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Adam Peaty

Having surged under 57 seconds and set the 20 fastest times in history, Peaty appears a virtual certainty to defend his 100m breaststroke title – more than likely with a new world record into the bargain. Such is the extent of his dominance that his rivals are already resigned to battling it out for silver.

Seonaid McIntosh

The Edinburgh shooter heads to Tokyo as the reigning world number one and 50m prone world champion, and a strong medal bet in the women’s 3×50 rifle event. McIntosh, who will also compete in the 10m air rifle, also won Britain’s first World Cup gold in 2019.

Dina Asher-Smith

Already the fastest British woman in history, Asher-Smith has a habit of rising to the big occasion and she will need to be in the form of her life in Tokyo to see off American Gabby Thomas, who set the second-fastest time in history over 200m at the US trials, and veteran Jamaican Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce who did likewise in the 100m in Kingston.

Pat McCormack


McCormack has proved a class apart from most of his Olympic rivals over this extended cycle and will start as a clear favourite for welterweight boxing gold. His recent win over Russia’s Andrey Zamkovoy – who denied him world gold in 2019 – was a clear sign of his intent to go all the way in the*Japanese*capital.

Jason and Laura Kenny

History is on the cards for cycling’s golden couple in Tokyo.*Laura Kenny*sits one behind Dame Katherine Grainger’s five-gold medal haul on the domestic all-time list, while Jason currently boasts seven Olympic medals, one short of Sir Bradley Wiggins’ career tally of eight, with every chance both records will at least be matched.

Max Whitlock

After claiming two extraordinary gold medals in Rio, Whitlock has restricted his focus to his favoured pommel for Tokyo. Despite his recent fall on his return to competition at the European Championships, the 28-year-old will start as favourite – but could be pushed all the way by Ireland’s rising star Rhys McClenaghan.

Sky Brown

Brown, who turns 13 this month, will become Britain’s youngest summer Olympian when she competes in the skateboard park competition. But the young prodigy stands every chance of a medal, having qualified in third place and also claimed a World Championship bronze medal in Sao Paolo in 2019.

Helen Glover

Glover won consecutive rowing gold medals with Heather Stanning in 2012 and 2016 before retiring to start a family. Tempted to launch a return, Glover and her new partner Polly Swann stormed to European gold in April, raising the prospect of a remarkable third medal for the 35-year-old in Japan.

Jade Jones

Jones was a teenager when she won her first Olympic taekwondo gold at London 2012, and followed up her triumph in Rio four years later. Now 28 and also the reigning world champion, Jones is a hot favourite to secure an unprecedented third consecutive Olympic title.

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[James]

These were Gracenote's pre-games predictions.

Max Whitlock, Adam Peaty and Jade Jones are among the Team GB stars tipped to strike gold at Tokyo 2020, according to a forecast released on the eve of the rearranged Olympics.

Statisticians Gracenote have predicted the entire Games in their Virtual Medal Table, with Britain set for a reality check after finishing second overall at Rio 2016.

The study expects them to win 14 gold medals – down from the 27 they won in Rio and 29 secured in London – as their usual goldmines of track cycling and athletics yield just one between them.

The men’s 4x100m relay quartet is being tipped to stun the United States and triumph, while Dina Asher-Smith (200m), Jemma Reekie (800m), Laura Muir (1500m) and the women's 4x100m relay team are all pencilled in for silver medals on the track. Team GB are also forecast to win two golds in swimming, shooting and equestrian.

Of course, it is simply a prediction and one the creators admit "contains more uncertainty than usual because of the pandemic".
But the absence of gold-magnet Mo Farah, decline of Andy Murray and question marks around power couple Laura and Jason Kenny could contribute to a middling Games for Team GB.

Although GB place fifth in the Virtual Medal Table based on total medals, should the Games map out exactly as predicted GB would finish seventh in the actual table with the United States runaway winners with 96 medals (40 gold).





WHO IS PREDICTED TO WIN MEDALS FOR TEAM GB?


GOLD - 14
Max Whitlock - Artistic Gymnastics, Pommel Horse
Men's Team - Athletics, 4x100m Relay
Lauren Price - Boxing, Middleweight
Liam Heath - Canoe Sprint, K1 200m
Jack Laugher/Dan Goodfellow - Diving, 3m Springboard Synchro
Laura Collett (London 52) - Equestrian, Eventing Individual
Ben Maher (Explosion W) - Equestrian, Jumping Individual
Men's Team - Rowing, Four
John Gimson/Anna Burnet - Sailing, Narca 17
Seonaid McIntosh - Shooting, 50m Rifle 3 Positions
Amber Hill - Shooting, Skeet
Adam Peaty - Swimming, 100m Breaststroke
Men's Team - Swimming, 4 x 100m Medley Relay
Jade Jones - Taekwondo, Featherweight 49-57kg

SILVER - 23
Dina Asher-Smith - Athletics, 200m
Jemma Reekie - Athletics, 800m
Laura Muir - Athletics, 1500m
Women's Team - Athletics, 4x100m Relay
Women's Team - Track Cycling, Team Pursuit
Men's Team - Track Cycling, Team Sprint
Tom Daley - Diving, 10m Platform
Eden Cheng/Lois Toulson - Diving, 10m Platform Syncro
Jack Laugher - Diving, 3m Springboard
Oliver Townend (Ballaghmor Class) - Equestrian Eventing, Individual
Team - Equestrian Eventing, Team
Scott Brash (Hello Jefferson) - Equestrian Jumping, Individual
Kate French - Modern Pentathlon, Individual
Men's Team - Rowing, Eight
Hannah Mills/Eilidh McIntyre - Sailing, 470
Duncan Scott - Swimming, 200m Freestyle
Mixed Team - Swimming, 4x100m Medley Relay
Men's Team - Swimming, 4x200m Freestyle Relay
Bradly Sinden - Taekwondo, Featherweight 58-68kg
Bianca Walkden - Taekwondo, Heavyweight +67kg
Team - Tennis, Mixed Doubles
Jess Learmonth - Triathlon
Emily Campbell - Weightlifting, +87kg

BRONZE - 15
Andrew Pozzi - Athletics, 110m Hurdles
Charlotte Worthington - BMX Freestyle, Park
Peter McGrail - Boxing, Featherweight
Karriss Artingstall - Boxing, Featherweight
Ben Whittaker - Boxing, Light Heavyweight
Frazer Clarke - Boxing, Super Heavyweight
Pat McCormack - Boxing, Welterweight
Tom Daley/Matty Lee - Diving, 10m Platform Synchro
Tom McEwen (Toledo de Kerser) - Equestrian Eventing, Individual
Women's Team - Hockey
Joseph Choong - Modern Pentathlon, Individual
Matthew Coward-Holley - Shooting, Trap
Women's Team - Swimming, 4x200m Freestyle Relay
Ben Proud - Swimming, 50m Freestyle
Mahama Cho - Taekwondo, Heavyweight +80kg
TOTAL: 52

https://www.eurosport.co.uk/olympics...97/story.shtml

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virtual medal table


no way Netherlands is going to get that many medals, i cannot see us win any medals anymore, maybe only 1 gold at women's hockey but that's it

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as for those medal contenders from TeamGB still to come

i really expect a lot from Dina Asher-Smith


and of course in the track cycling from the Kenny's

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