"So Jamaica not going Olympics this year"; "Other countries are available"- Fans react as Sports Illustrated releases customary Olympics Prediction

As the countdown to the Paris Olympics 2024 continues, American sports magazine Sports Illustrated has shared its medal predictions in the top events. However, a few fans were not too pleased as they reacted to the predictions that showed most of the medals going to American athletes.

The Summer Games are just days away as track and field athletes gear up to descend on the purple track at the Stade de France and showcase their potential. Defending champions, debutants, and returnees from across the globe will all be in action from August 1 to 11.

According to Sports Illustrated, Noah Lyles, Sha’Carri Richardson, and Gabby Thomas are some of the American track stars who would win gold medals.

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce will be hanging her spikes after this year’s edition of the Olympics. Defending champions Elaine Thompson-Herah and world 800m champion Emmanuel Korir are some of the top athletes who will not be defending their titles at the Paris Olympics.

Lyles has been primed to win the 100m and 200m while Richardson has been named as the 200m winner. Thomas has been predicted to win the 200m, with Quincy Hall claiming the men’s 400m title. Sports Illustrated added that Grant Holloway and Masai Russell would win their 110m hurdle races.

The 400m hurdles races will be won by Rai Benjamin and Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, according to the magazine. Joe Kovacs and Chase Jackson have been tipped to win the shot-put titles while Valarie Allman should take the win in the discus. The media outlet expressed confidence that Team USA would win all the relay medals.

Following their predictions, fans reacted, expressing concerns about whether Jamaicans would win anything at the Paris Olympics.

"So Jamaica and no other country naw bother go Olympics?? We get ban?" a fan wrote.

"Gabby in 200? is Shericka Jackson injured?" a fan asked.

"Other countries are available," another fan said.

Here are more reactions from fans regarding the Paris Olympics medal predictions by Sports Illustrated.

"So Jamaica not going Olympics this year?" another fan asked.

"Some predictions are outrageous, not happening," another fan said.

"lol the bias here is real," a fan wrote.

Sports Illustrated's predictions for Track events at the Paris Olympics 2024

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Sports Illustrated has unveiled its medal predictions for track events at the Paris Olympics 2024, with Team USA tipped to dominate the event, claiming almost all gold medals.

As per the magazine, the women’s 100m will be won by Sha’Carri Richardson, with Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce finishing second and Julien Alfred completing the podium. The women’s 200m will be won by Gabby Thomas as Shericka Jackson and McKenzie Long finish second and third.

The outlet noted that Marileidy Paulino would win the 400m as Nickisha Pryce and Natalia Kaczmarek finish second and third, respectively. Keely Hodgkinson is primed to win the women’s 800m as Mary Moraa and Nia Akins finish second and third.

Faith Kipyegon, Diribe Welteji, and Gudaf Tsegay will take the top three slots in the women’s 1500m respectively. The 3000m steeplechase will see Beatrice Chepkoech win, as world champion Winfred Yavi and Jackline Chepkoech finish second and third.

The women’s 5000m will witness a turn of events with Ejgayehu Taye winning and Faith Kipyegon finishing second ahead of Sifan Hassan. Tsegay has also been predicted to dominate the women’s 10,000m, with Lilian Kisiat and Hassan completing the podium.

Masai Russell has been tasked to win the women’s 110m hurdles ahead of Ackera Nugent and Danielle Williams. The women’s 400m hurdles will be won by Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, with Femke Bol finishing second. Jamaica’s Rushell Clayton has been primed to finish third.

Team USA will claim the women’s 4x100m relay title, as Jamaica and Great Britain finish second and third, with the American side claiming the 4x400m relay title too. Jamaica has been primed to finish second as the Netherlands completes the podium.

In the men’s category, Noah Lyles has been tasked to win the 100m and 200m titles at the Olympics. In the 100m, it has been predicted that Kishane Thompson and Oblique Seville would finish second and third.

Kenny Bednarek and Letsile Tebogo have been predicted to finish second and third in the 200m at the Olympics. Quincy Hall has been predicted to claim the top prize in the men’s 400m, as Matthew Hudson-Smith and Christopher Morales-Williams finish second and third.

The men’s 800m would have Djamel Sedjati win, as Marco Arop and Emmanuel Wanyonyi finish second and third, with the men’s 1500m having Jakob Ingebrigtsen defend his title ahead of Timothy Cheruiyot and Josh Kerr.

The men’s 3000m steeplechase will see Lamecha Girma win gold as the Kenyan duo of Abraham Kibiwott and Amos Serem finish second and third while the men’s 5000m will have Hagos Gebrhiwet win gold, as Ingebrigtsen and Yomif Kejelcha win silver and bronze.

Ethiopia’s Selemon Barega has been primed to win a gold medal, as Daniel Ebenyo and Berihu Aregawi finish second and third. Grant Holloway has been predicted to win the men’s 110m hurdles, with Freddie Crittenden and Daniel Roberts bagging silver and bronze.

Rai Benjamin has been predicted to win gold in the men’s 400m hurdles, with Karsten Warholm and Alison Dos Santos completing the podium. The men’s 4x100m relay title would be claimed by the U.S., with Jamaica and Italy finishing second and third.

According to Sports Illustrated, the men’s 4x400m relay title would be won by the U.S., with France and Jamaica finishing second and third. However, Jamaica will not be sending a relay team to the Olympics.