With the century mark for Jamaica’s Olympic medal tally just around the bend, the medal predictions are storming in to help seal the magical number.

Currently hanging on to 88 medals, the nation’s athletes will need to cop 12 spots on the podium at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games to reach the medalling milestone.

Yet considering some top Jamaicans missing out on their specialty events, the final medal tally prediction stands at 10 medals, which, if realized, will deny Jamaica two medals to make history.

Two gold medals are predicted to come from national quarter-mile champion Nickisha Pryce and 100- metres world leading sprinter Kishane Thompson.

Pryce has run exceptionally well this year, winning in style at her first Diamond League event in London with a new national record of 48.57 seconds.

The 23-year-old was burying her own national record of 48.89 seconds, and looks to have much more left in the tank to unlock at the Games. Fierce Dominican Republic rival Marileidy Paulino will have to exceed her personal best of 48.76 seconds if she wishes to catch up with the Jamaican.

Also chasing first place and arguably a sub-9.70 performance is Kishane Thompson, who ran a blistering world-leading time and personal best of 9.77 seconds at the National Championships in June.

Charging ahead in incredible form as the fastest man in the world this year, contenders Noah Lyles (PB: 9.81 secs) of the United States and fellow Jamaican Oblique Seville (PB: 9.82 secs) will have their work cut out for them.

Silver is favoured only for the women’s 4 x 100 metres relay team, despite looming concerns surrounding top sprinters Shericka Jackson and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and the possibility of having to field a team of reserves for the event to make up for a shortage, according to coach Stephen Francis.

This possibility stems in the wake of Kemba Nelson’s announcement on X, formerly Twitter, that she was no longer needed for the Jamaican women’s team.

Bronze is predicted for Ackera Nugent in the women’s 100 metres hurdles, Rushell Clayton over in the 400 metres hurdles, Carey McLeod in the men’s long jump and Jaydon Hibbert in the men’s triple jump.

The men’s 4 x 100 and women’s 4 x 400 metres relay teams are also predicted to snatch bronze.

At the last Olympic Games in Tokyo, nine medals were brought home by the Jamaican team, including four gold, one silver and four bronze.

Whether Jamaica will reach the 10 medal threshold or amass close to the 13 medals as was achieved at the London 2012 Olympics will be revealed in the Olympic week of athletics from August 1 to 11.