That allows the two best third-placed teams to progress to the last eight before quarter-finals and semi-finals will determine the gold medal matchup on August 19. They’ll tee off in Rio on August 17. The squad chosen by head coach Valentin Altenburg contains five Olympic gold medallists from London.
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Coventry is going to the Olympics for the fifth and final time and she’s swimming for one more little slice of history in the Rio de Janeiro pool.
A total of 288 players have been chosen by the 16 men’s sides, with 216 players selected for the 12 women’s sides. Goalkeeper Jang Sooji is another player to keep an eye on, having earned a reputation as a terrific shot-stopper who is something of an expert when it comes to shoot-outs.
Yet as Ye prepares to defend her titles four years later, the 20-year-old has said that Rio 2016 will be her last Olympic Games. At the center of this vast system is a dedicated power monitoring facility built by GE and staffed by a team of more than 40 GE Energy Connections service experts who will monitor as many as 110 large kilovolt-ampere three-phase UPS systems and most of the 2,954 single-phase UPS units used for Games. With 235 caps to her name, Ybarra is the most capped athlete in the group and is likely to be a key player in Rio.
Alongside the Netherlands, Argentina have been the dominant force in women’s hockey for well over a decade.
The hosts will face stiff competition from continental rivals Colombia who can count Teo Gutierrez, a star of Brazil 2014, among their ranks, while Mexico can call on the talents of Oribe Peralta – who grabbed four goals on the way to gold at London 2012, including a strike in the opening minute of the gold medal match against Brazil. The co-captain for Team USA, Lloyd is looking to clinch her third consecutive gold medal after winning in London in 2012 and Beijing in 2008. At the age of 15 became youngest American to participate in Olympics games in 68 years. PointAfter – a sports data visualization site powered by Graphiq – looked back at every Olympic Games since 1896 to find the most decorated athletes of all time, both male and female. According to her Team USA page, Biles is one just three women in history to win four straight all-around titles at the P&G Gymnastics Championships.
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The first-ever media tour of Team USA team processing revealed swag heaven, where athletes visit multiple rooms filled with Ralph Lauren, Nike, Oakley and other brands’ apparel, and stuff their travel bags full of gear before they’re shipped off to Brazil.
