2023-07-26 16:32:25
One year before the Paris Olympics, a data company has published its projection of the medal table based on a statistical model compiling the latest international results. A ranking that gives pride of place to France. The latter should, according to figures published this Wednesday, July 26 by Gracenote, shine at home. Without reaching the milestone of 80 medals set in 2017.
Published on: 07/26/2023 – 16:32
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The numbers don’t lie. If the adage is true, then the French Olympic team can salivate. This Wednesday, July 26, Gracenote, a company specializing in data in music, video and sport, published a projection of the medal table for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. And its predictions are rather flattering. With a statistical model based on individual and collective results from previous Olympic Games, World Championships and World Cups Gracenote places France third in total medals, behind the United States and China.
Even better, if we go by the official methods of ranking the medal table, gold takes precedence over all others. In this case, with 32 titles, France passes second in front of China. Projections that do not reach the target set by Laura Flessel in 2017. Then Minister of Sports, the former fencer announced that she was aiming for 80 charms for tricolor athletes.
Still, to find traces of an edition of the Games where the Blues had exceeded the 43 medals obtained in 2008 in Beijing, we must go back to … 1900. During the first Paris Games, France had won 102 medals. Another era. It should also be noted that the ranking considers that Russian and Belarusian athletes will not participate in the Games.
Kenya first African country
As for many editions of the Summer Olympics, according to the projection, the Kenyan delegation would be the most successful on the African continent. With five titles and fourteen medals in total, she would finish 15th in the table. To give an idea of the reliability of the statistical model, during the Beijing 2022 Winter Games, Gracenote predicted 19 charms, including four gold for France, which obtained 14 for five titles in the end.
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