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Rio releases Olympic test event schedule
Rio de Janeiro: Rio de Janeiro will host 21 test events this year as the city fine-tunes preparations for the 2016 Olympics.
An additional 23 events will be held from January to May 2016. Test events will be divided into three segments, beginning with volleyball in July this year, as per reports.
The first cluster of events, due to end in October, will mainly feature outdoor sports such as rowing, cycling and equestrian. The second group, from November to February, will focus more on indoor events such as boxing, basketball and diving. The final instalment will feature competitions like athletics, swimming, weightlifting and football.
“Test events are a crucial part of preparations for staging Olympics and Paralympics, allowing the organising committee and its partners, in particular International Sports Federations and government partners, to test all aspects of venue operations,” said Delphine Moulin, Rio 2016 test events general manager.
Only some events will be open to public. The Olympics, the first to be held in South America, will be staged from August 5 to 21.
The left-handed batsman from Haryana is garnering praise from all quarters for the way he’s finishing games regularly in the most exciting IPL season.
Gavaskar reckons Tewatia’s whirlwind knock in Sharjah (in IPL 2020) where he smashed West Indies pacer Sheldon Cottrell for five sixes in an over, gave him the confidence that he belongs to the big stage.
Speaking on Cricket Live on Star Sports, Gavaskar said, “That assault on Sheldon Cottrell in Sharjah gave him the belief to do the impossible and the confidence that he belongs here. We saw the impossible (he did with the bat) the other day as well. There’s no twitching or touching the pads (which shows a batter’s nervousness) when he bats in the death overs. He just waits for the ball to be delivered and plays his shots. He’s got all the shots in the book, but most importantly his temperament to stay cool in a crisis is brilliant.”
Gavaskar has also nicknamed the 28-year-old cricketer the ‘ice-man’ and lauded Tewatia’s ability to remain unruffled during the tense moments.
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