Rio de Janeiro Summer Olympic Games 2016 News

[LDOG 2,418]

I still want to know if the medal ceremony music is known already or not.

[vinipereira 3,240]

Em 04/07/2016 at 02:55, LDOG disse:

I still want to know if the medal ceremony music is known already or not.

 

I still haven't heard anything about it

 

Probably we will know very close to the Games.

[hckošice 14,818]

Our NOC today officially approved the Slovak Team for Rio.

 

as expected all 52 quotas are accepted and all 52 athletes will go to Rio, there still posibility untill the 18th July to add athletes in Athletics or Swimming. you can find the team below.

 

there in fact 2 surprise to notice:

 

first Martin Haring will not go to Rio. yes Patrik Tybor was selected today to start in road cycling road race ! coaches said he had better results in Tour de Slovakia in June than Martin Haring.

 

and second, I really don´t know why, but we have a change in weightlifting. Ondrej Krúžel +105kg will compete in Rio instead of previously announced reigning Under 23 european champion in -105kg Matej Kováč.

 

 

also our canoe sprint quota in C1-1000m will be used by Vincent Farkaš who surprisingly defeated today Matej Rusnák in internal qualifying Race but ok, the coach of both athletes who was the referee in todays race said that Vincent has actually a clearly better shape and is much stronger.

 

 

 

The Flag bearer will be Danka Barteková bronze medalist in womens skeet in London 2012, our only IOC member.

 

The Slovak Olympic Oath in front of the president of the Republic will be made 23rd July in Bratislava castle by Erik Varga double back to back world champion in Trap and Alexandra Longová who won our first historic olympic Archery quota. the next day will be the day of the departure to Rio for our first part of the team (Archery, Swimming, Shooting, Table Tennis, Tennis, Canoe Slalom, Artistic Gymnastics and Road Cycling).

 

 

 

Here the official team

 

Zoznam slovenských športovcov, ktorých účasť na OH 2016 v Riu de Janeiro schválilo 50. VZ SOV (52):

ATHLETICS(16): Lucia Hrivnák Klocová (800 m W), Katarína Berešová (marathon W), Dana Velďáková (triple Jump W), Martina Hrašnová (Hammer W), Mária Gáliková, Mária Czaková (both 20 km Race Walk W), Iveta Putalová (400 m W), Jana Velďáková (Long Jump W), Anton Kučmín (20km Race Walk M), Jozef Repčík (800 m M), Matúš Bubeník (High Jump M), Matej Tóth (50 km Walk Race M, he has also quota for 20km but will not use it), Martin Tišťan and Dušan Majdán (both 50 km Walk Race M), Marcel Lomnický (Hammer M), Martin Kučera (400 m Hurdles M)
CANOEING SPRINT (7): Denis Myšák, Erik Vlček, Juraj Tarr, Tibor Linka (K4-1000 m M), Vlček, Tarr (K2-1000 m M), Peter Gelle (K1-1000 m M), Martina Kohlová (K1-500 m W, K1-200 m W),  Vincent Farkaš (C1-1000 m M and will also start in C1-200 m M)
CANOEING SLALOM (5): Matej Beňuš (C1 M), Jana Dukátová (K1 W), Jakub Grigar (K1 M), Ladislav and Peter Škantár (C2 M)
SHOOTING (5): Erik Varga (trap M), Juraj Tužinský and Pavol Kopp (50m Pistol M and Air Pistol M), Danka Barteková (skeet W), Marián Kovačócy (trap M - replacing Zuzana Rehák-Štefečeková in maternity leave)
TENNIS (4): Dominika Cibulková, Anna Karolína Schmiedlová (both singles W and Doubles W), Martin Kližan (singles M and Doubles M), Andrej Martin (Doubles M)
SWIMMING (3): Katarína Listopadová (100 m Butterfly W, 100 m Backstroke W), Tomáš Klobučník (100 m Breaststroke M), Richard Nagy (400 m Individual Medley M, 1500 m Free Style M., 10 km Marathon Swimming M)
TABLE TENNIS (3): Wang Yang (singles M), Barbora Ódorová, Barbora Balážová (both Singles W)
SYNCHRONIZED SWIMMING (2): Naďa Daabousová, Jana Labáthová (duets W)
ARCHERY (2): Boris Baláž (individual M), Alexandra Longová (Individual W)
ROAD CYCLING (1): Patrik Tybor (Road Race M)
MTB CYCLING (1): Peter Sagan (cross country M)
ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS (1): Barbora Mokošová (All-Around W)
TRIATHLON (1): Richard Varga (Individual M)
WEIGHTLIFTING (1): Ondrej Kružel (+105 kg M)

 

 

Official LINK https://www.olympic.sk/aktuality-sov/50-valne-zhromazdenie-sov-schvalilo-zlozenie-slovenskej-vypravy-na-oh-2016-istych-je-52-sportovcov-slub-slozia-e-varga-a-longova-s-vlajkou-na-otvaracom-ceremoniali-bartekova

 

 

 

 

[dcro 10,210]

21 minutes ago, hckosice said:

first Martin Haring will not go to Rio. yes Patrik Tybor was selected today to start in road cycling road race ! coaches said he had better results in Tour de Slovakia in June than Martin Haring.

 

So none of the mountain bikers who actually earned that mountain bike quota will be going to Rio.

 

With this being a reward, you can expect 0 mountain bikers in Tokyo.

[hckošice 14,818]

1 minute ago, dcro said:

 

So none of the mountain bikers who actually earned that mountain bike quota will be going to Rio.

 

With this being a reward, you can expect 0 mountain bikers in Tokyo.

 

yes and probably yes..

 

well, now Peter Sagan have really to move his ass in Rio and achieve something otherwise the lords of our cycling federation will have a lot to explain

[Ionoutz24 129]

 

 

 Moldova is ready from Olympic Games  

Edited July 8, 2016 by Ionoutz24

[carivan 73]

Ahora, hckosice said:

 

yes and probably yes..

 

well, now Peter Sagan have really to move his ass in Rio and achieve something otherwise the lords of our cycling federation will have a lot to explain

 

Even if he ends up empty handed they can always claim they raised awareness/interest on the discipline or some other lame excuse like that lol

[vinipereira 3,240]

Interesting paper about air passenger arrivals for the Rio Olympics. Regarding international flights, top countries are:

 

USA: 18%
Argentina: 13%
Germany: 7%
Great Britain: 6%
Japan: 5%

I have to say that, from the matches I went in WC/Confederation Cup, USA had one of the most enthusiastic crowds. And like in the World Cup, I expect a huge wave of argentine fans, especially in team sports.

[heywoodu 15,135]

20 hours ago, dcro said:

 

So none of the mountain bikers who actually earned that mountain bike quota will be going to Rio.

 

With this being a reward, you can expect 0 mountain bikers in Tokyo.

Way to go and say "fuck you" to every Slovak mountainbiker  

[dcro 10,210]

7 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

Way to go and say "fuck you" to every Slovak mountainbiker  

 

Well, Peter Sagan's wish is their command it seems.