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Your safest Gold Medal Picks for Summer Olympic Games Paris 2024


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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 #82

 

6 - :CAN Summer McIntosh - Swimming - Women's 400 IM

5 - :AUS Australia - Swimming - Women's 4x200 freestyle

5 - :SWE Armand Duplantis - Athletics - Men's pole vault

5 - :USA Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone - Women's 400 hurdles athletics

4 - :AUS Australia - Swimming - Women's 4x100m freestyle 

4 - :CHN Wang Zongyuan / Long Daoyi - Diving - Men's 3m synchronized springboard 

4 - :CHN Lian Junjie / Yang Hao - Diving - Men's 10m synchronized platform

4 - :CHN Chang Yani / Chen Yiwen - Diving - Women's 3m synchronized springboard

4 - :CHN Chen Yuxi / Quan Hongchan - Diving - Women's 10m synchronized platform

4 - :CHN Wang Zongyuan - Diving - Men's 3m springboard

4 - :CHN China - Table tennis - Women's team

4 - :CHN China - Table tennis - Men's team

4 - :USA Katie Ledecky - Swimming - Women's 1500m freestyle

3 - :CHN Li Wenwen - Weightlifting - Women's +87 kg

3 - :FRA Leon Marchand - Swimming - Men's 400m IM

3 - :GBR Emily Craig / Imogen Grant - Rowing - Women's lightweight double sculls

3 - :NED Harry Lavreysen - Track cycling - Men's individual sprint

2 - :AUS Ariarne Titmus - Swimming - Women's 400m freestyle

2 - :CHN Hou Zhihui - Weightlifting - Women's 49 kg

2 - :GBR Emma Finucane - Track cycling - Women's individual sprint

2 - :KOR South Korea - Archery - Men's team

2 - :NED Netherlands - Women's field hockey

2 - :ROU David Popovici - Swimming - Men's 200m freestyle

2 - :SLO Janja Garnbret - Sport climbing - Women's boulder/lead

2 - :SWE Sarah Sjoestroem - Swimming - Women's 50m freestyle

2 - :USA Ryan Crouser - Athletics - Men's shot put

:AUS Matthew Wearn - Sailing - Men's ILCA 7

:BEL Nafissatou Thiam - Athletics - Women's heptathlon

:CAN Ethan Katzberg - Athletics - Men's hammer throw

:CHN China - Artistic swimming - Team

:CHN Wang Liuyi / Wang Qianyi - Artistic swimming - Duet 

:CHN Li Fabin - Weightlifting - Men's 61 kg

:CHN Luo Shifang - Weightlifting - Women's 59 kg

:GEO Lasha Talakhadze - Weightlifting - Men's +102 kg

:GBR Tom Pidcock - Mountain biking - Men's cross country

:GBR Ethan Hayter - Track cycling - Men's omnium

:GRE Miltiadis Tentoglou - Athletics - Men's long jump

:ITA Ruggero Tita / Caterina Banti - Sailing - Nacra 17

:JPN Uta Abe - Judo - Women's -52 kg

:JPN Hifumi Abe - Judo - Men's -66kg

:KEN Faith Kipyegon - Athletics - Women's 1500m

:LTU Mykolas Alekna - Athletics - Men's discus throw

:NED Netherlands - Track cycling - Men's team sprint

:NED Karolien Florijn - Rowing - Women's single sculls

:NOR Jakob Ingebrigtsen - Athletics - Men's 5000m

:POL Iga Swiatek - Tennis - Women's singles

:POL Aleksandra Miroslaw - Sport climbing - Women's speed

:ESP Jordi Xammar / Nora Brugman - Sailing - Mixed 470

:USA USA - Athletics - Women's 4x400m 

:USA Chloe Dygert - Road cycling - Women's time trial

:USA Simone Biles - Artistic gymnastics - Women's all around

:USA Grant Holloway - Athletics - Men's 110m hurdles

:USA USA - Men's basketball

:USA USA - Women's basketball

:USA USA - Artistic gymnastics - Women's team

:USA USA - Swimming - Women's 4x100m medley relay

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In rowing, the :GBR 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 

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15 minutes ago, dodge said:

In rowing, the :GBR 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 :NED 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 :USA 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 :GBR 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. :AUS women's 4 x 100 in same boat...

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:USA Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone - 400 hurdles athletics

:USA Team USA - 4x400 women athletics

:USA Katie Ledecky - 1500 freestyle swimming

:CHN Qin Haiyang - 100 and 200 breaststroke swimming

:AUS Team Australia - 4x100 and 4x200 freestyle women swimming

:USA Chloe Dygert - time trial cycling

:USA Simone Biles - gymnastics all around

 

 

 

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:SWE Duplantis, :NED Womens Field Hockey and :POL Swiatek.

 

Also, not gold but i really think that :FRA is going to win a medal in Mens Rugby 7.

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7 minutes ago, MatiReimundo said:

:SWE Duplantis, :NED Womens Field Hockey and :POL Swiatek.

 

Also, not gold but i really think that :FRA 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)

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Too many team events with :USA , :CHN 

 

as for individuals just picking a couple of them

 

:CHN Li Wenwen in weightlifting
:USA Crouser in shot put

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