Danell Leyva has now joined the USA men's Olympic gymnastics team after John Orozco tore his ACL. Orozco was named to the USA men's Olympic gymnastics team at the end of June. Leyva was selected originally as an alternate.
Maggie Nichols has retired from elite gymnastics. Injuries have taken a toll on her. She plans to compete at the collegiate level for Oklahoma this fall.
The USA final Olympic roster has 555 Olympians. There are 293 women and 262 men. The 293 women selected to the USA Olympic team is the largest number of women ever selected to a USA team. In London there was 529 USA Olympians on the roster.
NBC has said there will be 6,755 hours streamed and broadcast at Rio Olympic events through all of its affiliates. That beats the 5,535 hours at London 2012. NBC will televise 260.5 hours. NBC's hours will be 10am-5pm, 8pm- midnight, 12:35am-1:35am with replays from 1:35am- 4:30am. The NBC sports network will televise 330 hours. NBCSN will televise from 8am- midnight during the games. USA Network will televise 110.5 hours, CNBC will televise 42 hours, Bravo TV will televise 94.5 hours and MSNBC will televise 78.5 hours. Also NBC has said there will be a one hour delay in televising the opening ceremony.
Today is the 20th anniversary of the 1996 Atlanta Olympics opening ceremony! The games took place from July 19 - August 4, 1996.
The Russian track and field ban has been upheld by the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lusanne. Russian Track and Field athletes will not compete in Rio. The IOC has decided not to ban Russia from the Rio games in all sports. This decision leaves the decision to ban Russian athletes up to individual sport federations. The final number of Russians allowed to compete in Rio by the IOC is 270 athletes. That means 117 athletes were banned from Rio. Originally Russia's Olympic team was going to send 387 athletes to Rio. The entire Russian track and field and weightlifting teams were banned from Rio. Also several Russian swimmers and rowers were banned as well.
The Australian Olympic team tried to move in to the Olympic Village on July 24 and faced problems with smelling gas, loose wiring and plumbing problems. Some of the rooms have not been completed throughout the Olympic Village and the Rio Organizing Committee is scrambling to get all of the problems fixed by July 28. The Olympic village opened on July 24. Several other Olympic teams like Britain and New Zealand wont move in until the problems are fixed. The USA, Italy and the Netherlands will hire workers to finish their rooms.
USA men's long jumper Marquis Dendy has withdrawn from the Rio games due to a right leg injury. Mike Hartfield will take his place on the USA team.
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