Is there anything better than turning on your TV at 4:00 am on that first Saturday morning and watching the first rowing races of the Olympics get underway? Rowing will probably get a bigger spotlight on it thanks to The Boys in the Boat. Hopefully these rowers get more recognized for all of their hard work in what must be one of the most tiring sports.

Projections:

Men’s events:

Medal	Men’s single sculls	Country
Gold	Oliver Zeidler	Germany
Silver	Simon van Dorp	Netherlands
Bronze	Tom Mackintosh	New Zealand
Medal	Men’s double sculls	Country
Gold	Stef Broenink Melvin Twellaar	Netherlands
Silver	Martin Sinkovic Valent Sinkovic	Croatia
Bronze	Luca Rambaldi Matteo Sartori	Italy
Medal	Men’s lightweight double sculls	Country
Gold	Raphael Ahumada Jan Schauble	Switzerland
Silver	Stefano Oppo Gabriel Soares	Italy
Bronze	Jiri Simanek Miroslav Vrastil	Czech Republic
Medal	Men’s quadruple sculls	Country
Gold	Nicolo Carucci Luca Chiumento Giacomo Gentili Andrea Panizza	Italy
Silver	Finn Florijn Koen Metsemakers Lennart van Lierop	Netherlands
Bronze	Tom Barras Callum Dixon Matt Haywood Graeme Thomas	Great Britain
Medal	Men’s coxless pair	Country
Gold	Tom George Oliver Wynne-Griffith	Great Britain
Silver	Andrin Gulich Roman Roosli	Switzerland
Bronze	William Bender Oliver Bub	United States
Medal	Men’x coxless four	Country
Gold	Justin Best Liam Corrigan Michael Grady Nick Mead	United States
Silver	Matt Aldridge David Ambler Freddie Davidson Oliver Wilkes	Great Britain
Bronze	Elie Brouwer Guus Mollee Nelson Ritsema Rik Rienks	Netherlands
Medal	Men’s eights	Country
Gold	Great Britain	Great Britain
Silver	Netherlands	Netherlands
Bronze	Australia	Australia

Women’s events:

Medal	Women’s single sculls	Country
Gold	Karolien Florijn	Netherlands
Silver	Emma Twigg	New Zealand
Bronze	Kara Kohler	United States
Medal	Women’s double sculls	Country
Gold	Donata Karaliene Dovile Rimkute	Lithuania
Silver	Kristina Wagner Sophia Vitas	United States
Bronze	Brooke Francis Lucy Spoors	New Zealand
Medal	Women’s lightweight double sculls	Country
Gold	Emily Craig Imogen Grant	Great Britain
Silver	Molly Reckford Michelle Sechser	United States
Bronze	Jennifer Casson Jill Moffatt	Canada
Medal	Women’s quadruple sculls	Country
Gold	Lola Anderson Georgie Brayshaw Lauren Henry Hannah Scott	Great Britain
Silver	Roos de Jong Tessa Dullemans Bente Paulis Laila Youssifou	Netherlands
Bronze	Celia Dupre Lisa Lotscher Fabienne Schweizer Pascale Walker	Switzerland
Medal	Women’s coxless pair	Country
Gold	Ymkje Clevering Veronique Meester	Netherlands
Silver	Annabelle McIntyre Jessica Morrison	Australia
Bronze	Azja Czajkowski Jessica Thoennes	United States
Medal	Women’s coxless four	Country
Gold	Benthe Boonstra Hermijntje Drenth Tinka Offereins Marloes Oldenburg	Netherlands
Silver	Esme Booth Helen GLover Sam Redgrave Rebecca Shorten	Great Britain
Bronze	Emily Kallfelz Kaitlin Knifton Mary Mazzio-Manson Kelsey Reelick	United States
Medal	Women’s eights	Country
Gold	United States	United States
Silver	Romania	Romania
Bronze	Great Britain	Great Britain

Projected medal count:

Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Netherlands	4	4	1	9
Great Britain	4	2	2	8
United States	2	2	4	8
Italy	1	1	1	3
Switzerland	1	1	1	3
Germany	1	0	0	1
Lithuania	1	0	0	1
New Zealand	0	1	2	3
Australia	0	1	1	2
Croatia	0	1	0	1
Romania	0	1	0	1
Canada	0	0	1	1
Czech Republic	0	0	1	1

“Shoot her! Shoot her!” That’s the first thing I think of when I think about shooting at the Olympics – Jurassic Park. I have to say, though, that this sport intrigues me. Not that I have ever shot a gun, but because it takes so much skill, like archery. You have to be ultra-accurate and you’ve got to be near-perfect. If it’s as much fun as it is in the London 2012 video game, then this sport is worth watching.

Projections:

Medal	Men’s 50m rifle three positions	Country
Gold	Du Linshu	China
Silver	Alexander Schmirl	Austria
Bronze	Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar	India
Medal	Men’s 10m air rifle	Country
Gold	Sheng Lihao	China
Silver	Danilo Sollazzo	Italy
Bronze	Du Linshu	China
Medal	Men’s 25m rapid-fire pistol	Country
Gold	Li Yuehong	China
Silver	Clement Bessaguet	France
Bronze	Henry Leverett	United States
Medal	Men’s 10m air pistol	Country
Gold	Zhang Bowen	China
Silver	Pavlo Korostylov	Ukraine
Bronze	Ismail Keles	Turkey
Medal	Men’s trap	Country
Gold	Derrick Mein	United States
Silver	Marian Kovacocy	Slovakia
Bronze	Qi Ying	China
Medal	Men’s skeet	Country
Gold	Vincent Hancock	United States
Silver	Azmy Mehelba	Egypt
Bronze	Jesper Hansen	Denmark
Medal	Women’s 50m rifle three positions	Country
Gold	Mary Tucker	United States
Silver	Han Jiayu	China
Bronze	Anjum Moudgil	India
Medal	Women’s 10m air rifle	Country
Gold	Han Jiayu	China
Silver	Huang Yuting	China
Bronze	Mary Tucker	United States
Medal	Women’s 25m pistol	Country
Gold	Antoaneta Kostadinova	Bulgaria
Silver	Manu Bhaker	India
Bronze	Esha Singh	India
Medal	Women’s 10m air pistol	Country
Gold	Camille Jedrzejewski	France
Silver	Jiang Ranxin	China
Bronze	Alexis Lagan	United States
Medal	Women’s trap	Country
Gold	Carole Cormenier	France
Silver	Zuzana Rehak-Stefecekova	Slovakia
Bronze	Catherine Skinner	Australia
Medal	Women’s skeet	Country
Gold	Austen Smith	United States
Silver	Wei Meng	China
Bronze	Francisca Crovetto	Chile
Medal	Mixed team air rifle	Country
Gold	China	China
Silver	United States	United States
Bronze	Italy	Italy
Medal	Mixed team 10m air pistol	Country
Gold	China	China
Silver	France	France
Bronze	United States	United States
Medal	Mixed team skeet	Country
Gold	United States	United States
Silver	China	China
Bronze	Egypt	Egypt

Projected medal count:

Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
China	7	5	2	14
United States	5	1	4	10
France	2	2	0	4
Bulgaria	1	0	0	1
Slovakia	0	2	0	2
India	0	1	3	4
Egypt	0	1	1	2
Austria	0	1	0	1
Ukraine	0	1	0	1
Italy	0	0	2	2
Australia	0	0	1	1
Chile	0	0	1	1
Denmark	0	0	1	1
Turkey	0	0	1	1

Fortunes have frowned on boxing in recent years, and we aren’t even sure if it’s going to be back in LA in 2028. To me, I always loved watching CNBC at 5 pm ET and listening to Teddy Atlas break down the fights. Once they stopped featuring him, I lost interest. I would love to see boxing regain a place of prominence in the Games. At the moment, though, it’s in limbo, and that’s a real shame.

Projections:

Medal	Men’s 51 kg	Country
Gold	Hasanboy Dusmatov	Uzbekistan
Silver	Billal Bennama	France
Bronze	Saken Bibossinov	Kazakhstan
Bronze	Samet Gumus	Turkey
Medal	Men’s 57 kg	Country
Gold	Abdumalik Khalokov	Uzbekistan
Silver	Makhmud Sabyrkhan	Kazakhstan
Bronze	Jahmal Harvey	United States
Bronze	Jose Quiles	Spain
Medal	Men’s 63.5 kg	Country
Gold	Sofiane Oumiha	France
Silver	Bakhodur Usmonov	Tajikistan
Bronze	Lasha Guruli	Georgia
Bronze	Wyatt Sanford	Canada
Medal	Men’s 71 kg	Country
Gold	Asadkhuja Muydinkhujaev	Uzbekistan
Silver	Aslanbek Shymbergenov	Kazakhstan
Bronze	Tugrulhan Erdemir	Turkey
Bronze	Vahid Abasov	Serbia
Medal	Men’s 80 kg	Country
Gold	Oleksandr Khyzhniak	Ukraine
Silver	Nurbek Oralbay	Kazakhstan
Bronze	Toqtarbek Tanatqan	China
Bronze	Salvatore Cavallaro	Italy
Medal	Men’s 92 kg	Country
Gold	Aibek Oralbay	Kazakhstan
Silver	Lazizbek Mullojonev	Uzbekistan
Bronze	Han Xuezhen	China
Bronze	Aziz Abbes Mouhiidine	Italy
Medal	Men’s +92 kg	Country
Gold	Bakhodir Jalolov	Uzbekistan
Silver	Kamshybek Kunkabayev	Kazakhstan
Bronze	Mahammad Abdullayev	Azerbaijan
Bronze	Joshua Edwards	United States
Medal	Women’s 50 kg	Country
Gold	Wu Yu	China
Silver	Buse Maz Cakiroglu	Turkey
Bronze	Giordana Sorrentino	Italy
Bronze	Caroline de Almeida	Brazil
Medal	Women’s 54 kg	Country
Gold	Hatice Akbas	Turkey
Silver	Preeti Pawar	India
Bronze	Chang Yuan	China
Bronze	Jutamas Jitpong	Thailand
Medal	Women’s 57 kg	Country
Gold	Nesthy Petecio	Philippines
Silver	Irma Testa	Italy
Bronze	Alyssa Mendoza	United States
Bronze	Lin Yu-ting	Taiwan
Medal	Women’s 60 kg	Country
Gold	Estelle Mossely	France
Silver	Kellie Harrington	Ireland
Bronze	Yang Wenlu	China
Bronze	Wu Shih-yi	Taiwan
Medal	Women’s 66 kg	Country
Gold	Yang Liu	China
Silver	Alcinda Panguana	Mozambique
Bronze	Angela Carini	Italy
Bronze	Rosie Eccles	Great Britain
Medal	Women’s 75 kg	Country
Gold	Li Qian	China
Silver	Tammara Thibeault	Canada
Bronze	Davina Michel	France
Bronze	Aoife O’Rourke	Ireland

Projected medal count:

Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Uzbekistan	4	1	0	5
China	3	0	4	7
France	2	1	1	4
Kazakhstan	1	4	1	6
Turkey	1	1	2	4
Philippines	1	0	0	1
Ukraine	1	0	0	1
Italy	0	1	4	5
Canada	0	1	1	2
Ireland	0	1	1	2
India	0	1	0	1
Mozambique	0	1	0	1
Tajikistan	0	1	0	1
United States	0	0	3	3
Taiwan	0	0	2	2
Azerbaijan	0	0	1	1
Brazil	0	0	1	1
Georgia	0	0	1	1
Great Britain	0	0	1	1
Serbia	0	0	1	1
Spain	0	0	1	1
Thailand	0	0	1	1

Breakdancing is an Olympic… sport? Wow. I guess if gymnastics and synchronized swimming are in the Games, then why can’t breaking be in them too? It definitely requires a lot of athletic skill, that’s for sure. Let’s not get into the comparison category, i.e., who’s better, an archer or a breaker. Instead, let’s try to figure out who’s gonna win these medals, which (if won by the USA or China) could prove decisive in the medal race.

Projections:

Medal	B-Boys	Country
Gold	Victor Montalvo	United States
Silver	Shigeyuki Nakarai	Japan
Bronze	Philip Kim	Canada
Medal	B-Girls	Country
Gold	Dominika Banevic	Lithuania
Silver	Sunny Choi	United States
Bronze	Ami Yuasa	Japan

Projected medal count:

Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
United States	1	1	0	2
Lithuania	1	0	0	1
Japan	0	1	1	2
Canada	0	0	1	1