My Olympic predictions vs the actualities

With less than 72 hours to go before the curtain goes up to mark the start of the XXIX Olympiad, I thought I should gaze into my Olympic rings and pick some winners. So here goes:

Women

100m - Sherone Simpson, Jamaica - right country, wrong athlete
100m hurdles - Susanna Kallur, Sweden****
200m - Allyson Felix, USA SB
400m - Christine Ohuruogu, GB SB
800m - Pamela Jelimo, Kenya WJR and it's goodbye to the legend that is Maria Mutola
5000m - Tirunesh Dibaba, Ethiopia
10,000m - Tirunesh Dibaba, Ethiopia OR
4x100m relay - Jamaica DNF
4x400m relay - Kenya******
BMX - Shanaze Reade, GB
Football - Brazil
Heptathlon - Kelly Sotherton, GB - fifth
High Jump - Blanka Vlasic, Croatia
Long Jump - Carolina Kluft, Sweden - ninth
Marathon - Catherine Ndereba, Kenya
Pole Vault - Yelena Isinbaeva, Russia WR
Triple Jump - Françoise Mbango, Cameroon OR

Men

100m - Olusoji Fasuba, Nigeria**
110m hurdles - Liu Xiang, China***
200m - Usain Bolt, Jamaica WR
400m - Jeremy Wariner, USA - right country, wrong athlete
400m hurdles - Kerron Clement, USA - right country, wrong athlete
800m - Abubaker Kaki*****, Sudan
1500m - Bernard Lagat, USA*
3000m steeplechase - Ezekiel Kemboi, Kenya - seventh; right country, wrong athlete
5000m - Bernard Lagat, USA - ninth
10,000m - Kenenisa Bekele, Ethiopia OR
4x100m - Jamaica WR
4x400m - USA OR
Basketball - USA
Decathlon - Bryan Clay, USA
Football - Argentina with the mercurial Messi and a stellar supporting cast
High Jump - Stefan Holm, Sweden - fourth
Long Jump - Irving Saladino, Panama
Marathon - Sammy Wanjiru, Kenya OR
Tennis - Rafael Nadal, Spain World No 1
Triple Jump - Phillips Idowu, GB

Legend

DNF - Did not finish
OR - Olympic Record
SB - Season's Best
WJR - World Junior Record
WR - World Record

I'm hoping my predictions will epitomise Corinthian ideals in their quest for Olympic glory.

Citius, Altius, Fortius

**REPLACEMENTS**
**Oh well, Olu didn't run as Olu can run, but Usain Bolt sure looked mightily impressive as he jogged his way to 9.92s so I'll plump for Usain to complete a sprint double.
*I reserve the right to nominate someone else as Bernard Lagat did not qualify for the final so I'm putting forward Asbel Kipruto Kiprop, Kenya
***I was hoping Liu Xiang could provide Beijing with a similar moment to the one Cathy Freeman provided in Sydney, but in reality the form guy leading up to the Olympics is the world record holder, the bespectacled Dayron Robles of Cuba so I'm nominating him.
****Lolo Jones, USA - right country, wrong athlete
*****Alfred Kirwa Yego, Kenya - right country, wrong athlete
******GB - fifth SB