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


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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) :CHN National Team - Table Tennis - Men's Team

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(1) :JPN Shohei Ono - Judo - Men's -73kg

(1) :JPN Ryo Kiyuna - Karate - Men's Kata

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

 

 

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

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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)

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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

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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)

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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. 

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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

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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.

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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?

 

:CHN Women's -49kg 

:CHN Women's -55kg

:CHN Women's -87kg

:CHN Women's +87kg

:USA Men's Team 

:USA Women's Team 

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