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Epic lose! Worst game for our team I ever see 

Congrats to Serbia. God luck in semifinal against USA

So Kuwait will be named "Independent Olympic Athletes" and  volunteer will carry Olympic flag. 

Alexander Volkov (volleyball) and Seda Tutkhalyan (gymnastic). His height is 2.10, her - 1.50 

Russian first channel announced special Olympic service: 9 channels http://www.1tv.ru/rio2016 (available from August, 6).

I think it will be geoblocked too but until launch I can't say this exactly 

23 часа назад, hckosice сказал:

Slovak Television just launched the microsite for the OG http://rtvs.sk/rio2016/uvod

 

with 8 livestreams and video archive and a ton of others things about Rio 2016. all todays matches will be streamd as well

 

Great service! It looks like eurovisionsports in London-2012! 

Guide + 8 channels - perfect work! 

Team Burundi

9 athletes, 3 sports (Biggest delegation ever!) 

Judo:

* Antoinette Gasongo, 22 years (women's -52 kg) - August 7

 Swimming:

*  Billy Scott Irakoze, 19 years (men's 50 m freestyle) - August 11

*  Elsie Uwamahoro, 27 years (women's 50 m freestyle) - August 12

Athletics:

* Antoine Gakeme, 24 years (men's 800 m) - August 12

* Olivier Irabaruta, 18 years (men's 5000 m, men's 10000 m) - August 17, August 14

* Celestin Nihorimbere, 23 years (men's marathon) - August 21

* Abraham  Niyonkuru, 26 years (men's marathon) - August 21

6 часов назад, DaniSRB сказал:

i also find strange that Shlyakovaya is there instead of Lyubushkina

No, I don't think this choise is strange. Samoilenko (Shlyakhovaya) is really stronger then Lyubushkina. She doesn't play so many time due to knee injury. Now she is fully recovered. 

If her conditions really OK the main pair of blockers will be Fetisova-Samoilenko. If not - she will be a substitute. 

1 час назад, DaniSRB сказал:

 

didn't she compete in 2010 World championship?

 

i woud say choice of 2nd opposite is also strange

Yes, she was a second setter. I forget about this. But many years she was not in the national team roster. Very strange.

As for Malyh she plays not good in the WGP. Malygina is really better on block. And I think she will not have many playtime.

And choosing Voronkova as the third outside hitter is strange too. Ilchenko plays all WGP games, but out of Olympic games. 

Despite this Marichev's choice of the second setter is really strange.

During WGP we have 3 setters (Pankova, Startseva and Babeshina (nee Shishenina)). Startseva out due McLaren's report. And the second setter is not Babeshina. Vera Vertova isn't starting setter  in Dinamo (she is a substitute player, starting  setter is Pankova). 

Only reason is a good understanding with teammates Goncharova, Fetisova and Shcherban. But no international experience for Vetrova.

Thank's, LDOG. I correct my prediction 

2 часа назад, amiry2j сказал:

thanks for the announcement could you please tell me your source, i couldn't find anything

Only Russian: http://sportbo.ru/article/166938 

Men's team Russia 

Setters: Sergey Grankin, Igor Kobzar

Opposites: Maxim Mikhaylov, Konstantin Bakun

Outside Hitters: Sergey Tetyukhin, Egor Kliuka, Dmitriy Volkov

Middle: Alexander Volkov, Artem Volvich, Andrey Ashchev

Libero: Alexey Verbov, Artem Ermakov

Very big problems with outside hitters

Stupid injures  :Muserskiy, Divish, Berezhko, Butko. And Markin out due to meldonium case.

Very strange roster of women's team Russia 

Setters: Ekaterina Kosianenko (Pankova), Vera Ulyakina

Opposites: Nataliya Goncharova, Daria Malygina

Outside Hitters: Jana Shcherban, Tatiana Kosheleva, Irina Voronkova

Middle: Irina Zaryazhko, Irina Fetisova, Anastasia Samoilenko

Libero: Anna Malova, Elena Ezhova

During London-2012 eurovisionsports makes a coverage of all events. 12 different channels, so you can see what you want. 

What about such service on this games? 

Ну, это не совсем иллюзия, порадуемся хотя бы тому, что есть. Судя по всему, дело реально пытались склонить к полному отстранению сборной и хорошо, что МОК на это не пошёл (с них бы сталось). Несправедливость отстранения легкоатлетов (+возможно тяжелоатлетов и вероятно Ефимовой) очевидна, но...

Главное, что пустили под флагом и большинство (думаю, с 90% федераций проблем не будет). Теперь будем ждать составы и уже потом болеть.

А ИААФ и КАС надо наказать рублём и исками так думаю.

Can I select Burundi?