Infostrada picks USA for five wrestling medals at 2016 Rio Olympics
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by Gary Abbott USA Wrestling
Infostrada Sports, a Netherlands company which provides data and media services to the sports community, made its medal predictions for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
The predictions including five wrestling medals for the United States, including three gold medals.
Infostrada predicted gold medals for Jordan Burroughs in men’s freestyle at 74 kg, Elena Pirozhkova in women’s freestyle at 63 kg and Adeline Gray in women’s freestyle at 75 kg.
For Burroughs, it would be a second career Olympic title, to go with a 2012 Olympic gold medal in London, England. Pirozhkova was a member of the 2012 Olympic team, but did not medal.
The organization also predicted that Team USA would add bronze medals from Tervel Dlagnev at 125 kg in men’s freestyle and Andy Bisek at 75 kg in Greco-Roman.
Dlagnev was fifth in the 2012 Olympic Games in London.
The predictions include the United States winning the overall medal count, with 97 medals including 47 gold medals. They would be followed by China, with 76 medals, including 28 golds, and Russia, with 74 medals and 25 golds.
Rounding out the top 10 nations, based upon gold medals, are France (18 gold, 47 medals), Germany (16 gold, 55 medals), Australia (14 gold, 42 medals), Great Britain (10 gold, 45 medals), Brazil (10 gold, 27 medals), New Zealand (10 gold, 18 medals) and Hungary (10 gold, 17 medals).
Half of the medals expected to be won by the USA next year look likely to come from either athletics or swimming. According to Infostrada, “swimmers Missy Franklin and Katie Ledecky will probably join gymnast Simone Biles as the most successful American competitors in individual events at the 2016 Games and the Infostrada Sports Virtual Medal Table expects American women to again be more successful than their male counterparts.”
The predictions including five wrestling medals for the United States, including three gold medals.
Infostrada predicted gold medals for Jordan Burroughs in men’s freestyle at 74 kg, Elena Pirozhkova in women’s freestyle at 63 kg and Adeline Gray in women’s freestyle at 75 kg.
For Burroughs, it would be a second career Olympic title, to go with a 2012 Olympic gold medal in London, England. Pirozhkova was a member of the 2012 Olympic team, but did not medal.
The organization also predicted that Team USA would add bronze medals from Tervel Dlagnev at 125 kg in men’s freestyle and Andy Bisek at 75 kg in Greco-Roman.
Dlagnev was fifth in the 2012 Olympic Games in London.
The predictions include the United States winning the overall medal count, with 97 medals including 47 gold medals. They would be followed by China, with 76 medals, including 28 golds, and Russia, with 74 medals and 25 golds.
Rounding out the top 10 nations, based upon gold medals, are France (18 gold, 47 medals), Germany (16 gold, 55 medals), Australia (14 gold, 42 medals), Great Britain (10 gold, 45 medals), Brazil (10 gold, 27 medals), New Zealand (10 gold, 18 medals) and Hungary (10 gold, 17 medals).
Half of the medals expected to be won by the USA next year look likely to come from either athletics or swimming. According to Infostrada, “swimmers Missy Franklin and Katie Ledecky will probably join gymnast Simone Biles as the most successful American competitors in individual events at the 2016 Games and the Infostrada Sports Virtual Medal Table expects American women to again be more successful than their male counterparts.”
