Expect a high of 86° under mostly sunny skies, with a 20% chance of rain.
 Track and field, night session (AT11171). The marquee sport of the Games kicks into gear with the finals in the men's and women's 100 meters. Jonathan Edwards of Great Britain is the favorite in the triple jump. But Who pays the electric bill? For winning the 1995 world championships, javelin thrower and '92 Olympic silver medalist Natasha Shikolenko received a three-bedroom flat from Belarussian president Aleksandr Lukashenko. The javelin finals are tonight as well.
Beach Volleyball (1)
(2 p.m.) Atlanta Beach and
Water Club
Women
Pick: Pires-Silva, Brazil
Canoe (1)
(10 a.m.) Ocoee Whitewater Center
Men's Slalom Singles
Pick: Martin Lang, Germany
Cycling (2)
(11:15 a.m.) Stone Mountain Velodrome
Men's Team Pursuit
Pick: Australia
Women's Sprint
Pick: Erika Salumäe, Estonia
Diving (1)
(10 p.m.) Georgia Tech
Aquatic Center
Women's Platform
Pick: Fu Mingxia, China
Kayak (1)
(10 a.m.) Ocoee Whitewater Center
Women's Slalom Singles
Pick: Anne Boixel, France
Rowing (7)
(9 a.m.) Lake Lanier
Men's Pairs Without Cox
Pick: Redgrave-Pinsent,
Great Britain
Women's Pairs Without Cox
Pick: Schwen-Kraft, U.S.
Men's Double Sculls
Pick: Undset-Stoerseth, Norway
Women's Double Sculls
Pick: McBean-Heddie, Canada
Men's Fours Without Cox
Pick: Italy
Women's Single Sculls
Pick: Silken Laumann, Canada
Men's Single Sculls
Pick: Derek Porter, Canada
Shooting (2)
(12:30 p.m.) Wolf Creek
Shooting Complex
Men's Skeet
Pick: Andrea Benelli, Italy
Men's Small-Bore Rifle,
Three Position
Pick: Rajmond Debevec, Slovenia
Track and Field (4)
(5:30 p.m.) Olympic Stadium
Men's Triple Jump
Pick: Jonathan Edwards,
Great Britain
Women's Javelin
Pick: Natalia Shikolenko, Belarus
Women's 100m
Pick: Gwen Torrence, U.S.
Men's 100m
Pick: Dennis Mitchell, U.S.
Weightlifting (1)
(4 p.m.) Georgia World
Congress Center
200.5 Pounds
Pick: Alexei Petrov, Russia
Tell About the South
Atlanta-Fulton Public Library
1 Margaret Mitchell Square NW
11 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily
Through Aug. 18
Subtitled "Georgia Writers from Margaret Mitchell to Alice Walker," this
literary exhibit has items from nine Georgia novelists on display. Also featured are Raymond Andrews, Tina McElroy Ansa, Erskine Caldwell, Judith Ortiz Cofer, Carmen Deedy, Caroline Miller and Flannery O'Connor. Admission is $5 for adults, $2 for children under 12.
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U.S. vs. Brazil Volleyball
With a game remaining against unbeaten Cuba, traditional power Brazil (1-2) faces a must-win situation in order to advance to the medal round. The U.S. (left) is 2-1 and can lock up a spot in that round with a victory tonight at the Omni.
photograph by David E. Klutho
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