{"id":27690,"date":"2011-07-26T23:58:05","date_gmt":"2011-07-27T04:58:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/uncategorized\/2011\/07\/fina-world-championships-swimming-updated-medal-picks-for-day-four\/"},"modified":"2015-08-20T08:02:57","modified_gmt":"2015-08-20T15:02:57","slug":"fina-world-championships-swimming-updated-medal-picks-for-day-four","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/fina-world-championships-swimming-updated-medal-picks-for-day-four\/","title":{"rendered":"FINA World Championships, Swimming: Updated Medal Picks for Day Four"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>For full Swimming World coverage of the entire 2011 FINA World Championships, including all videos and recaps, visit our <a href=http:\/\/tv.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/events\/2011-fina-world-long-course-championships target=_blank>Event Landing Page<\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>Column by John Lohn, Swimming World senior writer<\/i><\/p>\n<p>SHANGHAI, China, July 27. BASED on the results of preliminaries and semifinals, here are the updated picks for the four finals that will be contested tonight at the Oriental Sports Center. Medals will be up for grabs in the men&#39;s 200 butterfly, 50 backstroke and 800 freestyle and in the women&#39;s 200 freestyle.<\/p>\n<p><b>Men&#39;s 200 Butterfly<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Original Medal Picks<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Gold: Michael Phelps<br \/>\nSilver: Takeshi Matsuda<br \/>\nBronze: Laszlo Cseh<\/p>\n<p><b>Updated Medal Picks<\/b><br \/>\nGold: Michael Phelps<br \/>\nSilver: Takeshi Matsuda<br \/>\nBronze: Chen Yin<br \/>\n**This is where Phelps will collect his first gold medal of the competition, although it won&#39;t be easy. Matsuda has been swimming extremely well.<\/p>\n<p><b>Women&#39;s 200 Freestyle<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Original Medal Picks<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Gold: Federica Pellegrini<br \/>\nSilver: Allison Schmitt<br \/>\nBronze: Kylie Palmer<\/p>\n<p><b>Updated Medal Picks<\/b><br \/>\nGold: Federica Pellegrini<br \/>\nSilver: Femke Heemskerk<br \/>\nBronze: Kylie Palmer<br \/>\n**Heemskerk looked great in the semifinals, but Pellegrini is the go-to woman in the middle-distance events and will add to her triumph in the 400 free. The race for bronze is a wide-open affair.<\/p>\n<p><b>Men&#39;s 800 Freestyle<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Original Medal Picks<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Gold: Sun Yang<br \/>\nSilver: Ous Mellouli<br \/>\nBronze: Ryan Cochrane<\/p>\n<p><b>Updated Medal Picks<\/b><br \/>\nGold: Sun Yang<br \/>\nSilver: Ryan Cochrane<br \/>\nBronze: Pal Joensen<br \/>\n**I won&#39;t be surprised if Mellouli gets onto the podium, but Sun Yang is the overwhelming favorite. 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