A new sport to the Olympics circa 2021, sport climbing is a unique sport in that the boulder and lead category is very confusing in my opinion. I don’t know how the scoring works. But for this Olympics, they’re combining the bouldering and lead climbing. Maybe I’ll learn the sport while watching Paris.

Projections:

Medal	Men’s boulder and lead	Country
Gold	Colin Duffy	United States
Silver	Tomoa Narasaki	Japan
Bronze	Jakob Schubert	Austria
Medal	Men’s speed	Country
Gold	Long Jinbao	China
Silver	Matteo Zurloni	Italy
Bronze	Bassa Mawem	France
Medal	Women’s boulder and lead	Country
Gold	Ai Mori	Japan
Silver	Janja Garnbret	Slovenia
Bronze	Jessica Pitz	Austria
Medal	Women’s speed	Country
Gold	Emma Hunt	United States
Silver	Desak Made Rita Kusuma Dewi	Indonesia
Bronze	Aleksandra Miroslaw	Poland

Projected medal count:

Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
United States	2	0	0	2
Japan	1	1	0	2
China	1	0	0	1
Indonesia	0	1	0	1
Italy	0	1	0	1
Slovenia	0	1	0	1
Austria	0	0	2	2
France	0	0	1	1
Poland	0	0	1	1

Triathlon was one of my favorite events to watch on the now-defunct Olympic Channel. They had all kinds of variations on the event. I love the idiosyncrasies like when they had to change their shoes, or how they had to put their helmet in a box or else risk a penalty. They now do a mixed relay which adds to what was already a fun sport.

Medal	Men’s	Country
Gold	Luke Willian	Australia
Silver	Leo Bergere	France
Bronze	Charles Paquet	Canada
Medal	Women’s	Country
Gold	Emma Lombardi	France
Silver	Taylor Knibb	United States
Bronze	Flora Duffy	Bermuda
Medal	Mixed relay	Country
Gold	Germany	Germany
Silver	New Zealand	New Zealand
Bronze	Great Britain	Great Britain

Projected medal count:

Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
France	1	1	0	2
Australia	1	0	0	1
Germany	1	0	0	1
New Zealand	0	1	0	1
United States	0	1	0	1
Bermuda	0	0	1	1
Canada	0	0	1	1
Great Britain	0	0	1	1

Okay, I confess. I hardly watch synchro, or what is now called “artistic swimming.” I’ve seen some of it from time to time, but it doesn’t capture my attention the way gymnastics does. Even so, I’m impressed with the athletes and their skills. They deserve more attention, and yes, that includes from me.

Projections:

Medal	Women’s duet	Country
Gold	Wang Liuyi Wang Qianyi	China
Silver	Kate Shortman Isabelle Thorpe	Great Britain
Bronze	Bregje de Brouwer Noortje de Brouwer	Netherlands
Medal	Open team	Country
Gold	China	China
Silver	Japan	Japan
Bronze	United States	United States

Projected medal count:

Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
China	2	0	0	2
Great Britain	0	1	0	1
Japan	0	1	0	1
Netherlands	0	0	1	1
United States	0	0	1	1

As fun as skateboarding is, I was surprised that it didn’t get very much screen time in Tokyo. Maybe it had something to do with the pandemic, but I hardly saw any skateboarding three years ago, so I plan to make it a point to watch it this time around. I have no idea how the scoring works in this sport, so I’m just going off world rankings in making my projections. I also had no idea how good Japan is at this sport. They are amazing! This might be the chance for Japan to clean up in the gold department.

Projections:

Medal	Men’s park	Country
Gold	Tate Carew	United States
Silver	Keegan Palmer	Australia
Bronze	Gavin Bottger	United States
Medal	Men’s street	Country
Gold	Ginwoo Onodera	Japan
Silver	Sora Shirai	Japan
Bronze	Jagger Eaton	United States
Medal	Women’s park	Country
Gold	Arisa Trew	Australia
Silver	Kokona Hiraki	Japan
Bronze	Sky Brown	Great Britain
Medal	Women’s street	Country
Gold	Coco Yoshizawa	Japan
Silver	Rayssa Leal	Brazil
Bronze	Funa Nakayama	Japan

Projected medal count:

Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Japan	2	2	1	5
Australia	1	1	0	2
United States	1	0	2	3
Brazil	0	1	0	1
Great Britain	0	0	1	1