Description
Added on the 18/07/2016 13:58:32 - Copyright : Wochit
U.S. swimmer Ryan Lochte goes on Brazilian TV to apologize, saying the country "doesn't deserve" the bad publicity that resulted when he claimed he had been robbed at gunpoint, something he now says he "over-exaggerated." Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
American basketball legend and two-time Olympic gold medal winner Gary Payton mingled with fans at the NBA House in Rio de Janeiro on Wedneday as the US national team prepared to face off with Spain in the semi-final. Payton watched young basketball players compete, gave a few tips to his loyal fans, and posed for photos with the winning teams.
Brazil's national team are aiming for gold at the Olympics. These are their secrets to a good team.
Leila, Liina and Lily Luik from Estonia will make history as the first identical triplets to compete against each other in the women's marathon at the Olympic games. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
Rio de Janeiro, Jul 20 (EFE).- A few days before the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games begin, the Olympic Park inaugurated five years ago for the Rio de Janeiro 2016 event is still the target of criticism.The Olympic facilities that were the pride of the city five years ago and that cost more than 40 billion reais (about $7.6 billion at the current exchange rate) are today abandoned, degrading and haunted by corruption scandals.Several of its pavilions are now "white elephants," while the fate of the velodrome, the Olympic swimming pools and two of the Rio arenas has yet to be defined. (Camera: JANAÍNA QUINET/ANTONIO LACERDA).SHOT LIST: ABANDONED OLYMPIC VENUES IN IN RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL. INCLUDES FOOTAGE TAKEN WITH A DRONE OF ABANDONED RIO OLYMPIC VENUES.
Tokyo, Jul 0 (EFE).- The president of the Spanish National Olympic Committee (NOC), Alejandro Blanco, highlighted Tuesday the "desire to compete" of his country's team in the Tokyo Games after the difficulties posed by the pandemic, and highlighted his confidence in them achieving "great results ".(Camera: ANTONIO HERMOSÍN)SOUND BITES: SPANISH NOC PRESIDENT ALEJANDRO BLANCO (IN SPANISH).TRANSLATIONS:There is so much desire to compete if we look back at 2020 and 2021, there is so much desire to compete that people want the games to begin. They count the hours to see what day they can compete. And the truth is that I am more optimistic than in the last games. I think we have a great team, a very large expedition with many possibilities analyzing their results and their phisical forms currently, and well, I am optimistic. Realistic but optimistic.