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GB Belo Horizonte Prep camp pics:

Doesn't look like GB have any housemates!

ATHLETICS Men's Marathon Women's 10000m Women's Marathon CYCLING - MOUNTAIN BIKE CYCLING - ROAD SWIMMING

According to multiple news reports only 55 of 366 British athletes will attend the Opening Ceremony parade of nations, citing winning Olympic gold as more important than attending the opening ceremony. Also, the opening ceremony stadium is not located near the athletes village, so a long journey there and back coupled with lots of waiting around and competition over the next couple of days is a reasonable excuse for not attending. I expect that lots of athletes from many nations will skip the opening ceremony on Friday.

BBC Olympic Trailers over the years! Beijing 2008 Vancouver 2010 London 2012 Sochi 2014 Rio 2016

The BBC pull out a spectacular Olympic trailer year after year, I can still remember the monkey from Beijing, the eskimo from Vancouver, the stirring music from London and the game of thrones style drama of Sochi.

I am proud that there are no financial incentives for Team GB. But to think winning an Olympic gold doesn't bring economic reward for British athletes is foolish! A good Olympic performance will garuntee generous funding for an athlete for the next Olympic cycles, plus widespread media coverage and potential sponsorship is the second hand financial reward. Most Olympic medal winners also get some form of award, either MBE, OBE or CBE, some are even knighted (Sir Chris Hoy, Lord Coe, Sir Bradley Wiggins). So there are lots of rewards apart from a cash payout fir successful athletes.

Updated with Swimming and Triathlon quota

Final reallocations: Men: -2 +1 +1 Women: -1 +1 Men's final start list can be found here Women's final start list can be found here

Sporting Rivalries and Medals (26) 1- Medals will be awarded to more nations than at the 2012 Summer Games - with at least 86. [YES - 2] 2- The best-placed European NOC in the overall 2016 Summer Olympics medal table will be Russia. [YES - 1] 3- Brazil will achieve their best ever placement in the overall 2016 Summer Games medal table, finishing within the top 14. [YES - 10] 4- Finland will fail to win a medal for the first time in history. [NO - 1] 5- At least 4 countries will win their first olympic medal. [YES - 3] 6- Rio 2016 will be India's best ever performance in overall medals won (7 or more). [NO -2] 7- Denmark will be placed higher than any other nordic country in the medal table (Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden). [YES - 5] 8- Netherlands will win more silver medals than any other color. [YES - 3] 9- Maghreb countries (ALG, TUN, MAR, MTN, LBA) will win at least 5 medals total. [YES - 3] 10- Japan will finish ahead of South Korea in the medal table. [YES - 2] 11- Azerbaijan will finish ahead of Turkey in the medal table. [NO - 2] 12- Ethiopia will finish ahead of Kenya in the medal table. [NO - 7] 13- Cuba will finish ahead of Jamaica in the medal table. [YES - 6] 14- Germany will finish ahead of France in the medal table. [YES - 6] 15- Serbia will finish ahead of Croatia in the medal table. [YES - 1] 16- The youngest medalist at the 2016 Summer Olympics will be younger than 16 years. [YES - 1] 17- Spain will win more than one medal in all team sports combined. [YES - 7] 18- Iran will achieve their first medal won by a woman. [NO - 2] 19- At least 15 different american nations will win medals. [NO - 5] 20- At least two nations that last won a medal in Atlanta 1996 or before, will medal again in Rio 2016. [NO - 1] 21- There will be at least one nation who will win 8 medals or more, but won't win a gold medal. [YES - 4] 22- Hong Kong, Chinese Taipei and Singapore will all win a medal. [YES - 2] 23- Like in London 2012, more silver medals than gold medals will be awarded. [YES - 3] 24- The top 5 in the overall medal table will change its order on the very final day of the 2016 Summer Olympics. [NO - 1] 25- Argentina will win at least one gold medal in Rio 2016. [YES - 1] 26- Lithuania alone will win more medals than Estonia and Latvia together. [YES - 2] Aquatics - Diving (2) 27- China will win all four Synchronised Diving events. [YES - 7] 28- Canada will medal in all four Women's events. [NO - 2] Aquatics - Swimming (9) 29- Australian athletes take at least 2 golds out of the following 4 events: Women's 50m FS, Women's 100m FS, Men's 50m FS, Men's 100m FS. [YES - 8] 30- A nation will win 2 or more medals in Marathon Swimming. [NO - 1] 31- A nation will medal in all six relays. [YES - 4] 32- Great Britain will finish in the top 5 of the pool events' medal table. [YES - 2] 33- There will be at least one false start in an individual final. [NO - 1] 34- Either Cameron van der Burgh (RSA) or Ruta Meilutyte (LTU) will defend his/her olympic title in 100m Breaststroke. [YES - 3] 35- A gap of one second or more between the gold and silver medal winners will be clocked in 3 or more individual finals, ranging from 50m to 200m events. [YES - 2] 36- At least 5 world records will be broken in Rio 2016. [YES - 2] 37- At least 3 of the following 5 NOCs will win a medal: Bahamas, Egypt, Iceland, Jamaica, Singapore. [NO - 1] Aquatics - Synchronized Swimming (1) 38- At least 4 different nations will finish the Synchronised Swimming competitions with any medal. [YES - 2] Aquatics - Water Polo (2) 39- The men's final will be played by two ex-yugoslav nations (CRO, MNE, SRB). [YES - 3] 40- In the knockout stage, any 4th placed team from the group stage will upset a group winner and qualify for the semifinal. [NO - 2] Archery (2) 41- At least one top 8 seed in Women's or Men's Individual Archery will suffer an early exit in the Round of 64. [NO - 1] 42- South Korea will win all the gold medals in Archery. [YES - 4] Athletics (12) 43- Usain Bolt (JAM) will repeat a gold medal treble once again. [YES - 3] 44- There will be at least one sweep of medals, athletes from one country taking gold, silver and bronze. [YES - 8] 45- At least 5 olympic records will be broken. [YES - 3] 46- At least two teams will be disqualified in the 4x100 finals (men and women combined). [YES - 2] 47- The Women's and Men's Olympic champion in High Jump will have cleared a height of at least 4.40m combined. [YES - 2] 48- All medals in both marathon events will be won by African nations. [YES - 5] 49- Poland will achieve a double gold in Hammer throw events. [YES - 6] 50- A non-european athlete will win gold in either Men's or Women's Javelin Throw. [YES - 1] 51- A former olympic champion, who is not currently a defending one, will become champion again in Rio 2016 (not counting relay events). [YES - 3] 52- The whole final in the Men's 400m comprises of athletes representing nations including red in their flag. [NO - 10] 53- The leader after the first five events in the Men's Decathlon will finish outside the top 3 on the following day. [NO - 1] 54- The gold medalist in Men's Discus Throw will throw 70.00m or more. [NO - 2] Badminton (2) 55- At least one set in any event will end with a score of 30-28 or higher. [YES - 2] 56- A non-asian country will win a gold medal. [YES - 2] Basketball (2) 57- The United States will win the gold medal in Women's as well as in Men's Basketball. [YES - 5] 58- The Men's final will end by a margin of at least 20 points. [NO - 2] Boxing (2) 59- Both Nicola Adams (GBR) and Katie Taylor (IRL) will return home with a medal. [YES - 4] 60- The whole Boxing program will result in at least 8 bouts decided before the end of the 3 reglamentary rounds. [NO - 1] Canoeing - Slalom (2) 61- At least one country will win 3 or more medals between all events. [NO - 1] 62- Two or more nations will be represented in all four slalom canoeing finals. [YES - 3] Canoeing - Sprint (2) 63- At least one athlete starting from an outer lane (1 or 8) will win a medal. [NO - 1] 64- Isaquias Queiroz (BRA) will delight the home crowd with either one gold medal or at least two medals of any colour. [NO - 2] Cycling - BMX (2) 65- There will be a crash (between two or more riders) in either the Men's or Women's Final. [YES - 1] 66- Australia will win at least one gold medal. [NO - 2] Cycling - Mountain Bike (2) 67- Nino Schurter (SUI) will complete his set of medals with a gold medal from Rio 2016, after previously winning bronze in 2008 and silver in 2012. [YES - 3] 68- Mauritius', Rwanda's or Lesotho's male rider(s) will finish ahead of at least one athlete coming from a nation represented by 3 riders (SUI, FRA, ESP, CZE, ITA). [YES - 1] Cycling - Road (2) 69- A group finish with at least 20 riders clocking the same time will decide the medals in Men's Road Race. [NO - 2] 70- Less than half the riders will finish in the Women's or Men's Road Race. [NO - 10] Cycling - Track (3) 71- Australia will win a gold medal in both Team Pursuit events. [NO - 8] 72- The world record in the Men's Team Pursuit will be broken. [YES - 8] 73- The winner of either the Men's or Women's Omnium will win at least 3 of the 6 events. [YES - 2] Equestrian (2) 74- At least 15 athletes will be eliminated or will retire during the cross-country stage of Eventing competition. [YES - 1] 75- Germany will win more medals than the Netherlands. [YES - 5] Fencing (2) 76- At least 2 countries will win at least 3 gold medals. [NO - 2] 77- There will be an overtime period in the Women's or Men's Individual Épée final. [NO - 1] Field Hockey (2) 78- India's Men will end their medal drought since 1980 with any medal won in Rio. [NO - 4] 79- The Women's Tournament will have medalists from three different continents. [YES - 4] Football (3) 80- At least 4 Football matches will be decided in a penalty shoot-out. [NO - 1] 81- Brazil will win their first Men's Olympic Football title. [NO - 1] 82- At least 8 red cards will be awarded in the Men's Tournament. [NO - 1] Golf (2) 83- The eventual winner in the Men's Tournament won't be placed among the top 5 after the first day of competition. [YES - 1] 84- USA will win a medal in both the Men's and Women's Tournaments. [NO - 1] Gymnastics - Artistic (3) 85- Romania will fail to win a medal in Artistic Gymnastics. [YES - 5] 86- Simone Biles will win at least four total medals. [YES - 5] 87- At least one finalist in both Men's Horizontal Bar and Men's Pommel Horse will fall during their routines. [YES - 2] Gymnastics - Rhythmic (1) 88- Both gold and silver medals will be won by ex-USSR countries. [YES - 10] Gymnastics - Trampoline (1) 89- China will win the gold medal in both Trampoline events. [YES - 5] Handball (2) 90- A non-european nation will win a medal (Men's or Women's). [NO - 4] 91- At least twice we will see at least 40 goals scored in the Men's Tournament. [YES - 1] Judo (2) 92- Teddy Riner (FRA) will be beaten. [NO - 2] 93- A nation will win it's first Judo Gold Medal. [YES - 2] Modern Pentathlon (2) 94- In either the Men's or Women's event, the athlete starting first in the Combined stage will win the gold medal. [YES - 3] 95- A non-european athlete in either the Women's or Men's Competition will win a medal. [YES - 2] Rowing (3) 96- Ekaterina Karsten (BLR) will reach her 6th Olympic final in Women's Single Sculls. [YES - 2] 97- More countries will win medals in Rowing compared to London 2012 (18 countries). [YES - 4] 98- Athletes from all 5 continents will win a medal. [YES - 4] Rugby Sevens (2) 99- All the medals in the Men's Tournament will be won by nations from Oceania. [NO - 10] 100- At least one match on the Women's side will end in a tie. [YES - 5] Sailing (2) 101- At least one boat will be guaranteed the gold medal before the final Medal Race. [YES - 4] 102- Brazilian Robert Scheidt will win his 6th consecutive olympic medal. [NO - 1] Shooting (3) 103- All 15 events will see at least one medal winner from an Asian country. [NO - 10] 104- There will be at least one new world record set in any event. [YES - 1] 105- At least one shooter will repeat their gold medal success from the 2012 Summer Games. [YES - 2] Table Tennis (2) 106- Chinese athletes will take all 4 gold medals. [YES - 10] 107- The Women's Team final will result in a 3-0 score. [NO - 2] Taekwondo (2) 108- At least one medalist athlete in this sport will be winning at the same time the first ever olympic medal for his/her country. [YES - 2] 109- At least one of the four invited athletes (Boui CAF, Ferrera HON, Louissant HAI, Rawal NEP) will advance into the quarterfinals. [YES - 2] Tennis (2) 110- Serena Williams will fail to win a gold medal (in all events). [YES - 4] 111- An unseeded player in the women's or men's singles competition will go as high reaching at least the semifinals. [NO - 6] Triathlon (2) 112- The Brownlee brothers will celebrate together on the podium. [YES - 4] 113- The eventual winners of both the Men's and Women's Races will not be among top 5 placed after the swimming and cycling stages. [YES - 2] Volleyball - Indoor (2) 114- No medal matches in either the Women's or the Men's Tournament will end with a 3-0 score. [YES - 3] 115- An african team will win a group stage match for the first time in history (either Men's or Women's). [YES - 1] Volleyball - Beach (2) 116- There will be an all-Brazilian final in Men's or Women's Beach Volleyball. [NO - 1] Weightlifting (2) 117- At least one leader after the Snatch part will have three invalid lifts in the Clean & Jerk. [NO - 1] 118- A medal will be won by an athlete starting from Group B. [NO - 1] Wrestling (2) 119- At least one gold medal match will end by a fall. [YES - 1] 120- Russia will win more Freestyle gold medals than Japan. [NO - 2]

BBC will have 2 main TV channels showing coverage and analysis BBC ONE and BBC FOUR. Plus, 8 dedicated HD BBC Olympic TV channels And up to 24 online HD live streams on the BBC Sport website showing every single second of live sport from the Olympics.

Team GB are yet to move in to the Olympic village they are still at the special preparation complex in Belo Horizonte http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/othersports/article-3711460/Away-grime-athletes-village-Rio-Team-GB-s-1-6million-Olympic-training-base-envy-world.html

However, if this appeal is successful the IOC will have effectively done nothing, so they may consider increasing the punishment to a ban

This rule about not being allowed to enter an athlete into the Olympics who has previously served a doping ban should be extended to all nations, then cheats could not compete on the biggest stage of all

@Benolympique @hckosice For team sizes guides are not counted as they do not have a disability these include: Guides in T11-13 Visually impaired athletics Guides in tandem cycling Goalkeepers in Football 5 a side Coxs in Rowing Fours

Updated with Wheelchair Fencing

A decision to ban Russian track and field athletes from Rio 2016 over the country's alleged state-sponsored doping regime has been upheld by the Court of Arbitration for Sport

After this report no Russian athletes should compete at the Rio Olympics, it is a disgrace what they have done to blatantly hide cheating athletes positive samples in order to show Russia as a sport superpower. If it was up to me Russia would not be allowed to compete at the next 3 Olympics until they majorly change their culture of doping

Russia has been disqualified for doping so the quota has been reallocated to New Zealand

Table Tennis Reallocation: Women's Singles Class 10: -1 +1

Paracanoe Reallocations: Men's KL2 200m: -1 +1 Women's KL1 200m: -1 +1 Women's KL2 200m: -1 -1 +1 +1

Does a qualifying marathon time have to be run on an IAAF certified marathon course?

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Rugby has more than enough money in the UK to fund itself, the sad thing is that many sports in the UK like Table Tennis, Volleyball, wrestling, handball, water polo, synchronised swimming and basketball get no funding, so future growth in these sports is more difficult. A lot of money is invested in sport and the government has committed to increasing sport funding by over 20% in the road to Tokyo 2020. Hopefully this money can bring with it success this summer, otherwise lots of sports can expect their budgets to be slashed significantly.

GB official medal target announced as 'best away Olympics ever' topping the 47 medals won in Beijing with a target of 47-79 medals. Individual breakdown below for UK Sport funded sports (excludes Table Tennis and Sync Swimming):