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=Top Non USA Male Olympic Contender= Cody Harrison, Preston Hill, and Mitchell Hightower

Running

 * Some people are Martin Lel of Kenya, 2004 marathon gold medalist, Stefano Baldini of Itlay, marathon gold medalist, Jaouad Gharib, 2-time world marathon champion from Morocco. Liu Xiang from China, he won a gold medal at the 2004 games for the 110 meter hurdles race**

Yao Ming from China, although he will probably not win a medal Yao is the probably the most known Chinese athlete.
 * Basketball**



Men's Table Tennis Wang Liqin from China won a bronze medal in the 2004 games for singles. He is also ranked No. 1 in the world

Swimming Ian Thorpe of Australia won the 400m race at the Athens Games

Rowing Ben Hunt-Davis won gold at the 2000 Sydney Olympics

Badminton Taufik Hidayat from Indonesia has been a world champion, and won the Indonesian Open six times. Shon Seong-mo placed in the 2004 Olympics

Archery Dong Hyum IM from Korea is currently ranked #2 in the world and is a big threat for a gold medal



Handball Team Korea is the favored to win. After beating Japan in a controversial match Korea will dominate most likely. The AHF Asian Handball Federation told everyone that if they replayed the championship, it would not count. Korea's women's team also is the favored to win and also beat Japan easily in their championship.

Soccer Brazil is favored to win, but Australia, China, and Italy are happy with their drawings. Argentina is the defending champ.


 * Period 4 Top Non USA Male Contender**

Sources Images courtesy of[| flickr.com] www.nbcolympics.com [|http://www.runningusa.org] [|http://search.beijing2008.cn] Britannica, http://www.britannica.com/ [|http://www.archeryworldcup.org]