OUR INTERNATIONAL PANEL has crunched all the data for Budapest, and the overall results say that the U.S. women will enjoy a medal haul slightly superior to the one they had in Eugene last year (which was 14 medals: 7 gold, 2 silver, 5 bronze). This year’s projected 16 total podium spots split out as 6 gold, 6 silver, 4 bronze.
We have listed our Top 10 in each event. Any Team USA members who don’t make the top 10 are listed in alphabetical order at the end. The right-hand column is the athlete’s placing in last year’s T&FN World Rankings (nr = not ranked). For the relays, the numbers indicate place in last year’s WC.
The chart is based on the best information available as of August 16 (meaning that final entry lists were known, but not actual start lists), so the presence of an athlete’s name doesn’t guarantee they’ll contest the event.
Our picks will not be updated as the meet progresses.
| 100 METERS | |||
| 1. | Marie-Josée Ta Lou | (Côte d’Ivoire) | 4 |
| 2. | Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce | (Jamaica) | 1 |
| 3. | Sha’Carri Richardson | (USA) | nr |
| 4. | Shericka Jackson | (Jamaica) | 2 |
| 5. | Julien Alfred | (Saint Lucia) | nr |
| 6. | Dina Asher-Smith | (Great Britain) | 6 |
| 7. | Daryll Neita | (Great Britain) | 8 |
| 8. | Brittany Brown | (USA) | nr |
| 9. | Ewa Swoboda | (Poland) | nr |
| 10. | Gina Lückenkemper | (Germany) | nr |
| (The other American: Tamari Davis nr) | |||
| 200 METERS | |||
| 1. | Shericka Jackson | (Jamaica) | 1 |
| 2. | Gabby Thomas | (USA) | 7 |
| 3. | Julien Alfred | (Saint Lucia) | nr |
| 4. | Dina Asher-Smith | (Great Britain) | 4 |
| 5. | Sha’Carri Richardson | (USA) | nr |
| 6. | Anthonique Strachan | (Bahamas) | nr |
| 7. | Marie-Josée Ta Lou | (Côte d’Ivoire) | nr |
| 8. | Daryll Neita | (Great Britain) | nr |
| 9. | Kayla White | (USA) | nr |
| 10. | Rhasidat Adeleke | (Ireland) | nr |
| 400 METERS | |||
| 1. | Marileidy Paulino | (Dominican Republic) | 2 |
| 2. | Salwa Eid Naser | (Bahrain) | nr |
| 3. | Natalia Kaczmarek | (Poland) | 7 |
| 4. | Britton Wilson | (USA) | nr |
| 5. | Rhasidat Adeleke | (Ireland) | nr |
| 6. | Lieke Klaver | (Netherlands) | 9 |
| 7. | Talitha Diggs | (USA) | nr |
| 8. | Candice McLeod | (Jamaica) | 6 |
| 9. | Nickisha Pryce | (Jamaica) | nr |
| 10. | Sada Williams | (Barbados) | 3 |
| (The other American: Lynna Irby-Jackson nr) | |||
| 800 METERS | |||
| 1. | Athing Mu | (USA) | 1 |
| 2. | Mary Moraa | (Kenya) | 2 |
| 3. | Keely Hodgkinson | (Great Britain) | 3 |
| 4. | Jemma Reekie | (Great Britain) | nr |
| 5. | Natoya Goule-Toppin | (Jamaica) | 4 |
| 6. | Halimah Nakaayi | (Uganda) | nr |
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