BEIJING 2008 : the TOP ATHLETE?

the top ten stars





ASAFA POWELL


athletics, jamaica


100m world record holder until may 2008, falters in the biggest stage





LIONEL MESSI


soccer, argentina


the only highest-profile footballer to participate





LIN DAN


badminton, china


world no1 male player, top star in the game





LIU XIANG


athletics, china


110m men world record holder





MICHAEL PHELPS


swimming, usa


six-gold winner in Athens, aiming to break Mark Spitz' 7-gold record in 1972





OSCAR PISTORIUS


athletics, south africa


aiming to be first disabled runner in Olmypics





ROGER FEDERER


tennis, swiss


world no1 male player, top star in the game





USAIN BOLT


athletics, jamaica


100m world record holder, battle with Asafa will be intriguing to watch





YAO MING


basketball, china


top NBA player and best-known Chinese athlete





YELENA ISINBAYEVA


athletics, russia


pole vault world record holder since 2004, has improved it 21 times since





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STEVEN LOPEZ


taekwondo, usa


aiming to become the first jin to win the gold medal in three successive Olympic Games





SHAWN JOHNSON


gymnastics, usa


last year's world champion in all-around events





HOSSEIN REZAZADEH


weightlifting, iran


four time world champion, considered world's strongest man, aiming for his third consecutive Olympic gold medal in superheavyweight class.





GUO JINGJING


diving, china


aiming for a repeat of double gold medal performance in 3-meter springboard in 2004 Olympics before retiring.|||... Jeremy Wariner?





Winning 400m gold for a second time at his young age will make him into one of the greats.|||were is tyson gay and jeremy wariner??|||Michael Phelps, Katie Hoff, Ryan Lochte!!! Go swimmers|||Tyson gay all day|||I'd have to add Katie Hoff who is going in a remarkable number of events and who I think will prove herself to be the female equivalent of Michael Phelps and Dara Torres the 41 year old who made her 5th Olympic Team last night|||LIN DAN for badminton


He is really the best badminton athlete at present. I doubt he will loose.|||Being biased, I'd say any Singaporean athlete.


Go Team Singapore!