Thompson-Willie is participating in her eighth Olympic Games, tying her for the most appearances by a female athlete ever.
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At the daily press briefing on the Olympic Park, Rio 2016 spokesman Mario Andrada had hoped to be talking about Friday night’s party at the Maracana Stadium but he was immediately forced to apologise for fresh problems.
Udovicic says Serbia’s government didn’t want to undermine its athletes but “we can not listen to the (Kosovo) anthem and watch their flag”. “That doesn’t mean we rest”.
There will be action in 20 sports to look forward to on day one of the Games, here we round up the key storylines to keep an eye out for. On Saturday, Solo became the first goalkeeper to appear in 200 games in global play.
Katie Ledecky almost broke her own world record in the preliminaries of the 400-meter freestyle, setting herself up as the overwhelming favorite to capture her first gold medal of these games in the final Sunday night.
Crowds were loud and enthusiastic for fencing.
Then, the tempest: the Williams sisters were stunned in the opening round by the Czech Republic’s Lucie Safarova and Barbora Strycova 6-3, 6-4 after entering Sunday’s match with a 15-0 mark in the Olympics.
History will also be made as USA team member Ibtihaj Muhammad becomes the first American to compete in the Olympics wearing a hijab.
“Each of these groups of people have different processes and people they report to”, he said.
“We literally got out of a cab, walked in”.
Her teammate Annemiek van Vleuten crashed while leading the race on the same final decent where Giro d’ Italia victor Vincenzo Nibali and Colombian climber Sergio Henao tumbled while leading the men’s race Saturday.
Gymnasts performed in front of swathes of empty seats in an arena that can seat 13,500 people. Logistical issues can often slow things down early in an Olympics.
The unidentified Greek competitor’s A sample tested positive for banned substances in a pre-Games test also conducted in July in Athens and the athlete has left the Olympic village. About 75 percent attendees are Brazilian. We will try to step up security checks for fans in compliance with generally accepted security criteria because we do not want anybody to miss the competitions.
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Whatever the reason, five more sports means five more reasons to watch the most inspiring athletes give everything they have for a chance to stand on that podium.
