Tokyo 2020 – Team GB predicted to win 14 gold medals at Olympics including Max Whitlock, Adam Peaty

The Opening Ceremony is just three days away! So who might win a medal for Team GB at the Olympics in Japan? Gracenote have crunched all the data and produced their final virtual medal table. Watch every unmissable moment live from Tokyo 2020 across Eurosport, Eurosport app and discovery+. Download the Eurosport app for iOS and Android now.

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Max Whitlock, Adam Peaty and Jade Jones are among the Team GB stars tipped to strike gold at Tokyo 2020, according to a forecast released on the eve of the rearranged Olympics.

Statisticians Gracenote have predicted the entire Games in their Virtual Medal Table, with Britain set for a reality check after finishing second overall at Rio 2016.

The study expects them to win 14 gold medals – down from the 27 they won in Rio and 29 secured in London – as their usual goldmines of track cycling and athletics yield just one between them.

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The men’s 4x100m relay quartet is being tipped to stun the United States and triumph, while Dina Asher-Smith (200m), Jemma Reekie (800m), Laura Muir (1500m) and the women's 4x100m relay team are all pencilled in for silver medals on the track. Team GB are also forecast to win two golds in swimming, shooting and equestrian.

Of course, it is simply a prediction and one the creators admit "contains more uncertainty than usual because of the pandemic".

But the absence of gold-magnet Mo Farah, decline of Andy Murray and question marks around power couple Laura and Jason Kenny could contribute to a middling Games for Team GB.

Although GB place fifth in the Virtual Medal Table based on total medals, should the Games map out exactly as predicted GB would finish seventh in the actual table with the United States runaway winners with 96 medals (40 gold).