Time has selected a list of 100 top athletes to watch at the Beijing Olympics. Not surprisingly the list is dominated by athletes from the United States. I was surprised not to see Grant Hackett on the list.

Who do you think should be included? What’s your top five list of athletes?

1. LeBron James - US - Basketball
2. Dara Torres - US - swimming - the 41 year old mother is planning to show the world age is no barrier.
3. Michael Phelps - attempting to break Mark Spitz’s record of seven gold medals at a single Olympic Games.
4. Liu Xiang - China’s biggest medal hope on the track, in the 110 meter hurdles
5. Yao Ming - China’s favorite basketball giant.
6. Allyson Felix - Won a silver in Athens in the 200 meters
7. Shawn Johnson - At just 16 years old, she is regarded as the best gymnast in the world
8. Roman Sebrle - Czech decathlete
9. Guo Jingjing - China’s medal hope
10. Tyson Gay - United States medal hope in the 100 meters
11. Asaga Powell - Former Jamaican world recorder holder in the 100 meters
12. Usain Bolt - Current world record holder in the 100 meters from Jamaica
13. Yang Wei - China’s gymnastics medal favorite
14. Stephanie Rice - Katie Hoff’s rival in the 200 and 400 meter medley’s.
18. Chris Paul - point guard in the U.S. basketball team
19. Paul Hamm - U.S. gymnast medal favorite, recovering from a wrist break
20. Zou Shiming - Chinese boxer who won a bronze medal at the Athens games
21. Sheila Taormina - United States Pentathlon, first woman to qualify for three different sports at an Olympics - swimming, triathlon and now pentathlon
22. Sara Khoshjamal - Iran, taekwando
23. Marta Vieira da Silva - soccer, Brazil
24. Nastia Liukin - Russian born gymnast who will compete for the United States
25. Alicia Sacramone - United States gymnast
26. Chellsie Memmel - United States gymnast
27. Laure Manaudou - France swimming - 400m freestyle, 100m and 200m backstroke, and 400m medley relay
28. Federica Pellegrini - Italy swimming
29. Alain Bernard - France - swimming
30. Laura Flessel-Colovic - France - fencing
31. Paula Radcliffe - Great Britain - World record holder in the women’s marathon
32. Nader al Masri - Palestine - long distance running
33. Kobe Bryant - U.S. basketball star
34. Vanessa Ferrari - Italy - gymnastics
35. Freddy Adu - U.S. - soccer/football
36. Andrew Howe - Italy - long jump
37. Martin Lel - Kenya - marathon
38. Catherine Ndereba - Kenya - marathon
39. Marianne Vos - Netherlands - cycling
40. Adam Korol - Poland - Rowing
41. Aaron Peirsol - United States - swimming
42. Mark Lopez - United States - taekwando family
43. Diana Lopez - United States - taekwando family
44. Steven Lopez - United States - taekwando family
45. Mark Warkentin - United States - open water swimming
46. Bryan Volpenhein - United States - rowing
47. Guo Yue - China - table tennis
48. Taufik Hidayat - Indonesia - badminton
49. Lin Dan - China - badminton - Labeled the “John McEnroe” of badminton
50. Tibor Benedek - Hungary - water polo
51. Kohei Uchimura - Japan - gymnastics
52. Wang Liqin - China - table tennis
53. Billy Joe Saunders - Great Britain - boxing
54. J.R. Holden - Russia’s only black basketball player
55. Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore - India - shooting
56. Amnat Ruenroeng - Thailand - boxing
57. Ryan Lochte - United States - Swimming
58. Nagmeldin Ali Abubakr - Sudan - sprints
59. Dayron Robles - World record holder in the 110 meter hurdles from Cuba. A real threat to China’s favorite Liu Xiang.
60. Kerri Walsh - U.S. - Beach volleyball gold medal favorites
61. Misty May-Treanor - U.S. - Beach volleyball gold medal favorites
62. Libby Trickett - Australia’s gold medal favorite in the swimming
63. Tom Daley - Great Britain’s diving prodigy
64. Oxana Chusovitina - Germany - gymnastics
65. Otylia Jedrzejczak - Poland - swimming
66. Natalie Coughlin - United States - swimming
67. Katie Hoff - United States - swimming - the Michael Phelps of female swimmers
68. Jenn Stuczynski - United States - pole vault
69. Cat Osterman - United States - softball pitcher
70. Ryan Hall - United States - marathon
71. Candace Parker - United States - basketball
72. Bernard Lagat - United States - distance running
73. Reese Hoffa - United States - shot put
74. Jennie Finch - United States - softball
75. Breaux Greer - United States - javelin
76. Ryoko Tani - Japan - Judo legend in Japan. Hoping to win her third consecutive gold medal in Beijing.
77. Sanya Richards - United States - sprint
78. Brian Clay - U.S. - decathlon
79. Rau’Shee Warren - U.S. - boxing
80. Taylor Phinney - U.S. - cycling
81. Donny Robinson - U.S. - BMX
82. Melanie Roach - U.S. - weightlifting
83. Kristy Coventry - Zimbabwe - swimming
84. Eric Shanteau - U.S. - swimming
85. Brad Vering - U.S. - wrestling
86. Laura Wilkinson - U.S. - diving
87. Howard Bach - U.S. - badminton
88. Terrence Trammell - U.S. - hurdles
89. Vladimir Dyatchin - Russia - swimming
90. Blanka Vlasic - Croatia - high jump
91. Novak Djokovic - Serbia - tennis
92. Matt Emmons - United States - shooting
93. Ali Adnan - Iraq - archery
94. Im Dong Hyun - South Korea - archery
95. Keeth Smart - U.S. - fencing (brother/sister)
96. Erinn Smart - U.S. - fencing (brother/sister)
97. Haile Gebrselassie - Ethiopia - distance running
98. Kyle Shewfelt - Canada - gymnastics
99. Dana Hussein Abdul-Razzaq - Iraq - sprints
100. Natalie du Toit - South Africa - distance swimming - Second amputee to qualify for the Olympics.