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Twitter account of FIVB Beach Volleyball. At least they got it right during the draw

Maybe for a change some golfer could use as an excuse the fear of getting murdered in the streets of Rio or being infected by a super bacteria in the waters of Copacabana. The zika virus "card" is getting OLD.

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.

Brazil Team (source): Men Arthur Nory Mariano Arthur Zanetti Diego Hypolito Francisco Barretto Júnior Sérgio Sasaki Women Daniele Hypolito Flávia Saraiva Jade Barbosa Lorrane Oliveira Rebeca Andrade

Olympic rings are painted in the Athletics track:

1 month to go: Deodoro

I still haven't heard anything about it Probably we will know very close to the Games.

Taekwondo is my "wild" guess, but it could be Shooting. I would like to think that Brazil will be THAT good, but I just don't see it, simply because we aren't a top sport nation like previous hosts. The best comparison for us is Greece, I think. They went from 13 medals (4G 6S 3B) in Sydney to 16 (6G 6S 4B) at home. Similarly, Brazil will improve from London, but not that much. I expect 7 medals more than the 17 we achieved in London, and 2/3 more golds.

I kinda think this is one of the best outfits ever for Brazil, simply because many of our past looks are terrible (always too "costumy").

Brazil Opening Ceremony outfit (in the pictures, athletes Leonardo de Deus, Luisa Borges, Duda Micucci and Fábio Chiuffa): Pedro Gonçalves, Ana Sátila, Aline Silva and Marcus D'Almeida presented the outfits for the press:

Geez, where are the brazilians in this forum? This thread is almost dead. Let's make some predictions for Rio to shake things up: Gold medals (5): Beach Volleyball (Alison Cerutti/Bruno Schmidt) Gymnastics (Arthur Zanetti) Sailing (Martine Grael/Kahena Kunze) Swimming (Ana Marcela Cunha) Volleyball (Men's team) Silver medals (7): Athletics (Fabiana Murer) Canoeing (Isaquias Queiroz) Beach Volleyball (Larissa França/Talita Antunes) Boxing (Robson Conceição) Football (Men's team) Judo (Érika Miranda) Sailing (Robert Scheidt) Bronze medals (12): Beach Volleyball (Ágatha Bednarczuk/Bárbara Seixas) Boxing (Robenilson de Jesus) Canoeing (Isaquias Queiroz/Erlon Souza) Handball (Women's team) Judo (Mayra Aguiar) Judo (Sarah Menezes) Judo (Victor Penalber) Sailing (Fernanda Oliveira/Ana Barbachan) Taekwondo (Iris Tang Sing) Tennis (Bruno Soares/Marcelo Melo) Volleyball (Women's team) Wrestling (Aline Silva) It pains me, but Brazil maybe won't win a single medal in Athletics (it all comes down to Murer) AND Swimming (aside maybe from Open Water). 24 medals is my official prediction for this Olympics, but the color of the medals might change - I think we will win 5/6 gold medals.

Official goals by the Brazilian Olympic Committee - top 10 in total medals (not gold ones); - win a medal in at least 10 different sport disciplines.

It also should be noted that Rio had a lot of test events/competitions during the zika outbreak from January through March (including Gymnastics), and things went well regarding the athletes' health. I understand the fears, especially by what have been said in the media. Personally, I think that's not a reason to miss the Games, but athletes have different priorities and know what's better for them.

These are good advice, and in most cases the athletes/tourists should follow these recommendations even without the risk of getting the zika virus... like safe sex.

Brazil lost the South American Championship this weekend in another defeat against Venezuela. Wasn't our best team, but that's like our third or fourth consecutive defeat against them I just say one thing... it's very hard for any team to win against them in their country.

I just think it's a dumb reason not to come to Brazil. First of all, some people are treating the zika virus like it's ebola or something, which is not. Second of all, Brazil managed to make the risk of getting zika extremely unlikely during the Olympics (some studies give a probability that 15 people will get the virus during that time, this includes our own population). Below we have a comparassion of new cases throughout the last months: 16.069 cases in the third week of February / 12 cases in the last week of May (remember this includes all cases in Brazil, not only Rio). So, if an athlete wanna blame other things, be our guest, but using the zika virus as an excuse not to come seems like something that belongs to athletes that wouldn't have come to the Olympics anyway (like top golfers).

Theme song:

Federation has announced 66 names for Brazil at the Olympics, biggest number since Atlanta (42 athletes). Maybe some athletes (like Duda) will be added by ranking.

So sad. His voice will certainly be missed

Deodoro (and Golf course): More:

There's not much of a difference, really, but we have to draw the line somewhere. If the Open contest allowed songs from the previous year (let's say, from 2014), I'm pretty sure most people would pick songs from that year, simply because they have a much better chance to win than an older tune - unless is a powerhouse hit like "Zombie". This way, it wouldn't be really distinguishable from the Annual contest. That, I think, was the thought behind the creation of this rule.

Everything Syfy produces is so so bad... except for Battlestar Galactica in the "old" days and maybe the reality series Face Off (which is a guilty pleasure of mine).

A / A The winner should be the first option to host, but in some cases we can pick someone else (like we already do): in case of a repeat winner (especially if they don't want to host again) and if the winner is unable to host.