Nations that can win their first Olympic medal at the Summer Olympic Games Paris 2024

[Griff88 1,952]

19 minutes ago, hckošice said:

wasn´t he the guy whose team didn´t notice the Indonesian from group B and on the last C&J attempt playing for a bronze medal they put a kilo less than they should have on the bar ?

I was rooting for Calja for the sake of history, but his coaches decided to decline the offer

 

Anyway it will be tougher for him in 2024, considering he's competing against younger competitors

Edited February 10, 2023 by Griff88

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12 hours ago, Makedonas said:

Bolivia in men's tennis definitely does not have a "decent shot" at winning a medal, sorry.

 

Also, Albania got 4th place in men's weightlifting in Tokyo, I'm surprised no one mentioned that for Paris? Or maybe one of the medal winners will get caught doping and the Albanian guy will get promoted to bronze, that honestly might be the most likely first medal for Albania knowing how the sport of weightlifting goes 

I only really put Bolivia in as I had to take Samoa out who I hadn't realised had won a medal and wanted the list to contain 10. Only now do I realise that Monica Doria of  would've been a better and more realistic option.   

[El Analyzer 191]

I am adding a prediction here that I guess (hope) three countries to be on the podium:

 

1-  could be via shooting skeet men

2-  mainly in 400 hurdles men

3-  presumably Canoeing 

Edited September 26, 2023 by Sindo

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a few others:

 

 Lana Pudar - Swimming (100m Butterfly, 200m Butterfly)

 Jordan Crooks - Swimming (50m Freestyle, 100m Freestyle)

Thea Lafond - Athletics (Triple Jump)

 Julien Alfred - Athletics (100m, 200m)

[Josh 10,517]

 Zhelim Abakarov - Wrestling - Men’s 57kg Freestyle

 Agate De Souza - Athletics - Women’s Long Jump

Edited September 26, 2023 by Josh

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15 minutes ago, Topicmaster1010 said:

 Jordan Crooks - Swimming (50m Freestyle, 100m Freestyle)

Don’t see it happening. When has Crooks ever achieved a LCM time worthy of an international medal? He’s more of a short course specialist. 

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3 minutes ago, Josh said:

Don’t see it happening. When has Crooks ever achieved a LCM time worthy of an international medal? He’s more of a short course specialist. 

Yes, this was definitely the boldest of the one's I listed. 

 

But this year, he was 6th in the 50m freestyle (21.73) and 7th in the 100m freestyle (47.94) which was his breakout long course meet and he's still 21. With another year of long course training, he has a chance. Probably not a great chance but it's still possible.

[El Analyzer 191]

I took some brave tablets and would say ...  in basketball 

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21 hours ago, Josh said:

Don’t see it happening. When has Crooks ever achieved a LCM time worthy of an international medal? He’s more of a short course specialist. 

50m at the olympics produces some surprising results sometimes, but this really seems too much of a long shot.

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 Tebello Ramakongoana (4th in the men's Marathon at the last Atheltics Worlds in Budapest)