The standings for the 2016 Olympics show that Russia is now in fifth place in the ranking; previously the country was in seventh place. Russia's medals in Rio at the moment are 3 gold, 6 silver and 3 bronze medals.
Kommersant writes that the second gold medal, which 22-year-old debutant Khasan Khalmurzaev won for Russia in judo, was one of those expected.
Khasan Khalmurzaev previously won the June European Championship in Kazan; in the final, he effortlessly dealt with the famous world champion from Georgia Avtandil Chrikishvili.
“Weight up to 81 kg is one of the most competitive weights in Russia, so the coaches decided until the last moment who would go to Rio: me or the bronze medalist of the London Games Ivan Nifontov,” recalls Khasan Khalmurzaev. “I felt that the choice will fall on me, but before the official announcement of the lineup on June 30, I forbade myself to rejoice. Already here Ezio Gamba told me not to think that the Olympic tournament was anything special. “Have you prepared? So don’t worry, go out and fight as best you can.”
Khasan Khalmurzaev, whose nationality interests many today, comes from Nazran, Ingushetia.
In the final, the Russian athlete fought with Travis Stevens, an American judo veteran who came fifth in London. The American initially sought to make the most of his signature wrestling on the ground. But it soon became obvious that this trick would not work for him, after which Khalmurzaev very competently managed the situation that arose: taking the upper hold, he finished off Travis Stevens, securing a clear victory for himself.
“Everything worked out, and there is no limit to joy. “Mine and all the people involved in this victory - specialists and relatives, who prepared and believed in me,” the Olympic champion told reporters. “The Olympic tournament cannot be compared with ordinary tournaments. After all, everyone prepared for it with precision, and first of all psychologically. And with the American, by the way, he is a good and very strong guy, I already fought and beat him in January. So I knew roughly what to expect from him.”
Judoist Khalmurzaev brought Russia its third gold at the Rio Olympics. Beslan Mudranov, judo, won the first gold on the first day of the competition, the third gold medal was won by Yana Yegoryan, fencing.
How many medals did Russia win in Rio?
The Rio 2016 medal standings show that Russia has risen from 7th to 5th place in the overall medal standings. In terms of the total number of awards (12), the Russians take fourth place.
Russia's medals in Rio at the moment are 3 gold, 6 silver and 3 bronze.
Olympics 2016, medal standings
Now the US team is in first place (nine gold medals). The second place is taken by the Chinese team (eight gold medals), followed by representatives of Hungary (four gold medals).
On the fourth day of the competition, the medal table for the 2016 Olympics was replenished for Russia with two medals. The first was brought by Khasan Khalmurzaev, the second by the women's artistic gymnastics team. The girls were able to repeat the success of the men's team and took silver.
The 2016 Olympics, whose medals are counted among fans around the world, however, disappointed the Russians the day before. Swimming was a disappointment. Not to say that our swimmers were favorites in any of the events of the program, but they could take at least one medal out of the four sets that were competed. And if in the women's 200 m freestyle and men's 200 m butterfly the Russians did not even make it to the finals, then in the men's freestyle relay, where Danila Izotov, Alexander Krasnykh, Nikita Lobintsev and Mikhail Dovgalyuk performed, illusory hope remained until the very end. end, writes Gazeta ru.
The Russian four made it to the final with the third time and seriously claimed bronze during the decisive swim, but could not keep up the pace and finished the relay in fifth place. The Americans became champions, the British team snatched silver at the very end, bronze went to the Japanese.
The real hero of the day was the great swimmer Michael Phelps, who earned two more gold medals for victories in the 200-meter butterfly and relay and became a 21-time Olympic champion.
Diary of the 2016 Olympics, medal standings, will be updated today. On the fifth day of the competition, 20 sets of awards will be drawn.
On the penultimate day at the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, the Russian team won five medals, four of which were gold. This allowed the Russian team to move to fourth place in the unofficial medal standings, practically guaranteeing this position at the end of the competition.
2016 Olympics in Rio: Russian handball players became Olympic champions.
The women's handball team defeated the French in the Olympic tournament with a score of 22:19.
Let us note that Evgeniy Trefilov’s team did not suffer a single defeat at the Olympic tournament, and in the dramatic semi-final match they beat the reigning Olympic champions, the Norwegians, who had not lost for eight years.
Literally half an hour after the final whistle in handball, it became known that Russia would have two more golds - in rhythmic gymnastics and wrestling.
Olympics in Rio: Abdulrashid Sadulayev became the Olympic champion in freestyle wrestling in the weight category up to 86 kg. The two-time world champion confidently reached the final, allowing his opponents to score only one point in three fights. In the final bout, Abdulrashid defeated Selim Yashar from Turkey with a score of 5:0.
Bronze was won by Azerbaijani Sharif Sharifov, who lost to the Russian in the semifinals, and American Jayden Cox.
2016 Olympics in Rio: gymnast Mamun won Olympic gold in the individual all-around, Yana Kudryavtseva won silver.
In the individual all-around rhythmic gymnastics competition, the Russians performed so well that even before the end of the competition they guaranteed themselves medals, standing for their rivals. Based on the results of four types of the program, Mamun scored 76.483 points. Yana Kudryavtseva scored 75.608. Ukrainian gymnast Anna Rizatdinova (73.583) received bronze.
Russia has been undefeated in the individual all-around in rhythmic gymnastics since 2000. All that remains now is to defend the champion title in the group competition.
Photo: Official website of the Rio Olympics
Olympic Games 2016. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Rhythmic gymnastics. Women. Personal all-around
1. Margarita Mamun (Russia) - 76,483
2. Yana Kudryavtseva (Russia) - 75,608
3. Anna Rizatdinova (Ukraine) - 73,583.
Photo: Official website of the Rio Olympics
Literally another couple of minutes passed, and the Russian team’s piggy bank was replenished with another gold medal - won a gold medal at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro in the pentathlon competition. Based on the sum of all types of the program, he scored 1479 points.
Silver went to Ukrainian Pavel Timoschenko (1472 points). Bronze - Mexican Ismael Marcelo Hernandez Uscanga (1468).
Photo: Official website of the Rio Games
According to the results of the penultimate day of the competition, the Russian team rose and strengthened its position in fourth position in the medal standings, with 53 medals in its assets - 17 gold, 17 silver and 19 bronze. The USA is still in the lead with 116 medals (43-37-36). Next come the UK - 66 (27-22-17) and China - 70 (26-18-26).
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 for those who leave Rio in a good mood, with a sense of accomplishment and with a won medal, 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), who won the gold medal in the men's 200m medley swimming, at the awards ceremony of the XXXI Summer Olympics.
Americans Katie Ledecky (swimming) and Simone Biles (gymnastics) were just 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. At the last three Olympics, Bolt has consistently won these disciplines.
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Usain Bolt (Jamaica) after finishing the final 200m race during the men's track and field competition at the XXXI Summer Olympics.
...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 current 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
The water in the pool of the Rio de Janeiro aquatics center, where the diving competition was supposed to be held, 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.
Published 08/20/16 23:342016 Olympics in Rio: table of medals on August 21 online, tournament table, how many medals the Russian team has today - read the TopNews material.
2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro: medal table, standings as of August 21, 2016
On the 15th day of the competition, August 20, the Russians again managed to rise to fourth place in the overall medal standings. Russia has 17 gold, 17 silver and 19 bronze medals.
The United States remains the undisputed leader (40-36-34), followed by the British in second place (26-22-15), followed by China (24-18-26).
The German team, having won two gold medals (16-9-14), moved from fourth to fifth place.
On August 20, the Russians’ treasury was replenished with four gold medals at once. The highest award was brought by our handball players, gymnast Margarita Mamun, wrestler Abdulrashid Sadulayev and pentathlete Alexander Lesun.
Gymnast Yana Kuryavtseva won another silver award.
2016 Olympics in Rio: Russian handball players are Olympic champions!
The women's handball team won the final of the Olympic tournament over the French team with a score of 22:19.
Let us note that the Russians did not suffer a single defeat at the Olympic tournament, and in the semi-finals in a dramatic match they beat the reigning Olympic champions - the Norwegian team, who had not known defeat for the last 8 years.
The last time our handball players won Olympic gold was back in 1980, back under the USSR.
Rio Olympics: Abdulrashid Sadulaev became Olympic champion in freestyle wrestling in the weight category up to 86 kg
Russian freestyle wrestler Abdulrashid Sadulaev won a gold medal at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro in the up to 86 kg weight category.
In the final fight, Abdulrashid defeated the Turk Selim Yashar with a score of 5:0.
Bronze medals went to Azerbaijani Sharif Sharifov, who lost to the Russian in the semifinals, and American Jayden Cox, who lost to the Turkish wrestler.
2016 Olympics in Rio: gymnast Mamun won Olympic gold in the individual all-around, Yana Kudryavtseva won silver
Russian Margarita Mamun became the Olympic champion in Rio de Janeiro in the individual all-around rhythmic gymnastics competition. Based on the results of four types of the program, Mamun scored 76.483 points.
Another Russian woman, Yana Kudryavtseva, took silver at the 2016 Olympic Games (75.608). Bronze went to Ukrainian Anna Rizatdinova (73.583).
Note that Mamun and Kudryavtseva brought Russia the 50th and 51st Olympic medals in Rio de Janeiro.
Olympic Games - 2016. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Rhythmic gymnastics. Women. Personal all-around
1. Margarita Mamun (Russia) - 76,483
2. Yana Kudryavtseva (Russia) - 75,608
3. Anna Rizatdinova (Ukraine) - 73,583.
Pentathlete Alexander Lesun - Olympic champion in Rio de Janeiro
Russian Alexander Lesun won the gold medal at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro in the pentathlon competition. Based on the sum of all types of the program, he scored 1479 points.
Second place and a silver medal at the Olympics went to Ukrainian Pavel Timoschenko (1472 points).
Mexican Ismael Marcelo Hernandez Uscanga (1468) closed the top three winners.
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Following the results of the ninth day of the Rio 2016 Olympics, the Americans continue to lead by a large margin in the unofficial team competition. The US team has 26 gold, 20 silver and 20 bronze medals. Next comes the UK (14-16-7), followed by China (14-13-17).
The Russian team rose from seventh to fourth place in the tournament table with 9 gold, 11 silver and 10 bronze medals.
Rio Olympics: wrestler Vlasov brought Russia Olympic gold in the weight category up to 75 kg
Russian Roman Vlasov intkbbach won a gold medal in Greco-Roman wrestling in the up to 75 kg weight category at the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
In the decisive battle he defeated the Dane Mark Madsen. - 5:1. This medal was the 30th for the Russian team at the 2016 Olympics.
The bronze medalists were Iranian Said Abdwali and South Korean Kim Hyun Woo.
2016 Olympics in Rio, gymnastics: Aliya Mustafina won gold on uneven bars
Russian gymnast Aliya Mustafina won the gold medal at the 2016 Olympics in the uneven bars exercise with a score of 15.900 points.
In second place was the representative of the US team, Madison Koshan, with a score of 15.833 points; the bronze medalist in this discipline was the German Sophie Scheder with 15.566 points.
Olympics 2016: tennis players Makarova and Vesnina became Olympic champions in doubles
Russian tennis players Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina won gold medals at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. In the women's doubles final, the Russians beat Swiss representatives Timea Bacsinszky and Martina Hingis.
It should be noted that Russian tennis players became Olympic champions in doubles for the first time.
The USA team won bronze in this type of Olympic program.
Olympics 2016: Kamensky won silver in 50-meter rifle shooting in Rio
Russia's Sergei Kamensky won silver in the 50m rifle three-position event at the Olympic finals.
Italian Niccolo Campriani won the gold medal, and Frenchman Alexis Reynaud won the bronze medal.
Olympics in Rio de Janeiro: Maria Paseka won silver in the vault
21-year-old Maria Paseka won a silver medal in the vault, scoring 15.253 points. The Russian lost only to the best gymnast in the world, Simone Bile, for whom the gold was already her third at the current Olympics - after victories in the team and individual all-around.
Track cyclist Denis Dmitriev won bronze in the individual sprint
Russian cyclist Denis Dmitriev became the bronze medalist of the Olympic track cycling tournament in the individual sprint. In the heats for third place, he defeated Australian Matthew Glaetzer with a score of 2:0.
Elfutina - bronze medalist of the 2016 Olympic Games in sailing in the “RS:X” class
Russian Stefania Elfutina won third place in the medal race in the RS:X class at the sailing competition at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.
This is Russia's first Olympic medal in sailing since 1996.
The Frenchwoman Charlene Picon won the victory, and the silver went to the Chinese Chen Payna.
Rio de Janeiro 2016. Boxing. Evgeniy Tishchenko faced an unexpected opponent in the final
The current world and European champion, Russian boxer Evgeny Tishchenko, who made it to the finals of the 2016 Olympics in the weight category up to 91 kg and secured at least a silver medal, received an unexpected opponent. Previously, experts, including the head coach of the Russians Alexander Lebzyak, assumed that in the second semi-final our boxer would go to Cuban Erislandy Savona, whom Evgeniy met in the final of the 2015 World Championship. But in the end, the second finalist was the 28-year-old boxer from Kazakhstan Vasily Levit, the 2009 Asian champion.
Note that the final fight Tishchenko - Levit will take place on Tuesday, August 16 at 1:15 Moscow time.
Rio 2016. Badminton. The Russian couple reached the quarterfinals after 20 years
Russian badminton players Vladimir Ivanov and Ivan Sozonov, playing in doubles, won the group tournament of the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro for the third time. This time they defeated their Korean opponents Lee Young Dae/Yu Young Son - 2:1 (21:17, 19:21, 21:16).
The Russians advanced to the quarterfinals from first place in the group. In doubles, they made it to the eighth place in the Olympic tournament for the first time since 1996, when the duo Andrei Antropov/Nikolai Zuev achieved the same result.
Olympics in Rio de Janeiro 2016: Russian “beachers” defeated the Brazilians “to spite everyone”
According to “beachie” Dmitry Barsuk, their pair with Nikita Lyamin won the 1/8 finals of the Olympic beach volleyball tournament, the hosts of the tournament, the Brazilians, despite forecasts and a full 12,000-seat stadium that did not support them at all.
The day before, Lyamin and Badger reached the quarterfinals of the beach volleyball tournament in Rio, defeating the hosts Pedro Solberg and Evandro - 2-1 (16:21, 21:14, 15:10), despite the fact that they were outsiders of the match and played in a crowded stadium, cheering for the home team.