Original title: Goldman Sachs predicts Rio Olympic medal list: China will win 36 gold medals.
On July 24th, the opening ceremony of the Olympic Village of Rio Olympic Games was held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Xinhua News Agency reporter Xu Zijian photo
The US media reported on August 3 that Goldman Sachs predicted in a survey released on August 1 that the United States and China, the world’s two largest economies, would win most of the Olympic gold medals again in Rio, and that Britain and Russia would rank third and fourth in the medal list.
According to a report on The New York Times website on August 1st, Goldman Sachs economists predict that the United States will win 45 gold medals in Rio Olympic Games, one less than the London Olympic Games four years ago, while China will win 36 gold medals, two less than the London Olympic Games.
Goldman Sachs pointed out that in addition to the performance of athletes, economic success also increases the chances of winning Olympic honors, because "a country is more likely to cultivate world-class athletes in a world-class environment."
According to the report, Britain will win 23 gold medals, six less than the London Olympics, but the number of medals will reach 59, one more than Russia.
Goldman Sachs predicts that under the impact of doping scandal, Russia will win 14 gold medals, which is 12 fewer than the recently revised gold medals in London Olympic Games.
Host Brazil has a population of 200 million, ranking fifth in the world, and according to the data of the International Monetary Fund, Brazil is also the seventh largest economy in the world, but its performance in the Olympic Games has always been difficult to match these identities.
Goldman Sachs predicts that although Brazil has increased its capital investment before the Rio Olympic Games, it will still be unable to achieve the goal of being in the top 10 of the medal list.
According to the report, measured by the number of gold medals, Brazil will be close to Jamaica, which ranks 131st in the world economy. On the medal list, Brazil will rank 11th with 22 medals, just ahead of Ukraine, which ranks 48th in the world economy and has a population of less than a quarter (44 million) of Brazil. Brazil’s per capita gross domestic product (GDP) is more than twice that of Ukraine.