Sports Illustrated, the leading sports magazine in the United States, made its medal predictions for the 2004 Olympic Games in all sports, in their August 2 issue which hit the streets today. In their wrestling predictions, Sports Illustrated selected the United States to win six medals in wrestling, with none of them gold. Included in the SI picks were three silver medalists and three bronze medalists for the United States. Chosen to win Olympic silver medals in the Sports Illustrated predictions were Kerry McCoy (Bethlehem, Pa./New York AC) in men's freestyle at 120 kg/.264.5 lbs., Sara McMann (Colorado Springs, Colo./Sunkist Kids) in women's freestyle at 63 kg/138.75 lbs. and Toccara Montgomery (Cleveland, Ohio/New York AC) in women's freestyle at 72 kg/158.5 lbs. Chosen to win bronze medals are Cael Sanderson (Ames, Iowa/Sunkist Kids) at 84 kg/185 lbs. in men's freestyle, Daniel Cormier (Stillwater, Okla./Gator WC) at 96 kg/212.5 lbs. in men's freestyle and Rulon Gardner (Cascade, Colo./Sunkist Kids) at 120 kg/264.5 lbs. in men's Greco-Roman. According to these picks, the U.S. will get three men's freestyle medals, two women's freestyle medals and one men's Greco-Roman medal. The United States won seven medals at the 2000 Olympic Games, four in men's freestyle and three in men's Greco-Roman. (Women's wrestling was not contested in 2000). Sports Illustrated's assessment of the U.S. wrestlers is the following: "U.S. OUTLOOK: No wrestler is a gold medal favorite, but several could win. All three heavyweights - Kerry McCoy, Rulon Gardner and Toccara Montgomery - are strong." The Sports Illustrated picks gave Russia four gold medals (two in freestyle and two in Greco-Roman). They also predicted three gold medals for Cuba (two in Greco-Roman and one in men's freestyle) and for Japan (three in women's freestyle). In all sports, Sports Illustrated predicted that the United States would win the medal race with 111 medals, including 38 golds. Russia is predicted to be second with 85 medals (34 golds) and China is predicted in third with 59 medals (31 golds). The medal count in wrestling, according to the SI predictions, has Russia and Cuba with seven medals, and the United States with six medals. Japan and Ukraine are next with four. There are two pictures of wrestling star Rulon Gardner in the issue. In the article entitled "Meet Team USA," Gardner is featured wearing his Olympic gold medal from the Sydney Games. His picture is placed in the center, in a circle, with nine other star athletes on the U.S. Olympic Team: Tom Pappas (track and field), Serena Williams (tennis), Kevin Han and Howard Bach (badminton), Jenny Finch (softball), Tim Duncan (basketball), Jenny Thompson (swimming), Shane Hamman (weightlifting) and Marion Jones (track and field). In an article about the Russian Olympic team, a picture of Gardner battling three-time Olympic champion Alexandre Kareline of Russia from the 2000 Olympic Games is included. There is also a picture of the U.S. Olympic women wrestlers in a feature entitled "What's New." It is a posed shot of Patricia Miranda, Tela O'Donnell, Sara McMann and Toccara Montgomery. SPORTS ILLUSTRATED MEDAL PICKS Men's Freestyle medals 55 kg/121 lbs. Gold - Roberto Montero (Cuba) Silver - Dilshod Mansurov (Uzbekistan) Bronze - Amiran Kartanov (Greece) 60 kg/132 lbs. Gold - Yandro Quintana (Cuba) Silver - Arif Abdullaev (Azerbaijan) Bronze - Murad Umachanov (Russia) 66 kg/145.5 lbs. Gold - Serafim Barzakov (Bulgaria) Silver - Elbrus Tedeev (Ukraine) Bronze - Serguei Rondon (Cuba) 74 kg/163 lbs. Gold - Buvaisa Saitiev (Russia) Silver - Mehdi Hadjizadeh (Iran) Bronze - Gennadiy Laliev (Kazakhstan) 84 kg/185 lbs. Gold - Sajid Sajidov (Russia) Silver -Yoel Romero (Cuba) Bronze - Cael Sanderson (USA) 96 kg/211.25 lbs. Gold - Eldar Kurtanidze (Georgia) Silver - Ali Reza Heidari (Iran) Bronze - Daniel Cormier (USA) 120 kg/264.5 lbs. Gold - Artur Taimazov (Uzbekistan) Silver - Kerry McCoy (USA) Bronze - Kouramagomed Kouramagomedov (Russia) Men's Greco-Roman medals 55 kg/121 lbs. Gold - Lazaro Rivas (Cuba) Silver - Dariusz Jablonski (Poland) Bronze - Hassan Rangraz (Iran) 60 kg/132 lbs. Gold - Armen Nazarian (Bulgaria) Silver - Roberto Monzon (Cuba) Bronze - Eusebiu Diaconu (Romania) 66 kg/145.5 lbs. Gold - Manuchar Kvirkelia (Georgia) Silver - Vaghinak Galustyan (Armenia) Bronze - Armen Vardanyan (Ukraine) 74 kg/163 lbs. Gold - Varteres Samurgashev (Russia) Silver - Filiberto Azcuy (Cuba) Bronze - Volokymyr Shats'Kykh (Ukraine) 84 kg/185 lbs. Gold - Gotcha Tsitshivili (Israel) Silver - Ara Abrahamian (Sweden) Bronze - Mukhran Vakhtangadze (Georgia) 96 kg/211.25 lbs. Gold - Karam Gaber (Egypt) Silver - Mehmet Ozal (Turkey) Bronze - Martin Lidberg (Sweden) 120 kg/264.5 lbs. Gold - Khassan Baroev (Russia) Silver - Xenofon Koutsioubas (Greece) Bronze - Rulon Gardner (USA) Women's Freestyle medals 48 kg/105.5 lbs. Gold - Irina Melnik (Ukraine) Silver - Chiharu Icho (Japan) Bronze - Lyndsay Belisle (Canada) 55 kg/121 lbs. Gold - Saori Yoshida (Japan) Silver - Natalia Golts (Russia) Bronze - Sun Dongmei (China) 63 kg/138.75 lbs. Gold - Kaori Icho (Japan) Silver - Sara McMann (USA) Bronze - Lili Meng (China) 72 kg/158.5 lbs. Gold - Kyoko Hamaguchi (Japan) Silver - Toccara Montgomery (USA) Bronze - Wang Xu (China) Predicted medal count: Russia and Cuba, 7 medals United States, 6 medals Japan and Ukraine, 4 medals Iran, Georgia and China, 3 medals Uzbekistan, Greece, Bulgaria, Sweden, 2 medals Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Poland, Romania, Armenia, Israel, Egypt, Turkey, Canada, 1 medal