According to the analysis of the "Financial Times", Russia is the deja vu country that most pleasantly surprised with the number of medals won at the just finished games in Tokyo.
Before the start of the Olympic Games, the magazine made an analysis that predicted which country would potentially win how many medals.

According to their pre-Games forecast, The most pleasant surprise is Russia, ie the Russian Olympic Committee. The Financial Times predicted that Russia would win 51 medals, but the Russian Olympic Committee won as many as 71 medals.

The Russians have won the most medals at the Tokyo Games since the 2004 Athens Games. They won three more medals than the London 2012 Olympics, 11 more than the Beijing Games in 2008 and even 15 more than the Rio de Janeiro 2016.

In second place was the Netherlands, which won 18 medals more than expected, and third is Australia, which finished the Tokyo Games with 17 medals more than expected.
During the analysis, the Financial Times journalists were guided by several different criteria, and among the most important parameters were the number of inhabitants, economic development and social status in the countries.