maestro 579 Posted Tuesday at 02:50 PM #1 Share Posted Tuesday at 02:50 PM (edited) In this thread we will take a look at athletes / teams that have the best chance to win gold in Paris. You can choose athletes / teams from any event / sport, that according to you, have the best chance to win gold. You can pick as many athletes / teams as you wish. Once replies start coming in, I will start updating this post to include a list with the most popular picks. Updated up to post #63 4 - Australia - Swimming - Women's 4x100m freestyle 4 - Summer McIntosh - Swimming - Women's 400 IM 4 - Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone - Women's 400 hurdles athletics 3 - Australia - Swimming - Women's 4x200 freestyle 3 - Emily Craig / Imogen Grant - Rowing - Women's lightweight double sculls 3 - Harry Lavreysen - Track cycling - Men's individual sprint 3 - Armand Duplantis - Athletics - Men's pole vault 2 - Wang Zongyuan / Long Daoyi - Diving - Men's 3m synchronized springboard 2 - Lian Junjie / Yang Hao - Diving - Men's 10m synchronized platform 2 - Chang Yani / Chen Yiwen - Diving - Women's 3m synchronized springboard 2 - Chen Yuxi / Quan Hongchan - Diving - Women's 10m synchronized platform 2 - Wang Zongyuan - Diving - Men's 3m springboard 2 - Li Wenwen - Weightlifting - Women's +87 kg 2 - Leon Marchand - Swimming - Men's 400m IM 2 - Emma Finucane - Track cycling - Women's individual sprint 2 - Netherlands - Women's field hockey 2 - Janja Garnbret - Sport climbing - Women's boulder/lead 2 - Sarah Sjoestroem - Swimming - Women's 50m freestyle 2 - Ryan Crouser - Athletics - Men's shot put 2 - Katie Ledecky - Swimming - Women's 1500m freestyle Ariarne Titmus - Swimming - Women's 400m freestyle Matthew Wearn - Sailing - Men's ILCA 7 China - Artistic swimming - Team Wang Liuyi / Wang Qianyi - Artistic swimming - Duet China - Table tennis - Women's team China - Table tennis - Men's team Hou Zhihui - Weightlifting - Women's 49 kg Li Fabin - Weightlifting - Men's 61 kg Lasha Talakhadze - Weightlifting - Men's +102 kg Tom Pidcock - Mountain biking - Men's cross country Ethan Hayter - Track cycling - Men's omnium Ruggero Tita / Caterina Banti - Sailing - Nacra 17 Uta Abe - Judo - Women's -52 kg Hifumi Abe - Judo - Men's -66kg Faith Kipyegon - Athletics - Women's 1500m Netherlands - Track cycling - Men's team sprint Karolien Florijn - Rowing - Women's single sculls Jakob Ingebrigtsen - Athletics - Men's 5000m Iga Swiatek - Tennis - Women's singles Aleksandra Miroslaw - Sport climbing - Women's speed David Popovici - Swimming - Men's 200m freestyle Jordi Xammar / Nora Brugman - Sailing - Mixed 470 USA - Athletics - Women's 4x400m Chloe Dygert - Road cycling - Women's time trial Simone Biles - Artistic gymnastics - Women's all around USA - Men's basketball USA - Women's basketball USA - Artistic gymnastics - Women's team Edited Saturday at 12:03 PM by maestro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodge 947 Posted Tuesday at 03:14 PM #2 Share Posted Tuesday at 03:14 PM In rowing, the women’s lightweight double are my lock of all locks. Can’t see any way they’re beaten outside of injury will add more later but they’re the first that came to mind mpjmcevoy and maestro 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mpjmcevoy 282 Posted Tuesday at 03:36 PM #3 Share Posted Tuesday at 03:36 PM 15 minutes ago, dodge said: In rowing, the women’s lightweight double are my lock of all locks. Can’t see any way they’re beaten outside of injury will add more later but they’re the first that came to mind Some sports are more given to 'locks' than others. Rowing is won of the 'lockiest'. I'd add the in men's team sprint in track cycling. I think one of 'em needs to actually fall off not win, and even then Harrie could probably remount and win. The in men's basketball will be a hard enough nut to crack, I suspect... After that, you're getting into 'roasting hot favourites but not quite a lock' territory - Men's 4 x 200 freestyle for can be beaten theoretically by a couple of teams, but it's gonna be pretty bloody tough - remember in Tokyo the new Olympic champ Dean had an absolute stinker of a leg, and they still won at a cantor. They are bringing an identical team back and if anything, Richards and Guy look better than last time. women's 4 x 100 in same boat... maestro 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CCB 526 Posted Tuesday at 04:02 PM #4 Share Posted Tuesday at 04:02 PM Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone - 400 hurdles athletics Team USA - 4x400 women athletics Katie Ledecky - 1500 freestyle swimming Qin Haiyang - 100 and 200 breaststroke swimming Team Australia - 4x100 and 4x200 freestyle women swimming Chloe Dygert - time trial cycling Simone Biles - gymnastics all around maestro and Jinzha 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeamGB 90 Posted Tuesday at 04:06 PM #5 Share Posted Tuesday at 04:06 PM Sarah Sjoestrom Women's 50m Freestyle maestro 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MatiReimundo 250 Posted Tuesday at 04:10 PM #6 Share Posted Tuesday at 04:10 PM (edited) Duplantis, Womens Field Hockey and Swiatek. Also, not gold but i really think that is going to win a medal in Mens Rugby 7. Edited Tuesday at 04:10 PM by MatiReimundo maestro 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh 7,985 Posted Tuesday at 04:11 PM #7 Share Posted Tuesday at 04:11 PM 7 minutes ago, CCB said: Qin Haiyang - 100 and 200 breaststroke swimming Not with Peaty back into form. CCB 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rybak 2,908 Posted Tuesday at 04:12 PM #8 Share Posted Tuesday at 04:12 PM I would say Aleksandra Mirosław in speed in sport climbing, but one small mistake can ruin everything. Pavlo and maestro 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh 7,985 Posted Tuesday at 04:17 PM #9 Share Posted Tuesday at 04:17 PM (edited) 7 minutes ago, MatiReimundo said: Duplantis, Womens Field Hockey and Swiatek. Also, not gold but i really think that is going to win a medal in Mens Rugby 7. In tennis, nothing is a given, especially at the Olympics. Lots of upsets occur. She is the heavy favourite yeah, but I wouldn’t be surprised to see her not win gold (even with her three in a row at Roland Garros, the Olympic venue) Edited Tuesday at 04:18 PM by Josh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faramir 188 Posted Tuesday at 04:23 PM #10 Share Posted Tuesday at 04:23 PM Too many team events with , as for individuals just picking a couple of them Li Wenwen in weightlifting Crouser in shot put maestro 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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