Dennis

So it seems like the dramatic announcement was all to say she is trying out a new hydration drink this year 
 
 

With just over 100 days to go I decided to do another medal prediction, but this time on a day to day basis. 
 
Day 1 Saturday 27 July (0-1 medals)
Road cycling: Ellen van Dijk (W time trial)
 
Day 2 Sunday 28 July (0-2 medals)
Mountain bike: Puck Pieterse (W cross country)
Swimming: Arno Kamminga or Caspar Corbeau (M 100m breast)
 
Day 3 Monday 29 July (0-1 medals)
Swimming: Tes Schouten (W 100m breast)
 
Day 4 Tuesday 30 July (0-1 medals)
Judo: Joanne van Lieshout (W -63kg)
 
Day 5 Wednesday 31 July (3-5 medals)
Judo: Sanne van Dijke (W -70kg)
Rowing: M4x and W4x
Swimming: Marrit Steenbergen (W 100m free) and Caspar Corbeau (M 200m breast)
 
Day 6 Thursday 1 August (4-7 medals)
Judo: Michael Korrel (M -100kg) and Guusje Steenhuis (W -78kg)
Rowing: M2x and W4-
Sailing: Duetz/Van Aanholt (W skiff) and Van de Werken/Lambriex (M skiff)
Swimming: Tes Schouten (W 200m breast)
 
Day 7 Friday 2 August (2-5 medals)
Archery: Mixed team
BMX racing: Niek Kimmann or Laura Smulders
Judo: Marit Kamps (W +78kg)
Rowing: W2-
Sailing: Luc van Opzeeland (M IQFoil)
 
Day 8 Saturday 3 August (3-5 medals)
Athletics: Mixed 4x400m relay
Road cycling: Mathieu van der Poel (M road race)
Rowing: W1x, M1x and M8-
 
Day 9 Sunday 4 August (0-2 medals)
Equestrian: Dinja van Liere (dressage)
Road cycling: Lorena Wiebes or Demi Vollering (W road race)
 
Day 10 Monday 5 August (0-1 medals)
Athletics: Sifan Hassan (W 5000m?)
 
Day 11 Tuesday 6 August (1-2 medals)
Sailing: Marit Bouwmeester (W dinghy)
Track Cycling: M team sprint
 
Day 12 Wednesday 7 August (0-1 medals)
Sailing: Laila van der Meer / Bjarne Bouwer (mixed multihull)
 
Day 13 Thursday 8 August (2-4 medals)
Athletics: Femke Bol (W 400mH)
Hockey: Men’s team
Swimming: Sharon van Rouwendaal (W 10 km open water)
Track cycling: Hetty van der Wouw (W Keirin)
 
Day 14 Friday 9 August (2-4 medals)
Athletics: Lieke Klaver (W 400m)
Breaking: India Sardjoe (W breaking)
Hockey: Women’s team
Track Cycling: Harrie Lavreysen (M sprint)
 
Day 15 Saturday 10 August (1-3 medals)
Athletics: Women’s 4x400m relay and Abdi Nageeye (M marathon)
Water polo: Women’s team
 
Day 16 Sunday 11 August (1-2 medals)
Athletics: Sifan Hassan (W marathon??)
Track Cycling: Harrie Lavreysen (M keirin)
 
Any day (0-2 medals)
Surprise medals: preferrably Niels Laros (M 1500m) and W handball or volleyball team (what can I say, the more surprising the better)
 
Total prediction (19-47 medals)
+/- 10 golds
+/- 11 silvers
+/- 12 bronze
 
I feel like the day-by-day version made the numbers too optimistic. Some names I'm thinking more like 'one out of these 4 judoka's will probably win a medal', but it shows as a medal chances on 4 days, instead of just 1 expected medal.
Overall I'm a bit more optimistic than the 25 medals I predicted last time, I'll say 30 medals this time!

Qualified Olympic Games 2024

Women's 3.000m Relay: 
 
Gold:  the Netherlands
Silver:  the United States of America
Bronze:  Canada
 
5th medal for Santos in 5 events 

Men's 1.000m:
 
Gold:  William Dandjinou
Silver:  Pietro Sighel
Bronze:  Luca Spechenhauser

Just like in the men's 1.500m final,  Park and  Hwang hinder each other when they're skating in first and second place in the A final and again no medals for them.

Women's 1.000m:
 
Gold:  Kristen Santos-Griswald
Silver:  Kim Gilli
Bronze:  Arianna Fontana
 
Santos-Griswold completes the set after her silver medal on the 1.500m and her bronze medal yesterday on the 500m. She also finished first in the 1.000m world cup final standings this season, right before Kim Gilli.
 
I think this is Fontana's 18th World Championship medal, after already winning 11 Olympic medals and 76 World Cup medals. What a legend!

Schulting doesn't finish after the restart as she's injured, which is tough right before the relay finals as well

A restart after  Desmet received a penalty 
 
Some of the skaters that fell look slightly injured, so I think this opens the possibilities for  Fontana

In the women's 1.000m final, 3 of the 5 skaters ( Kim,  Santos-Griswold and   Schulting) fell together.  Desmet finishes in first place,  Fontana in second,  Schulting gets up first and finishes in third, but no way these will be the final standings.

Only one gold for , the best short track speed skating nation in the world. Just 5 years ago, they won 7 gold (4 silver and 1 bronze). This is the lowest number of gold medals for South Korea since 2001 when they won zero in Jeonju (when China won 9 gold medals).

Men's 5.000m Relay: 
 
Gold:  China
Silver:  South Korea
Bronze:  Poland
 
China dominating the men's tournament and winning the medal table with their 4th gold medal, surprising bronze for Poland

Women's 3.000m Relay: 
 
Gold:  the Netherlands
Silver:  the United States of America
Bronze:  Canada
 
5th medal for Santos in 5 events 

Mixed 2.000m Relay: 
 
Gold:  China
Silver:  Italy
Bronze:  the United States of America
 
3rd gold medal for  these championships
 

Only one gold for , the best short track speed skating nation in the world. Just 5 years ago, they won 7 gold (4 silver and 1 bronze). This is the lowest number of gold medals for South Korea since 2001 when they won zero in Jeonju (when China won 9 gold medals).

Men's 5.000m Relay: 
 
Gold:  China
Silver:  South Korea
Bronze:  Poland
 
China dominating the men's tournament and winning the medal table with their 4th gold medal, surprising bronze for Poland

Women's 3.000m Relay: 
 
Gold:  the Netherlands
Silver:  the United States of America
Bronze:  Canada
 
5th medal for Santos in 5 events 

Mixed 2.000m Relay: 
 
Gold:  China
Silver:  Italy
Bronze:  the United States of America
 
3rd gold medal for  these championships
 

Men's 1.000m:
 
Gold:  William Dandjinou
Silver:  Pietro Sighel
Bronze:  Luca Spechenhauser

Women's 1.000m:
 
Gold:  Kristen Santos-Griswald
Silver:  Kim Gilli
Bronze:  Arianna Fontana
 
Santos-Griswold completes the set after her silver medal on the 1.500m and her bronze medal yesterday on the 500m. She also finished first in the 1.000m world cup final standings this season, right before Kim Gilli.
 
I think this is Fontana's 18th World Championship medal, after already winning 11 Olympic medals and 76 World Cup medals. What a legend!

The we should add  and  to the gold medal as well 

Nice weekend of short track skating, too bad the DJ messed things up between and even during races. Wonder how many people will leave with tinnitus  

being in 's way and  being in 's way at one of the exchanges
 

Men's 1.000m:
 
Gold:  William Dandjinou
Silver:  Pietro Sighel
Bronze:  Luca Spechenhauser

Men's 1.000m:
 
Gold:  William Dandjinou
Silver:  Pietro Sighel
Bronze:  Luca Spechenhauser