A sports data provider has projected that South Korea will rank eighth in the overall medal tally in the Summer Olympics that will open in Rio de Janeiro in August.
 
Infostrada Sports forecast that South Korea will grab 12 gold, four silver and seven bronze medals in the summer games.
 
The firm predicted that South Korea will secure four gold medals in archery events and that golfer Park In-bee and the men’s badminton duo of Lee Yong-dae and Yoo Yeon-sung will also win top honors.
 
The firm also expects South Korea will see three gold medals in shooting, two in judo and one in taekwondo.
 
The firm projected that the U.S. will outperform China to rank first in the medal tally with 40 gold medals.