Nickyc707 328 Posted July 17, 2021 #81 Share Posted July 17, 2021 31 minutes ago, EselTheDonkey said: Isn't she injured? I thought she skipped Gateshead because of an injury? Just a precaution for a tight hamstring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gubchandrolai 17 Posted July 17, 2021 #82 Share Posted July 17, 2021 I would say, 1. Mirabai Chanu (almost guaranteed silver if performs her usual) 2. 10M Air Pistol Mixed team (5/6 world cup golds, any of the two pairs, but Saurabh/Manu tops) 3. Vinesh (avoided Mayu Mukaida till final, and Pang till SF, and she is a beast). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragon 1,781 Posted July 17, 2021 #83 Share Posted July 17, 2021 On 15/07/2021 at 17:32, Orangehair43 said: Not sure about the last two. Agree about Peaty. I think GB will win at least one medal in the women’s triathlon but not sure who or what colour. Personally I don't think Brownlee is even the best GB chance in the event. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phelps 7,459 Posted July 17, 2021 #84 Share Posted July 17, 2021 may I review my prediction? my new ranking... 1. covid19 2. covid20 3. covid21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mpjmcevoy 279 Posted July 17, 2021 #85 Share Posted July 17, 2021 1 hour ago, Dragon said: Personally I don't think Brownlee is even the best GB chance in the event. Agree. If Yee makes the first bike group after the swim, I'd nearly have him as the slight favourite overall - and even more so if Brownlee makes the same group, because he'll insist on pushing the bike on. On current form, I'd make GBR very slight favourites for the Relay - predicting a Learmouth - Brownlee - Georgia - Yee quartet, it seems purpose built for relay - Learmouth's big swim/bike combo should hopefully blow up the pack and prevent a proper peloton forming, Brownlee's best distance is arguably sprint distance, and Yee for the finisher. For the women's event, it feels a bit like GBR v the World, the GBR team is that strong, without having one dominating Ali Brownlee style athlete. No other nation has that depth at the moment, but several have individuals who could absolutely win gold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milan 26 Posted July 19, 2021 #86 Share Posted July 19, 2021 For Croatia I think men's pair in rowing is the only medal that can be considered safe. For the two other most likely medal winners I will pick Sandra Perkovic and Mektic/Pavic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vinipereira 3,123 Posted August 1, 2021 #87 Share Posted August 1, 2021 On 15/07/2021 at 09:33, thiago_simoes said: 1) Men's surfing 2) Women's skateboarding 3) And I'll be very bold here and mention women's artistic gymnastics, a discipline in which Brazil has never won a medal before. Yes, it might not make sense now, but I hope it will make sense on August 2. Well, he was right Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodge 941 Posted August 6, 2021 #88 Share Posted August 6, 2021 On 16/07/2021 at 14:15, OlympicsFan said: No remotely knowledgeable fan who watched that game can come to the conclusion that the Netherlands are far superior to all other teams. They had home advantage at the European championships and still were the worse team in the final. Sorry but I couldn't resist bringing this back up. in the groups; won all 5 with a GD of +16 (including 3-1 win over the superior Germans) Won QF 3-0 Won SF 5-1 Won Final 3-1 The superior German team lost 3-0 to Argentina in the quarter final stage On 16/07/2021 at 12:47, dodge said: The game that the Netherlands won 2-0 without really trying? Yeah I watched that one... The Dutch are by some distance the best team around. They lost in a shootout in Rio, so shocks can happen but anything other than gold for them is a shock Makedonas 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thiago_simoes 1,359 Posted August 6, 2021 #89 Share Posted August 6, 2021 On 15/07/2021 at 09:33, thiago_simoes said: 1) Men's surfing 2) Women's skateboarding 3) And I'll be very bold here and mention women's artistic gymnastics, a discipline in which Brazil has never won a medal before. Yes, it might not make sense now, but I hope it will make sense on August 2. I was looking for this. For some reason, I thought I had placed my bets on our volleyball teams and in artistic gymnastics, but I went the safest route with surfing and skateboarding, and a bold prediction in artistic gymnastics. I would never have thought, though, that it would have been a gold medal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jinzha 596 Posted August 6, 2021 #90 Share Posted August 6, 2021 On 15/07/2021 at 13:36, Jinzha said: I'd say has a few safe gold medal picks: Track cycling, men's team and individual sprint (Harry Lavreysen) Field hockey, women's team Sailing, RS:X men (Kiran Badloe) Track cycling is a little hard to say because there has been so little competition, but they were far enough ahead of the rest that I'm still confident. And Lavreysen is still young. Some options that I consider 'safe medals', but not necessarily safe gold medal picks: Road cycling (women's road race and time trial) Mountainbiking (Mathieu van der Poel) Rowing (LW2x and M4x) Looks like I misspelled Harrie Lavreysens name. Other than that I got 8/9 right! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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