Ok so this is very previous but I thought it would be fun to put down early picks for athens. Will probably make hilarious reading this time next year.
Here are my (biased) picks
Men
100m Asafa Powell
110mH Allen Johnson
200m Usain Bolt
400m Tyree Washington
400mH Felix Sanchez
800m Mbulaeni Mulaudzi
1500m Hicham El Guerrouj
3000m St Saif Shaheen
5000m Kenenisa Bekele
10000m Haile Gebrselassie
Marathon Khalid Khannouchi
LJ Savante Stringfellow
TJ Christian Olsson
HJ Jacques Freitag
PV Okkert Brits
DT Robert Fazekas
SP Carl Myerscough
JT Jan Zelezny
HT Koji Murofushi
4x100m USA
4x400 Jamaica
Women
100m Marion Jones
100mH Brigitte Foster
200m Kelli White
400m Lorraine Fenton
400mH Lashinda Demus
800m Maria Mutola
1500m Sureyya Ayhan
5000m Tirunesh Dibaba
10000m Berhane Adere
Marathon Paula Radcliffe
LJ Elva Gouldbourne
TJ Yamile Aldama
HJ Hestrie Cloete
PV Yelena Isinbayeva
DT Ekateríni Vóggoli
SP Carl Myerscough
JT Steffi Nerius
HT Yipsi Moreno
4x100m Jamaica
4x400 USA
Here are my (biased) picks
Men
100m Asafa Powell
110mH Allen Johnson
200m Usain Bolt
400m Tyree Washington
400mH Felix Sanchez
800m Mbulaeni Mulaudzi
1500m Hicham El Guerrouj
3000m St Saif Shaheen
5000m Kenenisa Bekele
10000m Haile Gebrselassie
Marathon Khalid Khannouchi
LJ Savante Stringfellow
TJ Christian Olsson
HJ Jacques Freitag
PV Okkert Brits
DT Robert Fazekas
SP Carl Myerscough
JT Jan Zelezny
HT Koji Murofushi
4x100m USA
4x400 Jamaica
Women
100m Marion Jones
100mH Brigitte Foster
200m Kelli White
400m Lorraine Fenton
400mH Lashinda Demus
800m Maria Mutola
1500m Sureyya Ayhan
5000m Tirunesh Dibaba
10000m Berhane Adere
Marathon Paula Radcliffe
LJ Elva Gouldbourne
TJ Yamile Aldama
HJ Hestrie Cloete
PV Yelena Isinbayeva
DT Ekateríni Vóggoli
SP Carl Myerscough
JT Steffi Nerius
HT Yipsi Moreno
4x100m Jamaica
4x400 USA
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