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Created Sun 22nd Jun 5:34am PDT by pitchedoutsideleg
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Who will win the men's basketball at the Beijing Olympics?

Settled as USA

http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/BK/C92C/BKM400000.shtml#BKM400101

Background:

So, the USA have won gold five out of the last eight Olympics, but faltered embarrassingly last year to claim bronze (the first time gold has not been achieved in the professional era). Can this year's Dream Team (dubbed "The Redeem Team" by the media to imply the team's ambition to reinstate the U.S. dominance in international Basketball) achieve their mission? Let's see if the likes of Kobe Bryant, Dwyane Wade, and LeBron James can produce the goods.

For those of you who reminisce on possibly the greatest ever Dream Team from '92, here's a little video treat:




Settlement details: As reported by a major mainstream news source.

 
Forecast history, %
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Settled

 USA
87%
Spain
10%
Argentina
1%
Russia
0%
Lithuania
1%
Greece
1%
China
0%
Slovenia
0%
Croatia
0%
Others
0%
Activity: H$35,120
Settled as USA on Sun 24th Aug 7:52am PDT

Suspend date: Sun 17th Aug 8:59am PDT Settlement date: Sun 24th Aug 7:52am PDTPrediction cut-off: Predictions on this question after Sun 17th Aug 8:59am PDT have been voided because they were made after the question could be settled

Initial likelihoods: USA: 55%, Spain: 19%, Argentina: 8%, Russia: 5%, Lithuania: 5%, Greece: 2%, China: 2%, Slovenia: 1%, Croatia: 1%, Others: 2%

Action history:

Created Sun 22nd Jun 5:34am PDT by pitchedoutsideleg
Suspended Sun 17th Aug 8:59am PDT : Suspend date reached
Settlement requested Sun 24th Aug 5:05am PDT by pitchedoutsideleg: USA

http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/BK/C73/BKM400101.shtml#BKM400101
Settlement requested Sun 24th Aug 7:45am PDT by zane: http://www.usabasketball.com/
Settled as 'USA' Sun 24th Aug 7:52am PDT by mrperfkt[Admin]: http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/BK/C92C/BKM400000.shtml#BKM400101

Suspend date: Sun 17th Aug 8:59am PDT Settlement date: Sun 24th Aug 7:52am PDTPrediction cut-off: Predictions on this question after Sun 17th Aug 8:59am PDT have been voided because they were made after the question could be settled
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Predictions (68)

68 predictions

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shatta360 predicted USA (H$100 at 87%)
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xxxjetxxx predicted USA (H$450 at 87%)
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cognos[Power User] predicted Spain (H$100 at 9%)
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timmy2000k predicted USA (H$200 at 83%)
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  1 coolkraft
http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/summer08/basketball/columns/story?columnist=sheridan_chris&page=beijingpredictions-080808&lpos=spotlight&lid=tab1pos1
posted 17 weeks ago

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