Paris 2024 Olympics predicted medals table revealed with France leapfrogging Team GB after Charlotte Dujardin video
A PREDICTED Paris 2024 medal table has revealed France will leapfrog ahead of Team GB amid Charlotte Dujardin’s withdrawal.
The six-time Olympic medallist, 39, pulled out of the upcoming Paris Olympics this week as a disturbing clip emerged online.
The equestrian star was spotted hitting a horse 25 times in a 60-second clip during a lesson with a 9-year-old female student at her private stables.
Dujardin was in GB’s medal hopes as she aimed to become the nation’s most decorated female Olympian after only needing just one more medal to move past another great, Laura Kenny.
But her title hopes have been crushed and her withdrawal has also meant Team GB are expected to drop in the medal table, according to L’Equipe.
The French outlet predicted the host nation will finish above Great Britain in third place with France accumilating 75 medals including 28 golds, 25 silvers and 22 bronzes.
Meanwhile, Team GB were snubbed to the fourth spot with just 61 medals – 20 golds, 26 silvers and 15 bronzes.
The USA has been forecast to dominate the leaderboard with a total of 114 medals.
However, L’Equipe anticipates they will level with second-place China on gold medals (40).
The Games get underway on Friday, July 26 and run until Sunday, August 11 in the French capital.
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Team GB’s most successful Olympics was in 1908 in London – producing a huge 146 medals – including 56 golds.
In the last Games, in Tokyo and delayed to 2021, GB walked away with 64 medals with 22 golds, 20 silvers and 22 bronzes.
GB’s most decorated Olympian of all time is cyclist Sir Jason Kenny and their most successful Games in recent years was 2016 with 67 overall medals.
Tom Daley after coming out of retirement will compete in his fifth Games and is hopeful of securing a gold as he will defend his 10m synchro title.
Other gold medal contender includes Adam Peaty who is looking to win his third consecutive Olympic title in the 100m breaststroke.
And in athletics, Keely Hodgkinson should win gold in the women’s 800m after she smashed all her main rivals in Eugene in May.