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4 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

The problem with any high jumper being called a 90-95% favourite is that this event is rather sensitive for mistakes, as we've already seen in the past. Of course he's the favourite right now, but it's still relatively easy to go wrong, especially with the big pressure of being basically the face of his home Olympics.

Oh fuck Olympics is in Tokyo so Barshim isn't  on home soil sorry i thought about the doha world champs. But yeah high jump is a very sensitive for mistake, what's making me think Barshim is gonna win easily is if Lysenko isn't competing and Drouin aint back to form Barshim could win by clearing something like 2.33 which he normally does in his sleep.

16 hours ago, OlympicsFan said:

If Van Niekerk gets back to his Rio shape, noone can touch him, if he is barely able to run sub 44, many guys can beat him.

Barshim: If he gets back to his 2018 shape after the inury break i dont see anyone who could beat him, especially since i dont see Lysenko competing at the 2020 olympics.

Samba: Clear favorite for me, McMaster has run some good times at bigger meets, same is true for Warholm and they are constantly about 0.5 s slower than him. Benjamin has never done anything outside of Eugene, so i dont rate him this high currently.

Toth: Diniz could beat him or maybe a japanese guy.

Shubenkov: Seems untouchable this year, dont think anyone can beat him if he stays at that level, but of course thats rather unlikely and in addition to that we dont know whether he will be allowed to compete in Tokyo.

Steven Gardener has a sub 43.5 time in him so Van Niekerk can't feel that safe.

Barshim: Yeah if he comes back to form he aint getting beat on home soil.

Samba: I agree he is a clear favorite, probably will win and could very well beat that world record.

Shubenkov:Right now he's the favorite but if Mcleod comes back next year in great form he's the favorite.

On 2018-07-29 at 22:23, OlympicsFan said:

I would only consider Lyles (200 m), Van Niekerk, Barshim, Samba and maybe Toth/Shubenkov big favorites. I am a bit surprised about your picks in mens 100 m (What has Lyles shown to justify being called the top favorite there?), mens 800 m, mens pole vault (what about Lavillenie and Duplantis?), mens long jump (what about Echevarria?), mens triple jump (what about Taylor?), mens shot put (what about the american guys?), mens discus throw (what about Harting, Stahl and Dacres?), mens javelin throw (what about Röhler and Hofmann?), decathlon (what about Mayer?) and hammer throw (a lot of new talents from Hungary/Ukraine + Fajdek + Pronkin).

I agree there aint many cleare favorite except for Lyles 200m. Wan Niekerk has a challenge in Gardner, Norman, Makwala, Kerley and Akeem Bloomfield just to name some. With Barshims injury you can't be sure where he stands. And Samba will have challengers in Warholm, Benjamin and Mcmaster although i think he will win and Shubenkov has Mcleod and Levy as challengers. Toth is someone that my knowledge aint great on so ???  Lyles is probably gonna skip the 100 at the us trials so Coleman and Baker would probably be the main favorites. 

On 2018-07-29 at 22:15, OlympicsFan said:

For me the only really big favorites among those are:

Lasitskene, Perkovic, Woldarczyk, Thiam and maybe Chepkoech. I dont think you can just name "someone from Kenya" as favorite, you have to name a certain athlete and personally i wouldnt name relays or teams, but if i would, the american 4 x 400 relays would certainly be among the biggest favorites.

Miller Uibo,Gao and Mclaughlin are pretty big favorites too. Obviously Schwanitz is a challenge but Gao can react lenghts no one else can at the moment. Mclaughlin is just so good i can't see her losing and Miller Uibo is on another level from the other 400 m women. Salwa Eid Nasser would be up there tho.

On 2018-07-29 at 12:34, rafalgorka said:

Athletics Men

 

100 - Noah Lyles USA

200 - Noah Lyles USA

400 - Wayde van Niekerk RSA

800 - ADAM KSZCZOT POL !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :-) why not have a dream? my favourite Polish athlete (from those who are competing right now), BTW

1500 - somebody from KEN

5000 - somebody from ETH

10000 - somebody from ETH

marathon - somebody from ETH

3000 SC - somebody from KEN

110 hurdles - Sergey Shubenkov RUSSIA, not some without country individual but RUSSIA

400 hurdles - Abderrahman Samba QAT - 0.01 sec before Rai Benjamin ANT both with under the Kevin Young WR - the race of the games

High Jump - Mutaz Essa Barshim QAT - why not have a dream hahaha? my favourite athlete (from those who are competing right now) from all over the world BTW

Pole Vault - Sam Kendricks USA

Long Jump - Luvo Manyonga RSA

Triple Jump - Pedro Pablo Pichardo POR - anyone knows if there is a chance he will be allowed to compete for Portugal?

Shot Put - Tom Walsh NZL

Discus Throw - Andrius Gudzius LTU

Hammer Throw - Wojciech Nowicki POL

Javelin Throw - Johannes Vetter GER

Decathlon - Damian Warner  CAN

Race Walk 20km - somebody from JPN

Race Walk 50km - Matej Toth SVK

4x100 - USA

4x400 - USA

 

This would be my predictions

100-Christian Coleman 9.75 ish Baker and Prescod Bronze and Silver

200- Noah Lyles ca 19.40

400 Wayde Sub 43 WR Silver Michael Norman ca 43.20 Bronze Fred Kerley ca 43.60

800 Korir ca 1.40 WR Silver Nigel Amos 1.41   Bronze we can say Kszczot lol

Don't know about alot of long distance

110 h Shubenkov 13.03 Mcleod 13.07 Levy 13.11 Close Race

400 h WR Samba 46.5 ish Silver and Bronze Mcmaster and Benjamin sub 47 (i know it's alot of Middle distance World Records)

High Jump Barshim 2.42 Lysenko 2.38 Drouin 2.35 (comeback)

Long Jump Echevarria ca 8.70 Silver Manyonga ca 8.65 Bronze J.Henderson ca 8.50

Pole Vault Kendricks  5.88 Duplantis and Lisek silver and bronze 5.83

Triple Jump Teddy Tamgho Gold? (My favourite athlete of all time) nah jk Gold Pichardo 18.01 Silver Taylor 17.89 Bronze Claye 17.75 (i think pichardo is eligable as soon as this european championship)

Shot Put Gold Crouser Silver Walsh Bronze D.Hill 

Discus Gold Ståhl (cmon sweden) Silver Dacres Bronze Gudzius

Hammer Nowicki Gold

Javelin Julius Yego back to form?? Probably a german triple Vetter, Röhler and Hoffman

Dechatlon I like Warner but i reckon Mayer might be tough to beat

Race Walking aint my thing but the Toth dude wins alot so..

4*100 USA sub 47 Coleman,Lyles,Baker and Gatlin/Rodgers/Jaylen Bacon?? would be lethal

4*400 USA almost a world record with Michael Norman, Kerley, Dedewo and Gil Roberts