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Study says China to top Rio table
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CHINA is on track to return to the top of the medals table at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics next year ahead of the United States and Russia, according to a benchmark study released by the Australian Olympic Committee yesterday.
The annual study, which analyzes the results in Olympic events at world championships and other elite events, gave China 39 gold medals based on the performances of its athletes in 2015.
The US, table-topper in London in 2012, would have won 35 golds ahead of Russia (25) with Japan the best of the rest behind the three sporting superpowers on 18.
Rio host Brazil, meanwhile, would have finished outside the top 20 on the medals table with just three golds.
Britain, which benefited from the traditional host nation bump to finish third in London, would have been joint fifth with neighboring France on 15 golds, while Australia and Germany tied for seventh on 13 in the study.
That tally would nearly double Australia’s tally of 7 golds in London, where a 10th-place finish on the medals table gave the sports-mad country one of its most disappointing Games of recent years.
Kitty Chiller, Australia’s Chef de Mission for Rio, was encouraged by the data and said the AOC’s target of a top five finish next year was a viable, if tough, goal. “We have moved from a total of 7 golds in London in 2012 to 13 golds this year,” she said in a news release.
“Overall we’ve had a better year, the gold medal tally is a tremendous improvement and the signs are good for Rio.
“Fifth to eighth position on the medal tally is extremely tight and we are still aiming for that fifth spot in Rio if everything goes our way.”
The study showed Australia’s traditionally strong swimming team, which got just 1 gold in a chaotic London campaign, would have won 7 golds.
Meanwhile, Beijing’s Communist Party chief has been appointed head of the organizing committee for the 2022 Winter Games.
Guo Jinlong said his first task would be to review Beijing’s host city contract and the IOC’s “Olympic Agenda 2020” program before coming up with a detailed agenda, Xinhua news agency reported.
The “Agenda 2020” program seeks to make the Olympics more affordable and sustainable. Beijing won its bid partly on the back of its commitment to keeps costs down.
Beijing, which hosted the 2008 Olympics, defeated Almaty, Kazakhstan, in the IOC vote on July 31, becoming the first city in Olympic history to be awarded both the winter and summer games.
Guo’s appointment was announced at a ceremony in Beijing on Tuesday attended by top national leaders, including Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli.
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