2012 Olympic Welter Male Prediction

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Here's the Associated Press' projections for medalists in all gender and weight categories. It's interesting they've left out some very strong Africans in the heavy weight male division including Daba Modibo Keita of Mali and Nigeria's Chika Chukwumerije. I'm putting my money on Keita.

Medal projections:

Women

49-kilogram

Gold: Shu Chun Yang, Chinese Taipei

Silver: Jingyu Wu, China

Bronze: Rukiye Yildirim, Turkey, Sanaa Atabrour, Morocco


57-kilogram

Gold: Hou Yuzhuo, China

Silver: Li Cheng Tseng, Chinese Taipei

Bronze: Diana Lopez, U.S.A., Marlene Harnois, France


67-kilogram

Gold: Hwang Kyung-Sun, South Korea

Silver: Karine Sergerie, Canada

Bronze: Seham El Sawalhy, Egypt, Helena Fromm, Germany


Over 67-kilogram

Gold: Anne-Caroline Graffe, France

Silver: Maria Del Rosario Espinoza, Mexico

Bronze: In-Jong Lee, South Korea, Anastasia Baryshnikova, Russia


Men

58-kilogram

Gold: Joel Gonzalez Bonilla, Spain

Silver: Lee Dae-Hoon, South Korea

Bronze: Chen Yang Wei, Chinese Taipei, Chutchawal Khawlaor, Thailand


68-kilogram

Gold: Mohammad Motamed Bagheri, Iran

Silver: Servet Tazegul, Turkey

Bronze: Martin Stamper, Britain, Rohullah Nikpai, Afghanistan


80-kilogram

Gold: Ramin Azizoz, Azerbaijan

Silver: Steven Lopez, U.S.A.

Bronze: Yousef Karami, Iran, Nicolas Garcia, Spain


Over 80-kilogram

Gold: Cha Dong-Min, South Korea

Silver: Francois Coulombe-Fortier, Canada

Bronze: Xiaobo Liu, China, Carlo Molfetta, Italy

Seen those African heavy weights the AP and so many others forgot? Too bad Daba Modibo Keita got so injured in the repecharge, he couldn't walk into the ring to fight for a bronze.