Your safest Gold Medal Picks for Summer Olympic Games Paris 2024

[maestro 697]

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 -  Summer McIntosh - Swimming - Women's 400 IM

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

4 -  China - Table tennis - Women's team

4 -  China - Table tennis - Men's team

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

2 -  South Korea - Archery - Men's team

2 -  Netherlands - Women's field hockey

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

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

 Matthew Wearn - Sailing - Men's ILCA 7

 Nafissatou Thiam - Athletics - Women's heptathlon

 Ethan Katzberg - Athletics - Men's hammer throw

 China - Artistic swimming - Team

 Wang Liuyi / Wang Qianyi - Artistic swimming - Duet 

 Li Fabin - Weightlifting - Men's 61 kg

 Luo Shifang - Weightlifting - Women's 59 kg

 Lasha Talakhadze - Weightlifting - Men's +102 kg

 Tom Pidcock - Mountain biking - Men's cross country

 Ethan Hayter - Track cycling - Men's omnium

 Miltiadis Tentoglou - Athletics - Men's long jump

 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

 Mykolas Alekna - Athletics - Men's discus throw

 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

 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

 Grant Holloway - Athletics - Men's 110m hurdles

 USA - Men's basketball

 USA - Women's basketball

 USA - Artistic gymnastics - Women's team

 USA - Swimming - Women's 4x100m medley relay

Edited July 15, 2024 by maestro

[dodge 1,040]

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 375]

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...

[CCB 612]

 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

 

 

 

[TeamGB 214]

Sarah Sjoestrom  Women's 50m Freestyle 

[MatiReimundo 467]

 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 July 2, 2024 by MatiReimundo

[Josh 11,790]

7 minutes ago, CCB said:

 Qin Haiyang - 100 and 200 breaststroke swimming

Not with Peaty back into form. 

[rybak 3,330]

I would say  Aleksandra Mirosław in speed in sport climbing, but one small mistake can ruin everything.

[Josh 11,790]

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 July 2, 2024 by Josh

[Faramir 456]

Too many team events with  ,  

 

as for individuals just picking a couple of them

 

 Li Wenwen in weightlifting
Crouser in shot put