100 Olympic Athletes To Watch

From Australia to Zimbabwe, China to the U.S., TIME takes you on a world tour to introduce you to the most compelling athletes you'll be seeing in the Beijing Games

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  1. 1. LeBron James
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  3. 3. Michael Phelps
  4. 4. Liu Xiang
  5. 5. Yao Ming
  6. 6. Allyson Felix
  7. 7. Shawn Johnson
  8. 8. Roman Sebrle
  9. 9. Guo Jingjing
  10. 10. Tyson Gay
  11. 11. Asafa Powell
  12. 12. Usain Bolt
  13. 13. Yang Wei
  14. 14. Jeremy Wariner
  15. 15. Heather O'Reilly
  16. 16. Pascal Hens
  17. 17. Stephanie Rice
  18. 18. Chris Paul
  19. 19. Paul Hamm
  20. 20. Zou Shiming
  21. 21. Sheila Taormina
  22. 22. Sara Khoshjamal
  23. 23. Marta Vieira da Silva
  24. 24. Nastia Liukin
  25. 25. Alicia Sacramone
  26. 26. Chellsie Memmel
  27. 27. Laure Manaudou
  28. 28. Federica Pellegrini
  29. 29. Alain Bernard
  30. 30. Laura Flessel-Colovic
  31. 31. Paula Radcliffe
  32. 32. Nader al Masri
  33. 33. Kobe Bryant
  34. 34. Vanessa Ferrari
  35. 35. Freddy Adu
  36. 36. Andrew Howe
  37. 37. Martin Lel
  38. 38. Catherine Ndereba
  39. 39. Marianne Vos
  40. 40. Adam Korol
  41. 41. Aaron Peirsol
  42. 42 & 43 & 44. Mark, Diana, and Steven Lopez
  43. 45. Mark Warkentin
  44. 46. Bryan Volpenhein
  45. 47. Guo Yue
  46. 48. Taufik Hidayat
  47. 49. Lin "Super" Dan
  48. 50. Tibor Benedek
  49. 51. Kohei Uchimura
  50. 52. Wang Liqin
  51. 53. Billy Joe Saunders
  52. 54. J.R. Holden
  53. 55. Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore
  54. 56. Amnat Ruenroeng
  55. 57. Ryan Lochte
  56. 58. Nagmeldin Ali Abubakr
  57. 59. Dayron Robles
  58. 60 & 61. Kerri Walsh & Misty May-Treanor
  59. 62. Libby Trickett
  60. 63. Tom Daley
  61. 64. Oxana Chusovitina
  62. 65. Otylia Jedrzejczak
  63. 66. Natalie Coughlin
  64. 67. Katie Hoff
  65. 68. Jenn Stuczynski
  66. 69. Cat Osterman
  67. 70. Ryan Hall
  68. 71. Candace Parker
  69. 72. Bernard Lagat
  70. 73. Reese Hoffa
  71. 74. Jennie Finch
  72. 75. Breaux Greer
  73. 76. Ryoko Tani
  74. 77. Sanya Richards
  75. 78. Brian Clay
  76. 79. Rau'Shee Warren
  77. 80. Taylor Phinney
  78. 81. Donny Robinson
  79. 82. Melanie Roach
  80. 83. Kristy Coventry
  81. 84. Eric Shanteau
  82. 85. Brad Vering
  83. 86. Laura Wilkinson
  84. 87. Howard Bach
  85. 88. Terrence Trammell
  86. 89. Vladimir Dyatchin
  87. 90. Blanka Vlasic
  88. 91. Novak Djokovic
  89. 92. Matt Emmons
  90. 93. Ali Adnan
  91. 94. Im Dong Hyun
  92. 95 & 96. Keeth & Erinn Smart
  93. 97. Haile Gebrselassie
  94. 98. Kyle Shewfelt
  95. 99. Dana Hussein Abdul-Razzaq
  96. 100. Natalie du Toit

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