The worldwide company Goldman Sachs has taken a from guessing what will happen to the world's . Economists from the company have put their together and made predictions about how many medals countries will win at the 2016 Rio Olympics. Their predictions contain no real . Most people could predict that the USA and China will win the most medals. Perhaps a surprise is that Goldman Sachs is predicting Great Britain will finish third, as they did in the 2012 London Olympics. The economists predicted 23 gold medals for Team GB and 59 medals in . They also predict that the world's second most country, India, will win one gold medal.
There is good for nation Brazil. The country that hosts the Olympics usually gets 50 per cent more golds than , and 20 per cent more medals in total. Goldman Sachs predicts that Brazil will get a 22 medals, including five golds. This would be Brazil's best ever in an Olympic games. The economists also predicted the Olympics would benefit Brazil's economy. They said: "As the country welcomes of and visitors and cheers the local favorites, it hopes that the soaring Olympic will also help lift the spirits of the Brazilian economy." The 2016 Rio Olympics, Brazil-style, is sure to be one of the best .
