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joi, 9 februarie 2017

Romania vrea la Paris Jocurile Olimpice din 2024

Primarul general Gabriela Firea și-a pus semnătura pe lista susținătorilor capitalei franceze, pe care mai figurează cele ale edililor unora dintre cele mai importante metropole din lume, precum Madrid, Lisabona, Munchen, Sydney sau Varșovia. Inițiativa strângerii de semnături în favoarea capitalei Franței i-a aparținut primarului orașului canadian Montreal, Denis Coderre, care a difuzat în un comunicat în care precizează că Parisul „dispune de toate atuurile și voința necesare pentru a da un nou suflu valorilor olimpice”. Bucureștiul susține candidatura Parisului la organizarea Jocurilor Olimpice din 2024. Capitala României se numără printre cele peste 50 de orașe din întreaga lume care și-au anunțat susținerea față de candidatura Parisului. „Astăzi, Orașul Luminii continuă idealul olimpic al fondatorului Jocurilor Olimpice Moderne, francezul Pierre de Coubertin, care visa la construirea unei lumi mai bune grație sportului. Prin intermediul acestei candidaturii, la 100 de ani după Jocurile de la Paris din 1924, parizienii doresc să împartă cu noi pasiunea lor pentru sport și ambiția lor pentru planetă”, precizează documentul dat publicității joi de site-ul comitetului francez de candidatură. Parisul vrea să facă din aceste Jocuri Olimpice „un accelerator al progreselor sociale și de mediu, precum și o pârghie de transformare pentru întreaga sa metropolă”, se mai arată în apelul lansat de Coderre, la care au aderat, de asemenea, orașe precum Rotterdam, Riga, Quito, Lima, Cape Town, Abidjan, Rabat, Tunis și Yaounde. Capitala Franței se luptă pentru câștigarea dreptului de organizarea a JO din 2024 cu orașul american Los Angeles și cu capitala ungară Budapesta, Comitetul Internațional Olimpic urmând să desemneze gazda competiției anul acesta, pe 13 septembrie, cu ocazia celei de-a 130-a sesiuni CIO care va avea loc la Lima, în Peru.

joi, 11 august 2016

It seemed he would fall ... Until he fell

" It looked like we were going to fall, but was far from that idea and here we are , " said Julio Olarticoechea before being eliminated today Argentina to Honduras in the first phase of the Olympic Games , an embarrassment that He not lived the country since Tokio'64 editing.

"And here we are ... gone!" She may have limited today at the Mane Garrincha stadium coach of the Albiceleste set to put an end to a campaign marked by failure.

Olarticoechea and his pupils had to endure a phase of irregular groups by the collective performance, and peppered with criticism of football that did not appeal but the players have given everything on the pitch.

Tokyo, where he was buried 52 years ago that black record of Argentine soccer in Olympic Games is back on the horizon.

Perhaps in Tokyo 2020, with the Olympic Games that will happen to Rio de Janeiro, where there no longer remained a single good for Argentine football memory, it will be time to settle accounts with a more organized, better structured selection and technical supported by a process, everything he could not live 'Basque' Olarticoechea.

The former player of three world champion in Mexico '86 came to the bench just one month, shortly after the Copa America ago when Gerardo Martino resigned as coach by the lack of support from local clubs to the Olympic team.

An unusual event for a country that in recent history had won gold in Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008.

'Tata' Martino, who had to lead the team at the Games in Rio de Janeiro, did not support the contempt of big, reluctant clubs to give their young figures to undertake the preparation in Ezeiza, headquarters of the Argentine selections.

Olarticoechea was promoted to the position, although it did not change the working conditions.

" It was very difficult because in Ezeiza we were eight training. Little by little we went arming" revealed today Angel Correa, playmaker Atletico Madrid who, despite being one of the players who fought to change the bad luck, missed a penalty when the game was 0-0.

An undisputed 2-0 defeat Portugal in the debut was the first notice to mariners of the dangers posed River crossing in a team that only had more media players like goalkeeper Gerónimo Rulli , playmaker and striker Angel Correa Jonathan Calleri.

Difficulties and again the tribune against, as happened today in Brasilia, Argentina won 2-1 to Algeria.

"We won a final and we have to find another classification" then announced Olarticoechea.

The second final they lost to a draw.

"They left everything we are obviously very sad, we cried Football gives you this:.. Joy and sadness," said coach to appear before reporters after the deletion.

The technician joined the criticism by disorganization in the group was armed but said he was more sensitized by the pain he has taken account of the wardrobe.

After 1-1 with Honduras, Argentina repeated the feat in London 2012

Honduras , as four years ago in London, today repeated the feat of qualifying for the quarter-finals of Olympics after a 1-1 draw with Argentina , who needed to win to keep the square and avoid failure to return home prematurely.

The penalty kick by Anthony Lozano after 75 minutes sealed a lucky flirted with both teams, as the Hondurans could go ahead in the fourth minute attached to the first half but the goalkeeper Gerónimo Trulli amended the mistake of having committed the offense by stopping the release captain Bryan Acosta.

Mauricio Martinez equalized in the 93 to take advantage of a free kick that swerved into Honduran defenders, but the three minutes that remained the parties were already insufficient to think of the comeback.

As Honduras, Argentina were awarded a penalty 55 minutes into the Atletico Madrid player Angel Correa crashed into the base of the left vertical Honduran goalkeeper Luis Lopez .

Argentina avasallaba a rival made ​​to resist and fight back . And precisely Alberth good work down the right Elis by the central Lautaro Gianetti had no recourse but to tear it down and receive the admonition of the central referee, the Spanish Antonio Mateu Lahoz.

This time Anthony Lozano took the ball and beat Rulli to put Argentina's life upside down.

In a unforgiving heat than an hour after noon was a wind chill of 33 degrees Celsius in Brazil ia Argentines took the initiative despite the lack of precision in passing and compact lines Bicolor, which made ​​transit difficult the ball ..

Jonathan Calleri, the top scorer in the recent Copa Libertadores, struggled to impose his physical and approached with danger on three occasions, and through turns disturbed twice Correa.

miercuri, 10 august 2016

Russian judoka Hassan Khalmurzaev brought the Russian team gold medal and sport gymnasts took "silver" Russian judoka Hassan Khalmurzaev brought the Russian team gold medal and sport gymnasts took "silver"

At the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro once again sounded the Russian national anthem. The title of Olympic champion judoka won the Hassan Khalmurzaev. Congratulatory telegrams he sent Vladimir Putin. His victory Khalmurzaev dedicated athletes who are not allowed in the Games because of doping scandals - and fought for himself, and for them.

We celebrate success and our athletic gymnasts. Performance in the team all-around brought "silver". Medal of the more expensive, that it did not expect too much - there were too many injuries.

Throw net and win! Final fight in the category up to 81 kg has ended prematurely. In the eyes of Hassan Khalmurzaev - tears.

"I could not restrain myself at this moment. I just do not understand what happened. Here you have reached the summit, "- says an Olympian.

Crying and his defeated rival, American judoka. Journalists even have to comfort him, because he wanted to win Russian.

Cheer for Hassan arrived in Rio his twin brother. They look like two peas in a pod, both wrestlers only appear in different categories, and the one now on the gold medal around his neck.

"I told him: Hassan, the second place - it is not ours, we should be the first place and you'll be in the history!" - Says Yunus Ozdoev, Olympic champion coach.

Judoka Hassan Khalmurzaev brought Russia a third gold medal of the Olympics

In the final match of the Olympic judo tournament in the weight category up to 81kg 22-year-old Russian citizen Hassan Khalmurzaev defeated American Travis Stevens. It was the first Olympic medal in the sport career of Hassan Khalmurzaev.

Bronze awards went to Japanese Takanori Nagase and Sergiu Tom UAE.

Thus judoka brought to the treasury of the Russian national team of the 11th Olympic medal. The assets of the Russians three gold medals, five silver and three bronze.

Russian gymnasts won silver in the team all-around

Aliya Mustafina, Daria Spiridonov, Angelina Melnikova, Seda Toutkhalian and Maria Paseka took second place in the women's gymnastics team all-around, won a silver medal (176, 688 points).

The gold in this discipline got the American gymnasts (184, 897 points) and bronze medals were awarded to athletes from China (176, 003 points).

In the treasury of the Russian national team is already the 12th Olympic medal. On the eve of the silver medal in the team event and brought the men's team gymnastics.

In general medal standings Russia is now in fourth place, behind teams from Australia, China and the United States.

marți, 9 august 2016

Namibian Jonas Junius was arrested for an alleged attempted sexual assault in the Olympic Village

The boxer Namibia Jonas Junius was arrested by Brazilian police on suspicion of attempted sexual abuse of a waitress in the Olympic Village, said Monday the police, which is the second case of detention of a competitor of the Games by a complaint of sexual violence in the official seat of the athletes.

The waitress accused Junius, 22, had tried to kiss her by force and then offer money in exchange for sex. The employee boxer managed to escape and called for help, police said.

The woman filed a complaint against the fighter in the police station in the area of ​​Barra da Tijuca, where the Olympic Village, and the agents decided to apprehend the suspect, who was scheduled to debut at the Games this week.

Junius, grade Light Welter, was standard-bearer of the delegation of his country at the opening ceremony of the Games.

This was the second such case in Rio. Last week, the Moroccan boxer Saada Hassan was arrested on suspicion of sexual abuse of two waitresses, also in the Olympic Village.

Kohlschreiber withdrew with a broken foot

German tennis player Philipp Kohlschreiber withdrew from the Olympics in Rio because of a broken foot, confirmed Monday the German Tennis Federation.

Kohlschreiber, 32 , head serial number 13, had beaten the Argentine Guido Pella in three sets in the first round of the Olympic tournament and was scheduled to face the Slovakian Andrej Martin Monday.

"For a stress fracture in the foot, Philipp Kohlschreiber can not play his second round match at the Olympic Games," the federation said on Twitter.

Boada and Cid advance to the semifinals of the coxless pairs

The Spanish rowers Anna Boada and Aina Cid have qualified Monday for the semifinals of the coxless pairs at the Olympics in Rio after being second in its series and sixth in the overall standings.

The Catalan couple made ​​a preliminary magnificent in which was only surpassed by the American vessel formed by Felice Müller and Grace Luczak (7: 05.14). Thus, of Barcelona and Amposta always they remained in second position and concluded with a time of 7: 12.00.

Britain Helen Glover and Heather Stanning, current Olympic champions and world dominated the series with a mark of 7: 05.05. The semi-finals begin on Wednesday from 13.30 Spanish time.

RTVE launches two new applications to follow the Games on a connected television or a smart watch

Spanish Radio Television (RTVE) has launched two new applications to track information and topicality of the Olympic Games Rio 2016 through a connected television or a smart watch.

As it reported by the Corporation, the application for the smartwatch GEAR S2 can now download from the Galaxy Apps store and is his first experience in the environment wearables, devices that are incorporated somewhere in the body.

Regarding the new version of the Special Olympics in the 'Red Button', the public body explained that since Monday August 8 available options expand on that platform, which gives users direct, video on demand, the medallero, orderly and sports programming days.

In this sense, RTVE has indicated that changes in the platform facilitate the monitoring of testing live or already completed, and added that is available for TVs with HbbTV 1.5 standard, which is supporting the live broadcast through Internet, and some models of version 1.1.

Rio 2016: Mother and son compete for the first time in Olympic Games

Curiosities in the Olympic Games succeed, but this case had never occurred in history.


Georgian Nino Salukvadze, participating for the eighth time in the Games (the most) and it was gold and silver in Seoul and bronze in Beijing, is proud to share his passion, pistol shooting, with no less than your son.

Carla Suarez, experience and claw to keep dreaming (7-6, 6-3)

Carla Suarez pulled experience to take the first set in a tie break worked (7-6 / 5) while the second is what he said after being a gale for young Croatian Ana Konjuh (6-3). It will be measured in the third round of the US Key Madison who eliminated France's Kristina Mladenovic in more than three hours of play. Meanwhile, Roberto Bautista also advanced after beating Lorenzi.

The Spanish Carla Suarez reached for the first time in his career the second round of an Olympic tournament after beating Croatia's Ana Konjuh 7-6 (5) 6-3 in the second round of the 2016 Rio Games.

In an unprecedented shock, the Spanish tennis player struggled to beat the young Balkan, 18 and located at No. 100 of the women's tour. The Canaries had to save a set point to prevent further mishaps. He took the tiebreaker sleeve and won the tiebreak.

This discouraged to Konjuh and spurred the Spanish, who started the second set with 4-0. Carla, twelfth in the world in Rio shares in his third Games and boasting this year having won in Doha and Portugal , seek to be among the top eight of the competition in the match against American Madison Keys.

Roberto Bautista to second round by beating Lorenzi


The Spanish tennis player Roberto Bautista continued his hot streak in Rio 2016, where progress both in the individual tournament and the doubles, and placed in the knockout stage after finishing with resistance from Italian Paolo Lorenzi (7-6 (2) 6-2).

Samuel Carmona access in flyweight quarterfinals

The Spanish pugilist Samuel Carmona has qualified for the quarterfinals of the flyweight, in the category of 46-49 kilos, of the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, after defeating Monday to points Irishman Patrick Barnes, a double medalist bronze in Beijing 2008 and London 2012.

Samuel Carmona, 20 and nicknamed 'The Patriarch', won by mostly stuck on the first of three rounds of a very even fight against Barnes veteran, 29, who reacted and became more incisive in the second but could not break the ward of Rafa Lozano.

His opponent in the quarterfinals next Wednesday (16:15, Spanish peninsular time) will be the Colombian Yurberjen Herney Martinez, 24, who also defeated the points in the same round the Filipino Rogen Ladon. The big canary has secured the Olympic diploma.

Muguruza, Suarez and Bautista reached the second round in Rio

The Spanish tennis players Garbiñe Muguruza and Carla Suarez advanced Monday to the second round of the Olympic tournament in Rio de Janeiro after beating Japan's Nao Hibino and Croatian Ana Konjuh, while Roberto Bautista signed a double win in singles and together with his compatriot David Ferrer. To round off the day, Rafael Nadal and Marc Lopez defeated the couple formed by Argentina Del Potro and Gonzalez.

Muguruza caught him on his second run and passed over a Hibino knelt already this year in Doha before the Spanish. The third head of series in Rio, held on Sunday an irregular but effective premiere, gave no option to the Japanese, finding good shots from the first games.

With a 6-1 authoritarian tennis player born in Caracas left he touched a Hibino who had no arguments to stop the Spanish tennis. The world number four with the same authority sentenced the second. For a place in the quarter-finals, the Olympic debutante will face Monica Puig Puerto Rican.

Earlier, the Canary Suarez again showed claw to overcome their second meeting in Rio. The twelfth in the world, which dated back to Ana Ivanovic at its premiere, found many problems to be imposed in the first set to the 100th in the WTA ranking.

Suarez, who missed the first game in two balls break, signed his first break in the third, which was answered with 'contrabreak' of the Balkan. Then a new break for each player condemned the partial is dilucidase in the tie-break. In an eternal sudden death, the canary was more solvent.

luni, 8 august 2016

Rafa Nadal complains about the location of the marker on the track

Rafael Nadal complained about the location of the marker on track 1 of the Olympic Tennis Centre, which hinders the visibility of the ball, and referred to the International Tennis Federation to remedy the situation.

Nadal played on that field Federico Delbonis against Argentina and at a time tipoff turned to the referee to indicate the inconvenience caused the electronic scoreboard located near the site of the game.

"The poster marker is too focused and when struck from the area the view of the ball is lost. Glare and light impede the view of the ball. If the International Federation does not know that, forget it. It is in the middle track, "said Spanish tennis player.

Rafael Nadal also indicated that this situation conditioned even your game. "No he pulled open because he saw where it came from the ball the rest. So I could not play. It's not a matter of installation. It is an issue that affects the game itself. You can not play losing sight of the ball. You can not and the game becomes unfair, "argued Nadal.

South Korea confirms its hegemony with the team gold in women's category

South Korea has achieved this Sunday the gold medal in team mode in the female category archery at the Olympic Games in Rio and thus confirmed the dominance of China in the sport.

The South Korean group, formed by Choi Mi-Sun, Ki Bo Bae Hye-Jin Chang archers, won the final 5-1 to Russia. The bronze went to Taiwan, who defeated Italy in the consolation final.

The road to the gold medal was peaceful for South Korea, as I previously imposed in the quarterfinals to Japan and Taiwan also 5-1 in the semifinals by the same score.

This gold medal represents the eighth in this mode for South Korea, which means a clear dominance in the test and has won in all Olympic events since its inclusion in the program at the Seoul Games in 1988.

Majlinda Kelmendi conquer the 52 kilos of judo and give Kosovo its first Olympic gold

Majlinda Kelmendi entered Sunday in the history of Olympic sport to get your country, Kosovo, was not permitted only his first medal at the Games, but it was gold, winning in the category of 52 kilos of judo quote Rio de Janeiro.

Kelmendi gave the first great joy to Kosovar sport with a medal that seemed affordable for being a double weight world champion in 2013 and 2014 and its position as second seed.

After a great contest, could in the final with the Italian Odette Giuffrida by 'yuko' and put in the Olympic panorama Kosovo independent from Serbia in 2008 and accepted as an IOC member in 2014.

Meanwhile, the bronzes were the Russian Natalia Kuziutina, who beat Chinese Ma Yingnan, and Misato Japanese Nakamura, who defeated Brazilian Erika Miranda.

Messi greets the 'Little' Pareto for Olympic gold

Soccer star Lionel Messi congratulated Sunday judoka Paula Pareto, who entered the history of Argentine sport by becoming the first woman to win the South American country a gold medal.

"Congratulations to the Peque to get the first gold medal for Argentina , it was worth so many years of effort!" Messi wrote in a message through Facebook.

'Little' Pareto, 30 years and that in 2008 Beijing had won a bronze medal, defeated South Korea's Jeong Bo-Kyeong in the final on Saturday and won gold in the category of -48 kg.

This was the first gold medal for Latin America in the Rio 2016 Games.

"Would that be the first of many for our country in these Olympic! Games," said Messi, holder of a gold medal achieved in the Beijing Olympics 2008.

In judo, Argentina has jumped on the Olympic podium twice and both with Paula Pareto, who also won the world title in Astana-2015.

The Argentina judoka Paula Pareto Saturday won the gold medal in the -48 kg category, first Latin American competitor hung the gold medal in the Rio 2016 Games.

The Argentina beat South Korea's Jeong Bokyeong and for the first time in history gave Argentina a gold medal on the first day of competitions.

Podium women's judo -48 kg category Saturday at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro 2016:

Gold: Paula Pareto (ARG)

Silver: Bokyeong Jeong (KOR)

Bronze: Ami Kondo (JPN)

Bronze: Otgontsetseg Galbadrakh (KAZ)

Williams sisters triple Olympic gold, eliminated in first round double

US tennis players Serena and Venus Williams have been eliminated in the first round of the 2016 Rio Olympics after falling into the hands of Lucie Safarova Czech and Barbara Strycova, who pass 6-3 6-4 in an hour and took average game.

American, Olympic champion in Sydney 2000, Beijing 2008 and London 2012, could not stand up to Czech tandem, which was very successful in the decisive moments of grief. The defeat is the first of Venus and Serena in the Olympic tournament.

Thus, Safarova and continue on their way Strycova in the doubles with the intention of fighting for the top and get a gold resists his country. Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka were silver in London, while Jana Novotna and Helena Suková (CZE) suffered the same fate in Seoul 1988 and Atlanta 1996.

China and Taiwan won the gold medals in 56 and 53 kilos

The Chinese Long Qingquan, in the category of 56 kilos, and Thai Hsu Shu-Ching, at 53, proclaron Olympic champions in weightlifting day of the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.

Qingquain won his second Olympic gold after Beijing made eight years ago after adding a total of 307 kilos, new world record with 137 in snatch and 170 in two stages. Behind him, they completed the podium Yun Chol North Korea's Om (303) and Thai Sinphet Kruaithong (289).

Meanwhile, in the women's 53 kilos, the winner was the Taiwanese Shu-Ching improved his silver four years ago in London with a gold by lifting 212 kilos (100 + 112), finishing ahead of Philippine Hidilyn Diaz (200) and South Korea Yoon Jin-Hee (199).