With the opening ceremony 100 days to go, Olympic fever is rising in the Netherlands who eyes a top-10 finish in London.

Four years ago, the Netherlands finished 12th in the Beijing Olympics with seven gold, five silver and four bronze medals.

The seven golds were captured by the hockey women, dressage equestrian Anky van Grunsven, rowing duo Marit van Eupen/Kirsten van der Kolk, the waterpolo women's team, cyclist Marianne Vos (points race), the 4x100m freestyle relay swimming women's team and swimmer Maarten van der Weijden (10km open water).

In London, the Dutch athletes are aiming for medals in mainly the same sports. The major Dutch swimming ace Ranomi Kromowidjojo showcased her tremendous form in Eindhoven last weekend. The 21-year-old swimmer won the 50m and 100m freestyle.

On the final day of the four-day swimming event Kromowidjojo set a new personal record of 24.10 seconds in the final of the 50m free and one day before she won the 100m free in a Dutch record of 52.75 seconds.

"Looking at the Olympics I now know that I am able to do this," Kromowidjojo said afterwards. "That gives me a lot of confidence. Maybe I am the favorite now, but that does not matter."

With Kromowidjojo and also the likes of Marleen Veldhuis, Inge Dekker and Femke Heemskerk, the Dutch women are favorites to defend their 4x100m freestyle relay title. They currently hold the world record in this event (3:31.72, Rome, 2009).

Cyclist Marianne Vos is also aiming for another gold, but not in the same event as in Beijing. Since the points race is not part of the 2012 Games, Vos will focus on the road race and the time trial in London.

Dutch dressage legend Anky van Grunsven announced last week that she wanted to try to qualify for the Olympics once again. The 44-year-old equestrian won a gold medal in the 2000 Olympics with her horse Bonfire and gold in the 2004 Olympics and in the 2008 Olympics with Salinero. In London she wants to compete with 18-year-old Salinero.

"Olympic gold with the team is one of the few things missing from my list of achievements," Van Grunsven said. Only one Dutch equestrian can ride the individual competition with European champion Adelinde Cornelissen currently being the No. 1 with Parzival.

The Dutch hockey women, reigning Olympic champions, had to settle for a disappointing third place during the Champions Trophy in Argentina in February this year, but are hoping for more next summer. The Dutch men, first on the 1996 and 2000 Olympics, had a noisy preparation with head coach Paul van Ass first axing key players Teun de Nooijer and Taeke Taekema in January and reselecting them in March.

The possible other Dutch medals are supposed to be delivered by sports the Dutch are traditionally good at like sailing, with Dorian van Rijsselberghe (RS:X men), Lobke Berkhout/Lisa Westerhof (470 women) and Marit Bouwmeester (Laser Radial women), or judo, with Henk Grol (100kg men), Edith Bosch (70kg women) or Dex Elmont (73kg men). Maybe the Dutch rowers or track cyclists will add more medals to the Dutch delegation.

The Netherlands has never been a gymnastics powerhouse, but this time Epke Zonderland might be in for a surprise. Zonderland became European champion on horizontal bar in 2011 and grabbed a silver medal during the World Championships in 2010. However, Zonderland has to show some results this year, otherwise Jeffrey Wammes will go on behalf of the Netherlands.

"We are dedicated to deliver maximum performances," Maurits Hendriks, chief of the Dutch Olympic squad said last year. "We are working on a broad team of medal contenders. Our goal is the top 10."