The composition of the Russian Olympic team has been approved
The Executive Committee of the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) unanimously approved the final composition of the Russian team for the Games in Beijing. A total of 847 people will go to China, including 467 athletes (242 men and 225 women), 337 coaches and officials, and 43 reserves, reports Olga Bogoslovskaya, a correspondent for the "Sport" TV channel.
The average age of our athletes is 26 years. They represent 59 constituent entities of the Russian Federation. The largest number of athletes are delegated by Moscow (121 people) and the Moscow region (69 people). Russians will compete in 244 disciplines in 39 sports.
The complete list of athletes who are part of the Russian team can be found HEREAndrey Kirilenko will carry the flag of the Russian team at the Olympics
The Russian flag at the opening of the Olympics in Beijing will be carried by Russian basketball player Andrey Kirilenko. This was announced by the President of the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) Leonid Tyagachev, reports RIA Novosti. Earlier, a commission consisting of members of the Russian teams in various sports also expressed support for Kirilenko.
The basketball player will carry the Russian tricolor for the first time in the history of the country's team participating in the Olympics. Four years ago in Athens, the Russian flag was carried by swimmer Alexander Popov, in Sydney – handball player Alexander Lavrov, and in 1992 and 1996, as well as at the last Games for the USSR team in 1988 – wrestler Alexander Karelin.
The gold medal of the Olympics was valued at 50 thousand dollars
The Russian government has accepted the proposal of Rosport to establish monetary rewards for Russian athletes following the results of the performances at the 2008 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Beijing, the press service of the government reports.
For a
gold medal, Russian athletes will receive
50 thousand dollars in ruble equivalent,
20 thousand - for silver and
10 thousand - for bronze.
for comparison:
Spain:The Spanish NOC has established prizes for Spanish medalists at the Games in Beijing: for a gold medal, athletes will receive 94 thousand euros, for silver – 48 thousand, and for bronze – 30 thousand. In team sports, each member of the team will receive 50 thousand euros for first place, 29 thousand for second, and 18 thousand for third, reports ITAR-TASS.
Armenia:- Our winners will receive 700 thousand dollars for each gold medal, - RIA Novosti quotes the words of the Chairman of the Armenian NOC, Gagik Tsarukyan. – In addition, the Olympic champions will also receive officially established state monetary prizes in the amount of 68 thousand dollars. Silver medalists will receive 50 thousand, bronze – 33 thousand.
Maria Sharapova withdrew from the Olympics
The first racket of Russia, Maria Sharapova, will not participate in the Olympic Games in Beijing due to an injury to her right shoulder.
This injury prevented the world's third-ranked player from playing against Japanese Yai Sugiyama in the tournament in Montreal on Wednesday. And the pictures taken the next day showed a slight rupture of the shoulder muscles, which will not allow Sharapova to represent her country in China.
- After the second round match with Marta Domachowska, I realized that something serious had happened to my shoulder, - Reuters quotes Sharapova as saying. – Now I am overwhelmed with mixed feelings. On the one hand, I am glad that the nerve was not affected, which I was so afraid of. But, on the other hand, it will take a lot of time to mentally recover from the fact that I will have to miss the Olympics.
Maria Sharapova will be replaced by Vera Zvonareva
As stated in the official press release of the Russian Tennis Federation, the corresponding notification on behalf of the Russian Tennis Federation was sent to the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and the International Olympic Committee today. An official response from the ITF and the IOC is expected in the coming days.
Five Russian athletes are suspended from the Olympic Games!!!
The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has decided to suspend five Russian athletes from participating in all competitions under its auspices.
They include Elena Soboleva, Darya Pishchalnikova, Gulfiya Khanafeyeva, Tatyana Tomashova and Yulia Fomenko. The reason is the mismatch of the athletes' DNA in the analysis of doping tests taken in 2007.
Recall that as of today, August 1, the suspended Russian athletes have the following results of the season in the world: Elena Soboleva – the best in the 800 and 1500 m, Darya Pishchalnikova – the best in discus throw, Gulfiya Khanafeyeva – fifth in hammer throw, Tatyana Tomashova and Yulia Fomenko – second and seventh in the 1500 m.
- The first tests were taken in the format of out-of-competition control in April-May 2007, the second – at the World Championships in Osaka in August-September 2007. The third, which can be called conditionally control, tests taken from our athletes last week in Moscow and already analyzed, showed that the true DNA does not correspond to the tests dated April-May 2007, - said the president of the All-Russian Athletics Federation, Valentin Balakhnichev, to the agency "Ves Sport". - This gave the IAAF grounds to suspect the athletes of substituting doping tests and suspend them from participating in all competitions. Unfortunately, due to the IAAF's decision, they will not be able to participate in the Olympic Games in Beijing.materials from sportbox.ru were used
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to Whirl: no =)After the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Beijing in October 2008, the first in history Intellectual Games will be held in four sports – chess, checkers, bridge and go, united in the International Association of Intellectual Sports (IMSA), reports the agency "Ves Sport".
