FloTrack Staff's World Championship Medal Picks

The FloTrack staff puts their knowledge to the test and gives their medal predictions for the 2017 world championships.

Aug 4, 2017 by Gordon Mack

FloTrack Staff's World Championship Medal Picks

The 2017 IAAF World Championships begin today. Be sure to follow our coverage here. Until then here are our personal medal picks.

TOP 8 PROJECTIONS HERE

MEN'S PICKS:

EVENT	PL	GORDON	TAYLOR	ADAM	JOJO	THE INTERN
100	1	Coleman	Bolt	Bolt	Bolt	Bolt
100	2	Bolt	Gatlin	Coleman	Gatlin	Gatlin
100	3	Blake	Coleman	Simbine	Coleman	Blake
200	1	Makwala	van Niekerk	van Niekerk	Makwala	van Niekerk
200	2	van Niekerk	Makwala	Makwala	van Niekerk	Makwala
200	3	Simbine	Blake	Webb	Simbine	Webb
400	1	van Niekerk	van Niekerk	van Niekerk	van Niekerk	van Niekerk
400	2	Kerley	Merritt	Kerley	Makwala	Makwala
400	3	Merritt	Kerley	Makwala	Kerley	Kerley
800	1	Korir	Amos	Korir	Korir	Korir
800	2	Cheruiyot	Korir	Amos	Amos	Amos
800	3	Brazier	Bett	Brazier	Brazier	Brazier
1500	1	Manangoi	Manangoi	Manangoi	Manangoi	Manangoi
1500	2	Cheruiyot	Centrowitz	Kwemoi	Kwemoi	Centrowitz
1500	3	Centrowitz	Cheruiyot	Centrowitz	Centrowitz	Cheruiyot
3K SC	1	Jager	Jager	Jager	Jager	Jager
3K SC	2	Kipruto	Birech	Birech	El Bakkali	El Bakkali
3K SC	3	El Bakkali	Kipruto	El Bakkali	Birech	Kebenei
5K	1	Farah	Farah	Farah	Farah	Farah
5K	2	Edris	Chelimo	Chelimo	Edris	Kejelcha
5K	3	Chelimo	Edris	Kejelcha	Kejelcha	Chelimo
10K	1	Farah	Farah	Farah	Farah	Farah
10K	2	Tanui	Kamworor	Alamirew	Kamworor	Kamworor
10K	3	Muchiri	Tanui	Mead	Tanui	Muchiri
26.2	1	Tola	Tola	Tola	Wanjiru	Wanjiru
26.2	2	Mekonnen	Bekele	Kirui	Tola	Kirui
26.2	3	Felix	Wanjiru	Wanjiru	Kirui	Tola
110H	1	McLeod	McLeod	McLeod	McLeod	McLeod
110H	2	Shubenkov	Merritt	Ortega	Shubenkov	Merritt
110H	3	Allen	Allen	Allen	Levy	Allen
400H	1	Clement	Clement	Clement	Warholm	Clement
400H	2	McMaster	McMaster	Futch	McMaster	McMaster
400H	3	Copello	Futch	McMaster	Clement	Futch
20K RW	1	Kaihua	Bird-Smith	Takahashi	Kaihua	Takahashi
20K RW	2	Bird-Smith	Wang	Fujisawa	Bird-Smith	Fujisawa
20K RW	3	Linke	Takahashi	Shirobokov	Takahashi	Shirobokov
50K RW	1	Tallent	Haukenes	Cheparev	Haukenes	Cheparev
50K RW	2	Arai	Tallent	Haukenes	Tallent	Haukenes
50K RW	3	Diniz	Arai	Dunfee	Dunfee	Dunfee
4x1	1	JAM	JAM	JAM	JAM	USA
4x1	2	USA	USA	USA	USA	JAM
4x1	3	JPN	JPN	CHN	JPN	CHN
4x4	1	USA	USA	USA	USA	BOT
4x4	2	BOT	BOT	BOT	BOT	USA
4x4	3	JAM	JAM	BAH	BAH	JAM
HJ	1	Barshim	Drouin	Barshim	Barshim	Barshim
HJ	2	Lysenko	Barshim	Drouin	Lysenko	Grabarz
HJ	3	Bondarenko	Bondarenko	Kynard	Kynard	Nedasekau
PV	1	Kendricks	Kendricks	Kendricks	Kendricks	Kendricks
PV	2	Lisek	Lavillenie	Lavillenie	Lavillinie	Lavillenie
PV	3	Lavillenie	Wojciechowski	Duplantis	Duplantis	Duplantis
LJ	1	Manyonga	Manyonga	Manyonga	Mayonga	Manyonga
LJ	2	Lawson	Samaii	Lawson	Samaii	Lawson
LJ	3	Samaai	Lawson	Henderson	Lawson	Henderson
TJ	1	Taylor	Taylor	Taylor	Taylor	Taylor
TJ	2	Claye	Claye	Claye	Claye	Claye
TJ	3	Bin	Bin	Dong	Dong	Dong
SP	1	Crouser	Crouser	Crouser	Crouser	Crouser
SP	2	Kovacs	Kovacs	Kovacs	Kovacs	Kovacs
SP	3	Walsh	Walsh	Hill	Walsh	Walsh
DT	1	Stahl	Stahl	Stahl	Stahl	Stahl
DT	2	Malachowski	Malachowski	Malachowski	Dacres	Malachowski
DT	3	Weisshaidinger	Dacres	Dacres	Malachowski	Dacres
HT	1	Nowicki	Fajdek	Fajdek	Fajdek	Fajdek
HT	2	Fajdek	Nowicki	Nowicki	Nowicki	Nowicki
HT	3	Nazarov	Nazarov	Nazarov	Nazarov	Nazarov
JT	1	Rohler	Vetter	Vetter	Vetter	Vetter
JT	2	Vetter	Rohler	Rohler	Rohler	Rohler
JT	3	Yego	Yego	Yego	Hoffman	Yego
DEC	1	Mayer	Mayer	Victor	Hardee	Mayer
DEC	2	Warner	Freimuth	Hardee	Warner	Warner
DEC	3	Kazmirek	Hardee	Mayer	Freimuth	Hardee

WOMEN'S PICKS:

EVENT	PL	GORDON	TAYLOR	ADAM	JOJO	THE INTERN
100	1	Thompson	Thompson	Thompson	Thompson	Thompson
100	2	Bowie	Bowie	Bowie	Bowie	Bowie
100	3	Ahye	Schippers	Schippers	Ahye	Schippers
200	1	Bowie	Bowie	Bowie	Schippers	Schippers
200	2	Schippers	Schippers	Schippers	Bowie	Bowie
200	3	Miller-Uibo	Miller-Uibo	Stevens	Miller-Uibo	Ta Lou
400	1	Felix	Miller-Uibo	Miller-Uibo	Felix	Felix
400	2	Miller-Uibo	Felix	Felix	Miller-Uibo	Miller-Uibo
400	3	Hayes	Hayes	Hayes	Hayes	Hayes
800	1	Semenya	Semenya	Semenya	Semenya	Semenya
800	2	Niyonsaba	Niyonsaba	Niyonsaba	Niyonsaba	Niyonsaba
800	3	Wambui	Wilson	Wilson	Wilson	Wilson
1500	1	Dibaba	Kipyegon	Hassan	Dibaba	Kipyegon
1500	2	Kipyegon	Hassan	Dibaba	Hassan	Semenya
1500	3	Muir	Simpson	Muir	Kipyegon	Klosterhalven
3K SC	1	Jepkemoi	Chepkoech	Chspol	Chepkoech	Jebet
3K SC	2	Chespol	Coburn	Jebet	Chespol	Chespol
3K SC	3	Jebet	Jepkemoi	Jepkemoi	Jepkemoi	Jepkemoi
5K	1	Obiri	Obiri	Obiri	Obiri	Ayana
5K	2	Dibaba	Ayana	Ayana	Dibaba	Dibaba
5K	3	Teferei	Hassan	Dibaba	Hassan	Obiri
10K	1	Ayana	Ayana	Ayana	Ayana	Ayana
10K	2	Dibaba	Dibaba	Teferi	Dibaba	Dibaba
10K	3	Huddle	Huddle	Huddle	Infeld	Nawowuna
26.2	1	Jepkirui	Jepkirui	Dibaba	Kiplagat	Dibaba
26.2	2	Dibaba	Dibaba	Jepkirui	Kirwa	Jepkirui
26.2	3	Cheyech	Cheyech	Cheyech	Dibaba	Kiplagat
100H	1	Harrison	Harrison	Harrison	Harrison	Harrison
100H	2	Ali	Pearson	Pearson	Pearson	Pearson
100H	3	Pearson	Ali	Ali	Ali	Ali
400H	1	Muhammad	Muhammad	Muhammad	Muhammad	Muhummad
400H	2	Little	Carter	Carter	Carter	Carter
400H	3	Hejnova	Little	Hejnova	Little	Little
20K RW	1	Gonzalez	Gonzalez	Gonzalez	Palmisano	Gonzalez
20K RW	2	Xiuzhi	Xiuzhi	Lu	Gonzalez	Lu
20K RW	3	Na	Na	Yang	Xiuzhi	Yang
4x1	1	USA	USA	USA	USA	USA
4x1	2	JAM	JAM	JAM	JAM	JAM
4x1	3	GBR	GBR	GBR	GBR	TTO
4x4	1	USA	USA	USA	USA	USA
4x4	2	JAM	JAM	JAM	JAM	JAM
4x4	3	GBR	GBR	GBR	GBR	GBR
HJ	1	Lasitskene	Lasitskene	Lasitskene	Cunningham	Lasitskene
HJ	2	Beitia	Cunningham	Beitia	Lasitskene	Licwinco
HJ	3	Palsyte	McPherson	Cunningham	Beitia	Cunningham
PV	1	Stefanidi	Morris	Morris	Stefanidi	Morris
PV	2	Morris	Suhr	Stefanidi	Morris	Stefanidi
PV	3	Suhr	Stefanidi	McCartney	Suhr	Suhr
LJ	1	Spanovic	Reese	Bartoletta	Bartoletta	Bartoletta
LJ	2	Reese	Bartoletta	Reese	Reese	Spanovic
LJ	3	Bartoletta	Spanovic	Spanovic	Spanovic	Reese
TJ	1	Rojas	Ibarguen	Ibarugen	Rojas	Ibarguen
TJ	2	Ibarguen	Rojas	Rojas	Ibarguen	Rojas
TJ	3	Rypakova	Rypakova	Rypakova	Rypakova	Rypakova
SP	1	Saunders	Saunders	Carter	Carter	Carter
SP	2	Marton	Carter	Saunders	Gong	Marton
SP	3	Carter	Gong	Marton	Marton	Saunders
DT	1	Perkovic	Perkovic	Perkovic	Perkovic	Perkovic
DT	2	Stevens	Perez	Perez	Perez	Perez
DT	3	Caballero	Caballero	Caballero	Caballero	Stevens
HT	1	Wlodarczyk	Wlodarczyk	Wlodarczyk	Wlodarczyk	Wlodarczyk
HT	2	Berry	Wang	Berry	Berry	Zheng
HT	3	Wenxiu	Berry	Wang	Zheng	Berry
JT	1	Kolak	Kolak	Kolak	Kolak	Spotakova
JT	2	Spotakova	Spotakova	Spotakova	Spotakova	Kolak
JT	3	Tugsuz	Khaladovich	Liu	Liu	Liu
HEP	1	Thiam	Johnson	Thiam	Thiam	Thiam
HEP	2	Ikauniece	Thiam	Schafer	Schafer	Schafer
HEP	3	Schafer	Williams	Johnson	Ikauniece	Johnson