Quasit 849 Posted July 15, 2021 #1 Share Posted July 15, 2021 You can pick 5 athletes/teams across all sports. Choose teams/athletes you think are the surest to win a gold medal by your knowledge. Let's compare how many you got right at the end of the Olympic Games. Please limit your picks to five so I can count them in! 1 - Sport - Athlete/Team 2 - Sport - Athlete/Team 3 - Sport - Athlete/Team 4 - Sport - Athlete/Team 5 - Sport - Athlete/Team -------------------------------------------- (8) National Team - Table Tennis - Men's Team (7) National Team - Artistic Swmming - Women's Team (5) National Team - Artistic Swmming - Women's Duet (5) National Team - Basketball - Women's Team (5) National Team - Table Tennis - Women's Team (3) Katie Ledecky - Swimming - Women's 1500m Freestyle (3) National Team - Water Polo - Women's Team (3) Lasha Talakhadze - Weightlifting - Men's +109kg (2) National Team - Artistic Gymnastics - Women's Team (2) Simone Biles - Artistic Gymnastics - Women's All-Around (2) Yulimar Rojas - Athletics - Women's Triple Jump (2) National Team - Rhythmic Gymnastics - Women's Group (2) Adam Peaty - Swimming - Men's 100m Breaststroke (2) Wang Zhouyu - Weightlifting - Women's -87kg (2) Li Wenwen - Weightlifting - Women's +87kg (1) National Team - Archery - Women's Team (1) Simone Biles - Artistic Gymnastics - Women's Floor (1) Simone Biles - Artistic Gymnastics - Women's Vault (1) Armand Duplantis - Athletics - Men's Pole Vault (1) Johannes Vetter - Athletics - Men's Javelin Throw (1) National Team - Athletics - Mixed 4x400m Relay (1) National Team - Basketball - Men's Team (1) Jessica Fox - Canoeing - Women's Slalom C-1 (1) Chloe Dygert - Cycling - Women's Road Time Trial (1) Cao Yuan/Chen Aisen - Diving - Men's Synchronized 10m Platform (1) Shi Tingmao/Wang Han - Diving - Women's Synchronized 3m Springboard (1) Shohei Ono - Judo - Men's -73kg (1) Ryo Kiyuna - Karate - Men's Kata (1) Dina/Arina Averina - Rhythmic Gymnastics - Women's All-Around (1) Janja Garnbret - Sports Climbing - Women's Combined (1) National Team - Swimming - Women's 4x100m Freestyle Relay (1) Jonathan Brownlee - Triathlon - Men's Race (1) Liao Qiuyun - Weightlifting - Women's -55kg (1) Kuo Hsing-chun - Weightlifting - Women's -59kg (1) Neisi Dajomes - Weightlifting - Women's -76kg (1) Yui Susaki - Wrestling - Women's Freestyle -50kg (1) Hassan Yazdani - Wrestling - Men's Freestyle -86kg Of course Russia will participate as ROC at the Tokyo Olympics. Stopped watching sports, there are better things in life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobi 947 Posted July 15, 2021 #2 Share Posted July 15, 2021 1 - Artistic Swimming - Russia (team) 2 - Artistic Swimming - Russia (duet) 3 - Table Tennis - China (Team M) 4 - Table Tennis - China (Team W) 5 - Rhythmic Gymnastics - Russia (group) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Illya 422 Posted July 15, 2021 #3 Share Posted July 15, 2021 6 hours ago, Cobi said: 1 - Artistic Swimming - Russia (team) 2 - Artistic Swimming - Russia (duet) 3 - Table Tennis - China (Team M) 4 - Table Tennis - China (Team W) 5 - Rhythmic Gymnastics - Russia (group) 5th isn't safest , both Bulgaria and Italy can make it better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcro 10,182 Posted July 15, 2021 #4 Share Posted July 15, 2021 Safe golds for China/Russia are indeed pretty much the safest golds overall. #banbestmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckošice 13,267 Posted July 15, 2021 #5 Share Posted July 15, 2021 same here but for the fun of the game, I will pick another number 5 in my list, but the Groups Riussian gold is also quite safe for me obviously 1 - Artistic Swimming - Russia (team) 2 - Artistic Swimming - Russia (duet) 3 - Table Tennis - China (Team M) 4 - Table Tennis - China (Team W) 5 - Canoe Slalom - Jessica Fox (C1 W) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolby 712 Posted July 15, 2021 #6 Share Posted July 15, 2021 Not counting the ones already mentioned 1-4: Women's Weightlifting - China 5-6: Basketball - USA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wumo 2,796 Posted July 15, 2021 #7 Share Posted July 15, 2021 1 - Artistic Swimming - Russia (Team) 2 - Table Tennis - China (men's team) 3 - Diving - Men's 10m Platform - Cao Yuan and Chen Aisen 4 - Water Polo - United States Women 5 - Weightlifting - Men's +109kg - Lasha Talakhadze Not necessarily the safest gold medallists. Also China in weightlifting, especially women seem safe. Last mention, USA women's all-around team in artistic gymnastics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunadan 1,103 Posted July 15, 2021 #8 Share Posted July 15, 2021 Individual events only and max. 1 per sport, otherwise it would be too repetitive: 1- Swimming, men's 100m breaststroke, Adam Peaty 2- Artistic gymnastics, women's all around, Simone Biles 3- Weightlifting, men's +109kg, Lasha Talakhadze 4- Karate, men's kata, Ryo Kiyuna 5- Athletics, Women's triple jump, Yulimar Rojas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobi 947 Posted July 15, 2021 #9 Share Posted July 15, 2021 24 minutes ago, Illya said: 5th isn't safest , both Bulgaria and Italy can make it better Making it better doesn't mean that they can take the gold medal in a sport with judges. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quasit 849 Posted July 15, 2021 Author #10 Share Posted July 15, 2021 19 minutes ago, Dolby said: Not counting the ones already mentioned 1-4: Women's Weightlifting - China 5-6: Basketball - USA If you have to decide on 5, which one has to go? Women's -49kg Women's -55kg Women's -87kg Women's +87kg Men's Team Women's Team Stopped watching sports, there are better things in life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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