OlympicsFan 794 Posted Thursday at 12:25 PM #71 Share Posted Thursday at 12:25 PM On 7/3/2024 at 11:35 AM, 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 McKeown winning a gold isn’t inevitable. I think it is inevitable that she will win at least 2 individual silver medals (100/200 back). In the 200 IM she could miss the podium (or win gold). Josh 1 Attachment is the great fabricator of illusions; reality can be obtained only by someone who is detached. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlympicsFan 794 Posted Thursday at 12:26 PM #72 Share Posted Thursday at 12:26 PM On 7/3/2024 at 8:17 AM, Surreal said: In terms of track cycling there are a few near locks I can think of: Harrie Lavreysen : Men's Individual Sprint - A couple of years ago he was challenged by the Aussie Richardson but he's been a class apart from everyone for the last 18 or so months. Right now I'd pick him to win 3 Golds with the individual sprint a near lock. Emma Finucane: Women's Individual Sprint - Has dominated this event this past year. Set the fastest Flying 200m time not on altitude at the world champs last year with a 10.2. Still only 21 so will only improve and like Lavreysen is also destined for greatness in Paris imo with 3 Golds not out of the equation for her too. Ethan Hayter: Men's Omnium - Been tremendous in this discipline ever since Tokyo, In fact I don't even think he's lost an omnium he's competed in since Tokyo (not completely sure, happy to be proven wrong). - One thing I will say about the omnium though is that crashes and luck do sometimes play a major part so I'm much more confident in the previously mentioned riders. Finucane certainly isn’t a lock. Attachment is the great fabricator of illusions; reality can be obtained only by someone who is detached. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlympicsFan 794 Posted Thursday at 12:41 PM #73 Share Posted Thursday at 12:41 PM Germany: No locks, but some gold medal favorites at least Swimming men‘s 400 m: Märtens 10 km men’s open water swimming: Wellbrock 10 km women‘s open water swimming: Beck Rowing men‘s single sculls: Zeidler Athletics men‘s decathlon: Neugebauer Men’s K4 500 m canoeing sprint Attachment is the great fabricator of illusions; reality can be obtained only by someone who is detached. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Somebodyyouknow 8 Posted Thursday at 12:44 PM #74 Share Posted Thursday at 12:44 PM 1 hour ago, Timezone said: Usa in womens medely relay lock also. Isn't Korea im archery and China ping pong also locks. Archery is very unpredictable, especially the individuals. And while Korea will still win 3/4 gold, it is difficult to predict which gold it will lose, so hard to say it is a lock in any event. Additionally, the Korean women's team that has not lost a gold ever probably faces its biggest-ever challenge in the Chinese team that defeated it twice in world cups this year. Agree with the Chinese being lock in ping pong. maestro 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,961 Posted Thursday at 01:06 PM #75 Share Posted Thursday at 01:06 PM (edited) 22 minutes ago, Somebodyyouknow said: Additionally, the Korean women's team that has not lost a gold ever probably faces its biggest-ever challenge in the Chinese team that defeated it twice in world cups this year. That by itself is already easily enough to say it's not a lock. Genuine 'locks' (as far as they exist) don't lose in the months before the Olympics, at all. They win, and do so by big margins, every single time. Edited Thursday at 01:06 PM by heywoodu AsensioWillemsen, Josh and maestro 3 If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erw 20 Posted Thursday at 01:45 PM #76 Share Posted Thursday at 01:45 PM China for diving, table tennis and women's weightlifting (except Reeves and Dajomes, where no Chinese) Korea's women archery team are threatened by Chinese team for their 10 time Gold medal streak in Women's team, but I think men's team have good enough chance for win gold. Men's team won both 2021, 2023 world championship and they won every world cup gold medal during 2022-2023 season without the 1st one each, where they did not appeared. There only loss since tokyo was 1st olympic of this season, where India got gold and Korea got silver. (And Korea got gold in 2nd, 3rd world cup). maestro 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zob79 147 Posted Thursday at 04:57 PM #77 Share Posted Thursday at 04:57 PM (edited) Romania : No locks, but some gold medal favorites I strongly believe in Rowing: double sculls women Rowing: 8+ women Canoeing: C1-1000 m: Catalin Chirila I have no sympathy for chemical romances, that's why I won't mention popovici Edited Thursday at 04:58 PM by zob79 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timezone 9 Posted Friday at 09:06 AM #78 Share Posted Friday at 09:06 AM Ukrainian lady broke wr surely is a lock high jump Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RussB 86 Posted Friday at 09:37 AM #79 Share Posted Friday at 09:37 AM 29 minutes ago, Timezone said: Ukrainian lady broke wr surely is a lock high jump Falls in the category of strong fav but not a “lock”, in global competitions in recent years it has been very tight in the women’s high jump. There are certainly no guarantees she manages to go 2-10 again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh 8,115 Posted Friday at 09:39 AM #80 Share Posted Friday at 09:39 AM 32 minutes ago, Timezone said: Ukrainian lady broke wr surely is a lock high jump Heavy favourite yeah, “lock” nope. AsensioWillemsen and Triplecast 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now