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The final action in the main arena of Brazil was accompanied by a downpour, which slightly spoiled the mood of the participants in the “parade of heroes”, the spectators in the stands and the organizers of the ceremony. Although those who leave Rio in good mood, with a sense of accomplishment and a medal won, such a little thing as rain is unlikely to spoil the impression of the first Olympic Games in South America.

Medal count

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Few doubted that the US team would win the overall team competition. In 1992, during the Games in Barcelona, ​​the Americans took second place, losing to the united CIS team. Since then, they have consistently been among the leaders in the team standings. The only misfire happened in Beijing in 2008, where they lost leadership to the Chinese.

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The British, who at the Games in Barcelona (1992) and Atlanta (1996) did not even make it into the top ten, but finished in the top ten in Sydney (2000) and Athens (2004), became second.

Until the penultimate day of competition, Russia waged a desperate struggle with Germany for fourth place and ultimately managed to get ahead of its competitors, winning two more golds. The final medal of the highest dignity for the Russian national team was brought by freestyle wrestler Soslan Ramonov.

The Georgian national team won seven medals at the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro and, in terms of the total number of awards won, repeated the result of the London Games. However, it surpassed them in quality terms. Four years ago, Georgians climbed to the highest step of the podium only once. This time the Georgian anthem was played twice in Rio de Janeiro.

Georgian medalists of the XXXI Summer Olympic Games

Lasha Talakhadze (weightlifting, +105 kg)

Vladimir Khinchegashvili (freestyle wrestling, -57 kg)

Varlam Liparteliani (judo, -90 kg)

Lasha Shavdatuashvili (judo, -73 kg)

Irakli Turmanidze (weightlifting, +105 kg)

Shmagi Bolkvadze ( Greco-Roman wrestling, -66 kg)

Geno Petriashvili (freestyle wrestling, -125 kg)

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It is impossible not to note the amazing progress of the Azerbaijani Olympians, who won 18 medals (1-7-10) at the Games in Brazil. They exceeded the London figure by eight awards.

Heroes of the Olympics...

Swimmer Michael Phelps, who, for a moment, is already 31 years old, again “came, saw, conquered.” At the Rio Games, the American won five gold medals and became a 23 (!) time Olympic Champion. It is difficult to even imagine that anyone will even be able to approach such indicators in the near future.

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Michael Phelps (USA), winner gold medal in men's 200m medley swimming at the awards ceremony of the XXXI Summer Olympic Games.

Americans Katie Ledecky (swimming) and Simone Biles ( gymnastics) were slightly behind Phelps, winning four golds each.

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Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt again won three gold medals: 100 meters, 200 meters and 4x100 relay, becoming a nine-time Olympic Champion. On three last Olympics Bolt consistently won in these disciplines.

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Usain Bolt (Jamaica) after finishing the 200m final during the men's sprint competition athletics at the XXXI Summer Olympic Games.

...and "heroes of the Olympics"

The US women's track and field team dropped the baton in the semifinals of the 4x100-meter relay and failed to qualify for the decisive race. The Americans filed an appeal, saying they were interfered with by the Brazilian athletes. The appeal was granted. The US team was allowed to run through the semi-finals in splendid isolation. During the re-run, they showed a better time than their rivals from China, and the latter were “asked” from the final. The appeal of the Asian athletes was not satisfied, and the Americans became Olympic Champions.

Georgian heroes of Rio

If we do not take into account the Georgian athletes who won medals at the Rio Games, then Georgia has other heroes who have won the hearts of fans not only in their homeland, but also in the world.

Canoeist Zaza Nadiradze was incredibly happy when he was able to qualify for the Olympics. I couldn't even dream of more. But Nadiradze performed well in qualifying and reached the semi-finals of the single canoe competition at a distance of 200 meters. In the semi-finals he finished first, leaving behind the incumbent Olympic Champion Ukrainian Yuri Cheban and four-time World and European champion Valentin Demyanenko. But in the finals, nervousness and lack of experience in participating in competitions of this rank took their toll. As a result, Nadiradze took fifth place, but won the hearts of thousands of fans.

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Seoul Olympic Champion (1988) in pistol shooting Nino Salukvadze came to Rio for her eighth Games in her career. A unique achievement among women in this sport. Salukvadze was able to reach the finals of the competition, but in the end she was left without a medal. After completing her performances, she said that she would most likely be preparing for the Olympics in Tokyo - the ninth in a row.

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David Kharazishvili became the first marathon runner in the history of Georgia to win a license for the Olympic Games. The Georgian athlete started well, but at the 25th kilometer he felt a sharp pain in his side. He didn’t run for almost two kilometers, he just walked and even thought about withdrawing from the race. However, he found courage and crossed the finish line. As a result, he took 72nd place, but ended up in the first half of finishers and left 93 athletes behind him.

40 Georgian athletes went to the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, which is a record figure. For the first time in the history of independent Georgia, the country was represented in such sports as: women's weightlifting (Anastasia Gottfried), women's judo (Esther Stam), men's shot put (Benik Abrahamyan), women's high jump (Valentina Lyashenko).

Green water Rio

Water in the center pool aquatic species Rio de Janeiro, where the diving competition was supposed to take place, suddenly turned green, which baffled even the technical staff. It later turned out that this was due to 160 liters of hydrogen peroxide accidentally poured into the pool. The substance neutralized chlorine, which promoted the growth of “organic compounds,” including, possibly, seaweed. Despite the fact that the water did not pose a threat to the health of the athletes, it still had to be replaced.

The preparations for the 2016 Games are the worst I have ever seen... But we have no other plan B. That's why we're going to Rio.

IOC Vice President

The 2016 Summer Olympics are the main sporting event of the four-year period. The Olympic movement arose during the Ancient Greece. Back then it was both a sporting and a religious event. But after 394 AD. the competition fell under disgrace from the authorities.

Only at the end of the 19th century were the Games resumed. Since then, starting in 1986, the world has hosted 22 Winter and 30 Summer Olympics. The next Summer Olympic Games 2016 will be held in Brazil. This is the first Olympics in South America.

Choosing a host country and problems of organization

Eight countries submitted bids to host the Games. In addition to Brazil, Azerbaijan, Spain, the Czech Republic, Qatar, Japan, the USA and Russia competed for the right to host the Games. Three countries included cities other than their capitals in their applications. These were: Russia (St. Petersburg), USA (Chicago) and Brazil (Rio de Janeiro). St. Petersburg withdrew the application, since a month and a half after submitting the application, another city (Sochi) received the right to conduct Winter Games 2014.

Four candidates made it to the final stage of the race: Madrid, Tokyo, Chicago and Rio de Janeiro. Voting took place in three stages. With each of them, one applicant was eliminated. As a result, there were two of them left: Rio de Janeiro and Madrid.

Rio de Janeiro won by a double margin during the final voting in October 2009. In 2014, information appeared that the location of the 2016 Summer Olympics could be changed. The reason for the rumors was frequent statements by IOC officials about the host country’s failure to meet deadlines for the delivery of competition facilities.

The media considered London, which hosted the competition in 2012, and Moscow as an alternative to hosting the Games. But despite the problems with the organization, IOC officials announced that the Games will be held in Rio de Janeiro, and there is no talk of postponing the competition.

The Brazilians, after approving the candidacy of Rio de Janeiro, decided that the 2016 Summer Olympics would be held in four zones of the city.

• Athletics;
• marathon;
• archery;
• football;
• water polo;
• volleyball.

Maracana will be the main site of the Olympics. The opening and closing ceremonies of the Games will be held at the stadium of the same name. The Maracanã Stadium will also host the final match. Olympic tournament on football. This is the largest playground Brazil with a capacity of 79,000 people.

Athletics and volleyball competitions will be held at the João Havelange and Maracanazinho stadiums adjacent to the Maracanã, respectively. Olympic Stadium João Havelanja is new (commissioned in 2007) and has a capacity of 45,000 people.

The Maracanazinho Stadium has a capacity of 12,000 people. The stadium was built in 1954 and has gone through two reconstructions. The last one was in 2007. One of the main attractions of the Maracana region will also host part of the Olympics competitions. We are talking about the famous Sambadromo street, where the Brazilian carnival takes place every year. The street is 700 meters long, and on both sides it is fenced off with spectator stands. Their capacity is 90,000 people.

Archery competitions will be held at the Sambodrome. The start and finish of the women's and men's marathons will also be held here.

Barra

• boxing;
• table tennis;
• badminton;
• cycling (road);
• Weightlifting;
• gymnastics (sports, rhythmic and trampolining);
• cycle track;
• race walking;
• diving;
• water polo;
• swimming;
• synchronized swimming;
• basketball;
• judo;
• taekwondo;
• wrestling (freestyle and Greco-Roman);
• handball;
• fencing;
• golf;
• tennis.

The Barra area will host the lion's share of competition at the upcoming Olympics. There are 15 sports facilities on its territory. The largest water sports facility is the Maria Lenk Water Park, which will host swimming and diving competitions.

The center was built in 2004 and seats 8,000 spectators. Its total area is 42,000 sq.m. Medals in all types of gymnastics and trampolining will be played at the HSBC Arena. The arena opened in 2007 and seats 15,000 spectators. The Riocentro exhibition complex can accommodate up to 9,000 spectators. It will host competitions in badminton, table tennis, boxing and weightlifting.

Basketball competitions will also be held in the Barra area. The venue for the tournament will be the Olympic Training Center, built specifically for the 2013 Olympics. The center can accommodate 20,000 spectators. Competitions in tennis will be held at the Rio Olympic Tennis Center, which is still under construction. The center will consist of 16 courts. The central court will accommodate 10,000 spectators, court No. 1 - 5,000, court No. 2 - 3,000, other courts - 250 people each.

Barra will be home to the Olympic Park and Olimpic village, as well as a television center and press center, which will cover the 2016 Summer Olympics.

• Beach volleyball;
• kayaking, canoeing and rowing;
• cycling (road);
• swimming in open water;
• triathlon;
• sailing.

In the Copacabana area, which is famous for its beach, competitions will be held beach volleyball, as well as open water swimming and triathlon competitions. Within Copacabana, the Marina da Gloria center will host sailing competitions. Temporary stands will be erected on the shores of the Atlantic Ocean that can accommodate 10,000 people.

Deodoro

• basketball;
• modern pentathlon;
• Horseback Riding;
• field hockey;
• shooting;
• rugby sevens;
• mountain biking and bicycle motocross;
• slalom.

The fourth Deodoro center at the National Equestrian Center will host show jumping competitions. The center was built in 2007, but three years later required reconstruction. Its capacity is 20,000 people. Next to the Equestrian Center is the National Center shooting sports, also built in 2007. Competitions in bullet and skeet shooting will be held within its boundaries.

Deodoro will also host competitions in fencing (Arena Deodoro), modern pentathlon (National Center for Modern Pentathlon), cycling (mountain biking) and kayaking (Olympic Slalom Stadium). Cycling competitions will be able to attract up to 25,000 spectators based on the number of seats in Olympic Center mountain bike, and competitions in fencing, slalom and modern pentathlon respectively 5000, 8000 and 15000 spectators.

Rio de Janeiro is not the only city that will host the 2016 Summer Olympics. Four more Brazilian cities will host competitions as part of the Olympics. Part of the Olympic football tournament will take place in the stadiums of Sao Paulo, Salvador, Belo Horizonte and the capital Brasilia. The most capacious is the Mane Garrincha Stadium in Brasilia (76,000 people). This is followed by the Mineirão Stadium in Belo Horizonte (74,000), Morumbi in Sao Paulo (66,000) and the Fonte Nava Arena in Salvador (60,000).

Mascot and logo of the Games

The mascot of the future Olympics was an animal named Vinicius and a plant called Tom. Both mascots represent the diverse flora and fauna of Brazil. Vinicius is the embodiment of all the animals that live in Brazil, "born from an explosion of joy" that the country was chosen as the capital of the Olympics. Tom personifies the symbol of the Paralympic Games and is a kind of mixture of plants.

The theme of the Brazilian flag is clearly visible in the colors of the mascots. The official Olympics logo is an image of three dancing human figures in orange, green and blue. They are all holding hands. Below is the inscription "RIO 2016" and the symbol of all Olympic Games - five rings connected to each other.

301 medals will be awarded at the Olympics in 40 sports disciplines. First time in the program Summer Games included rugby sevens, which is a simplified form of this game. Also for the first time since 1904, Summer Olympics there will be a tournament on golf. This sport was once excluded from the Olympics, but by a vote of the IOC in 2009, this status was returned to it.

Otherwise, the Summer Olympic Games in 2016 will be held according to the same sports program, as the previous Olympics.

Famous Russian pole vaulter Elena Isinbaeva plans to perform in Rio de Janeiro. Elena became the champion of the Olympic Games twice (2004 and 2008). After her bronze podium finish at the 2012 London Olympics, she announced that she was suspending sports career and will make the final decision on whether to perform at next Games Later..

American swimmer 18-time Olympic champion Michael Phelps, who retired in 2012 and returned to the sport in 2014, intends to take part in the Games in Brazil, setting the 2016 Summer Olympics as his goal.

Trip to the Olympics as a volunteer

To do this, you need to register on the official website of the Games and submit an application. In May 2015, casting began for the opening and closing ceremonies of the Games. It will run until November 2015. During this period interviews will take place, following which in November 2015 years will pass a meeting of the participants with the artistic group, which will select the most liked applicants with an invitation to Brazil in April 2016 for rehearsal events.

Participants must be at least 16 years of age as of April 1, 2016. The ticket to Brazil is paid for by the volunteer himself.

Tickets for the competition went on sale at the beginning of 2015. Thus, the price of tickets for the Olympic Games in Brazil ranges from 17 to 1300 dollars. For the opening ceremony, the cheapest tickets cost $57 or 200 Brazilian reals, depending on exchange rates.

The most expensive tickets (1,200 reais or $341) will be sold for athletics and volleyball competitions, the cheapest (40 reais or $11) for open water swimming, field hockey, shooting, weightlifting and race walking.

All tickets can be purchased through the Internet portal "Rio 2016 Tickets" after registration. There are no direct flights between Russia and Brazil. Direct flights to Galleon Airport can be reached from European airports. These could be: Paris, Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Lisbon, Madrid, Rome, London and Istanbul.

A trip to the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro will require large financial expenses for at least one flight, but despite financial side issue and initial problems with the organization, the 2016 Summer Olympics promise to be grandiose sporting event year, which is worth visiting at least once in your life.

The Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) will take place in 2016 and will be held from August 5 to 21. This Olympics is notable because it will be the first Olympic Games that South America will host. And now, among the unconquered continents, not counting Antarctica, only Africa remains, which has never hosted this large-scale event.

How Rio became the capital

Eight cities initially competed for the 2016 Olympics, but four finalists were selected for the final vote: Madrid (Spain), Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Tokyo (Japan) and Chicago (USA). The selection of the capital took place in Copenhagen (Denmark) at the 121st IOC session on October 2, 2009.

Voting took place in the maximum number of rounds - three. And only in the first round there was an intense struggle among the candidate cities, in which Madrid won by a slight margin over the rest. The second and third rounds took place with the clear advantage of Brazilian Rio de Janeiro, which was declared the capital of the XXXI Olympic Games.

Jacques Rogge announces Rio de Janeiro as the capital of the 2016 Olympic Games.

Note that this was not Rio’s first attempt to host the Olympics. Rio de Janeiro submitted bids to host the Summer Olympics in 1936, 1940, 2004 and 2012, but was never even included in the final vote.

Conditions

The competition will take place during the calendar winter in South America. The temperature during this period ranges from +18 to +25 °C. The time difference between Moscow and Rio de Janeiro is 6 hours. The climate is hot and humid, a bit like.

Competition program

At the same IOC session, when Rio became the capital of the Games, it was decided to include rugby sevens and golf in the Olympic program, which are not new to the Games, but their absence has been measured for many decades. Golf returned to the program after 112 years, and rugby after 92 years. So it didn't change much competition program Olympics in Rio de Janeiro compared to previous summers.

Talismans

Presentation of the mascots of the 2016 Olympics

Olympic venues

The organizers divided the competition venues into four zones: Barra, Deodoro, Maracana, Copacabana.

Barra

The most intense in terms of competition will be Barra, where many competitions are planned to be held; there will also be an Olympic village in Barra, Olympic Park, Main Press Center, and Television Center.

Sports facilities in Barra:

• – Aquatics Center (swimming and synchronized swimming);
• – Maria Lenk Swimming Pool (water polo and diving);
• – Olympic Arena (sports and gymnastics and trampolining);
• – Velodrome;
• – Olympic Tennis Center;
• – Riocenter (boxing, weightlifting, table tennis, badminton);
• – Olympic halls 1-4 (basketball, judo, taekwondo, wrestling, handball);
• – Golf Center.

Deodoro

Deodoro, a former military base, will host competitions in equestrianism, modern pentathlon, fencing, rowing slalom, cycling (mountain biking and BMX) and shooting.

Maracana

The Maracana competition zone is named so because its central facility will be the Maracana stadium - one of the most famous football stadiums peace. It will host the opening and closing ceremonies, as well as football competitions. In addition to Rio de Janeiro, other Brazilian cities will host football competitions - Brasilia, Salvador, Sao Paulo and Belo Horizonte. Other Maracana facilities will include the Maracanazinho Arena (volleyball) and the João Havelange Stadium (athletics).

Maracanã Stadium is an arena for football matches, opening and closing ceremonies.

Copacabana

In the Copacabana zone, mainly competitions related to water will take place, because Copacabana is a sea beach, one of the most famous in the world:

• – Sailing;
• – Open water swimming;
• – Triathlon;
• – Rowing sports.
• – Walking and marathon;
• – Cycling (road);

Mini-Olympic villages will be built for journalists in the areas of Barra, Maracana and Deodoro.

August 14, 2016.

On the ninth competition day, Russian athletes won 3 gold, 2 silver and 2 bronze medals.

Greco-Roman wrestler Roman Vlasov (up to 75 kg), gymnast Aliya Mustafina (uneven bars) and tennis players Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina ( doubles). Gymnast Maria Paseka ( vault) and shooter Sergei Kamensky (rifle, 50 m, three positions), bronze - cyclist Denis Dmitriev (individual sprint) and yachtswoman Stefania Elfutina (“RS:X”).

Russia has its first medal in sailing since 1996. In the “RS:X” (windsurfing) class, 19-year-old Stefania Elfutina won bronze.

Frenchwoman Charlene Picon became the Olympic champion, and Chinese Chen Payn won silver.

From the very first day, August 8, Stefania Elfutina joined the fight for medals and never lost contact with the leaders. After the first day of competition she was second, after half of the planned flights she was third, and a day later she came within one point of the regatta leader, Flavia Tartaglini from Italy. At the end of the penultimate racing day, Elfutina took the lead overall standings. Alas, after one of the many protests, Tartaglini received an extra point and caught up with Elfutina. And since she has a victory in one of the flights, and the Russian does not, the Italian regained the leading position.

The arrangement before the Medal Race - the “medal race”, where all points are doubled, was as follows: Tartaglini - first (55 points), Elfutina - second (55), from third to fifth places were occupied by Chinese Chen, French Picon and Israeli Davidovich (60 each). ). It turned out that in a bad situation, the Russian could have been left without medals at all, especially considering that she scored all the points due to stability, never winning a single race during the entire regatta.

Officially, the women's Medal Race in the RS:X class was supposed to start at 14:05 local time, but time passed, conflicting information was received, and nothing started. Finally at 15:35 the start was given. The wind was not strong - about 10 knots (15 is considered good). But a red flag was lit in front of Elfutina. All the competitors went into the race, and the Russian woman had just started.

“I’m very ashamed, but I still don’t understand why I was given a warning,” she told reporters after Elfutin: “I have no complaints against the judges, which means I deserved it. But what exactly happened, I don’t know right now.”

Probably only she knows that she should have risen from last, tenth, to sixth place in almost half an hour of calm, overtaking the favorite, Tartaglini, and snatching this bronze: “I just thought that I had two options: give up and wait another four years or do something anyway. And then I decided: no, four years is too long, I’ll try now.”

She was desperately “planing”, trying to accelerate and reach her far-flung rivals! Of course, it was lucky that the wind was very weak: Elfutina is good in such weather thanks to physical strength, and this allows her to keep the board “planing” much longer than her rivals (she says that she can easily do 20-25 pull-ups, but maybe more).

Absolutely, this moment will go down in the history of our sailing sport.

Based on materials from E. Slyusarenko "Championship".
Photo by Zimbio.

Aliya Mustafina is a two-time Olympic champion.

She beat her main rival, American Madison Kochian, in the uneven bars exercise by 0.067 points. Germany's Sophie Scheder won the bronze medal.

“Everything went well,” Aliya said after the performance: “Moreover, I think it was my best combination of the four made at the Olympics. It turned out cleaner than the rest. I put this combination together when I arrived here in Rio. I trained from base 6, 5, and performed from a base of 6.8. I came to the gym one day and realized that I didn’t want to perform with a simple program, that I would gather all my strength and make a complex one.

In the all-around, I did not show my maximum on three apparatuses at once - on the balance beam, on the uneven bars and in the floor exercises. But on the other hand, it would be very difficult for me to overtake the American women, only if they made mistakes it would be possible.”

And two-time world cross-country champion Emily Chebet. Four Kenyan athletics executives were suspended by the IAAF in November 2015 on suspicion of financial and doping fraud. In May 2016, the World Anti-Doping Agency declared the Kenya Anti-Doping Agency "non-compliant". Seven coaches and agents in Kenya have been charged with facilitating the doping of Kenyan athletes. In June, the IOC ordered international federations in their respective sports to allow Kenyan athletes to compete individually at the Olympic Games after they had passed additional anti-doping tests. At the end of July, the head of the Kenyan National Olympic Committee, Kipchoge Keino, announced that Kenyan athletes would pass doping tests “without any problems.”

Russia

3 July Olympic Committee Russia and 68 Russian athletes filed a lawsuit at the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne (CAS). The hearing of the case was scheduled for July 19, the CAS verdict was announced on July 21 - Russian track and field athletes were not allowed to compete at the Olympics.

Russian athletes admitted to the Olympics

First Russian athlete, admitted to the Olympics in individually, became the runner Yulia Stepanova. The IAAF message stated that the athlete would be able to compete under the Olympic flag rather than the Russian one. The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) asked Yulia Stepanova to be admitted to the Olympics, due to the fact that the athlete and her husband Vitaly Stepanov, who left for the USA, are recognized as important informants of the anti-doping agency. However, on July 24, the IOC did not allow Stepanova to participate in the Games, as she had previously been convicted of doping.

Another 80 sought the right to compete at the Games. Russian athletes. The IAAF rejected all relevant entries for international competition except one, from long jumper Daria Klishina. She was the only track and field athlete who was able to participate in the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro under Russian flag.

Weightlifters

Azerbaijan

After 7 Azerbaijani weightlifters were disqualified due to positive results in doping tests in different competitions, the Azerbaijani team lost two Olympic licenses, and fell into team competition in 31st place, overall, of all licenses.

Bulgaria

In March 2015, the entire Bulgarian weightlifting team was disqualified after 11 team members tested negative for doping. positive results. In the fall of the same year, the International Weightlifting Federation did not allow Bulgarian weightlifters to participate in the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, and in January 2016, the Court of Arbitration for Sport upheld the IWF decision on the suspension and rejected the appeal of the Bulgarian Weightlifting Federation.

Russia

The International Weightlifting Federation disqualified the entire Russian team. Thus, Russian weightlifters are completely excluded from participation in the 2016 Olympics

The Republic of Kazakhstan

June 24, 2016 executive committee and congress International Federation weightlifting deprived Kazakhstan of one men's and one women's license for the upcoming Olympic Games.

On June 25, 2016, by the decision of the disciplinary commission of the International Weightlifting Federation, Kazakh weightlifters were disqualified: Almas Uteshov (with deprivation of medals) and Ermek Omirtay for four years, Zhasulan Kydyrbaev (with deprivation of medals) for eight years. Prohibited anabolic androgenic steroids were found in the doping tests of these athletes during the World Championships in Houston; the Russian team was disqualified due to doping. men's team in Belarus

The Belarusian men's kayaking and canoeing team has been disqualified for violating doping rules and will not compete at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. On July 16, it was reported that the executive committee of the International Canoe Federation (ICF) was suspending the Belarusian men's kayaking and canoeing team, including coaches, medical and support personnel, from international competitions for a period of one year. Sports arbitration court in Lausanne (CAS) rejected the claim of the Belarusian kayaking and canoeing team for the disqualification of the team by the International Rowing Federation. The basis was the decision of the International Canoe Federation on the redistribution of Olympic quotas dated July 18, 2016.