This isn’t pro wrestling, this is the real thing. And it’s gotten more and more popular recently, especially where I live. Lots of medals to be handed out here, and likely a bunch going to countries who won’t be near the top of the overall medal count.

Medal	Men’s freestyle 57kg	Country
Gold	Stevan Andria Micic	Serbia
Silver	Rei Higuchi	Japan
Bronze	Arsen Harutyunyan	Armenia
Bronze	Zelimkhan Abakarov	Albania
Medal	Men’s freestyle 65kg	Country
Gold	Vazgen Tevanyan	Armenia
Silver	Iszmail Muszukajev	Hungary
Bronze	Sebastian Rivera	Puerto Rico
Bronze	Shamil Mamedov	AIN
Medal	Men’s freestyle 74kg	Country
Gold	Kyle Dake	United States
Silver	Turan Bayramov	Azerbaijan
Bronze	Georgios Kougioumtsidis	Greece
Bronze	Lu Feng	China
Medal	Men’s freestyle 86kg	Country
Gold	David Taylor	United States
Silver	Azamat Dauletbekov	Kazakhstan
Bronze	Hassan Yazdani	Iran
Bronze	Javrail Shapiev	Uzbekistan
Medal	Men’s freestyle 97kg	Country
Gold	Magomedkhan Magomedov	Azerbaijan
Silver	Kyle Snyder	United States
Bronze	Akhmed Tazhudinov	Bahrain
Bronze	Givi Matcharashvili	Georgia
Medal	Men’s freestyle 125kg	Country
Gold	Mason Parris	United States
Silver	Amir Hossein Zare	Iran
Bronze	Geno Petriashvili	Georgia
Bronze	Taha Akgul	Turkey
Medal	Men’s Greco-Roman 60kg	Country
Gold	Cao Liguo	China
Silver	Zholaman Sharshenbekov	Kyrgyzstan
Bronze	Kenichiro Fumita	Japan
Bronze	Islomjon Bakhromov	Uzbekistan
Medal	Men’s Greco-Roman 67kg	Country
Gold	Luis Orta	Cuba
Silver	Hasrat Jafarov	Azerbaijan
Bronze	Slavik Galstyan	Armenia
Bronze	Mohammad Reza Geraei	Iran
Medal	Men’s Greco-Roman 77kg	Country
Gold	Nao Kusaka	Japan
Silver	Sanan Suleymanov	Azerbaijan
Bronze	Malkhas Amoyan	Armenia
Bronze	Akzhol Makhmudov	Kyrgyzstan
Medal	Men’s Greco-Roman 87kg	Country
Gold	Ali Cengiz	Turkey
Silver	Semen Novikov	Bulgaria
Bronze	Zhan Beleniuk	Ukraine
Bronze	David Losonczi	Hungary
Medal	Men’s Greco-Roman 97kg	Country
Gold	Artur Aleksanyan	Armenia
Silver	Abubakar Khaslakhanau	AIN
Bronze	Mohammad Hadi Saravi	Iran
Bronze	Gabriel Rosillo	Cuba
Medal	Men’s Greco-Roman 130kg	Country
Gold	Amin Mirzazadeh	Iran
Silver	Oscar Pino	Cuba
Bronze	Riza Kayaalp	Turkey
Bronze	Meng Lingzhe	China
Medal	Women’s freestyle 50kg	Country
Gold	Yui Susaki	Japan
Silver	Feng Ziqi	China
Bronze	Dolgorjavyn Otgonjargal	Mongolia
Bronze	Evin Demirhan Yavuz	Turkey
Medal	Women’s freestyle 53kg	Country
Gold	Lucia Yepez	Ecuador
Silver	Jonna Melmgren	Sweden
Bronze	Akari Fujinami	Japan
Bronze	Dominique Parrish	United States
Medal	Women’s freestyle 57kg	Country
Gold	Tsugumi Sakurai	Japan
Silver	Anastasia Nichita	Moldova
Bronze	Helen Maroulis	United States
Bronze	Odunayo Adekuoroye	Nigeria
Medal	Women’s freestyle 62kg	Country
Gold	Aisuluu Tynybekova	Kyrgyzstan
Silver	Sakura Motoki	Japan
Bronze	Iryna Koliadenko	Ukraine
Bronze	Grace Bullen	Norway
Medal	Women’s freestyle 68kg	Country
Gold	Buse Tosun Cavusoglu	Turkey
Silver	Enkhsaikhan Delgermaa	Mongolia
Bronze	Koumba Larroque	France
Bronze	Irina Ringaci	Moldova
Medal	Women’s freestyle 76kg	Country
Gold	Adeline Gray	United States
Silver	Aiperi Medet Kyzy	Kyrgyzstan
Bronze	Tatiana Renteria	Colombia
Bronze	Yuka Kagami	Japan

Projected medal count:

Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
United States	4	1	2	7
Japan	3	2	3	8
Armenia	2	0	3	5
Turkey	2	0	3	5
Azerbaijan	1	3	0	4
Kyrgyzstan	1	2	1	4
Iran	1	1	3	5
China	1	1	2	4
Cuba	1	1	1	3
Ecuador	1	0	0	1
Serbia	1	0	0	1
AIN	0	1	1	2
Hungary	0	1	1	2
Moldova	0	1	1	2
Mongolia	0	1	1	2
Bulgaria	0	1	0	1
Kazakhstan	0	1	0	1
Sweden	0	1	0	1
Georgia	0	0	2	2
Ukraine	0	0	2	2
Uzbekistan	0	0	2	2
Albania	0	0	1	1
Bahrain	0	0	1	1
Colombia	0	0	1	1
France	0	0	1	1
Greece	0	0	1	1
Nigeria	0	0	1	1
Norway	0	0	1	1
Puerto Rico	0	0	1	1

I don’t know what’s going on in the world of modern pentathlon. Apparently they’re going American Ninja Warrior style to replace horse riding? Although that seems to be tabled until after the 2024 Olympics. So, this will be the final time you see horses in this event. I’m surprised to see that this isn’t a uniquely European sport – there are people from Asia and Africa high up in the world rankings.

Projections:

Medal	Men’s	Country
Gold	Csaba Bohm	Hungary
Silver	Jun Woong-tae	South Korea
Bronze	Ahmed El-Gendy	Egypt
Medal	Women’s	Country
Gold	Seong Seung-min	South Korea
Silver	Mariya Gnedtchik	AIN
Bronze	Ilke Ozyuksel	Turkey

Projected medal count:

Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
South Korea	1	1	0	2
Hungary	1	0	0	1
AIN	0	1	0	1
Egypt	0	0	1	1
Turkey	0	0	1	1

One of the most picturesque sports at the Olympics, yet one of the most dangerous. I’m always worried the divers are going to hit their heads. It scares me just watching – I can’t imagine what it feels like on that 10-meter platform. I remember Fu Mingxia completely dominating in diving when I was in grade school and into high school; China has always been very good at this event.

Projections:

Men’s events:

Medal	Men’s 3m springboard	Country
Gold	Wang Zongyuan	China
Silver	Jack Laugher	Great Britain
Bronze	Moritz Wesemann	Germany
Medal	Men’s 10m platform	Country
Gold	Yang Hao	China
Silver	Rikuto Tamai	Japan
Bronze	Oleksii Sereda	Ukraine
Medal	Men’s 3m synchronized springboard	Country
Gold	China	China
Silver	Great Britain	Great Britain
Bronze	Japan	Japan
Medal	Men’s 10m synchronized platform	Country
Gold	China	China
Silver	Ukraine	Ukraine
Bronze	Great Britain	Great Britain

Women’s events:

Medal	Women’s 3m springboard	Country
Gold	Chen Yiwen	China
Silver	Chang Yani	China
Bronze	Sayaka Mikami	Japan
Medal	Women’s 10m platform	Country
Gold	Quan Hongchan	China
Silver	Chen Yuxi	China
Bronze	Andrea Spendolini Sirieix	Great Britain
Medal	Women’s 3m synchronized springboard	Country
Gold	China	China
Silver	Great Britain	Great Britain
Bronze	United States	United States
Medal	Women’s 10m synchronized platform	Country
Gold	China	China
Silver	Great Britain	Great Britain
Bronze	Ukraine	Ukraine

Projected medal count:

Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
China	8	2	0	10
Great Britain	0	4	2	6
Japan	0	1	2	3
Ukraine	0	1	2	3
Germany	0	0	1	1
United States	0	0	1	1

I know very little about canoeing, especially the sprint version. The slalom, I know a bit about, because it was able to be played in the London 2012 video game (one of the best sports video games ever, by the way). It requires a great amount of balance by the canoeists. I’m looking up all sort of PDF and Excel files trying to find rankings for these events.

Projections:

Medal	Men’s C-1 1000m	Country
Gold	Adrien Bart	France
Silver	Wiktor Glazunow	Poland
Bronze	Martin Fuksa	Czech Republic
Medal	Men’s C-2 500m	Country
Gold	Poland	Poland
Silver	China	China
Bronze	Hungary	Hungary
Medal	Men’s K-1 1000m	Country
Gold	Fernando Pimenta	Portugal
Silver	Martin Nathell	Sweden
Bronze	Balint Kopasz	Hungary
Medal	Men’s K-2 500m	Country
Gold	Hungary	Hungary
Silver	Spain	Spain
Bronze	Germany	Germany
Medal	Men’s K-4 500m	Country
Gold	Germany	Germany
Silver	Hungary	Hungary
Bronze	Spain	Spain
Medal	Women’s C-1 200m	Country
Gold	Lin Wenjun	China
Silver	Dorota Borowska	Poland
Bronze	Antia Jacome	Spain
Medal	Women’s C-2 500m	Country
Gold	China	China
Silver	Hungary	Hungary
Bronze	Poland	Poland
Medal	Women’s K-1 500m	Country
Gold	Aimee Fisher	New Zealand
Silver	Michelle Russell	Canada
Bronze	Alyce Wood	Australia
Medal	Women’s K-2 500m	Country
Gold	New Zealand	New Zealand
Silver	Denmark	Denmark
Bronze	Poland	Poland
Medal	Women’s K-4 500m	Country
Gold	China	China
Silver	Poland	Poland
Bronze	Germany	Germany
Medal	Men’s C-1 Slalom	Country
Gold	Nicolas Gestin	France
Silver	Luka Bozic	Slovenia
Bronze	Matej Benus	Slovakia
Medal	Men’s K-1 Slalom	Country
Gold	Jiri Prskavec	Czech Republic
Silver	Giovanni De Gennaro	Italy
Bronze	Titouan Castryck	France
Medal	Men’s Kayak Cross	Country
Gold	Boris Neveu	France
Silver	Joseph Clarke	Great Britain
Bronze	Dimitri Marx	Switzerland
Medal	Women’s C-1 Slalom	Country
Gold	Jessica Fox	Australia
Silver	Andrea Herzog	Germany
Bronze	Gabriela Satkova	Czech Republic
Medal	Women’s K-1 Slalom	Country
Gold	Jessica Fox	Australia
Silver	Camille Prigent	France
Bronze	Ricarda Funk	Germany
Medal	Women’s Kayak Cross	Country
Gold	Camille Prigent	France
Silver	Kimberley Woods	Great Britain
Bronze	Eva Tercelj	Slovenia

Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
France	4	1	1	6
China	3	1	0	4
Australia	2	0	1	3
New Zealand	2	0	0	2
Poland	1	3	2	6
Hungary	1	2	2	5
Germany	1	1	3	5
Czech Republic	1	0	2	3
Portugal	1	0	0	1
Great Britain	0	2	0	2
Spain	0	1	2	3
Slovenia	0	1	1	2
Canada	0	1	0	1
Denmark	0	1	0	1
Italy	0	1	0	1
Sweden	0	1	0	1
Slovakia	0	0	1	1
Switzerland	0	0	1	1