AS WE SAID on the men’s side, it’s very early in the year to be picking Tokyo podiums, but here we are.
The U.S.women are projecting to pick up 16 medals, 1 fewer than the men. The women’s breakdown: 4 golds, 4 silvers, 8 bronze. The total of 16 matches the catch from Rio ’16, which was broken down 6-5-5.
The current charting shows just 4 Rio winners successfully repeating: Elaine Thompson-Herah in the 100, the U.S. 4×4, Anita Włodarczyk in the hammer and Nafi Thiam in the heptathlon.
The picks:
| GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | |
| 100 | Elaine Thompson-Herah (Jamaica) | Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (Jamaica) | Sha’Carri Richardson (USA) |
| 200 | Shaunae Miller-Uibo (Bahamas) | Elaine Thompson-Herah (Jamaica) | Dina Asher-Smith (Great Britain) |
| 400 | Salwa Eid Naser (Bahrain) | Shaunae Miller-Uibo (Bahamas) | Wadeline Jonathas (USA) |
| 800 | Ajee’ Wilson (USA) | Jemma Reekie (Great Britain) | Natoya Goule (Jamaica) |
| 1500 | Gudaf Tsegay (Ethiopia) | Faith Kipyegon (Kenya) | Laura Muir (Great Britain) |
| Steeple | Beatrice Chepkoech (Kenya) | Hyvin Jepkemoi (Kenya) | Emma Coburn (USA) |
| 5000 | Hellen Obiri (Kenya) | Sifan Hassan (Netherlands) | Letesenbet Gidey (Ethiopia) |
| 10,000 | Sifan Hassan (Netherlands) | Letesenbet Gidey (Ethiopia) | Agnes Tirop (Kenya) |
| 100 Hurdles | Keni Harrison (USA) | Danielle Williams (Jamaica) | Nadine Visser (Netherlands) |
| 400 Hurdles | Sydney McLaughlin (USA) | Dalilah Muhammad (USA) | Shamier Little (USA) |
| Marathon | Ruth Chepngetich (Kenya) | Brigid Kosgei (Kenya) | Peres Jepchirchir (Kenya) |
| 20K Walk | Jiayu Yang (China) | Hong Liu (China) | Reykhan Kagramanova (Russia) |
| 4 x 100 | Jamaica | United States | Germany |
| 4 x 400 | United States | Jamaica | Poland |
| High Jump | Yaroslava Mahuchikh (Ukraine) | Mariya Lasitskene (Russia) | Vashti Cunningham (USA) |
| Pole Vault | Anzhelika Sidorova (Russia) | Sandi Morris (USA) | Katerína Stefanídi (Greece) |
| Long Jump | Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk (Ukraine) | Malaika Mihambo (Germany) | Tara Davis (USA) |
| Triple Jump | Yulimar Rojas (Venezuela) | Caterine Ibargüen (Colombia) | Shanieka Ricketts (Jamaica) |
| Shot | Lijiao Gong (China) | Auriol Dongmo (Portugal) | Danniel Thomas-Dodd (Jamaica) |
| Discus | Yaimé Pérez (Cuba) | Sandra Perković (Croatia) | Valarie Allman (USA) |
| Hammer | Anita Włodarczyk (Poland) | DeAnna Price (USA) | Alexandra Tavernier (France) |
| Javelin | Huihui Lu (China) | Shiying Liu (China) | Tatsiana Khaladovich (Belarus) |
| Heptathlon | Nafi Thiam (Belgium) | Katarina Johnson-Thompson (Great Britain) | Kendell Williams (USA) |