Your safest Gold Medal Picks for Summer Olympic Games Paris 2024

[Josh 10,510]

11 minutes ago, Somebodyyouknow said:

How has somebody not mentioned Weightlifting till now? It is probably the most predictable sport in the Olympics.

Going by the easiest gold medallists, I think Li Fabin  (Men's 61 kg), Lasha Talakhadze  (Mens 102+kg), Hou Zhihui  (Women's 49 kg) and Li Wenwen  (Women's 81+kg) are guaranteed gold medallists. 

If we’re talking about weightlifting, surely  Olivia Reeves will also be a pretty heavy gold medal favourite in women’s 71kg? 
 

That being said I’m not much of a weightlifting expert, so I could be completely wrong. 

[dullard 699]

 Women's 4x200m Freestyle

 Women's 200m Freestyle - lock for Australia but could go to Titmus or O'Callaghan

 Women's 1500m Freestyle - Katie Ledecky

 Women's 400m Medley - Summer McIntosh

 Men's 400m Medley - Leon Marchand

 Women's 50m Freestyle - Sarah Sjostrom

 Men's 200m Freestyle - David Popovici

 

 

 

 Women's 400m Hurdles - Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone

 

 

[Somebodyyouknow 87]

6 hours ago, Josh said:

If we’re talking about weightlifting, surely  Olivia Reeves will also be a pretty heavy gold medal favourite in women’s 71kg? 
 

That being said I’m not much of a weightlifting expert, so I could be completely wrong. 

I just went with the Tokyo gold medallists that I felt had the highest chance to repeat. There are definitely others who also are strong contenders for gold including Olivia Reeves . 

[Timezone 27]

On 7/3/2024 at 7:35 PM, Dkats said:

I’ve got 5 locks for gold for Australia 

Woman's 4x100 free

Woman's 4x200 free

Woman's 200 free
Mckeown inevitably winning at least 1 of her 3 strong events

 

Wearn ICLA7 sailing 

Titmus in 400m free another lock 3 seconds faster then anyone. 

[Timezone 27]

On 7/4/2024 at 3:31 AM, Surreal said:

Lets talk about Athletics:

 

Sydney Mclaughlin  : W 400M Hurdles

Kipyegon  : W 1500m

Ingebrigtsen  : M 5000M

Crouser  : M Shot Put

Duplantis  : M Pole Vault

 

They all seem like pretty safe gold medal picks to me - Thoughts?. Anyone missing?

 

Faith is extremely likely to win however Hull just lost to her even though Faith broke wr. 

[Dkats 296]

6 minutes ago, Timezone said:

Titmus in 400m free another lock 3 seconds faster then anyone. 

I hope so but I feel like that’s the kind of event where there could be an upset, like McIntosh just does something crazy out of nowhere, which is very possible due to how young she is and how she is guaranteed to improve. 

[Timezone 27]

Usa in womens medely relay lock also. 

Isn't Korea im archery and China ping pong also locks. 

[mpjmcevoy 362]

16 minutes ago, Timezone said:

Faith is extremely likely to win however Hull just lost to her even though Faith broke wr. 

It was also a paced WR. Faith is a roaring favourite, possibly second only to Mondo. but you never quite know what can happen in a 1500 without pacemakers. It quite often can turn into an 800 metre runners race, despite being full of natural 5000 metre runners, and other athletes in the final are apt to upset tactical plans depending on their reading of their chances... Hull, Muir, Mageaan, Hassan,  Tsegay, Welteji will all want a 'true run' race because they're stronger. some of the Americans might prefer a more messy tactical affair

[OlympicsFan 858]

Swimming:

Men’s 200 free: David Popovici 

Men‘s 400 IM: Leon Marchand 

Men‘s 4 x 100 free:

Men‘s 4 x 200 free:

Women‘s 400 free: Titmus 

Women‘s 800: Ledecky 

Women‘s 1500 free: Ledecky 

 

Women‘s 400 IM: McIntosh 

Women‘s 4 x 100 free: 

Women‘s 4 x 200 free: 

Women‘s medley relay: 

 

Athletics:

Women’s 1500 m: Kipyegon 

Women‘s 400 m hurdles: McLaughlin 

Women‘s high jump: Mahuchikh 

Women‘s pole vault: Caudery 

Women‘s discus throw: Allman 

Women‘s heptathlon: Thiam 

Men‘s 200 m: Lyles 

Men‘s 1500 m: Ingebrigtsen 

Men‘s 110 m hurdles: Holloway 

Men‘s pole vault: Duplantis 

Men‘s long jump: Tentoglou 

Men‘s discus throw: Alekna 

Men‘s hammer throw: Katzberg 

 

 

 

 

[OlympicsFan 858]

On 7/3/2024 at 7:31 PM, Surreal said:

Lets talk about Athletics:

 

Sydney Mclaughlin  : W 400M Hurdles

Kipyegon  : W 1500m

Ingebrigtsen  : M 5000M

Crouser  : M Shot Put

Duplantis  : M Pole Vault

 

They all seem like pretty safe gold medal picks to me - Thoughts?. Anyone missing?

 

I don’t think that Crouser and Ingebrigtsen are in the same category as the others.