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I think Iga Świątek will medal either in singles or in mixed doubles with Łukasz Kubot ;-) I strongly believe it. But it will be hard because clay suits her better. And there will be hard courts in Tokyo. But Paris 2024 at Roland Garros - that may be her biggest chance for gold in singles.

Day 1 Sat 05/02/2022 SPEED SKATING - W 3000m no idea yet @CCB @Jinzha any tips on that one? SHORT TRACK - Mixed Gender Relay I know nothing about short track. Please HELP. ;-) SKI JUMPING - W Individual NH 1. Maren Lundby NOR 2. Marita Kramer AUT 3. Sara Takahashi JPN 4…??? … 32. Kinga Rajda POL 35. Kamila Karpiel POL CROSS-COUNTRY - W 7.5km + 7.5km Skiathlon 1. Therese Johaug NOR 2. Ebba Andersson SWE 3. Jessica Diggins USA 4…???.... POL …??? BIATHLON - Mixed Relay 1. Norway 2. Sweden 3. Germany 4. Russia 5. France 6. Italy 7. Czech Rep. 8. Switzerland… 16. Poland FREESTYLE SKIING - M Moguls 1. Mikael Kingsbury CAN 2. Ikuma Horishima JPN 3. Benjamin Cavet FRA… 4…??? MEDAL STANDINGS 4/109 1. NOR 3-0-0 3 2. CAN 1-0-0 1 3. SWE 0-2-0 2 4. JPN 0-1-1 2 5. AUT 0-1-0 1 6. FRA 0-0-1 1 7. GER 0-0-1 1 8. USA 0-0-1 1

Day 1 Sat 05/02/2022 SPEED SKATING - W 3000m no idea yet SHORT TRACK - Mixed Gender Relay I know nothing about short track. Please HELP. ;-) SKI JUMPING - W Individual NH 1. Maren Lundby NOR 2. Marita Kramer AUT 3. Sara Takahashi JPN 4…??? … 32. Kinga Rajda POL 35. Kamila Karpiel POL CROSS-COUNTRY - W 7.5km + 7.5km Skiathlon still thinking about it BIATHLON - Mixed Relay 1. Norway 2. Sweden 3. Germany 4. Russia 5. France 6. Italy 7. Czech Rep. 8. Switzerland… 16. Poland FREESTYLE SKIING - M Moguls 1. Mikael Kingsbury CAN 2. Ikuma Horishima JPN 3. Benjamin Cavet FRA… 4…??? MEDAL STANDINGS 3/109 1. NOR 2-0-0 2 2. CAN 1-0-0 1 3. JPN 0-1-1 2 4. AUT 0-1-0 1 5. SWE 0-1-0 1 6. FRA 0-0-1 1 7. GER 0-0-1 1

Day 1 Sat 05/02/2022 First medals: SPEED SKATING - W 3000m SHORT TRACK - Mixed Gender Relay SKI JUMPING - W Individual NH CROSS-COUNTRY - W 7.5km + 7.5km Skiathlon BIATHLON - Mixed Relay FREESTYLE SKIING - M Moguls No ideas yet, I need 2 hours to think and make some google searching ;-) But I will try to make predicts here not only incuding factors like: previous achievements / age / NOC COVID problems / today's form etc. I WILL DEFINITELY INCLUDE A VERY IMPORTANT FACTOR WHICH IS: WHETHER I LIKE SOMEBODY THE MOST ;-) WHETHER I CHEER SOMEBODY ON, WHETHER I AM A FAN. This last factor will be sth like 25% of my predicts results. 25% - am I a fan or not, 75% - all the rest factors mentioned before. I will do it this way because....... .... this is just for fun, isn't it? I would like to come to day 16 before the first winter sports 2021 world champs start. After 2021 world champs are over, I will try to re-think my early predicts. Have a good Sunday, everyone, Stay healthy!

Day -2 Wed 02/02/2022 Curling Mixed Doubles Round Robin MD 1 only :-( Day -1 Thu 03/02/2022 Ice Hockey W Preliminary Round - is there a detailed gameplane already? I guess not. Because qualis haven't finihed yet. Day 0 Fri 04/02/2022 Opening Ceremony in the Bird's Nest - I think it will be awesome. Beijing 2008 opening is one of my favourites (great begin of the ceremony with the drummers - absolutely wonderful thing to me) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TA0ZVxHRxCM

I want to try a new thread. I wonder how many of you will be interested to join it. I bet these games will happen in 2022 no-matter-what, in any (health or political) circumstances. China and NBC will not allow to postpone/cancel it. But we can still have fun with some predicts.

In Wuhan :-(

OFF_TOPIC: https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1102678/orban-reveals-olympic-bid-dream

Do you know in which meet Hayang swam 4:10?

One more thing. This last ranking is not wrong. Because it is maths only. The swimmers are ranked by their best LC times achieved in the qualifying period. This is not my ranking for medal predictions. This is some data to begin with, and then use it to make the most accurate prediction for summer. So Seto, Litherland and Litchfield have 3 best OQT so far. And if they participate, they will swim in lane 4 in their respective heats. If someone does not get better time until the end of quali period. But my medal prediction for M 400 IM is still 1. Seto 2. Hagino 3. Papastamos. Although your tip with Borodin is very interesting. So I will reconsider the bronze medal option.

My Top Ten wishes for tokyo: 1. It will actually happen. 2. Everyone stays healthy. 3. I will have days off-work to watch it calmly. 4. My tv and wi-fi will work well. 5. A lot of tense competitions. I prefer more events with many medal contenders than a few dominant persons who win their events by a lot. 6. Medal surprises. 7. Poland with at least 4 golds and 16 totals. It will be hard to achieve but "we" keep trying. 8. A medal for Maria Lasitskene. 9. Great swimming semis and final races in the middle of the night CET. 10. Men's Volleyball final - US vs PL - let the better team win!

I haven't predicted Kirill Prigoda will medal in 100 breast, either. So you made a mistake here.

@OlympicsFan I agree Cameron Foster may be a dark horse. But - generally - it is not that simple - age is not an only factor in these predictions. Experience matters a lot, too. Have a good day.

@OlympicsFan http://www.fina.org/fina-rankings/results?top=100&gender=Men&year=All&poolConfiguration=LCM&distance=All&style=All&timesMode=BestTimes&continentId=All&countryId=All&startDate=01%2F03%2F2019&endDate=08%2F01%2F2021&type=overall-rankings&selectedGroup=Freestyle&selectedGender=Men&selectedDistance=50 I think Qin Hayang hasn't got OQT set yet. But he may be a medal contender, you are right.

I used FINA ranking website to do it. www.fina.org/fina-rankings/filter/overall-rankings

A lot of people here say they prefer winter games than summer. So such a contest could be a popular one.

From my point of view, it's a pity you don't study law anymore ;-)))) But good luck with political science. And maybe maybe you come back to law later. I work with Dannish lawyers sometimes and I really admire their work and achievements. PS. Could you please try to do the similar contest for winter sports world champs in 2021 in olympic events? I know freestyle skiing is cancelled. But nordic and alpine will be soon, skating as well, bobs and luge, skeleton, curling, hockey, snowb...

Your work is very impressive, anyway. I can see you are a student. What do you study - if you don't mean asking? I am a lawyer, not an IT at all, either ;-)

thanks a lot Are you an IT specialist or sth? We need one in my work ;-)

@Wumo I think this "contest" would be much more fun if we would see each other predictions ;-) But you set the rules here, man. Thank You for all the effort you put in this one.

@Wumo I think I deleted the space in [ /hide] now. Is it hidden?

Was my message hidden? I don't know how to check that.

How can I put draw in my predicts? T 1 - 0 T 2 - 0 ???

[hide] Preliminary Round January 13th - January 19th, 2021 32 Nations, 8 Groups, the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Nation from each Group will qualify for the Main Round Group A Date & Time (GMT +2) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 January 15th 2021, h. 19:00 Germany 12 Uruguay January 15th 2021, h. 21:30 Hungary 15 Cape Verde January 17th 2021, h. 19:00 Cape Verde 15 Germany January 17th 2021, h. 21:30 Hungary 10 Uruguay January 19th 2021, h. 19:00 Uruguay 7 Cape Verde January 19th 2021, h. 21:30 Germany 3 Hungary Group B Date & Time (GMT +2) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 January 15th 2021, h. 19:00 Spain 3 Brazil January 15th 2021, h. 21:30 Tunisia 2 Poland January 17th 2021, h. 19:00 Tunisia 4 Brazil January 17th 2021, h. 21:30 Poland 6 Spain January 19th 2021, h. 19:00 Spain 3 Tunisia January 19th 2021, h. 21:30 Brazil 2 Poland Group C Date & Time (GMT +2) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 January 15th 2021, h. 16:30 Qatar 7 Angola January 15th 2021, h. 19:00 Croatia 9 Japan January 17th 2021, h. 16:30 Qatar 4 Japan January 17th 2021, h. 19:00 Angola 11 Croatia January 19th 2021, h. 16:30 Japan 4 Angola January 19th 2021, h. 19:00 Croatia 5 Qatar Group D Date & Time (GMT +2) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 January 15th 2021, h. 19:00 Argentina 8 D. R. Congo January 15th 2021, h. 21:30 Denmark 6 Bahrain January 17th 2021, h. 19:00 Argentina 2 Bahrain January 17th 2021, h. 21:30 D. R. Congo 13 Denmark January 19th 2021, h. 19:00 Bahrain 6 D. R. Congo January 19th 2021, h. 21:30 Denmark 3 Argentina Group E Date & Time (GMT +2) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 January 14th 2021, h. 19:00 Austria 7 United States January 14th 2021, h. 21:30 Norway 0 0 France January 16th 2021, h. 19:00 Austria 5 France January 16th 2021, h. 21:30 United States 11 Norway January 18th 2021, h. 19:00 France 7 United States January 18th 2021, h. 21:30 Norway 4 Austria Group F Date & Time (GMT +2) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 January 14th 2021, h. 19:00 Algeria 2 Morocco January 14th 2021, h. 21:30 Portugal 1 Iceland January 16th 2021, h. 19:00 Morocco 6 Portugal January 16th 2021, h. 21:30 Algeria 4 Iceland January 18th 2021, h. 19:00 Portugal 1 Algeria January 18th 2021, h. 21:30 Iceland 6 Morocco Group G Date & Time (GMT +2) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 January 13th 2021, h. 19:00 Egypt 8 Chile January 14th 2021, h. 21:30 Sweden 6 Czech Republic January 16th 2021, h. 19:00 Egypt 3 Czech Republic January 16th 2021, h. 21:30 Chile 8 Sweden January 18th 2021, h. 16:30 Czech Republic 5 Chile January 18th 2021, h. 19:00 Sweden 3 Egypt Group H Date & Time (GMT +2) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 January 14th 2021, h. 16:30 Belarus 4 Rus. Fed. Handb. Team January 14th 2021, h. 19:00 Slovenia 6 South Korea January 16th 2021, h. 16:30 Belarus 3 South Korea January 16th 2021, h. 19:00 Rus. Fed. Handb. Team 1 Slovenia January 18th 2021, h. 16:30 South Korea 4 Rus. Fed. Handb. Team January 18th 2021, h. 19:00 Slovenia 3 Belarus Top 3 Place 1st Place 2nd Place 3rd Place Nation Spain Croatia France [/hide]

How can I be involved in this thread? OK, I try to read the first message in this thread and it's far toooooooooooooo long. What's important of it?