Athletics begins!

The first medals in Athletics were awarded today for the Men’s and Women’s 20km race walks. Let’s take a look at the favorites in that sport:

Selections Country
1105 United States
189 Jamaica
117 Kenya
68 China
68 Poland
61 Italy
49 Canada
40 Netherlands
36 Germany
34 Great Britain

And for the individual athletes:

Selections Athlete Country
292 Noah Lyles United States
204 Sha’Carri Richardson United States
154 Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone United States
140 Armand Duplantis Sweden
102 Shericka Jackson Jamaica
87 Jakob Ingebrigtsen Norway
81 Gabby Thomas United States
70 Grant Holloway United States
68 Ryan Crouser United States
66 Faith Kipyegon Kenya
63 Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Jamaica
58 Karsten Warholm Norway
57 Kishane Thompson Jamaica
56 Yaroslava Mahuchikh Ukraine
47 Femke Bol Netherlands
47 Rai Benjamin United States
47 Malaika Mihambo Germany
47 Valarie Allman United States
45 Gianmarco Tamberi Italy
44 Letsile Tebogo Botswana

A lot of support for the United States athletes in both categories, but don’t sleep on the Jamaican contingent. Armand Duplantis is the heavy favorite in pole vault and that has shown up in the rankings.