Israeli judoka Yarden Jerby won Israel's first Olympic medal in 8 years. She became the third in judo competition in weight up to 63 kg, ILand.tv reports. An Israeli judoka won the third place match against a Japanese athlete. The Prime Minister of Israel has already ...
On August 9, American swimmer Michael Phelps won two gold medals at the Rio Olympics - he came first in the 200-meter butterfly, just 0,04 seconds ahead of Japanese swimmer Masato Sakai, in addition, the American team (Conor Dwyer,...
41-year-old gymnast from Uzbekistan Oksana Chusovitina competed at the seventh Olympic Games in her career on August 7, and at the moment she is the only gymnast who has succeeded. One of her competitors in Rio was Croatian Ana Derek, born in 1998, who...
American Michael Phelps in the US Olympic team won gold in the 4x100m freestyle relay at the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro and became a 19-time Olympic champion, Team USA reports. In the final, the American team of Phelps, Dressel, Held and Adrian showed ...
The International Gymnastics Federation named one of the five new elements in honor of the Ukrainian athlete Igor Radivilov. The diagram of the new jump was published on the federation website. The Radivilov jump, an exercise invented by the Ukrainian, is a forward leap when, after pushing off from the supporting bridge, the gymnast...
American tennis player Venus Williams sensationally lost in the first round of the Olympic Games. The sister of the first racket of the world lost to Belgian Kirsten Flipkens (62nd place in the list of the best tennis players). In the 1/32 final match, Williams lost in three games - 4:6, 6:3, 7:6 (7:5), writes...
After the first day of competition, the US team is in the top three for the number of medals. American athletes received 5 awards, the same number were won by teams from Japan and China. The Russian national team, having received 1 medal, is in 13th place, according to NBC Olympics. August 7…
Last night, at the Maracanã Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, perhaps the most anticipated sports show of this year took place - the opening ceremony of the XXXI Summer Olympic Games. All the brightest moments of the Olympic holiday are in the ForumDaily material. Despite a series of high-profile scandals that preceded the opening, ...
On the eve of the opening ceremony of the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, which will take place on Friday, the International Olympic Committee published the composition of the Russian team - 276 people whom a special commission of the organization allowed to participate in the Games. At the same time, more than 100 athletes were left out of the team because...
On August 5, the 2016 Olympic Games will start in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), with the United States being the largest team. Currently, 555 athletes have qualified, according to NBC Sports. This is significantly more than the main competitor - China (416 athletes) - and the Brazilian hosts ...