18 November 2018

Olympic prediction

The qualification to Tokyo 2020 will start in just six months and here is the 8a prediction of the final ranking. 1. Tomoa Narasaki JPN - Miho Nonaka JPN 2. Adam Ondra CZE - Janja Garnbret SLO 3. Jakob Schubert AUT - Jessica Pilz AUT 4. Yoshiyuki Ogata JPN - Akiyo Noguchi JPN 5. Stefano Ghisolfi ITA - Stasa Geijo SER 6. Jernej Kruder SLO - Jain Kim KOR It should be noted that max two from each country is allowed to participate so here are some Japanese names with almost equal chances to get a spot and also become Top-6: Meichi Narasaki, Kai Harada, Kokoro Fujii, Keita Dohi, Futaba Ito, Mei Kotake.
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