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Rio 2016 BMX track ready for test event
Rio de Janeiro: The Rio 2016 BMX center has become the city’s first Olympic venue to be completed this year, organisers said.
Located at the Deodoro Olympic Park, the games’ second largest venue cluster, the track covers an area of around 4000m2, as per reported.
It will be used for the first time in October when it hosts the International BMX Cycling Challenge, the sport’s official Rio 2016 test event.
The centre will form part of the so-called X-Park along with the mountain bike and canoe slalom courses.
Another six Olympic venues are expected to be completed this year at Barra Olympic Park, according to the organisers.
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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.