WOMEN
Hosts have most in Sydney harbor

Compiled by Globe Staff, 09/15/2000

WHEN: Sept. 16

US ENTRIES: Jennifer Guitierrez, Shela Taormina, Joanna Zeiger

FAVORITES: 1. Michellie Jones, Australia; 2. Loretta Harrop, Australia; 3. Nicole Hackett, Australia

WHAT TO LOOK FOR: Taormina, who won a swimming gold medal in Atlanta on the 800-meter freestyle relay team with Jenny Thompson, wants to become only the second woman to win Olympic gold in two events. (The first was Anfisa Rezisova of the Soviet Union, 1988 in Nordic skiing and 1992 in biathlon). But women's triathlon is the opening event of the Games for proud host Australia, and the strong Aussie team won't disappoint.

MEN

WHEN: Sept. 17

US ENTRIES: Ryan Bolton, Hunter Kemper, Nick Radkewich

FAVORITES: 1. Simon Lessing, Great Britain; 2. Dmitri Gaag, Kazakhstan; 3. Hamish Carter, New Zealand.

WHAT TO LOOK FOR: Aussie men could find their way to medal stand, but nowhere near as dominant as the women. The favorite, Simon Lessing, a native of South Africa competing for Great Britain, was an antiapartheid activist.