Rio 2016

5 questions before the Olympic Games

A month, then de Janeiro start in Rio, the summer Olympic games. Approximately 450 German athletes to be nominated. What can you reach? And who are the Top Stars? Rio is ready for the games?

To be the Olympic games in Rio de Janeiro is a colorful sport? Or to overshadow the economic problems, the protests of the Olympic opponents, and the environmental pollution are the sporting highlights? Who do you have in mind in Rio? And what you may expect from the German team? We answer the most important questions:

Who are the international Stars?

Usain Bolt in Rio for his victory pose?

Top want to win Bolt Sprinter Usain as in 2008 and 2012 in the 100, 200 and 4 x 100-Meter Gold, and once again, the Triple is perfect. US swimmer Michael Phelps with 18 gold medals the most successful athletes play in the summer, wants to expand its record balance sheet as at the end of a career. It’s the time to the end of his Sports career, the subsequent alcohol problems and rehab, the 31-Year-old back. For
Soccer star Neymar is the Gold in his home country of Brazil, this stated goal. At the world Cup two years ago, he was injured, without him, the Selecao went in the semi-finals with a 1:7 – Olympic-Gold-will now be making amends. After the Cancellations of NBA Champion LeBron James and Stephen Curry Kevin will pull Durant the eyes of the Basketball Fans. In addition the U.S. swimming star Katie Ledecky of the Play could leave its stamp. The 19-Year-old’s medals hot contender for four to five gold.

How many medals brings the German Team?
82, 65, 56, 49, 41, 44 – the bare Figures of the past 24 years. The German athletes in 1992, brought in Barcelona, 82 medals, including 33 gold, it went steadily downhill. The legacy of the medals that have been trimmed of the GDR sport system was quickly used up. About Atlanta 1996 (65), Sydney 2000 (56) and Athens 2004 (49), finally followed in Beijing in 2008, with 41 Times the precious metal of the all-time low. In London, there was four years ago, then again 44 Times the precious metal, however, with eleven gold, a total of five Olympic victories medals less than in 2008 in China. For the Minister of the interior Thomas de of the continuing need to have Maiziere at the end of the downward trend of the German Sports at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, and now finally come to an end. Not less than one-third more medals for the Sport, the competent Federal government has challenged Minister of the interior. In 2012, the German athletes had in London, in sixth place in the medal table. The person in charge of the German Olympic sports Confederation (DOSB) to Express their expectations more subdued than the Minister: they have set a Target range of 38 to 68 medals. A total of 306 medal decisions in 28 sports, certainly not an unrealistic goal.

Who are the greatest German Olympic hopes?

The German canoeist in many boat classes of the favorites on precious metal

Canoes, bikes and horses – here are the core competencies of the German Olympic seem to be the starter. The German canoeists to worry as in the past, for many of the podium places. Six medals will be announced. In addition, the responsible six beat – up nine times precious metal in the sport of Cycling, which is after the strong performance at the UCI track Cycling world Cup is quite realistic. In addition, the swimmers and water-Springer (3-7) that contribute to athletes (4-6) and the riders (3-5) to a good balance. It is also positive that the crisis is overcome in team sports: The football player are represented for the first Time ever with two Teams, the German handball players as the champion of Europe among the favorites. However, it is of the former German domain, not much more fencing left over. Only a handful of single-starter traveling, the German fencing Association to Rio in the team decisions NdFeB will be represented on the Team.

Rio is ready?
The
Sports all sites are ready, however, transport problems are expected. However, the city is famous for its art of improvisation known.

The Olympic swimming stadium in the district of Barra

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) wants to show to the gigantism criticized the Play of Sochi that the Olympic works, with a little less comfort and without the dozens of new stadiums, the need behind no-one. So much is in Rio de Janeiro temporarily, for example, the Arena for beach volleyball. Another stadium is to be converted to Olympia for school. However, it is still uncertain whether to Start at the 5. August, the new metro line is in the neighborhood of Barra is actually finished, where most of the competition facilities are located. A Kilometer is almost range. The Metro is over 2.5 billion euros, the largest project of the games. Without it, chaotic to Arrive with buses threaten.

What makes in the run-up to the games still to come?
The economic Situation in the country remains precarious, and there are major concerns, what are the
Safety is concerned. Brazil threatens to be the Top Ten of the leading economic Nations to fall out, buffeted by one of the deepest recessions in its history. As you got the Olympic bid, was Brazil even as the boom country of the future. But, in the meantime, President Dilma Rousseff has been suspended, the successor government of interim President Michel Temer has lost, among other things, because of corruption allegations three of their Minister. In the Olympic city, there are at universities and hospitals due to lack of funds, strikes, of the state of Rio de Janeiro strongly suffers from lower revenue from the oil business. A financial injection by the government of about 750 million euros to defuse the situation, the police threatened that without new financial assistance is not for the security guarantee. It is to be feared protests against the spectacle, which is, after all, cost around ten billion euros, but over half privately funded.

In addition, the Zika Virus scare a lot of Olympic tourists, and some athletes. Several Top golfers said their Olympic participation with reference to the pathogens.

In the Guanabara Bay, the sewage and the garbage of the metropolis collect

Also the quality of the water in the
Guanabara Bay, where sailing competitions take place, is still questionable. The organizers do a full cleaning of the huge Bay, and stress, it will no
Health risk to the sailors. The Bay is the entrance to the city of container ships in the port, from anywhere wastewater is discharged. No residents Rios would voluntarily go for a swim. In the water masses drift of garbage in the water, even animal carcasses, faecal matter and oil films are always views. Recently, also against antibiotic-resistant super were found germs in the water.