1.   Coached by their brother Jean, all three are strong medal contenders.

2.   Going into the next Olympic season, he seemed a strong medal hope.

3.   In previous world championships, that performance might have been enough to keep them in strong medal contention.

4.   Kristian Ghedina of Italy and Didier Cuche of Switzerland are also strong medal contenders.

5.   Korea is also a strong medal threat.

6.   Nobody is surprised that the Chinese are once again in strong medal position.

7.   Sarah Schleper, Kirsten Clark and Caroline Lalive are also strong medal contenders.

8.   With a roster full of NHL stars playing on a wider international playing surface similar to those used in Europe, Sweden is a strong medal contender.

9.   Andrei Korneyev, Andrei Ivanov and Stanislav Lopukhov also provide strong medal hopes in the breaststroke events.

10.   Australia has strong gold medal chances in all those events.