MedalChampion

Going to very hard for  to get their total in 2030 with the axing of Nordic Combined and the return of Russia. 

Women's only:
 
1.  6-6-3
2.  6-4-0
3.  6-3-8
4.  6-2-4
 
Men's only: 
 
1.  14-5-8
2.  4-7-1
3.  4-3-6
 
 
Mixed only: 
 
1.  3-0-1
2.  2-2-0
3.  2-0-0

However, the fight for 1st place is probably more important: USA-China in Paris 2024, or Beijing 2008 and first China's victory.

Personally, I think  should target around 10-13 gold medals in 2030 and strive to reach the top 3 in the medal standings.

Plenty of countries will have beaten their records during these Olympics 
 
Number of medals beaten :    

Number of golds beaten :    
 
Both :  
 
Also, both  &  will have beaten their number of medals back to back after Beijing
 

Day 15 update
Day 15 2022 => 2026 Biathlon    Women's mass start   Bobsleigh    Two-woman   Cross-country skiing    Men's classical   Curling    Men's   Freestyle skiing    Men's ski cross   Freestyle skiing    Mixed team aerials           Ski mountaineering    Mixed relay --   Speed skating    Men's mass start   Speed skating    Women's mass start   Day 16 2022 => 2026 Bobsleigh    Four-man   Cross-country skiing    Women's classical   Curling    Women's   Freestyle skiing    Women's halfpipe   Ice hockey    Men's  

As with every Olympics, there is a proliferation of graphics showing how the European Union would have won the Olympics. I want to try to simulate the qualifiers in the case of a single European team (using the World Cup as trials or other parameters) and see what really happens.
 
Post #1 - Men's Alpine Skiing
 
Qualification
Maximum 11 athletes, the top 2 per discipline + the top three thirds per discipline, comparing the number of points.
 
Team Europe
 
1 DH – Dominik Paris 1 SG –  Stefan Babinsky 1 SL –  Clément Noël 1 GS –  Stefan Brennsteiner 2 DH –  Giovanni Franzoni 2 SG –  Vincent Kriechmayr 2 SL –  Paco Rassat 2 GS –  Marco Schwarz 3 DH –  Florian Schider 3 SL –  Eduard Hallberg 3 GS –  Alex Vinatzer  
Podium
DH, same as MiCo2026 SG, same as MiCo2026 GS, same as MiCo2026 SL. Fabio Gstrein lost the silver.  Kristoffersen promoted to silver,  Haugan promoted from 4th to bronze. Combined: Medal table (5/116)
 03 - 02 - 03 [008]  01 - 01 - 01 [003]  01 - 00 - 00 [001]  00 - 01 - 01 [002]  00 - 01 - 00 [001]

They actually get more than us.  Half of the Pyrenees & even the top of Sierra Nevada way down South.

Spain really underperforms at both summer and winter games compared to other European countries I feel

Best ever Winter Olympics for France, 23 medals and 8 golds, our previous record being 15 medals and 5 golds 
We really need to get better in some disciplines though (looking at speed skating and short track which give LOTS of medals...)

are currently sitting 3rd in the medal table & ALL of their medals have come from speed skating (short track included). Imagine this , getting 20 medals in just 1 sport ( 2 disciplines ) which has 23 medal events! That is utter dominance in any level of sports & to do that at olympic level regularly year after year is amazing. But it begs the question you can be in top 3 on the table by just focussing in one sports programme! 
I don't think this level of dominance & its reflection in the medal table is possible in the summer games. 
 
Perhaps WOG needs more competition & more countries to develop their programme to make it a truly global event!
I honestly don't know if I should celebrate this  achievement or be sad that there is no competition for them.  

Even with all the mishaps USA will have their best ever Winter Olympics. Imagine if their early failed (favorites)events also went their way, we could have been looking at 16-17 golds for them as well.

Norway sets the all-time record for most medals (40 so far) in a single edition of the Winter Olympic Games.

Day 14 update
Day 14 2022 => 2026 Biathlon    Men's mass start   Freestyle skiing    Men's aerials   Freestyle skiing    Men's halfpipe   Freestyle skiing    Women's ski cross   Short-track speed skating    Men's relay   Short-track speed skating    Women's 1500m   Speed skating    Women's 1500m   Day 15 2022 => 2026 Biathlon    Women's mass start   Bobsleigh    Two-woman   Cross-country skiing    Men's classical   Curling    Men's   Freestyle skiing    Men's ski cross   Freestyle skiing    Mixed team aerials           Ski mountaineering    Mixed relay --   Speed skating    Men's mass start   Speed skating    Women's mass start  

Day 13 update
Day 13 2022 => 2026 Figure skating    Women's singles           Ice hockey    Women's   Nordic combined    Team large hill/2 × 7.5 km   Ski mountaineering    Men's sprint --   Ski mountaineering    Women's sprint --   Speed skating    Men's 1500m   Day 14 2022 => 2026 Biathlon    Men's mass start   Freestyle skiing    Men's aerials   Freestyle skiing    Men's halfpipe   Freestyle skiing    Women's ski cross   Short-track speed skating    Men's relay   Short-track speed skating    Women's 1500m   Speed skating    Women's 1500m  

The race for Top 5 is gonna be epic  Everything is possible between nations currently ranked 4-12th
 
  FRA NED SWE SUI GER AUT JPN CAN CHN Current golds 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 3 Hockey M               x   Hockey W               x   Curling M       x       x   Curling W     x x       x   Figue Skating W             x     Skicross W x   x x x x   x   Skicross M x   x x x     x   Half-Pipe M                   Half-Pipe W                 x Biathlon MS M x   x             Biathlon MS W x   x             Aerials M       x         x Aerials Mx                 x ST 3000m Relay M               x   ST 1500m W   x           x   SkiMo Relay x     x           SS MS M   x               SS MS W   x           x   SS 1500m W   x         x     Bob 2-women         x         Bob 4-men         x         50km W     x             50km M                                       Possible extra golds 5 4 6 6 4 1 2 9 3

Bronze Medal for   First medal here. They are on the medal table 

France is now 1st in the "almost medal table" 

Can someone explain to me why they decided to get rid of alpine skiing so early at these Games? I mean, with 6 days before the OG end we will have only 1 alpine race remaining. Weird scheduling, that i just noticed, because the final week was usually reserved for the 4 technical starts in many previous Olympics.

Did it!!
 
Record for gold in one edition: 8

Also the Kazakhs probably. Nobody expected gold medal for their skater.

8/10 for the Olympics themselves and 10/10 for Brazil's performance, historic results in all the sports we are participating in. 

Day 7 update
Day 7 2022 => 2026 Biathlon    Men's sprint   Cross-country skiing    Men's freestyle   Figure skating    Men's singles   Skeleton    Men's   Snowboarding    Men's halfpipe   Snowboarding Women's snowboard cross   Speed skating    Men's 10,000m   Day 8 2022 => 2026 Alpine skiing    Men's giant slalom   Biathlon    Women's sprint   Cross-country skiing    Women's relay   Freestyle skiing    Women's dual moguls --   Short-track speed skating    Men's 1500m   Skeleton    Women's   Ski jumping    Men's large hill individual   Speed skating    Men's 500m  

Day 7 update
Day 7 2022 => 2026 Biathlon    Men's sprint   Cross-country skiing    Men's freestyle   Figure skating    Men's singles   Skeleton    Men's   Snowboarding    Men's halfpipe   Snowboarding Women's snowboard cross   Speed skating    Men's 10,000m   Day 8 2022 => 2026 Alpine skiing    Men's giant slalom   Biathlon    Women's sprint   Cross-country skiing    Women's relay   Freestyle skiing    Women's dual moguls --   Short-track speed skating    Men's 1500m   Skeleton    Women's   Ski jumping    Men's large hill individual   Speed skating    Men's 500m  

Day 7 update
Day 7 2022 => 2026 Biathlon    Men's sprint   Cross-country skiing    Men's freestyle   Figure skating    Men's singles   Skeleton    Men's   Snowboarding    Men's halfpipe   Snowboarding Women's snowboard cross   Speed skating    Men's 10,000m   Day 8 2022 => 2026 Alpine skiing    Men's giant slalom   Biathlon    Women's sprint   Cross-country skiing    Women's relay   Freestyle skiing    Women's dual moguls --   Short-track speed skating    Men's 1500m   Skeleton    Women's   Ski jumping    Men's large hill individual   Speed skating    Men's 500m