Simon Gleave is piecing together results from his statistical model to predict the top medal-winning countries for next year’s PyeongChang Winter Olympics.
He has one large problem: will Russia be in, or out, or somewhere in between?
Gleave, the head of analysis for Gracenote Sports, has created a virtual medal table on the assumption that Russia’s full team will participate and not be subject to a doping ban.
“At the moment we assume with everything we’re doing that Russia is in,” Gleave said in an interview with The Associated Press.
The International Olympic Committee said it hopes to decide on Russian eligibility in December with the Olympics opening on Feb.