WOMEN'S ELITE
OLYMPIC SELECTION PREDICTIONS
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This page reflects the 2008 Olympic qualifiers.
The sponsors listed are the sponsors at the time of the Olympics
Please follow the links to individual nation's pages
to see who are the up and coming riders.
 USA |
 AUS |
 FRA |
 NED |
 COL |
 NZL |
 CZE |
 LAT |
 RSA |
 ARG |
 BEL |
 BRA |
 VEN |
 ECU |
 HKG |
 ITA |
 CAN |
 SUI |
 GBR |
 DEN |
 NOR |
 JPN |
 CHN |
 LTU |
1-4 (2 Riders)
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FRANCE OFFICIAL TEAM |
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| Rider | Reason | Sponsor |
Anne Caroline Chausson #7 age: 31 |
07/08 Worlds main 06 Euro Champ SX finishes multi mtb World Champ Euro finishes |
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Laetitia Le Corguille #8 age: 22 |
2008 National Champ 2008 UEC European Champ Worlds mains SX finishes Euro finishes |
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| Alternates | ||
Amélie Despeaux #6 age: 21 |
07/08 World's main Euro finishes |
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Magalie Pottier age: 19 |
07 Junior World Champ Euro finishes |
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| NEW ZEALAND OFFICIAL TEAM |
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| Rider | Reason | Sponsor |
Sarah Walker #96 age: 20 |
08 World's Bronze 07 World's Silver SX finishes 07/08 National Champ Oceanic finishes |
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| New Zealand is only sending one rider NZOC criteria not met for other riders | ||
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| AUSTRALIA OFFICIAL TEAM based on 07/08 High Performance Squad |
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| Rider | Reason | Sponsor |
Tanya Bailey  #17 age: 27 |
07 National Champ SX finishes Oceanic finishes NBL finishes |
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Nicole Callisto #55 age: 21 |
SX finishes Oceanic finishes NBL mains |
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| ARGENTINA OFFICIAL TEAM |
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| Rider | Reason | Sponsor |
Gabriel Diaz age: 27 |
01/02/04 World Champ 05/06 World's main SX finishes Latin American finishes |
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Maria Dutto age: 21 |
Latin American finishes | |
| Alternate | ||
| Maria Ruarte age: 19 |
Latin American finishes top junior |
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5-8 (1 Rider)
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CZECH REPUBLIC OFFICIAL TEAM |
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| Rider | Reason | Sponsor |
Jana Horakova #3 age: 25 |
05/06/07/08 World's main SX finishes Latin American finishes Euro finishes |
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| Contender | ||
Aneta Hladikova #52 age: 24 |
05/06/08 World's main 07 World's semi SX finishes Euro finishes Latin American finishes |
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Romana Labounkova  age: 19 |
2008 National Champ SX semis Euro finishes top junior |
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| USA OFFICIAL TEAM seven woman long team based on USAC criteria and current Overall points Final rider to be selected from long team |
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| Rider | Reason | Sponsor |
Jill Kintner #33 age: 27 |
08 World's main 07 World's semi SX main 08 USAC Champ USAC #1 |
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| Alternate | ||
Arielle Martin #15 age: 23 |
06 World's main SX main USAC #2 |
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| NETHERLANDS OFFICIAL TEAM |
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| Rider | Reason | Sponsor |
Lieke Klaus  age: 19 |
2008 National Champ 08 World's quarter SX main |
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| CANADA OFFICIAL TEAM |
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| Rider | Reason | Sponsor |
Samantha Cools #56 age: 22 |
08 World's main 06/07 World's semi SX finishes North American finishes |
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3 RIDERS QUALIFIED FROM WORLDS (predictions)
| Rider | Country | Sponsor | |
Shanaze Reade #1 age: 20 |
GREAT BRITAIN OFFICIAL TEAM |
2008 World Champ 2007 World Champ 2006 World Champ (Jr.) | |
Amanda Sorensen age: 23 |
DENMARK OFFICIAL TEAM |
08 World's semi | |
Jenny Fahndrich age: 19 |
SWITZERLAND OFFICIAL TEAM
| 08 World's semi |
1 INVITE
| Rider | Country | Sponsor | |
Liyun Ma |
CHINA OFFICIAL TEAM |
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