Your 5 "safest" Gold Medal picks for the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympic Games

[Quasit 865]

You can pick 5 athletes/teams across all sports.

 

Choose teams/athletes you think are the surest to win a gold medal by your knowledge.

 

Let's compare how many you got right at the end of the Olympic Games.

 

 

Please limit your picks to five so I can count them in!

 

 

1 - Sport - Athlete/Team

2 - Sport - Athlete/Team

3 - Sport - Athlete/Team

4 - Sport - Athlete/Team

5 - Sport - Athlete/Team

 

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(8)  National Team - Table Tennis - Men's Team

(7)  National Team - Artistic Swmming - Women's Team 

(5)  National Team - Artistic Swmming - Women's Duet

(5)  National Team - Basketball - Women's Team

(5)  National Team - Table Tennis - Women's Team

(3)  Katie Ledecky - Swimming - Women's 1500m Freestyle

(3)  National Team - Water Polo - Women's Team

(3)  Lasha Talakhadze - Weightlifting - Men's +109kg

(2)  National Team - Artistic Gymnastics - Women's Team

(2)  Simone Biles - Artistic Gymnastics - Women's All-Around

(2)  Yulimar Rojas - Athletics - Women's Triple Jump

(2)  National Team - Rhythmic Gymnastics - Women's Group 

(2)  Adam Peaty - Swimming - Men's 100m Breaststroke

(2)  Wang Zhouyu - Weightlifting - Women's -87kg

(2)  Li Wenwen - Weightlifting - Women's +87kg

(1)  National Team - Archery - Women's Team

(1)  Simone Biles - Artistic Gymnastics - Women's Floor

(1)  Simone Biles - Artistic Gymnastics - Women's Vault

(1)  Armand Duplantis - Athletics - Men's Pole Vault

(1)  Johannes Vetter - Athletics - Men's Javelin Throw

(1)  National Team - Athletics - Mixed 4x400m Relay

(1)  National Team - Basketball - Men's Team

(1)  Jessica Fox - Canoeing - Women's Slalom C-1

(1)  Chloe Dygert - Cycling - Women's Road Time Trial

(1)  Cao Yuan/Chen Aisen - Diving - Men's Synchronized 10m Platform

(1)  Shi Tingmao/Wang Han - Diving - Women's Synchronized 3m Springboard

(1)  Shohei Ono - Judo - Men's -73kg

(1)  Ryo Kiyuna - Karate - Men's Kata

(1)  Dina/Arina Averina - Rhythmic Gymnastics - Women's All-Around

(1)  Janja Garnbret - Sports Climbing -  Women's Combined

(1)  National Team - Swimming - Women's 4x100m Freestyle Relay

(1)  Jonathan Brownlee - Triathlon - Men's Race

(1)  Liao Qiuyun - Weightlifting - Women's -55kg

(1)  Kuo Hsing-chun - Weightlifting - Women's -59kg

(1)  Neisi Dajomes - Weightlifting - Women's -76kg

(1)  Yui Susaki - Wrestling - Women's Freestyle -50kg

(1)  Hassan Yazdani - Wrestling - Men's Freestyle -86kg

 

 

Of course  Russia will participate as  ROC at the Tokyo Olympics.

[Cobi 981]

1 - Artistic Swimming - Russia (team)

2 - Artistic Swimming - Russia (duet)

3 - Table Tennis - China (Team M)

4 - Table Tennis - China (Team W)

5 - Rhythmic Gymnastics - Russia (group)

[Illya 513]

6 hours ago, Cobi said:

1 - Artistic Swimming - Russia (team)

2 - Artistic Swimming - Russia (duet)

3 - Table Tennis - China (Team M)

4 - Table Tennis - China (Team W)

5 - Rhythmic Gymnastics - Russia (group)

5th isn't safest , both Bulgaria and Italy can make it better

[dcro 10,210]

Safe golds for China/Russia are indeed pretty much the safest golds overall.

[hckošice 14,838]

same here but for the fun of the game, I will pick another number 5 in my list, but the Groups Riussian gold is also quite safe for me obviously

 

1 - Artistic Swimming - Russia (team)

2 - Artistic Swimming - Russia (duet)

3 - Table Tennis - China (Team M)

4 - Table Tennis - China (Team W)

5 - Canoe Slalom - Jessica Fox (C1 W)

[Dolby 735]

Not counting the ones already mentioned

 

1-4: Women's Weightlifting - China

5-6: Basketball - USA

 

 

 

[Wumo 3,002]

1 - Artistic Swimming - Russia (Team)

2 - Table Tennis - China (men's team)

3 - Diving - Men's 10m Platform - Cao Yuan and Chen Aisen

4 - Water Polo - United States Women

5 - Weightlifting  - Men's +109kg -  Lasha Talakhadze

 

Not necessarily the safest gold medallists.

 

Also China in weightlifting, especially women seem safe. Last mention, USA women's all-around team in artistic gymnastics. 

[Dunadan 1,103]

Individual events only and max. 1 per sport, otherwise it would be too repetitive:

 

1- Swimming, men's 100m breaststroke, Adam Peaty

2- Artistic gymnastics, women's all around, Simone Biles

3- Weightlifting, men's +109kg, Lasha Talakhadze

4- Karate, men's kata, Ryo Kiyuna

5- Athletics, Women's triple jump, Yulimar Rojas

[Cobi 981]

24 minutes ago, Illya said:

5th isn't safest , both Bulgaria and Italy can make it better

Making it better doesn't mean that they can take the gold medal in a sport with judges.

[Quasit 865]

19 minutes ago, Dolby said:

Not counting the ones already mentioned

 

1-4: Women's Weightlifting - China

5-6: Basketball - USA

 

 

 

If you have to decide on 5, which one has to go?

 

Women's -49kg 

 Women's -55kg

 Women's -87kg

 Women's +87kg

Men's Team 

Women's Team