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Yes, Takabatake finished the ranking period ahead of Kitadai, but barely. While the ranking has certainly played a major role in the selection, other factors were considered. For instance, Kitadai has a much better history against top 12 athletes, and also is a current Olympic medalist.

Amanda Simeão will replace Emese Takacs (her naturalization was suspended). (source)

China is surprisingly good here. Unlike the women's tournament, I think we'll have to wait until the last day to know the last qualified team.

Yes. Luciano Correa was our number 1 athlete for years in the -100kg class, being world champion once and also having won the last two Pan American Games. He was going for his third Olympics but didn't achieve great results this season - being surpassed by Rafael Buzacarini in the rankings. While the ranking was not the only criteria for the selection (Kitadai was chosen over a better ranked athlete), Buzacarani is clearly better at the moment.

Brazil's team was just announced (source): Men's -60kg: Felipe Kitadai -66kg: Charles Chibana -73kg: Alex Pombo -81kg: Victor Penalber -90kg: Tiago Camilo -100kg: Rafael Buzacarini +100kg: Rafael Silva Women's -48kg: Sarah Menezes -52kg: Érika Miranda -57kg: Rafaela Silva -63kg: Mariana Silva -70kg: Maria Portela -78kg: Mayra Aguiar +78kg: Maria Suelen Atlheman

Very good start for Iran at the qualifying tournament.

Olympic and Paralympic medals will be unveiled on June 16th.

Rio gets ready to party as hospitality houses revealed for Olympic and Paralympic Games Everybody knows Rio de Janeiro is one of the best cities on the planet in which to party, but things will reach another level when the Olympic Games get underway. After details were revealed of the official hospitality houses that will spring up for the event, it seems athletes, visiting fans and the city's residents will be spoilt for choice when the action begins in August. More than 30 countries, and a number of companies, have now confirmed the location for their official residences, many of which will be open to the public. At prime locations across the city, they will offer spectaular settings for watching the sport on big screens, socialising and experiencing the culture and gastronomy of each venue's host. Hospitality houses have become a tradition of recent Olympic Games; at Beijing 2008 and London 2012 they were some of the most popular places for athletes and fans to let their hair down. The German hospitality house on Leblon beach, complete with big screens and teutonic cuisine Half of the houses in Rio will be open to the public, while entry to some country houses (such as those of the USA, Great Britain, China and Russia) will be restricted to athletes and invited guests only. Entry to most of the open houses will be free. Germany will have two houses; one open to the public on Leblon beach and another closed location in Barra da Tijuca. There will be hospitality houses all over the centre of the city and in the main beach districts, located in a variety of cultural centres, sports clubs and historic buildings. The Portuguese, in keeping with their maritime history, will use a historic sailing ship as their residence. Host country Brazil will run one of the largest hospitality houses in Rio. Casa Brasil will be located across two former warehouses in the city’s renovated waterfront district. Visitors will be able to sample Brazilian coffee, chocolate, cachaça and wine. Mexico will install their house in the National History Museum in central Rio, while France will be based amid the glamour of the horse-racing track near the lagoon (Lagoa) and Jamaica, which is yet to announce its house's location, promises reggae parties. Japan, which will host the next Olympic Games in Tokyo in 2020, will take over the modernist Cidade das Artes building (see photo below) in Barra da Tijuca. The British house, which will not be open to the public, will be located in the historic Parque Lage, which is nestled under the Christ the Redeemer statue. Highlights Netherlands (Monte Líbano Club, Lagoa). If there was a gold medal for country houses, the Dutch would be the reigning champions and hot favourites to defend their title in Rio. By day, the celebrated 'Holland Heineken House' is sure to be a popular location for watching events; by night, it is always one of the most sought-after locations for Olympic athletes and spectators to party. The Dutch are charging 15 euros for entry – excluding drinks. Switzerland (Baseball ground, Lagoa). With classic Swiss punctuality, the house will be one of the first to open. From 1 August, visitors will be able to ice skate and indulge in chocolate, raclette and other Alpine delicacies. After the Games, the Swiss will leave behind them a modernised baseball pitch as a legacy for the city of Rio. Republic of Korea (Sulamérica Convention Centre, central Rio). The Korean house will be open from 11 to 13 August and will include performances of K-Pop (Korean pop music) and cooking competitions. The Korean city of PyeongChang will host the next Olympic Winter Games, in 2018, and this event will have its own hospitality house, whose location is yet to be revealed. Australia (Rio Stock Exchange Convention Centre, central Rio). The house will be open for one week and will provide visitors with information about opportunities to study and work in Australia, as well as a taste of life Down Under. Austria (Botafogo Club, Botafogo). The Austria house was a big hit with the public at Sochi 2014. In Rio, the Austrians will operate a round-the-clock bakery and delicatessen, serving up treats such as Kornspitz bread and, of course, wiener schnitzel. Austria House in Botafogo will provide guests with typical Austrian food and drink (Artist's impression) Colombia (Health Ministry Cultural Centre, central Rio). This will be the first Colombian hospitality house at the Olympic Games. Colombian coffee and exotic fruits will have pride of place. An artist's impression of what visitors can expect from Colombia House in central Rio Casa África (Casa Shopping, Barra da Tijuca). The 54 African delegations coming to the Games will share one hospitality house in Barra. Visitors will be able to experience a 60-seat airplane simulator, watch a short film about the continent and participate in a lottery to get the chance to ‘land’ the plane. There will also be plane tickets to be won. One of the highlights of the house will be a fashion show in which Afro-Brazilian models will wear typical African clothes and costumes on the catwalk. The Africa House in the Barra region of Rio will be home to a hi-tech airplane simulator (Artist's impression) After the Games Although the focus of the houses is on entertainment and promotion, many of the countries coming to Rio plan to leave a legacy to the city long after the Games have ended. Casa Daros, a former art gallery which will be the venue for Qatar's hospitalty house, will be converted into a bilingual public school called ‘Eleva School’. During the Games, the country will transform the historic building into a typical Arab souk where visitors will be able to enjoy shawarmas and get painted with henna. Funds raised from tickets to Bayt Qatar (bayt means house in Arabic) will be donated to local charity Futuro Olímpico and used to give underprivileged young athletes from Rio the opportunity to train at Qatar’s sports facilities. There will be a traditional Arab souq in the Qatar House in Botafogo (Artist's impression) Meanwhile, Denmark, in keeping with its cycling traditions, will donate 65 bicycles to the city as well as toys for schools and a massive mock-up of the city made entirely of bricks from house sponsor Lego. The maps below show the location of some of the hospitality houses:

Table Tennis at the Summer Olympic Games 2016 Competition Details City Rio de Janeiro Dates August 6th - August 17th, 2016 Venue Riocentro - Pavilion 3 Website Official Website Official Schedule Day 1 Saturday, August 6th, 2016 Day 1 Time (GMT -3) Event Stage 09:00 - 10:30 Women's Singles Preliminary Round 09:45 - 11:15 Men's Singles Preliminary Round 11:15 - 12:45 Women's Singles Round of 128 14:30 - 16:00 Women's Singles Round of 128 16:00 - 17:30 Men's Singles Round of 128 19:00 - 20:30 Men's Singles Round of 128 20:30 - 22:00 Women's Singles Round of 64 Day 2 Sunday, August 7th, 2016 Day 2 Time (GMT -3) Event Stage 09:00 - 10:00 Women's Singles Round of 64 10:00 - 12:00 Men's Singles Round of 64 13:30 - 14:30 Women's Singles Round of 64 14:30 - 16:30 Men's Singles Round of 64 18:00 - 20:00 Women's Singles Round of 32 20:00 - 22:00 Men's Singles Round of 32 Day 3 Monday, August 8th, 2016 Day 3 Time (GMT -3) Event Stage 10:00 - 12:00 Women's Singles Round of 32 12:00 - 14:00 Men's Singles Round of 32 16:00 - 17:00 Women's Singles Round of 16 17:00 - 18:00 Men's Singles Round of 16 20:30 - 21:30 Women's Singles Round of 16 21:30 - 22:30 Men's Singles Round of 16 Day 4 Tuesday, August 9th, 2016 Day 4 Time (GMT -3) Event Stage 10:00 - 14:00 Women's Singles Quarterfinals 16:00 - 18:00 Men's Singles Quarterfinals 20:30 - 22:30 Men's Singles Quarterfinals Day 5 Wednesday, August 10th, 2016 Day 5 Time (GMT -3) Event Stage 10:00 - 12:00 Women's Singles Semifinals 20:30 - 21:30 Women's Singles Bronze Medal Match 21:30 - 22:30 Women's Singles Gold Medal Match Day 6 Thursday, August 11th, 2016 Day 6 Time (GMT -3) Event Stage 10:00 - 12:00 Men's Singles Semifinals 20:30 - 21:30 Men's Singles Bronze Medal Match 21:30 - 22:30 Men's Singles Gold Medal Match Day 7 Friday, August 12th, 2016 Day 7 Time (GMT -3) Event Stage 10:00 - 13:00 Women's Team Round of 16 15:00 - 18:00 Women's Team Round of 16 19:30 - 22:30 Men's Team Round of 16 Day 8 Saturday, August 13th, 2016 Day 8 Time (GMT -3) Event Stage 10:00 - 13:00 Women's Team Quarterfinals 15:00 - 18:00 Men's Team Round of 16 19:30 - 22:30 Women's Team Quarterfinals Day 9 Sunday, August 14th, 2016 Day 9 Time (GMT -3) Event Stage 10:00 - 13:00 Men's Team Quarterfinals 15:00 - 18:00 Men's Team Quarterfinals 19:30 - 22:30 Women's Team Semifinals Day 10 Monday, August 15th, 2016 Day 10 Time (GMT -3) Event Stage 10:00 - 13:00 Women's Team Semifinals 15:00 - 18:00 Men's Team Semifinals 19:30 - 22:30 Men's Team Semifinals Day 11 Tuesday, August 16th, 2016 Day 11 Time (GMT -3) Event Stage 11:00 - 14:00 Women's Team Bronze Medal Match 19:30 - 22:30 Women's Team Gold Medal Match Day 12 Wednesday, August 17th, 2016 Day 12 Time (GMT -3) Event Stage 11:00 - 14:00 Men's Team Bronze Medal Match 19:30 - 22:30 Men's Team Gold Medal Match

As expected, Diogo Sclebin will represent Brazil in the men's event (source).

Historically Football is our number 1 sport in popularity and quality, but for the past decade or so I really agree Volleyball is the sport we're best at. I think they considered the world ranking for team sports only, that's why some results are strange to say the least...

What do you guys think about this map which shows the sports each nation is best at? (detailed results here)

I hate our group. Brazil will get a really tough opponent in QF - although this worked just fine for us last time

Unless some athlete has an injury (remember that Brazil had such a bad luck during the team selection in 2012), our female gymnastics team will be the same from test event last month: Daniele Hypolito, Flávia Saraiva, Jade Barbosa, Lorrane dos Santos and Rebeca Andrade. (source)

Apparently these will be the Olympic groups, pending on the team that will get the last spot.

South Korea lost to Thailand, but is the first nation from the tournament to confirm a spot in Rio.

Good match for Peru yesterday, I was rooting for their qualification, but this time simply is not possible. I think they are improving and maybe can qualify in 2020. If only they were taking part in the other qualifier... Top 4 pretty much decided unless Thailand does extremely well in the remaining two matches (and Japan doesn't).

Brazil completed the Diving team today with the remaining synchronized events: Men's 3m Synchronized Springboard: Ian Matos and Luiz Felipe Outerelo (source) Women's 10m Synchronized Platform: Ingrid Oliveira and Giovanna Pedroso (source) Our complete team (9 athletes) Men's César Castro – 3m Springboard Hugo Parisi – 10m Platform / 10m Synchronized Platform Ian Matos – 3m Synchronized Springboard Jackson Rondinelli – 10m Synchronized Platform Luiz Felipe Outerelo – 3m Synchronized Springboard Women's Giovanna Pedroso – 10m Synchronized Platform Ingrid Oliveira – 10m Synchronized Platform Juliana Veloso – 3m Springboard / 3m Synchronized Springboard Tammy Galera Takagi – 3m Synchronized Springboard Apparently Brazil still can qualify an athlete for men's individual platform (Isaac Souza Filho), and Ingrid Oliveira maybe will take part of the individual event.

Rio 2016 reveals 'look' of tickets for Olympic and Paralympic Games Rio 2016 unveiled the 'look' of the tickets for the Olympic and Paralympic Games on Friday (20 May) morning at the organising committee's headquarters. And the colourful yet practical designs will soon be winging their way out to sports fans around the world who have bought tickets to the Games. "From 1pm (Brasília time) today, the tickets will begin to be sent out from the graphic design company and somewhere in the world someone will receive the first ticket," said Rio 2016 President Carlos Nuzman. Find out how to buy tickets to the Olympic and Paralympic Games. The tickets feature the Rio 2016 sport pictograms, which for the first time in Games history, have one for each Olympic and Paralympic sport. The tickets are being produced by the same graphic design company in the USA that produced the tickets for the London 2012 Olympic Games. Staff at the company, which has 30 years of experience in ticket production, "live to produce tickets" said Donovan Ferreti, the Rio 2016 ticketing director. More than four million tickets for the Olympic Games – 67% of the total available – have already been sold. Two million tickets remain on sale and every Thursday a new batchs of tickets, including for some of the most sought-after events, are going on sale to Brazilian residents. "We will want to tell our grandchildren about the Rio 2016 Game and these are also our tickets to history," said Mário Andrada, executive director of communications at Rio 2016.

Rio 2016 reveals competition schedule for Olympic basketball tournaments Basketball fans around the world can start planning their Olympic festivities after the full tournament schedule for the Rio 2016 Games was announced on Thursday (19 May). Following the drawing of the groups by the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) in March, Rio 2016 has now confirmed the days and times for each encounter. In the men’s tournament, the final three teams will be decided at the Olympic qualifying tournaments that will be held between 4 and 10 July in Italy, Serbia and the Philippines. Two of these teams will go into group A with reigning Olympic and world champions the USA plus Australia, China and Venezuela. The other qualifier will join Spain, who took silver at the London 2012 Olympic Games, plus Argentina, Brazil, Lithuania and Nigeria in group B. In the women’s tournament, the last five places will be decided Olympic qualifying tournament on 13-19 June in Nantes, France. Three of these teams will be added to group A along with Japan, Brazil and Australia, while the other two will join reigning Olympic and world champions the USA, Canada, Senegal and Serbia in group B. Carioca Arena 1 in Barra Olympic Park will be the main basketball venue, while the Youth Arena in Deodoro Olympic Park will stage the women’s group games. Full schedule:

O que acharam da música da Coca Cola com o Luan Santana para as Olimpíadas? Considerando tudo, até que ficou bom.

Today Brazil has selected the athletes for 2 of the synchronized events (source): Men's 10m Synchronized Platform: Hugo Parisi and Jackson Rondinelli Women's 3m Synchronized Springboard: Juliana Veloso and Tammy Galera Parisi and Veloso were already qualified for individual events, so that should reduce our total number of qualified athletes. Brazilian trials will continue tomorrow and we will know the qualified pairs for the other events.

Today new tickets are being sold for brazilians and we can see the Basketball and Handball schedules (click on the sport, and seach).

Gamova and Sokolova have announced their retirement.