Paris Olympic medals held in greatest numbers to United States and China in one forecast
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The United States is predicted to top the medals tables — both the overall count and gold-medal count — for the 2024 paris olympic according to one forecast released on Friday, six months before the Games open on July 26.
The forecast comes from Nielsen’s Gracenote Sports, which supplies statistical analysis for sports leagues around the world.
this time with most Russian and Belarussian athletes likely to be excluded because of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine almost two years ago. Some will be allowed to compete under a decision announced late last year by the International Olympic Committee.
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Paris is expecting about 15 million visitors as it hosts the Olympics and Paralympics from July 26 through Sept. 8. The city has just 85,000 hotel rooms, which has driven up prices.
All Russian and Belarussian competitors have been absent from international competitions since February 2022,” Simon Gleave, head of analysis for Gracenote, told The Associated Press
Gracenote predicts the United States will win 37 gold medals and 129 overall. China is a close second with 35 gold, but far behind in the overall total of 85
The next eight with predicted gold and overall medals are: Britain (17-64), Japan (17-56), France (26-53), Australia (15-48), Italy (13-47), Germany (10-39), the Netherlands (16-35) and South Korea (7-23).
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FOR Tokyo in 2021, Gracenote named the top-10 medal winning countries, but not in perfect order.
In Beijing 2022, Gracenote named the top five countries, but not in perfect order, and eight of the top 10
It also predicted correctly that Norway would break the record for the most medals won at a single Winter Olympics
