CHINA DAILY TUESDAY, JULY 24, 2012 olympics11 SWIMMING MEDAL PROJECTIONS • MEN • WOMEN 50 freestyle 50 freestyle Gold: Cesar Cielo, Brazil Gold: Ranomi Kromowidjojo, Silver: James Magnussen, Netherlands Australia Silver: Francesca Halsall, Bronze: Frederick Bousquet, Britain France Bronze: Marleen Veldhuis, 100 freestyle Netherlands Gold: James Magnussen, 100 freestyle Australia Gold: Ranomi Kromowidjojo, Silver: Yannick Angel, France Netherlands Silver: Bronze: Nikita Lobintsev, Sarah Sjostrom, Sweden Russia Bronze: Francesca Halsall, 200 freestyle Britain Gold: Ryan Lochte, United 200 freestyle States Gold: Allison Schmitt, United Silver: Yannick Angel, France States Bronze: Park Tae-hwan, South Silver: Camille Muff at, France Korea Bronze: Federica Pellegrini, 400 freestyle Italy Gold: Sun Yang, China 400 freestyle Silver: Park Tae-hwan, South Gold: Rebecca Adlington, Korea Britain Bronze: Yannick Angel, France Silver: Camille Muff at, France 1,500 freestyle Bronze: Allison Schmitt, United Gold: Sun Yang, China States 800 freestyle Silver: Park Tae-hwan, South Korea Gold: Rebecca Adlington, Bronze: Gregorio Paltrinieri, Britain Italy Silver: Lotte Friis, Denmark 100 backstroke Bronze: Xin Xin, China Gold: Matt Grevers, United 100 backstroke States Gold: Missy Franklin, United Silver: Ryosuke Irie, Japan States Bronze: Camille Lacourt, Silver: Zhao Qing, China France Bronze: Anastasia Zueva, 200 backstroke Russia Gold: Ryan Lochte, United 200 backstroke States Gold: Missy Franklin, United Silver: Ryosuke Irie, Japan States Bronze: Tyler Clary, United Silver: Belinda Hocking, Austra- States lia 100 breaststroke Bronze: Anastasia Zueva, Gold: Kosuke Kitajima, Japan Russia Silver: Felipe Franca da Silva, 100 breaststroke Brazil Gold: Rebecca Soni, United Bronze: Brendan Hansen, States United States Silver: Leiston Pickett, Australia 200 breaststroke Bronze: Breeja Larson, United Gold: Kosuke Kitajima, Japan States Silver: Ryo Tateishi, Japan 200 breaststroke Bronze: Daniel Gyurta, Hun- Gold: Rebecca Soni, United MARK BAKER / ASSOCIATED PRESS gary States Russia’s Anastasia Davydova and Anastasia Ermakova perform during their gold medal win at the world swimming championships in 2007. Davydova will only 100 butterfl y Silver: Satomi Sazuki, Japan compete in the team event at the London Olympics, while Ermakova has retired. A new generation is expected to continue Russia’s domination of the sport. Gold: Michael Phelps, United Bronze: Kanako Watanabe, States Japan Silver: Tyler McGill, United 100 Butterfl y States Gold: Dana Vollmer, United Russia’s synchro in perfect rhythm Bronze: Milorad Cavic, Serbia States 200 butterfl y Silver: Sarah Sjostrom, Sweden Gold: Michael Phelps, United Bronze: Ellen Gandy, Britain By AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Having posed with Ermakova for the single Olympic gold she claimed for grabs in London in the team and duet States 200 butterfl y Silver: the Russian edition of popular men’s the team event at Beijing. events. Takeshi Matsuda, Japan Gold: Jiao Liuyang, China Bronze: Russia’s water queens are set to con- magazine Maxim sporting an impres- Th e Russians won all seven synchro- Australia, Canada, China, hosts Nick D’Arcy, Australia Silver: Natsumi Hoshi, Japan tinue their domination of synchro- sive collection of butterfl y tattoos down nized swimming gold medals at last Great Britain, Egypt, Japan, Spain and, 200 individual medley Bronze: Ellen Gandy, Britain Gold: nized swimming again at the London her back, Davydova will compete this year’s world championships, and Davy- of course, Russia have all qualifi ed for Michael Phelps, United 200 individual medley Games, having swept all the gold med- time only in the team event. dova explained how they have set the the eight-strong team event. States Gold: als at the Olympics over the last 12 Ermakova has retired, but the next standard in the sport, which has been on Every detail of the routine is judged, Silver: Stephanie Rice, Australia Ryan Lochte, United Silver: years. generation are already busy collecting the Olympic program since 1984. and swimmers must be perfectly syn- States Ye Shiwen, China Bronze: Russia won both the duet and team medals through world duet champi- “Th orough work was done before the chronized to score highly. Bronze: Laszlo Cseh, Hungary Caitlin Leverenz, golds at the Sydney, Athens and Beijing ons Natalia Ishchenko and Svetlana results appeared from 1998 onwards,” Featuring such terms as the back 400 individual medley United States 400 individual medley games and show no signs of releasing Romashina. she said. “When the medals started to layout, a position where the swimmer Gold: Ryan Lochte, United Gold: their stranglehold on the sport famous Th e pair won the technical and free come, it was easier to fi nd new talents holds herself fl at on the surface, and States Elizabeth Beisel, United States for its glittering make-up and sequined routine gold medals at the 2011 world and attract them to this discipline. the eggbeater, when they tread water, Silver: Michael Phelps, United Silver: costumes. championships in Shanghai. “Russian synchronized swimmers the sport demands lungs of steel and States Hannah Miley, Britain Bronze: Russia’s Anastasia Davydova is a Ishchenko added the solo technical, increased the speed of the routines, this perfect timing. Bronze: Kosuke Hagino, Japan Katinka Hosszu, name to look out for as the 29-year-old solo free and free routine combination was imitated by the other countries and Underwater speakers help the swim- 4x100 freestyle relay Hungary 400 freestyle relay bids to win her fi ft h straight gold aft er titles in a fi ve-gold medal haul. that is why the discipline has evolved mers keep time to the music, and nose Gold: Australia winning both the team and duet titles, Th e 26-year-old has already claimed to this demanding and complex level.” clips allow them to stay underwater Gold: Netherlands Silver: United States Silver: alongside partner Anastasia Erma- 15 gold medals at world champion- As they have been for the last three for longer, but the sport still requires Bronze: United States kova, at Athens and Beijing. ships since 2005 and is likely to add to Olympics, two gold medals are up for tremendous breath control. France 4X200 freestyle relay Bronze: Australia 800 freestyle relay Gold: United States Gold: Silver: Germany Australia Silver: Bronze: Italy United States First day of water polo will feel a lot like fi nal 4X100 medley relay Bronze: China 400 medley relay Gold: United States Gold: Silver: Italy United States By AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Silver: world right now, even though we lost Bronze: Australia Australia (8-7) to the Italians in Shanghai.” 10k open water Bronze: Russia Confident Serbia expects to dent Hungary, which downed the US 10k open water Gold: Spyridon Gianniotis, Hungary’s bid for a fourth straight 14-10 in the Beijing fi nal, has extraor- Greece Gold: Ana Marcela Cunha, Brazil Olympic water polo title when the dinary success at the Olympics and has Silver: Thomas Lurz, Germany Silver: Angela Maurer, Germany sport’s superpowers meet on the fi rst missed out on a medal only fi ve times. Bronze: Bronze: day of the men’s competition in London. Under national team coach Dejan Evgeny Drattsev, Martina Grimaldi, Italy Russia Serbia, the European champion, is Udovicic since 2006, Serbia has won chasing the only major honor to elude two golds at the European champion- it since the republic’s establishment ships (Belgrade 2006 and Eindhoven SYNCHRONIZED SWIMMING in 2006, while its mighty Hungarian 2012), one silver (Malaga 2008) and neighbors already have nine Olympic one bronze (Zagreb 2010). MEDAL PROJECTIONS golds. Th e Serbs also won the world cham- The two countries are supreme in pionship in Rome in 2009 and were • DUET and Andrea Fuentes) world water polo with a combined six silver medalists in Shanghai last year. Gold: Russia (Natalia Ishchenko world championships and 12 Olympic As well as Yugoslavia’s three Olympic and Svetlana Romashina) • TEAM gold medals between them, including titles in 1968, 1984 and 1988, Serbia Silver: China (Huang Xuechen Gold: Russia Serbia’s three Olympic titles won as the also claimed a bronze at the 2008 Bei- STEVE HOLLAND / ASSOCIATED PRESS and Liu Ou) Silver: China former Yugoslavia. jing Games. Slobodan Nikic (center) of Serbia is charged by Fabio Bencivenga (right) of Bronze: Spain (Ona Carbonell Bronze: Spain Th eir record makes for a spicy fi rst Reigning world champion Italy is Italy at the 2007 world swimming championships. Nikic will lead Serbia at day of competition in London when separated from Hungary and Serbia in the London Games. “This generation has won gold at the European and world they meet in their opening round- Group A and the “Settebello” will have championships, and is only missing a triumph at the Olympics,” Nikic said. WATER POLO MEDAL PROJECTIONS robin game. to contend with Spain and Croatia to “This generation has won gold at get through to the medal rounds. its fi ft h European title in Eindhoven in “I think this Australian team is a lot the European and world champion- With two groups of six making up January, and it is in strong contention stronger than the one in 2008 as we • MEN • WOMEN ships, and is only missing a triumph the draw, the four highest-ranked for the gold medal. Italy, which won the have a lot more outside shooters,” said Gold: Serbia Gold: United States at the Olympics,” Serb star Slobodan teams in each group will qualify for women’s tournament at Athens 2004, Bronwen Knox, a member of Australia’s Silver: Croatia Silver: Australia Nikic said. the quarterfi nals. will face stiff competition from 2000 bronze medal-winning team in Beijing. Bronze: Hungary Bronze: Spain “I think we deserve to win the gold In the women’s competition, Italy winners Australia, Hungary and three- “Th at’s only going to help us even more and have shown we are the best in the downed world champion Greece to win time Olympic medalist the US.