Mark Lewis-Francis believes he will return from the Athens Olympics with two medals. The 21-year-old has set his sights on a top-three finish in the individual 100m and is tipping the British 4x100m relay squad to beat the USA to gold.
"The team has a really good chance of gold and we showed last year that we are almost the equal of the Americans," said the Wolverhampton sprinter.
"The right people have been picked for the team who can win the race."
Britain took silver behind the USA in the 2003 World Championships but were later stripped of their medals when Dwain Chambers failed a drugs test.
However, Lewis-Francis is not concerned about Chambers' absence in Athens.
"Even without Chambers, we have a great squad," he said.
 |  I will be at my peak in 2008 |
Lewis-Francis will lead Britain's sprint relay challenge alongside Darren Campbell and Jason Gardener.
The former world junior champion is also hopeful of winning a medal in the individual event, despite concerns the track and field showpiece may have come too soon in the youngster's development.
"I will be at my peak in 2008 and a lot of the current sprinters will have retired and I will still be on the young side," he said.
"But I still think that I can go to the Olympics and bring back a medal. That's all I have been training for and thinking about this year."
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