Olympic predictions

As part of their excellent Olympics coverage, Row2k have a fun Olympic Games pick ’em feature.

Here are my medal picks – a combination of hope, cautious optimism and random guesswork.

W1x 1. Czech Republic 2. Belarus 3. United States
M1x 1. New Zealand 2. Czech Republic 3. Great Britain
W2- 1. Canada 2. United States 3. New Zealand
M2- 1. South Africa 2. New Zealand 3. Croatia
W2x 1. China 2. Great Britain 3. New Zealand
M2x 1. Great Britain 2. Slovenia 3. Australia
M4- 1. Netherlands 2. Great Britain 3. New Zealand
LW2x 1. Australia 2. China 3. United States
LM2x 1. Great Britain 2. Denmark 3. France
LM4- 1. Great Britain 2. France 3. Australia
W4x 1. Great Britain 2. Russia 3. United States
M4x 1. Russia 2. France 3. United States
W8+ 1. United States 2. Romania 3. Canada
M8+ 1. United States 2. Canada 3. Great Britain