Predicting Olympic and Paralympic medal tables is almost a sport in itself, but once the Games get underway, those tasked with delivering sporting success want to keep a close eye on their team’s performance. During the 2016 Rio Paralympics that job fell to Oliver Summers of UK Sport, who was appointed lead Paralympic analyst for Great Britain.
Speaking at the Royal Statistical Society Conference in Glasgow on Tuesday, he described his work to first calculate medal probabilities for each British competitor in each event, and then – with each recorded win or missed opportunity – to monitor whether the team was on course to hit its target.
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