Irish Medal Tally Prediction

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Oh, and Shane Lowry!

Are there any medals going for the best fans at the games?

Chivito550 wrote: »

Good shout at a medal in Modern Pentathlon too.

I was thinking the same thing. Natalya Coyle is class, and O'Keeffe is medal potential. One of the best disciplines at the Games.

Very demanding predictions. Possible? Yes!

Leaving boxing aside for the minute, we have chances in other sports but if one is to look at bookies odds they are few and far between. If we look at those in the top six of the bookies odds as realistic contenders for a medal we have:
Cycling Road Race....Dan Martin 14/1
Rowing Lightweight double sculls 22/1
50KM Walk Rob Heffernan 14/1
Modern Pentathlon.A Lanigan-O'Keefe 14/1

All of our saliling crews are at least 100/1
Greg Broderick Showjumping 175/1
Padraig Harrington Golf 40/1
Leona Maguire Golf 100/1

Bookies are saying we will 3 medals in total which may be a tad pessimistic. But if we have a bad boxing tournament with bad draws, bad judging then its possible we could end up with just1-2. We all get too optimistic on oyur medal chances. Even Sports Illustrated has gone way ott on our chances. Three Golds? Possible but we would need tonnes of luck.

Pherekydes wrote: »

Remember that the odds in a bookies reflect the market, not the actual odds or probabilities of events being won.

+1. And most bookies know shag all about Olympic sports. They tend to go on seasons bests which for anybody who understands a sport like athletics knows that means little come a championship.

Is annalise murphy included in that 100/1

What kind of expectations are realistic for our 3 rowing boats?