Time spending: 12 - 21 August 2016
Number of disciplines: 47
Number of countries: about 200
Number of athletes: about 2000
men:
women:
Completed sets of medals: 141
The youngest member:
Oldest member:
Medal-winning countries: USA (32)
Athletes with medals: Usain Bolt (3)
The Games of the XXXI Olympiad (Olympics 2016, Rio 2016) were held from 5 to 21 August in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Olympic football tournament was also held in other cities of the country - Belo Horizonte, Brasilia, Salvador and Sao Paulo. It was the first Olympic Games to be held in South America, the second in Latin America since the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City, and the first since 2000 to be held in the southern hemisphere. Played at the Olympics record number sets of medals (306) and a record number of countries (207) took part. Compared to previous Games, Kosovo and South Sudan have been added to the list. In March 2016, the IOC officially confirmed that the 207th participant in the Games will be the refugee team, whose athletes will compete under the Olympic flag.
The athletics competitions at the 2016 Summer Olympics were held from 12 to 21 August.
47 sets of awards were played (24 for men and 23 for women). In athletics, the largest number of sets of awards were played at the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. About 2000 athletes from about 200 countries of the world took part in the competition.
Due to the suspension of the ARAF membership in the IAAF, since November 13, 2015, as a result of a doping scandal, Russian athletes did not take part in the Olympics. The only exception was Daria Klishina (long jump), who has been training in the USA since 2013.
There were 3 world records (WR), 5 Olympic records (OR) (one of them repeated) and 9 continental records (AR).
Men:
08/14/2016 400 meters 43.03 WR
08/15/2016 Pole vault 6.03 OR
08/17/2016 3000 meters steeple chase 08:03.28 OR
08/18/2016 Shot put 22.52 OR
08/18/2016 Decathlon 8893 =OR
Women:
08/12/2016 10000 meters 29:17.45 WR
08/15/2016 Hammer Throw 82.29 WR
08/19/2016 5000 meters 14:26.17 OR
Rio 2016 Athletics Schedule:
(date according to local time, time according to Moscow time)
Day 7 of the Olympics.
August 12, Friday
15:30 Men Discus Throw Qualification A
15:35 Women's 100m S/W Heptathlon
16:05 Women Shot Put Qualifying A+B
16:10 Men's 800m Round-I
16:50 Women's Heptathlon High Jump, A+B
16:55 Men's discus throw Qualification B
17:10 Women's 10000m Final
17:55 Women's 100m Preliminaries
20:30 men's 20 km walk Final
02:30 Women's 1500m Round-I
02:35 Women's Heptathlon Shot put, A+B
02:40 Women's Hammer Throw Qualification A
03:05 Men's 400m Round-I
03:20 Men's long jump Qualification A+B
04:00 Women Shot Put Final
04:10 Women's hammer throw Qualification B
04:10 Women's Heptathlon 200m
04:40 Women's 100m Round-I
Day 8 of the Olympics
August 13, Saturday
15:30 Men's 100m Preliminaries
15:40 women's triple jump Qualification A+B
16:05 Women's 3000m Steeplechase Round-I
16:50 Men's discus throw Final
17:00 Women's 400m Round-I
17:45 Women's Heptathlon Long Jump A+B
18:00 Men's 100m Round-I
02:00 Women's Heptathlon Javelin Throw, Group A
02:20 men pole vault Qualifying A+B
02:30 Men 400m 1/2 Final
02:50 Men's long jump Final
03:00 Women's 100m 1/2 Final
03:15 Women's Heptathlon Discus Throw Group B
03:25 Men's 800m 1/2 Final
03:55 Men's 10000m Final
04:35 Women's 100m Final
04:45 Women's 800m Heptathlon Final
Day 9 of the Olympics
August 14, Sunday
15:30 Women's marathon Final
02:30 Men's high jump Qualification A+B
02:35 Women's 400m 1/2 Final
02:55 women triple jump Final
03:00 Men 100m 1/2 Final
03:30 Women 1500m 1/2 Final
04:00 Men's 400m Final
04:25 Men's 100m Final
Day 10 of the Olympics
August 15, Monday
15:30 men's triple jump Qualification A+B
15:35 men's 3000m steeplechase Round-I
16:25 Women's 3000m Steeple Chase Final
16:40 Women's hammer throw Final
16:45 Men's 400m Hurdles Round-I
17:30 Women's 200m Round-I
02:30 Women Discus Throw Qualification A
02:35 men, pole vault Final
02:40 Men's 110m Hurdles Round-I
03:30 Women's 400m Hurdles Round-I
03:50 Women's Discus Throw Qualification B
04:25 Men's 800m Final
04:45 Women's 400m Final
11th day of the Olympics
August 16, Tuesday
15:30 Women's 5000m Round-I
15:45 women pole vault Qualifying A+B
15:50 Men's triple jump Final
16:30 Men's 1500m Round-I
17:05 Women's 100m Hurdles Round-I
17:20 Women's Discus Throw Final
17:50 Men's 200m Round-I
02:30 Men's high jump Final
02:35 Women Javelin Qualification A
02:40 Men's 110m Hurdles 1/2 Finals
03:05 Women's long jump Qualification A+B
03:10 Women's 400m Hurdles 1/2 Finals
03:35 Men's 400m Hurdles 1/2 Finals
03:50 Women Javelin Qualification B
04:00 Women 200m 1/2 Final
04:30 Women's 1500m Final
04:45 Men's 110m Hurdles Final
Day 12 of the Olympics
August 17, Wednesday
15:30 men's 100m decathlon
15:40 Men Hammer Throw Qualification A
16:05 Men's 5000m Round-I
16:35 Men's Decathlon Long Jump A+B
16:55 Women's 800m Round-I
17:05 Men's hammer throw Qualification B
17:50 men's 3000m steeple chase Final
18:15 Men's Decathlon Shot put, A+B
23:45 Men's Decathlon High Jump A+B
02:30 Men Javelin Qualification A
02:45 Women's 100m Hurdles 1/2 Finals
03:15 Women's long jump Final
03:20 Men's 400m Decathlon
03:55 men, javelin throw Qualification B
04:00 Men 200m 1/2 Final
04:30 Women's 200m Final
04:55 Women's 100m Hurdles Final
Day 13 of the Olympics
August 18, Thursday
15:30 men's decathlon 110 m s/b
15:55 Men's Shot Put Qualification A+B
16:00 Women's high jump Qualification A+B
16:25 Men's Decathlon Discus Throw Group A
16:40 Men's Decathlon Discus Throw Group B
17:20 Women's 4x100m Relay Round-I
17:40 men's 4x100m relay Round-I
18:00 Men's 400m Hurdles Final
19:25 Men's Decathlon Pole Vault A+B
00:35 Men's Decathlon Javelin Throw Group A
01:45 Men's Decathlon Javelin Throw Group B
02:30 men, shot put
Image copyright Reuters Image caption Russian athletes continue to arrive in Rio de Janeiro
Russian athletes arrive in Rio, but how many of them will be allowed to compete in the Olympics?
The Russian team could have consisted of 387 people, but some time ago, the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) disqualified the entire Russian team in athletics for doping violations.
In addition, out of 28 Olympic sports, Russian athletes will not compete in football, basketball, field hockey and rugby sevens.
"We have received documents for the admission of about 270 athletes, now we need to make the last calculations," he said.
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The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) after an investigation into the use of doping in Russian sports urged the IOC Executive Committee to introduce a complete ban on the participation of the Russian team in the Olympic Games in Rio.
The International Olympic Committee decided not to suspend all Russian athletes from participating in the Olympic Games, having adopted a compromise decision on July 24: Russians who previously had problems with doping will in any case not be allowed to participate in the Olympics. At the same time, the right to determine who can still compete in Rio was granted to sports federations.
Last Saturday, it was announced that the final decision on which of the Russian athletes will be allowed to compete will be made by a special commission,.
According to the press secretary of the International Olympic Committee Mark Adams, the "troika" included the president of the International Archery Federation Ugur Erdener, the representative of the Athletic Commission Claudia Bokel and Juan Antonio Samaranch Jr., the son of the ex-president of the IOC.
The "troika" must deliver its verdict on each of the candidates by August 5. The day before the opening of the Games, the final composition of the Russian team remains unclear.
Water sports (swimming, diving and water polo)
Claimed forfateIin the Olympics: 67
Solution: some athletes have already been disqualified, the rest are awaiting a decision.
Monday International Federation aquatic species sports suspended 7 Russian swimmers from participation in the Games.
Later, swimmers Vladimir Morozov and Nikita Lobintsev were still admitted to the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, despite the fact that they were mentioned in the WADA report on doping fraud in Russian sports.
Archery
Solution:
According to representatives of the International Archery Federation, Russian athletes have passed many tests and have never been convicted of doping.
Athletics
Participate in the Olympics: 0
Solution: suspended the entire Russian team - 68 people.
Only the Russian long jumper Daria Klishina was allowed to participate in the IAAF competitions - she will participate in the Olympics as an independent athlete under the flag of the IOC.
The 800m runner Yulia Stepanova, whose testimony helped WADA uncover doping fraud in the Russian national team, was not allowed to compete because she had already served a doping ban in the past.
Badminton
Participate in the Olympics: 4
Solution: the whole team is allowed to compete.
The World Badminton Federation has included all four Russian athletes in the lists of competitions with the proviso that the final decision will be made by the IOC.
Boxing
Participate in the Olympics: 11
Solution: suspicions are removed from all boxers.
The International Amateur Boxing Association reviewed the decision on each of the Russian boxers and removed suspicions of doping from them on August 4.
Image copyright EPA Image caption Before leaving for Rio, members of the Russian team walked along Red Square and laid flowers at the Tomb of the Unknown SoldierRowing and canoeing
Participate in the Olympics: 18
Solution: most Russians are allowed to compete.
The International Canoeing Federation has decided that 18 Russian athletes can participate in the Olympics.
Another five Russians were disqualified because their names were mentioned in the report of the McLaren Commission. They will be further investigated.
Cycling
Participate in the Olympics: 11
Solution: some members of the Russian team are admitted.
The International Cycling Union allowed 11 out of 17 Russian athletes to participate in the Games.
Three were withdrawn from the competition by the Russian NOC, three more were mentioned in the McLaren report.
Horseback riding
Participate in the Olympics: 5
Solution:
According to the International Equestrian Federation, "there is no evidence of organized doping abuse among members of the Russian equestrian delegation."
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Gymnast Chusovitina goes to the seventh OlympicsFencing
Participate in the Olympics: 16
Solution: all Russians are allowed to compete.
The International Fencing Federation cleared all 16 Russians of suspicion after rechecking the results of 197 tests taken by Russian athletes in 35 countries, including Russia, between 2014 and 2016.
Golf
Participate in the Olympics: 1
Solution: allow the only Russian female golfer to participate in the Games.
Gymnastics
Claimed forfateIin the Olympics: 21
Solution: not taken out yet.
The International Gymnastics Federation has previously stated that it objects to the complete removal of the Russian team from participation in the Olympics.
Handball
Participate in the Olympics: 14
Solution: Russian athletes are allowed to compete.
The International Handball Federation, after the decision made by the IOC, immediately re-tested all Russian athletes, and all the results were negative.
Judo
Participate in the Olympics: 11
Solution: all Russians are allowed to compete.
The International Judo Federation, whose honorary president is Russian leader Vladimir Putin, has removed suspicions from all Russian judokas.
According to the president of the federation, Marius Vizer, the Russians were tested from September last year to May this "on many international competitions in judo outside of Russia.
Modern pentathlon
Participate in the Olympics: 3
Solution: most of the Russian team was admitted.
One of the four members of the team, as well as a reserve participant, were suspended from the Games by the International Federation of Modern Pentathlon after the publication of the McLaren report.
The remaining three were cleared of suspicion of doping.
Rowing
Participate in the Olympics: 6
Solution: Russians can participate in the Games.
Initially, the Russian rowing team consisted of 28 people, but then 22 people were disqualified.
According to the International Rowing Federation, athletes were excluded from participation in the Olympics not for doping, but for "non-compliance with the criteria" of the federation, since they did not pass tests in laboratories outside of Russia.
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Carioca - people of RioSailing
Participate in the Olympics: 7
Solution:
One of the Russian yachtsmen, Pavel Sozykin, was previously suspended from participation by the International Sailing Federation, but then the suspicions of doping were removed from him.
Shooting
Participate in the Olympics: 18
Solution: the Russian team is allowed to compete.
The International Shooting Federation said in a statement that all Russian shooters can participate in the Games, as they were not mentioned in the McLaren report and never "failed" doping tests.
Table tennis
Participate in the Olympics: 3
Solution:
The International Table Tennis Federation conducted its own investigation. Individual doping tests of each Russian player, made outside of Russia, gave negative results.
taekwondo
Participate in the Olympics: 3
Solution: all Russians are admitted to the Games.
Tennis
Participate in the Olympics: 8
Solution: all Russian athletes can participate in the Games.
As stated by the International Tennis Federation, all declared Russians since 2014 have passed doping tests 205 times - these results are enough to allow them to compete.
triathlon
Participate in the Olympics: 6
Solution: all Russians are allowed to compete.
Volleyball (including beach)
Participate in the Olympics: 30
Solution: all Russians are allowed to compete.
According to a statement from the International Volleyball Federation, it has "carried out a comprehensive review of the athletes' eligibility for Olympic requirements," leaving the final decision on their participation to the discretion of the Court of Arbitration for Sport and the International Olympic Committee.
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How to prepare the opening ceremony of the Games in RioWeightlifting
Participate in the Olympics: 0
Solution: all eight Russian weightlifters were disqualified
Struggle
Participate in the Olympics: 16
Solution: removed one member of the Russian team.
The United World of Wrestling has appointed a special commission to review the cases of the Russian athletes mentioned in the McLaren report who were nominated for the Olympics.
As a result, Viktor Lebedev was suspended from participation in the Games, who in 2006 did not pass a doping test and was disqualified.
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The Russian national team completed its performance at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro in fourth place in the unofficial team event, having won 56 medals.
7:09 22.08.2016
The Russian national team completed its performance at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro in fourth place in the unofficial team event, having won 56 medals - 19 gold, 18 silver and 19 bronze. This is the worst result in the 20 years that Russia has competed at the Summer Games as a separate team, but it should be taken into account that almost all Russian athletes, full weightlifters and most of the team in rowing were suspended from the competition. Russia achieved victories in those sports that were not affected by doping scandals, and domestic athletes had no problems with admission to the Olympics.
Having reached its peak in 2000 in Sydney, the number of gold medals won by Russian athletes at the Summer Olympics has steadily decreased since then. 16 years ago, Russian athletes won 32 gold medals, taking second place in the unofficial team event, as they did four years earlier in Atlanta. In Sydney, the Russian team competed even with the leaders of the world sports of recent decades, the Americans, lagging behind only five awards of the highest standard.
Already in 2004 in Athens, the Russian team dropped to third place in the overall standings (28 gold medals), finally letting Chinese athletes go ahead, who were building up their power for the next, home Olympics. In Beijing and London, Russian athletes each won 22 gold medals, and due to the investigation of doping cases and rechecking of samples taken at the Games in 2008 and 2012, this number may decrease.
Four years ago, the Russian team in the team standings also let the hosts of the Games, the British, go ahead, although it remained third in the total number of awards. In Rio de Janeiro, the Russian team in the fight for fourth place was ahead of the German team, significantly surpassing it in the total number of medals. In addition, the performance of the Russians in Rio de Janeiro became more diverse: they won medals in 15 sports.
The result was affected by suspensions
The worst performance in Rio de Janeiro in 20 years of participation of Russian athletes in the Olympic Games, of course, is largely due to the exclusion from the Games of almost all members of the country's athletics and rowing team, as well as weightlifters in full force. In track and field athletics at the 2012 Olympics, Russian athletes won six gold medals, although it was hardly possible to count on repeating this result even if they performed in full force, given that many team leaders and almost all walkers were disqualified.
In weightlifting and rowing in London, Russian athletes did not win gold medals at all, there was no particular reason to expect big victories from them in Rio de Janeiro either. Only Tatyana Kashirina, a four-time world champion in weightlifting in the category over 75 kg, could count on success in Brazil. At the 2015 World Championships in Houston, USA, she won with overall result 333 kg, while at the 2016 Games vice champion of the world to the Chinese woman Meng Suping, the amount of 307 kg was enough to win.
In any case, the possible gold medals of representatives of athletics and weightlifting would not have been enough for the third team place, given that after the home Olympics, the British did not slow down, again showing an excellent result. It is possible that even if Yelena Isinbayeva and other strongest athletes of the country had performed in Rio de Janeiro, the Russian team would have shown their worst result in the history of the Olympic movement anyway.
The general psychological background also affected the performance of the Russian team, when many team leaders, including the main hope in swimming Yulia Efimova, were allowed to participate in the Games at the very last moment - thanks to the decisions of the Court of Arbitration for Sport. Any accountant can calculate lost profits in business, but in sports, moral damage cannot be assessed in lost gold medals, the Olympic Games do not tolerate the subjunctive mood.
Breakthrough in fencing
At the Games in Rio de Janeiro, only in fencing did the Russian team exceed the expectations of the fans, winning seven medals, four of them gold. This happened largely also because fencing is a sport that is clean from doping, and all the troubles of recent months have not touched the Russian team. There was no talk of non-participation of Russian fencers before the Games, besides, the International Fencing Federation is headed by Alisher Usmanov, there could not be any claims to athletes from Russia on its part.
The Russian team performed better only in wrestling, winning four gold medals and nine in total. However, it is obvious that the Russian wrestlers could have performed better, given several offensive defeats, in particular, Natalia Vorobyeva and Bilyal Makhov.
The Russian team won two gold medals out of two possible in synchronized swimming and rhythmic gymnastics, but in these types of Russian women have already become accustomed to the dominance, and any other result would be considered a disaster. The victories of judokas Beslan Mudranov and Khasan Khalmurzaev became the main events of the first days of the Olympics, however, the Russian judo team performed generally worse than in London, where there were three gold medals, and only five. In 2012, judoists made a real breakthrough, and it is hardly possible to improve such results. Returned the Olympic gold medals in the Russian pentathlon Alexander Lesun.
Once again, Russian shooters were left without awards of the highest standard, although the London failure did not repeat itself - two silver and two bronze medals were won. Gymnasts remained with the same one gold medal - and again Olympic champion became Aliya Mustafina. The boxers also did not perform well, on account of which one gold medal was won by Evgeny Tishchenko. In total, the boxers won five awards, even the harsh press performance of Alexander Lebzyak, who thus tried to shake up the team, did not affect the overall picture.
Most sports again did not turn out to be "gold" for the Russian team. However, some performances of young athletes, although not victorious, gave hope. Excellent sprinters appeared in the cycling track in Russia - Anastasia Voinova and Daria Shmeleva became second in the team sprint, 19-year-old Stefania Elfutina was also pleased, who won bronze in surfing - the sailing class. Promising swimmers also appeared in the country - Olympic bronze medalists Evgeny Rylov (back) and Anton Chupkov (breaststroke). The silver of the archers in the team championship should also be considered a breakthrough, as well as the medals of very young shooters - Vitalina Batsarashkina and Vladimir Maslennikov.
water failure
In swimming and especially diving at the current Olympics, the Russian team again performed frankly weakly. Yes, Yulia Efimova in a different situation, perhaps, would have won not two silvers, but two golds, but in any case, the last victory of Russian swimmers in the pool dates back to 1996, when Alexander Popov and Denis Pankratov won two gold medals each. For 20 years, Russia has ceased to be considered a swimming power. How brilliant swimmers can win the Olympics, the Americans showed in Rio de Janeiro, who won 16 gold medals in the pool - almost the same number for the entire Russian team.
The divers were left without awards at all, although four years ago in London Ilya Zakharov and Evgeny Kuznetsov gave a real battle to the Chinese, and Zakharov even won gold on a three-meter springboard.
The record low number of Russian participants in the Games in Rio de Janeiro is due not only to the removal of athletes and representatives of other sports. Only four teams competed at the Olympics in team sports - men's and women's volleyball teams, as well as handball and water polo players. However, the women's handball and water polo teams performed above all praise. For the first time in 16 years, water polo players won Olympic medals, albeit bronze ones, while handball players under the leadership of
There are only a few hours left before the start of the 2016 Olympics, and the composition of the Russian team at the Games in Rio de Janeiro can still undergo changes. On August 4, the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne (CAS) declared "null and void" the decision of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to prevent Olympic Games in Rio, Russian athletes who had previously been convicted of doping, even if their sentence had expired.
The decision to abolish double punishment was taken by the arbitration during the consideration of the cases of Russian rowers Ivan Podshivalov and Anastasia Karabelshchikova. CAS partially granted the athletes' appeal and thus granted the International Rowing Federation the right to make a decision on the admission of Russian athletes. A similar decision was made for Russian swimmer Yulia Efimova. Now the decisions on the non-admission of individual athletes to the Olympics, previously taken by the relevant international federations, can be reviewed.
To date, according to the IOC, 271 athletes from Russia have the right to compete in Rio - with 387 originally declared. Russia's final bid for the Games will have to be approved by a three-member special commission of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), which, in particular, will reconsider cases of athletes eligible to participate in the Games in accordance with the latest CAS decision.
In athletics everything is hard, in weightlifting it is not easier
In total, sets of medals in 33 sports will be played in Brazil. The Russians did not qualify for the Olympics in rugby, field hockey, football and basketball. After the doping scandal with athletes, Russia in the "Queen of Sports" will be represented by only one athlete - long jumper Daria Klishina. Until the last moment, there was uncertainty about the only Russian participant in the golf tournament - Maria Verchenova, however, in response to a request from DW, Verchenova's official representative said that she would start in Brazil.
In weightlifting, the situation is quite sad - the entire Russian team has been suspended, without exception. Of course, Daria Klishina alone will not affect the medal alignment much, but the Russian team still has one chance for an athletics podium. And weightlifters have no chance left.
"The Russians have repeatedly inflicted serious damage on the reputation of weightlifting. Therefore, in order to maintain the status of a sport, the appropriate sanction was applied," the International Weightlifting Federation explains its decision. You can’t argue with this - too many Russians from this sport have come across doping in recent years. The head of the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC), Alexander Zhukov, in an interview with rsport.ru expressed the hope that in Rio, Russia would be able to put up a “small team” in weightlifting, but these dreams also came to naught.
Some travel in full force
With other disciplines the situation is clearer. Apparently, Russian volleyball teams will take part in the Games - men's and women's (both are traditionally among the favorites, especially men, champions of London 2012), handball players, boxers, synchronized swimmers, as well as a team in table tennis. All these athletes - there are about 70 of them - on Thursday, July 28, flew in an organized manner from Moscow to Brazil on a regular flight.
Representatives of a number of other sports have no problems either. According to sport-express.ru, in full force, in accordance with the number of licenses won, Olympians from Russia will perform in the following disciplines: sports and gymnastics, trampolining, fencing, shooting, triathlon, Beach volleyball, judo, equestrian, tennis and taekwondo.
Archers and badminton players do not expect difficulties. Representatives of these sports will either fly to Rio de Janeiro later or are already in South America. In total, all these sports give at least 153 participants.
Minimum loss
The team of Russian wrestlers lost one athlete - two-time champion world freestyle wrestling Viktor Lebedev will miss the Olympics due to disqualification from 2006. However, 16 other wrestlers must take the mat in Rio. One participant of the Russian Federation will not be counted in modern pentathlon and in sailing. The pentathletes have removed Maxim Kustov, and three of his teammates are flying to Brazil.
The situation is similar for yachtsmen. According to the press service of the All-Russian Sailing Federation, Pavel Sozykin was not allowed to compete, so at least six Russian yachtsmen will compete for medals at the Olympics. It is possible that Sozykin will be able to be replaced, since he is part of a two-man crew.
In water sports, only swimmers have losses - seven people are disqualified, thirty will start. Synchronized swimmers, water polo players (the men's team was not selected for the Olympics) and divers have no problems with admission - in total, 60 representatives of water sports from Russia will go to Rio.
Squads will notice the loss of fighters
Among the rowers, the losses are more than impressive. Of the 28 Russians who qualified for the Games in rowing, the International Rowing Federation allowed only one crew to compete - four without a coxswain. For kayakers and canoeists, the number of Olympic licenses won was initially smaller - 14. Five kayakers and canoeists were suspended from participating in the Olympics by the decision of the International Canoe Federation, while the number of participants will be reduced not by 5, but by 4 athletes (one was replaced).
Context
A considerable part of the team will also miss the cyclists. It was assumed that the honor of Russia in Rio will be defended by 17 athletes. Absolutely, Olga Zabelinskaya, Ilnur Zakarin and Sergey Shilov, who in the past served a disqualification for doping, will not go to the Olympics. Two more athletes - Kirill Sveshnikov and Dmitry Sokolov - were suspended due to being mentioned in the report of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).
This document also contains another surname, but it has not yet been announced. Russian cyclist coach Alexander Kuznetsov, in a letter to the head of the IOC, Thomas Bach, called for the decision on Sveshnikov and Sokolov to be canceled, but for now, 11 Russian cyclists should be expected to take to the track and highway in Brazil.
If all of the above figures change (some Russian athletes have applied to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, CAS), then most likely not much. Over 260 Russian participants at the Olympics in Rio is a very good result, given that even less than a week ago the entire Russian team was threatened with suspension from the main starts of the four years.
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Not only Isinbayeva
The ranks of the Russian Olympic team have already thinned out. So far, only 70 athletes have flown to Brazil - despite the fact that 387 athletes from the Russian Federation were originally planned to participate in the Games. The final composition of the national team will be known only on July 31. The list of losses, including potential medalists, could grow.
Russian Olympians: potential medalists who did not make it to Brazil
Swimmer Yulia Efimova
Swimming is one of the most medal-intensive sports Olympic program. In it, the Russians have always had a good chance of success. However, one of their leaders, Yulia Efimova, the London 2012 bronze medalist and multiple world and European champion, will not go to Rio. The reason is the disqualification in 2013 for the use of a steroid hormone. As for the meldonium scandal, there are no complaints against Efimova.
Russian Olympians: potential medalists who did not make it to Brazil
Swimmer Vladimir Morozov
Vladimir Morozov, 24, a multiple world and European champion and London relay bronze medalist, has also been suspended from the Rio Olympics. However, there is no open information about his violations yet - he has not previously come across doping. Both Morozov, who lives and trains in the US, and Efimova announced their intention to challenge the ban from the Games in the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).
Russian Olympians: potential medalists who did not make it to Brazil
Cyclist Olga Zabelinskaya
Cyclist Olga Zabelinskaya, a two-time bronze medalist at the previous Games, was banned from the current Games due to her use of octopamine in 2014. In February 2016, she entered into an amicable pre-trial agreement with the International Cycling Union, allowing her to start performing and take part in the Olympics. But the report of the WADA commission and the decision of the IOC deprived Zabelinskaya, a contender for the medal, of this chance.
Russian Olympians: potential medalists who did not make it to Brazil
Cyclist Ilnur Zakarin
Ilnur Zakarin, multiple winner and medalist of cycling races in Europe and Russia, winner of the prestigious stages of the Tour de France and the Giro d'Italia, will not compete in Brazil in 2009 due to the use of illegal drugs.
Russian Olympians: potential medalists who did not make it to Brazil
Rower Ivan Podshivalov
Among the Russian masters of academic rowing, three are not allowed to the Olympics - Ivan Podshivalov (pictured), Anastasia Karabelshchikova (both for previous doping disqualifications) and Ivan Balandin. However, due to the inability to replace them, the Russian team actually lost many more athletes, since all the suspended athletes were part of the "eights", counting on success in Brazil.
Russian Olympians: potential medalists who did not make it to Brazil
Weightlifter Tatyana Kashirina
Weightlifter Tatyana Kashirina in Rio would be the favorite in her heavyweight category. 4-time world champion, multiple European champion in London 2012 took silver, setting three world records. Problems with doping that came back to haunt Kashirina 10 years ago, when at that time the 15-year-old athlete was disqualified for 2 years. Whether other weightlifters from the Russian Federation will go to Brazil is still unclear.
Russian Olympians: potential medalists who did not make it to Brazil
Pentathlete Maxim Kustov
Suspended from the Games and pentathlete Maxim Kustov, winner of the world championships in individual and team competitions, in 2014 convicted of using trenbolone, methenolone and oxandrolone. The Moscow anti-doping laboratory, according to the WADA commission, hid this fact. The doping test of Kustov, like that of another Russian pentathlete, Ilya Frolov, who missed the Olympics, was substituted, the commission believes.
Russian Olympians: potential medalists who did not make it to Brazil
Wrestler Viktor Lebedev
Freestyle wrestler Viktor Lebedev, a two-time world champion, is not traveling to Brazil due to a 2006 ban after he was caught using weight loss drugs as an 18-year-old junior. In Rio, Lebedev counted on a medal not without reason.
Russian Olympians: potential medalists who did not make it to Brazil
The most successful and famous Russian tennis player was disqualified at the beginning of 2016 for using meldonium, and Maria Sharapova did not have time to talk about her Olympic plans. However, in 2012 she won Olympic silver and would hardly have settled for less at the Games in Brazil.