUNDS
Pick: Anatoli Khrapati, Kazakhstan
COLOR PHOTO: TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP [Uta Pippig]
SPOTLIGHT ON ...
UTA PIPPIG
The winner of the last three Boston Marathons is among the
favorites in the race that winds through the streets of Atlanta.
Pippig, 30, an intern in Berlin who postponed her residency
until after the Games, has been awarded five automobiles for
winning marathons--but she doesn't drive them because she
doesn't have a license.