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Raise a Glass to Malbec! Malbec World Day, April 17 | SaltWire #reels #shorts #wine #food - Host nation France is projected to almost triple its gold medal total at the Paris 2024 Olympics from the 10 won at the Tokyo 2020 Games while also significantly increasing its overall medal haul, according to data company Nielsen Gracenote.The United States is expected to top the overall medal table again with 123, 10 more than it won in Tokyo.
Asian powerhouse China is projected to stay second with 89 again and closely challenge the U.S. for the most gold medals.Australia is predicted to have its best performance since the Athens 2004 Olympics with 50 medals, the gains coming from the swimming team. Russia, who finished fifth in Tokyo, was not part of the top 10, which also included Japan in sixth spot followed by Italy, the Netherlands, Germany and South Korea.
Relations between Russia and the International Olympic Committee have worsened in the run-up to the Paris Games, which start on July 26, where Russian and Belarusian athletes will compete as neutrals, without their flags and anthems, and be excluded from the opening parade, because of the war in Ukraine.
"Almost all Russian and Belarusian competitors have been absent from international competitions since February 2022," Gracenote said, releasing its final 'Virtual Medal Table' forecast on Wednesday."However, it appears that there will be limited participation of these athletes and we expect the Virtual Medal Table to be the usual accurate reflection of the NOCs based on the data that we have.
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