Olympics prediction - 6 medals, no gold

Olympics prediction - 6 medals, no gold

RIO DE JANEIRO - A pre-Olympics projection by the US-based Associated Press news agency predicts Thai athletes will return from Rio 2016 with six medals - but no gold.

The agency gave no sources or methodology on how it picked the medal winners in every Olympic sport.

2016 Rio Olympics medal projections, compiled from predictions by the staff of The Associated Press:

BADMINTON, Women's Singles
Gold: Carolina Marin, Spain
Silver: Wang Yihan, China
Bronze: Ratchanok Intanon; Li Xuerui, China

BOXING Lightweight (60 kg)
Gold: Lazaro Alvarez, Cuba
Silver: Albert Selimov, Azerbaijan
Bronze: Amnat Ruenroeng; Robson Conceicao, Brazil

GOLF, Women
Gold: Stacy Lewis, United States
Silver: Lydia Ko, New Zealand
Bronze: Ariya Jutanugarn

SHOOTING, Women, Skeet
Gold: Morgan Craft, United States
Silver: Sutiya Jiewchaloemmit
Bronze: Kimberly Rhode, United States

TAEKWONDO, Women, 49 kg
Gold: Jingyu Wu, China
Silver: Lucija Zaninovic, Croatia
Bronze: Panipak Wongpattanakit; Yasmina Aziez, France

WEIGHTLIFTING, Women, 58 kg
Gold: Mikiko Andoh, Japan
Silver: Sukanya Srisurat
Bronze: Angelica Roos, Sweden

The full medal projections by the AP can be seen here.

Meanwhile, the website OlympicMedalsPredictions.com says Thailand will end up with three medals - a gold, by light welterweight boxer Wuttichai Masuk, a silver by skeet shooter Sutiya and, like the AP, a bronze by taekwondo fighter Panipak.

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