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

[MagyarBabu 153]

1- Artistic Swimming -  Team

2- Water Polo -  Women's Team
3- Table Tennis -  Men’s Team

4- Rhythmic Gymnastics -  Group

5- Basketball -  Women's Team
 

[Quasit 865]

  On 7/15/2021 at 10:49 AM, Wumo said:

1 - Artistic Swimming - Russia (Team and Duet)

2 - Table Tennis - China (men's and women's team)

3 - Diving - China in all synchronized events (Men's 10m Platform for sure)

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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Thanks but please also just pick 5 of them.  

[Dolby 738]

  On 7/15/2021 at 11:02 AM, Quasit said:

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 

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 Women's 49kg (because I would be rooting for Mirabai ) 

[Wumo 3,015]

  On 7/15/2021 at 11:04 AM, Quasit said:

Thanks but please also just pick 5 of them.  

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Has been edited now.  

[Gianlu33 4,719]

Russia - Women's Duet (Synchronized swimming) 

Russia - Women's Team (Synchronized swimming)  

China - Women's Team (Table Tennis)

China - Men's Team (Table Tennis) 

USA - Women's Team (Basketball) 

[heywoodu 15,333]

1. Weightlifting, men's +109kg - Lasha Talakhadze (GEO)

2. Swimming, 1500m freestyle women - Katie Ledecky (USA)

3. Cycling, women's time trial - Chloe Dygert (USA)

4. Sport climbing, women's combined - Janja Garnbret (SLO)

5. Judo, men's 73kg - Shohei Ono (JPN)

 

Dygert depends a little on how well she's recovered, but since she won the US nationals I'm assuming she's fine and then it's a matter of good luck to anyone in trying to beat her  

 

Followed an earlier example to leave out non-individual events, because this sounded more fun  

[thiago_simoes 1,423]

Women's artistic gymnastics team - USA  

Women's artistic gymnastics all-around - Simone Biles  

Women's artistic gymnastics vault - Simone Biles  

Women's artistic gymnastics floor - Simone Biles  

Rhythmic gymnastics all-around - One of the Averinas  

[Triplecast 156]

Not looking at others, and trying to be international here, so

 

   Women's Team Archery

    Women's 4x100 FS Relay

    Katie Ledecky  1500 FS

    Women Basketball

    4x400 Relay, both Mixed and Men (I know, this is 6 total)

 

[Cinnamon Bun 902]

Adam Peaty Men's 100m Breastroke

Armand Duplantis Men's Pole Vault

Katie Ledecky Women's 1500m Freestyle

Jonathan Brownlee Men's Triathlon

Yulimar Rojas Women's Triple Jump

[hckošice 15,085]

  On 7/15/2021 at 2:53 PM, Cinnamon Bun said:

Adam Peaty Men's 100m Breastroke

Armand Duplantis Men's Pole Vault

Katie Ledecky Women's 1500m Freestyle

Alistair Brownlee Men's Triathlon

Yulimar Rojas Women's Triple Jump

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wait, how did Alistair qualify ? did I miss something ?