<b>The women′s archery team, which is attempting to win its 10th consecutive Olympic team event, is training at Invalides in Paris, France on the 21st (local time).
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′9 gold, 4 silver, 13 bronze medals′
Market research firm Nielsen′s entertainment subsidiary Gracenote predicted on the 26th (local time) three days before the Paris Olympics opening, that the Korean team will place 10th overall (based on gold medals). This is a rebound from the 2021 Tokyo Olympics (6 gold, 4 silver, 10 bronze medals), where they finished 16th overall. It is a rosy outlook that greatly exceeds the Korean team′s goals of 5 gold medals and 15th overall at this competition.
Gracenote has been periodically releasing a virtual medal ranking table based on the results of major international competitions since the Tokyo Games. The virtual ranking table released on this day is the final version and was updated for the first time in about a month since the 26th of last month. Gracenote had previously predicted the rankings of 5 out of the top 10 countries at the Tokyo Games.
In Korea′s case, compared to last month′s forecast (8 gold, 5 silver, 16 bronze medals), there was one more gold medal and three fewer total medals. The women′s archery team, which is aiming for its 10th consecutive Olympic team gold medal, and Lee Do-hyun of the men′s combined sport climbing team were added as gold medal candidates. Both events were classified as silver medal candidates in last month′s version. However, the forecast for Hwang Seon-woo of the men′s 200m freestyle swimming was lowered from gold to silver last month.
In addition, the national anthem is expected to be played in the men′s archery team event, mixed team event, women′s badminton singles (Ahn Se-young), women′s fencing epee team event, men′s sabre team event, men′s taekwondo 80kg class (Seo Geon-woo), and women′s weightlifting ultra-heavyweight class (Park Hye-jeong). In addition, medals are expected in 11 events in total, including gymnastics, judo, modern pentathlon, and table tennis. With the smallest team size (143 athletes) since the Montreal Games, Korea has qualified for 21 events at this Games. Gracenote explained, “Korea, which had a disappointing performance in Tokyo (16th overall), will return to the top 10 with its best performance since the 2012 London Games (5th overall with 13 gold, 9 silver, and 8 bronze medals).” The
United States is expected to take first place overall. It is estimated that they will win 39 gold, 31 silver, and 41 bronze medals for a total of 111 medals. The United States has maintained the top spot overall for three consecutive Games since the London Olympics. In addition, China (34 gold, 27 silver, and 25 bronze medals) is expected to take second place overall, and the host country France (27 gold, 21 silver, and 11 bronze medals) is expected to take third place overall. Japan ranked 7th overall with 13 gold, 13 silver, and 21 bronze medals.
Meanwhile, Sports Illustrated (SI) also predicted on the same day that Korea would win 5 gold, 5 silver, and 7 bronze medals at this competition. It predicted gold medals in the archery men′s team event, women′s team event, and mixed team event, as well as the badminton men′s doubles and fencing men′s sabre team event.
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