Tokyo Olympics medal predictions in every event (associated press)
Let’s see how many of these Associated Press Tokyo Olympics medal predictions come true. I looked through the Track and Field Predictions and had a bit of a laugh.
TOKYO (AP) — Olympic medal predictions by AP beat writers:
100 meters
Men
Gold: Trayvon Bromell, United States
Silver: Andre De Grasse, Canada
Bronze: Ronnie Baker, United States
Women
Gold: Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Jamaica
Silver: Elaine Thompson-Herah, Jamaica
Bronze: Dina Asher-Smith, Britain
200 meters
Men
Gold: Noah Lyles, United States
Silver: Andre De Grasse, Canada
Bronze: Kenny Bednarek, United States
Women
Gold: Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Jamaica
Silver: Gabrielle Thomas, United States
Bronze: Shaunae Miller-Uibo, Bahamas
400 meters
Men
Gold: Michael Norman, United States
Silver: Steven Gardiner, Bahamas
Bronze: Wayde van Niekerk, South Africa
Women
Gold: Stephenie Ann McPherson, Jamaica
Silver: Shericka Jackson, Jamaica
Bronze: Allyson Felix, United States
800 meters
Men
Gold: Nigel Amos, Botswana
Silver: Ferguson Cheruiyot Rotich, Kenya
Bronze: Clayton Murphy, United States
Women
Gold: Natoya Goule, Jamaica
Silver: Rose Mary Almanza, Cuba
Bronze: Athing Mu, United States
1,500 meters
Men
Gold: Timothy Cheruiyot, Kenya
Silver: Jakob Ingebrigtsen, Norway
Bronze: Olli Hoare, Australia
Women
Gold: Faith Kipyegon, Kenya
Silver: Sifan Hassan, Netherlands
Bronze: Laura Muir, Britain
5,000 meters
Men
Gold: Joshua Cheptegei, Uganda
Silver: Getnet Wale, Ethiopia
Bronze: Mohamed Katir, Spain
Women
Gold: Hellen Obiri, Kenya
Silver: Sifan Hassan Netherlands
Bronze: Gudaf Tsegay, Ethiopia
10,000 meters
Men
Gold: Jacob Kiplimo, Uganda
Silver: Selemon Barega, Ethiopia
Bronze: Yomif Kejelcha, Ethiopia
Women
Gold: Sifan Hassan, Netherlands
Silver: Letesenbet Gidey, Ethiopia
Bronze: Hellen Obiri, Kenya
110 meters hurdles (Men)
Gold: Grant Holloway, United States
Silver: Shunsuke Izumiya, Japan
Bronze: Devon Allen, United States
100 meters hurdles (Women)
Gold: Kendra Harrison, United States
Silver: Danielle Williams, Jamaica
Bronze: Jasmine Camacho-Quinn, Puerto Rico
400 meters hurdles
Men
Gold: Karsten Warholm, Norway
Silver: Rai Benjamin, United States
Bronze: Alison Dos Santos, Brazil
Women
Gold: Sydney McLaughlin, United States
Silver: Dalilah Muhammad, United States
Bronze: Femke Bol, Netherlands
3,000-meter steeplechase
Men
Gold: Abraham Kibiwot, Kenya
Silver: Soufiane El Bakkali, Morocco
Bronze: Bikila Takele, Ethiopia
Women
Gold: Hyvin Kiyeng, Kenya
Silver: Beatrice Chepkoech, Kenya
Bronze: Emma Coburn, United States
High jump
Men
Gold: Maksim Nedasekau, Belarus
Silver: Ilya Ivanyuk, ROC
Bronze: JuVaughn Harrison, United States
Women
Gold: Yaroslava Mahuchikh, Ukraine
Silver: Mariya Lasitskene, ROC
Bronze: Vashti Cunningham, United States
Pole vault
Men
Gold: Armand Duplantis, Sweden
Silver: Sam Kendricks, United States
Bronze: Renaud Lavillenie, France
Women
Gold: Anzhelika Sidorova, ROC
Silver: Katie Nageotte, United States
Bronze: Katerina Stefanidi, Greece
Long jump
Men
Gold: JuVaughn Harrison, United States
Silver: Juan Miguel Echevarria, Cuba
Bronze: Miltiadis Tentoglou, Greece
Women
Gold: Malaika Mihambo, Germany
Silver: Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk, Ukraine
Bronze: Brittney Reese, United States
Triple jump
Men
Gold: Will Claye, United States
Silver: Hugues Fabrice Zango, Burkina Faso
Bronze: Pedro Pichardo, Portugal
Women
Gold: Yulimar Rojas, Venezuela
Silver: Shanieka Ricketts, Jamaica
Bronze: Liadagmis Povea, Cuba
Shot put
Men
Gold: Ryan Crouser, United States
Silver: Joe Kovacs, United States
Bronze: Tomas Walsh, New Zealand
Women
Gold: Gong Lijiao, China
Silver: Jessica Ramsey, United States
Bronze: Valerie Adams, New Zealand
Discus
Men
Gold: Daniel Stahl, Sweden
Silver: Kristjan Ceh, Slovenia
Bronze: Simon Pettersson, Sweden
Women
Gold: Yaime Perez, Cuba
Silver: Valarie Allman, United States
Bronze: Sandra Perkovic, Croatia
Hammer
Men
Gold: Pawel Fajdek, Poland
Silver: Wojciech Nowicki, Poland
Bronze: Bence Halasz, Hungary
Women
Gold: DeAnna Price, United States
Silver: Anita Włodarczyk, Poland
Bronze: Malwina Kopron, Poland
Javelin
Men
Gold: Johannes Vetter, Germany
Silver: Marcin Krukowski, Poland
Bronze: Magnus Kirt, Estonia
Women
Gold: Christin Hussong, Germany
Silver: Maria Andrejczyk, Poland
Bronze: Lyu Huihui, China
Marathon
Men
Gold: Eliud Kipchoge, Kenya
Silver: Shura Kitata, Ethiopia
Bronze: Suguru Osako, Japan
Women
Gold: Brigid Kosgei, Kenya
Silver: Lonah Chemtai Salpeter, Israel
Bronze: Mizuki Matsuda, Japan
Decathlon (Men)
Gold: Damian Warner, Canada
Silver: Kevin Mayer, France
Silver: Maicel Uibo, Estonia
Heptathlon (Women)
Gold: Nafissatou Thiam, Belgium
Silver: Verena Mayr, Austria
Bronze: Katarina Johnson-Thompson, Britain
4×100 relay
Men
Gold: United States
Silver: Britain
Bronze: Jamaica
Women
Gold: Jamaica
Silver: United States
Bronze: Britain
4×400 relay
Men
Gold: United States
Silver: Trinidad and Tobago
Bronze: Botswana
Women
Gold: United States
Silver: Jamaica
Bronze: Poland
4×400 mixed relay
Gold: United States
Silver: Jamaica
Bronze: Bahrain
20-kilometer race walk
Men
Gold: Kaihua Wang, China
Silver: Toshikazu Yamanishi, Japan
Bronze: Perseus Karlstrom, Sweden
Women
Gold: Liu Hong, China
Silver: Yang Jiayu, China
Bronze: Qieyang Shijie, China
50-kilometer race walk (Men)
Gold: Yusuke Suzuki, Japan
Silver: Masatora Kawano, Japan
Bronze: Joao Vieira, Portugal
Full Predictions of Associated Press Here
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Andrew was elected Vice President of the Association of Track and Field Statisticians in 2020 after being a member for 7 years.
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