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Slovenia in Rio 2016 DAY 14 Friday, August 19th 2016 (All times are in CET) 01:30 ATHLETICS - Women's Pole Vault - Final Tina Šutej

Slovenia in Rio 2016 DAY 13 Thursday, August 18th 2016 6th - Tina Mrak / Veronika Macarol - Sailing - Women's 470 (Total: 67 pts; 5 pts to medal / 2-6-5-4-21-12-4-21-5-6- Medal Race: 1st (2)) 10th - Špela Ponomarenko Janić - Canoe Sprint - Women's K1 500 m (Qualification: 16th / Semifinal: 11th / Final B: 2nd) 21st - Maruša Černjul - Athletics - Women's High Jump (192 /+ 2 to Final)

Well done, our neighbours. As for women 470, I am so pleased for our girls. They have proved, officials stole them silver. In Tokio they will fight for gold. Most happy because USA and JPN failed to win a medal. Justice always wins.

Slovenia in Rio 2016 DAY 13 Thursday, August 18th 2016 (All times are in CET) 15:00 ATHLETICS - Women's High Jump - Qualification Maruša Černjul 15:04 CANOE SPRINT - Women's K1 500 m - Final B Špela Ponomarenko Janić 18:05 SAILING - Women's 470 - Medal Race Tina Mrak / Veronika Macarol

Slovenia in Rio 2016 DAY 12 Wednesday, August 17th 2016 6th - National Team - Handball - Men's Tournament (4 W - 2 L) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CANOE SPRINT - Women's K1 500 m - Qualification 16th Špela Ponomarenko Janić 1:55.934 (Qualified for SF) CANOE SPRINT - Women's K1 500 m - Semifinal 11th Špela Ponomarenko Janić 1:58.098 (Qualified for Final B / + 0.804 to Final) SAILING - Women's 470 - Medal Race Tina Mrak / Veronika Macarol (race postponed due to bad weather conditions) HANDBALL - Men's Tournament - Quarterfinal Denmark vs. Slovenia 37:30 (16:13) Shots: DEN 37/50, SLO 30/46 7m: DEN 2/2, SLO 5/8 Saves: DEN 7 (Green 7), SLO 8 (Lesjak 5, Škof 3) Punishments: DEN 10 min, SLO 16 min DEN: Svan 8, Hansen 8, Olsen 6, H. Toft Hansen 5, Mortensen 4, Mensah Larsen 3, R. Toft Hansen 2, Christiansen 1 SLO: Janc, Bezjak 6, Kavtičnik 5, Zarabec 4, Zorman 3, Blagotinšek, Cingesar 2, Miklavčič, Gaber 1 Slovenia ends Olympics at 6th place, which is better than in Sydney (8th) or in Athens (11th). This is also better than 7th place of National Hockey Team in Sochi 2014, so this is best team effort in history.

Slovenia in Rio 2016 DAY 12 Wednesday, August 17th 2016 (All times are in CET) 15:12 CANOE SPRINT - Women's K1 500 m - Qualification Špela Ponomarenko Janić 16:17 CANOE SPRINT - Women's K1 500 m - Semifinal Ponomarenko Janić ? 18:05 SAILING - Women's 470 - Medal Race Tina Mrak / Veronika Macarol 22:00 HANDBALL - Men's Tournament - Quarterfinal Slovenia (vs. DEN)

OLYMPIC PROFILE Vasilij Žbogar Date of Birth: 04.10.1975 (40 years) Place of Birth: Koper Club: JK Burja Izola Coach: Jure Žbogar (brother) Category: Finn World Ranking: 35 Olympic Games: 2. Beijing 2008 (Laser), 2. Rio 2016 (Finn), 3. Athens 2004 (Laser), 6. London 2012 (Finn), 19. Sydney 2000 (Laser) World Championships: 3. Takapuna 2015 (Finn), 4. Fortaleza 2005 (Laser), 4. Terrigal 2008 (Laser) European Championships: 1. Split 2003 (Laser), 1. Warnemunde 2013 (Finn)

Slovenia in Rio 2016 DAY 11 Tuesday, August 16th 2016 SILVER - VASILIJ ŽBOGAR - Sailing - Men's Finn (Total: 68 points/ 3-1-7-10-15-9-5-4-9-8-Medal race: 6th (12)) 4th - Špela Ponomarenko Janić - Canoe Sprint - Women's K1 200 m (Qualification: 3rd/ SF: 7th/ Final: 4th) 18th - Martina Ratej - Athletics - Women's Javelin Throw (59.76 / +1.87 to Final) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ATHLETICS - Women's Pole Vault - Qualification 8th Tina Šutej 455 (Qualified for Final) SAILING - Women's 470 - Races 8 & 9 & 10 7th Tina Mrak / Veronika Macarol 86 (Race 8: DSQ*/ Race 9: 5th/ Race 10: 6th) * SLO was in Race 8 on 6th place, but was dsq after Japanese protest. Standings (10/11) 1. GBR 28 - already having Gold secured 2. NZE 48 3. USA 49 4. FRA 50 5. JPN 52 6. NED 59 7. SLO 65 - must win medal race for Silver or be 2nd for Bronze 8. BRA 68, 9. AUT 74, 10. POL 96

Slovenia in Rio 2016 DAY 11 Tuesday, August 16th 2016 (All times are in CET) 14:45 ATHLETICS - Women's Pole Vault - Qualification Tina Šutej 14:47 CANOE SPRINT - Women's K1 200 m - Final Špela Ponomarenko Janić 18:15 SAILING - Women's 470 - Races 8 & 9 & 10 Tina Mrak / Veronika Macarol 19:35 SAILING - Men's Finn - Medal Race Vasilij Žbogar 01:35 ATHLETICS - Women's Javelin Throw - Qualification Martina Ratej

Slovenia in Rio 2016 DAY 10 Monday, August 15th 2016 16th - Špela Perše - Marathon Swimming - Women's 10 km (1:58:59.6/ +2:27.5) 48th - Maja Mihalinec - Athletics - Women's 200 m (23.38/ + 0.44 to SF) 62nd - Sabina Veit - Athletics - Women's 200 m (23.75/ + 0.81 to SF) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CANOE SPRINT - Women's K1 200 m - Qualification 3rd Špela Ponomarenko Janić 40.387 (Qualified for SF) CANOE SPRINT - Women's K1 200 m - Semifinal 7th Špela Ponomarenko Janić 40.797 (Qualified for Final) HANDBALL - Men's Tournament - Preliminary Group B - Round 5 Slovenia vs. Poland 25:20 (13:13) Shots: SLO 25/38, POL 20/44 7m: SLO 4/4, POL 2/2 Saves: SLO 13 (Škof 9, Lesjak 4), POL 6 (Wyszomirski 6) Punishments: SLO 16 min, POL 10 min SLO: Zarabec 7, Kavtičnik 4, Zorman 3, Blagotinšek, Dolenec, Bezjak, Razgor 2, Janc, Cingesar, Gaber 1 POL: Bielecki 4, Szyba 3, Wyszomirski, Lijewski, Wisniewski, Syprzak, Daszek 2,... Final Group Standings: 1. GER 8 (+12), 2. SLO 8 (+11), 3. BRA 5 (- 9), 4. POL 4 (- 1), 5. EGY 3 (- 14), 6. SWE 2 (+ 1) * Slovenia has qualified for Quarterfinals, their opponent will be Denmark. SAILING - Women's 470 - Races 8 & 9 & 10 Tina Mrak / Veronika Macarol (cancelled all races due to bad weather conditions)

Slovenia in Rio 2016 DAY 10 Monday, August 15th 2016 (All times are in CET) 14:00 MARATHON SWIMMING - Women's 10 km Špela Perše 14:30 HANDBALL - Men's Tournament - Preliminary Group B - Round 5 Slovenia (vs. POL) 14:30 ATHLETICS - Women's 200 m - Heats Maja Mihalinec 14:45 CANOE SPRINT - Women's K1 200 m - Qualification Špela Ponomarenko Janić 15:18 ATHLETICS - Women's 200 m - Heats Sabina Veit 16:00 CANOE SPRINT - Women's K1 200 m - Semifinal Ponomarenko Janić ? 18:15 SAILING - Women's 470 - Races 8 & 9 & 10 Tina Mrak / Veronika Macarol 0 Quote Edit

Slovenia in Rio 2016 DAY 9 Sunday, August 14th 2016 DNF - Daneja Grandovec - Athletics - Women's Marathon (retired after 3 km due to leg injury) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SAILING - Men's Finn - Races 9 & 10 2nd Vasilij Žbogar 56 (Race 9: 9th / Race 10: 8th) Standings (10/11) 1. Scott (GBR) 32 - already Gold 2. Žbogar (SLO) 56 - needs 7th place in Medal race to secure Silver or 9th for Bronze 3. Kljakovič Gašpić (CRO) 69 4. Paine (USA) 74, 5. Salminen (SWE) 74, 6. Zarif (BRA) 81, 7. Junior (NZE) 84 8. Oleza (ARG) 87, 9. Potsma (NED) 87, 10. Lilley (AUS) 87 SAILING - Women's 470 - Races 6 & 7 4th Tina Mrak / Veronika Macarol 33 (Race 6: 12th/ Race 7: 4th) Standings (7/11): 1. GBR 20, 2. USA 24, 3. AUT 32, 4. SLO 33, 5. FRA 35, 6. JPN 36, 7. NZE 42, 8. BRA 44

Slovenia in Rio 2016 DAY 9 Sunday, August 14th 2016 (All times are in CET) 14:30 ATHLETICS - Women's Marathon Daneja Grandovec 18:05 SAILING - Men's Finn - Races 9 & 10 Vasilij Žbogar 18:15 SAILING - Women's 470 - Races 6 & 7 Tina Mrak / Veronika Macarol

Slovenia in Rio 2016 DAY 8 Saturday, August 13th 2016 17th - Luka Janežič - Athletics - Men's 400 m (45.07 NR/ +0.58 to Final) 22th - Robert Renner - Athletics - Men's Pole Vault 560 (15 to Final) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SAILING - Men's Finn - Races 7 & 8 2nd Vasilij Žbogar 39 (Race 7: 5th/ Race 8: 4th) Standings (8/11): 1. GBR 22, 2. SLO 39, 3. NED 54, 4. CRO 54, 5. BRA 57, 6. SWE 62, 7. USA 64, 8. NZE 74 HANDBALL - Men's Tournament - Preliminary Group B - Round 4 Germany vs. Slovenia 28:25 (11:12) Shots: GER 28/41, SLO 25/38 7m: GER 4/4, SLO 2/3 Saves: GER 9 (Wolff 9), SLO 7 (Škof 7) Punishments: GER 16 min, SLO 12 min GER: Gensheimer 6, Reichmann, Drux 5, Pekeler 3, Wolff, Weinhold, Hafner 2,... SLO: Dolenec 6, Gaber, Bezjak 4, Zorman, Bombač 3, Janc 2, Kavtičnik, Poteko, Zarabec 1 Group Standings (4/5): 1. GER 6 (+6), 2. SLO 6 (+6), 3. BRA 5 (+2), 4. POL 4 (+4), 5. EGY 3 (- 8), 6. SWE 0 (- 10) * Slovenia has already qualified for Quarterfinals.

Finally we are back, so with a liitle delay let us look at Slovenian performances in Rio past week end.

Slovenia in Rio 2016 DAY 8 Saturday, August 13th 2016 (All times are in CET) 14:30 HANDBALL - Men's Tournament - Preliminary Group B - Round 4 Slovenia (vs. GER) 18:05 SAILING - Men's Finn - Races 7 & 8 Vasilij Žbogar 01:20 ATHLETICS - Men's Pole Vault - Qualification Robert Renner 01:37 ATHLETICS - Men's 400 m - Semifinal Luka Janežič

Slovenia in Rio 2016 DAY 7 Friday, August 12th 2016 27th - Žan Rudolf - Athletics - Men's 800 m (1:46.93/ +0.28 to SF) 36th - Martin Bau - Swimming - Men's 1500 m Freestyle (15:29.95 / +34.55 to Final) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:15 SAILING - Women's 470 - Race 5 (6th race was postponed due to bad weather conditions) 5th Tina Mrak / Veronika Macarol 17 (Race 5: DSQ) Standings (5/11): 1. GBR 12, 2. JPN 15, 3. FRA 15, 4. USA 17, 5. SLO 17, 6. NZE 18, 7. BRA 22, 8. AUT 26 ATHLETICS - Men's 400 m - Round 1 12th Luka Janežič 45.33 (PB + 0.11) - Qualified for SF

Slovenia in Rio 2016 DAY 7 Friday, August 12th 2016 (All times are in CET) 15:10 ATHLETICS - Men's 800 m - Round 1 Žan Rudolf 18:15 SAILING - Women's 470 - Races 5 & 6 Tina Mrak / Veronika Macarol 18:58 SWIMMING - Men's 1500 m Freestyle - Heats Martin Bau 02:29 ATHLETICS - Men's 400 m - Round 1 Luka Janežič

Slovenia in Rio 2016 DAY 6 Thursday, August 11th 2016 BRONZE - ANA VELENŠEK - Judo - Women's -78 kg (3 W - 1 L) 7th - Luka Božič / Sašo Taljat - Canoe Slalom - Men's C2 (Heat 1: 6th / Heat 2: 7th / Semifinal: 7th / Final: 7th) 9th - Urša Kragelj - Canoe Slalom - Women's K1 (Heat 1: 6th / Heat 2: 4th / Semifinal: 9th / Final: 9th) 13th - Tjaša Oder - Swimming - Women's 800 m Freestyle (8:33.14/ +7.59 to Final) 30th - Živa Dvoršak - Shooting - Women's 50m Rifle 3 Positions (572/ +10 to Final) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SAILING - Men's Finn - Races 5 & 6 2nd Vasilij Žbogar 29 (Race 5: 15th / Race 6: 8th) Standings (6/11): 1. Scott (GBR) 18, 2. Žbogar (SLO) 29, 3. Berecz (HUN) 33, 4. Potsma (NED) 38, 5. Hogh (DEN) 39 SAILING - Women's 470 - Races 3 & 4 5th Tina Mrak / Veronika Macarol 11* (Race 3: 5th / Race 4: 4th) * counting all races Mrak / Macarol are in 2nd place (17 points) Standings (4/11): 1. NZE 6, 2. JPN 8, 3. GBR 11, 4. FRA 11, 5. SLO 11, 6. USA 12, 7. NED 18, 8. AUT 20 HANDBALL - Men's Tournament - Preliminary Group B - Round 3 Slovenia vs. Sweden 29:24 (14:13) Shots: SLO 29/47, SWE 24/37 7m: SLO 6/8, SWE 1/2 Saves: SLO 7 (Skok 5, Škof 2), SWE 11 (Andersson 6, Appelgren 5) Punishments: SLO 14 min, SWE 12 min SLO: Janc 5, Razgor 5, Zorman 4, Kavtičnik, Dolenec, Cingesar, Gaber, Bombač 3 SWE: Tollbring 6, Nilsson, Jakobsson 5, Zachrisson 4, Gottfridsson 2, Andersson, Nielsen 1 Group Standings (3/5): 1. SLO 6 (+9), 2. GER 4 (+3), 3. BRA 4 (+2), 4. POL 2 (+3), 5. EGY 2 (- 8), 6. SWE 0 (- 9) * Slovenia has already qualified for Quarterfinals.

OLYMPIC PROFILE Ana Velenšek Date of Birth: 15.05.1991 (25 years) Place of Birth: Celje Club: JK Sankaku Celje Coach: Marjan Fabjan Category: - 78 kg World Ranking: 7 Olympic Games: 3. Rio 2016, 17. London 2012 World Championships: 2. Astana 2015, 3. Chelyabinsk 2014 European Championships: 2. Budapest 2013, 3. Istanbul 2011, 3. Chelyabinsk 2012 European Games: 3. Baku 2015

Slovenia won yesterday another medal, this time bronze, in Judo, with Ana Velenšek. This means Rio 2016 are now third Games in a row with our country winning full sweep of medals. So far, here are best Games according to medal table, not counting medals before our independence: 1. Sydney 2000 (2-0-0/ 2) most gold medals 2. Beijing 2008 (1-2-2/ 5) most medals in total 3. London 2012 (1-1-2/ 4) 4. Rio 2016 (1-1-1/ 3) 5. Atlanta 1996 (0-2-0/ 2) 6. Athens 2004 (0-1-3/ 4) 7. Barcelona 1992 (0-0-2/ 2) TOTAL: 5-7-10 / 22 medals Still to come: main medal contenders - Vasilij Žbogar (Sailing) - Mrak / Macarol (Sailing) - Men's Handball Team possible surprises - Martina Ratej (Athletics) - Robert Renner (Athletics) - Špela Ponomarenko Janić (Canoe Sprint)

I am glad I was wrong about Ana and her injury. Well done, these Olympics are already covered with medals and we still have some medal candidates.

It will be very hard, seems like that knee injury will cost Ana a medal.

Unofficial Nations Cup Standings 1. Slovakia 275 (C1: 2nd/ K1: 5th/ C2: 1st/ K1 Women: 4th) 2. United Kingdom 246 (C1: 10th/ K1: 1st/ C2: 2nd/ K1 Women: 6th) 3. France 207 (C1:1st/ K1: 8th/ C2:3rd/ K1 Women: 16th) 4. Slovenia 185 (C1:6th/ K1: 2nd /C2: 7th/ K1 Women: 9th) 5. Germany 181 (C1: 5th/ K1: 4th/ C2: 4th/ K1 Women: 7th) 6. Czech Republic 168 (C1: 4th/ K1: 3rd/ C2: 8th/ K1 Women: 10th) 7. Spain 132 (C1: 8th/ K1: -/ C2: -/ K1 Women: 1st) 8. Japan 117 (C1: 3rd/ K1: 11th/ C2: 12th /K1 Women: 20th) 9. New Zealand 106 (C1: -/ K1: 10th/ C2: -/ K1 Women: 2nd) 10. Russia 105 (C1: 13th/ K1: 9th/ C2: 6th/ K1 Women: 15th) 11. 104 (C1: 12th/ K1: 18th/ C2: 5th/ K1 Women: 11th) 12. 102 (C1: 7th/ K1: 12th/ C2: 10th/ K1 Women: 14th) 13. 98 (C1: 11th/ K1: 17th/ C2: -/ K1 Women: 3rd) 14. 93 (C1: 16th/ K1: 6th/ C2: 11th/ K1 Women: 17th) 15. 68 (K1: 7th/ K1 Women: 8th) 16. 65 (K1: 13th/ K1 Women: 5th) 17. 50 (C1: 14th/ K1: 19th/ C2: - / K1 Women: 13th) 18. 31 (C1: 15th/ K1: 16th) 19. 29 (C1: 9th) 19. 29 (C2: 9th) 21. 23 ( K1: 21st / K1 Women: 18th) 22. 22 (K1 Women: 12th) 23. 18 (K1: 14th) 24. 16 (K1: 15th) 25. 14 (C1: 17th) 26. 13 (C1: 18th) 27. 12 (C1: 19th) 28. 12 (K1 Women: 19th) 29. 11 (K1: 20th) 30. 10 (K1 Women: 21st)

I would say C1 women is not enough developed, at least in Tokio would be better for programme to stay same.