Australia's Gold medal hopes - Beijing Olympics

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Australia’s leading gold medal chances at the 2008 Beijing Olympics:

SWIMMING

* Grant Hackett – 400m freestyle, 1500m freestyle, 10km open water

* Liesel Jones – 100m, 200m breaststroke

* Libby Lenton – 50m, 100m freestyle, 100m butterfly

* Jess Schipper – 100m, 200m butterfly

* Women’s 4x100m relay

* Women’s 4x100m medley relay

* Eamon Sullivan – 50m, 100m freestyle

ATHLETICS

* Jana Rawlinson – 400m hurdles

* Nathan Deakes – 20km, 50km walk

* Steve Hooker – pole vault

* Men’s 4x400m

CYCLING

* Men’s 4000m teams pursuit

* Ryan Bayley – men’s sprint and keirin

* Kate Bates – women’s points

* Katie Mactier – women’s 3km individual pursuit

* Cameron Meyer – men’s points

* Cadel Evans – men’s road & individual time trial

* Michael Rogers – men’s road & individual time trial

* Sara Carrigan – women’s road

* Oenone Wood – women’s road

* Khalen Young – BMX

ROWING

* Drew Ginn and Duncan Free – men’s pair

* Amber Halliday and Marguerite Houston – women’s lightweight double sculls

DIVING

* Melissa Wu – 10m platform

* Chantelle Newbery – 10m platform

* Melissa Wu and Bree Cole – 10m platform synchro

* Sharleen Stratton and Bree Cole – 3m springboard synchro

* Mathew Helm – 10m platform

TRIATHLON

* Emma Snowsill – women’s race

SHOOTING

* Michael Diamond – men’s trap

* Russell Mark – men’s double trap

* Suzanne Balogh – women’s trap

HOCKEY

* Australian Men’s team

* Australian Women’s team

BASKETBALL

* Australian Women’s team

SOFTBALL

* Australian team

EQUESTRIAN

* Australian Eventing Team

WATER POLO

* Australian Women’s team