Predictions - Badminton

Men's Singles
Gold:  Lin Dan, CHN
Silver:  Lee Chong Wei, MAL
Bronze:  Chen Long, CHN
Lin overtook Lee as world #1 by defeating him in the All-England final.

Men's Doubles:
Gold:  Chung Jae Sung & Lee Yong Dae, KOR
Silver:  Cai Yun & Fu Haifeng, CHN
Bronze: Mathias Boe & Carsten Mogensen, DEN
The Koreans edged the World Champion Chinese at the All-England finals, taking the final two sets.  The 13th seed are the Americans Howard Back and Tony Gunawan, the 2005 World Champions.  They were unable to compete in Beijing as Gunawan was not yet an American citizen.

Women's Singles
Gold:  Wang Yin, CHN
Silver:  Wang Xin, CHN
Bronze:  Wang Shixian, CHN
Wang Xin lost in the first round at the All-England tournament where Li Xuerui led a Chinese sweep, expect whichever three Chinese women are entered, they will be favored to sweep the medals.

Women's Doubles
Gold:  Wang Xiaoli & Yun Yang, CHN
Silver:  Tian Qing & Zhao Yuniei, CHN
Bronze:  Ha Jung En & Kim Min Jung, KOR
Tian & Qing defeated Wang & Yun at the All-England finals, a reversal of last year's worlds.  Japan and India have teams that could also contend for bronze.

Mixed Doubles
Gold:  Zhang Nan & Zhao Yuniei, CHN
Silver:  Xu Chen & Ma Jin, CHN
Bronze:  Joachim Fischer Nielsen & Christinna Pedersen, DEN
In the most wide-open of the badminton events, the hometown hopes will be pinned on the #10 seeds, Chris Adcock & Imogen Bankier.