Predictions for Hungary’s best chances for winning a medal in Tokyo 2020 Olympics

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The Tokyo Olympic Games have officially started, and in just a few days, we’ve seen some record-breaking action in many sports. There are 205 countries participating in this year’s Olympics and already some of the underdogs surprised used in multiple categories.

Hungary first participated in the Olympic Games in 1896, and since then, they have participated in most Summer Olympic Games, and in every Winter Olympic Games.

Over the years, Hungary managed to win 503 medals (Gold-178, Silver-150, Bronze-175) spread across 492 athletes.

But what about this year’s Olympics? Will Hungary manage to win a medal?

Well, we decided to highlight some of the athletes that have the biggest chance of winning a medal.

Medal Prediction

There are many organizations that work to predict the outcome of this year’s Olympic Games by analyzing data. One of such companies is Gracenote Sports’ which came out with a prediction for every country that is participating in this event.

According to their data, they predict that Hungarian athletes will manage to win 28 medals, or 7 gold, 8 silver, and 13 bronze at this year’s Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

Judging from their data, Hungary will take 11th place in this championship for most won medals, which we still have to wait and see if this prediction will be accurate.

Other companies are also analyzing data from the Olympic games and coming out with their own prediction.

According to Associated Press (AP), Hungary will manage to win only 22 medals or 9 gold, 5 silver, and 8 bronze. They even went through the trouble of highlighting the athletes who have the best chance of winning a medal.

According to their analytics, Tamás Lőrincz (Wrestling),  Ádám Marosi (pentathlon, men’s signles), Bálint Kopasz (Kayak-1 1000m), István Péni (shooting, small rifle), István Péni and Eszter Mészáros (sport shooting, with mixed air rifle), Kristóf Milák (swimming, 200m butterfly), Áron Szilágyi (fencing) have the best chance of climbing the top stair of the podium.

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