If the latest predictions prove accurate, Australia’s Olympic team in Paris will set a new high watermark for medals won at the Games.
Australia’s Olympic team in Paris is forecast to be the most productive to leave our shores, with authoritative pre-Games modelling calculating a final haul of 54 medals, including 15 gold.
In Paris, as in Tokyo, neither the Australian Olympic Committee nor the Australian government have set hard medal targets. Where previously the AOC made clear its expectation of a top-five finish on the final tally of Olympic nations, current team management believes the additional pressure this heaped on athletes was counterproductive.
“I came home from my last Games with a sixth medal, a bronze medal, and I was actually greeted by people back home saying we’re sorry, we’re disappointed you didn’t win gold in your last campaign.“Sometimes we forget how many people are in the competition and how hard it is to win and how rare the opportunity to compete in the Olympic Games and be an Australian is, let alone being able to bring home a medal, let alone being able to bring home gold.
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