Jamaica Predicted to Win 9 Medals at Rio Olympics
The American multinational nonprofit news agency – The Associated Press is projecting that Jamaica will win 9 medals in athletics at this year’s Olympic Games in Rio, Brazil.
That medal tally is being projected to comprise of four gold, four silver and a bronze.
Jamaica won 12 medals in the most recent Olympic games held in London four years ago.
Based on their projections, the AP is expecting only two Jamaicans to win gold, namely Usain Bolt and Omar McLeod.
Bolt is expected to win three gold medals to become an unprecedented three-time gold medal winner at a third consecutive Olympic games.
McLeod is predicted to lead home a Jamaica one-two finish in the men’s 110-metre hurdles.
Surprisingly,the AP has Jamaica out of the medals in the women’s 100 metres, but has predicted that Elaine Thompson will win the bronze medal behind Dafne Schippers of the Netherlands and American Tori Bowie in the women’s 200 metres.
Earlier this month, Thompson equalled the Jamaican National 100m record when she stormed to victory, registering a scintillating 10.70 seconds at the National Championships.
The 2016 Olympic Games commence on August 5 and runs thru August 21.
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