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Rio Olympic to feature 13 morning session athletics finals
Paris: A total of 13 finals will take place in morning sessions at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) said.
Among the morning session finals are all five road events – the men’s and women’s marathons, the men’s 50-km race walk and the men’s and women’s 20-km race walk events, although both 20-km race walks are scheduled to take place in the early afternoon, reports Xinhua.
The other morning session finals are the women’s 10,000 metres, the men’s and women’s discus, the men’s triple jump, the men’s and women’s 3,000m steeplechase, the men’s 400m hurdles and the women’s hammer.
The decision, approved during an IAAF Council meeting in Monte Carlo last month, means the Olympic Games will feature finals during the morning sessions of the athletics programme for the first time since Seoul 1988.
“Staging finals in the morning was done at the request of the Rio 2016 Organising Committee and the Olympic Broadcasting Service, supported by the International Olympic Committee,” IAAF competitions director Paul Hardy said.
“Having finals in the morning will also ensure that we receive maximum visibility for athletics at the Olympic Games across all time zones.”
The athletics showpiece event, the men’s 100m final, is scheduled for the evening session Sunday, August 14, with the women’s version taking place the evening before.
The 10 days of athletics competition will be held Aug 12-21.
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Sunil Gavaskar gives his opinion of GT allrounder Rahul Tewatia
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.