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It was the nation's twentieth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics. Venezuela failed to win a single Olympic medal for the first time since the 2000 Summer Olympics. Raiber Rodríguez fell short of his bronze medal match in the Wrestling at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 60 kg, losing out to Ri Se-ung of North Korea.
However, their official name remained 2020 Summer Olympics with swimming events set for 24 July–1 August 2021 [1] and marathon swimming set for 4–5 August 2021. [ 2 ] Swimming featured a record total of 37 events (18 for each gender and 1 mixed), with the addition of the men's 800 m freestyle, women's 1500 m freestyle, and the mixed 4 × ...
At the 2012 Olympics, Rubén Limardo won the gold medal in men's épée, becoming Venezuela's second Olympic gold medalist overall. He hoped to win again in Tokyo and become the first Venezuelan to win at two Olympic Games, as well as aspiring to win an Olympic medal in the team event with his two brothers, Jesús and Francisco. [107]
The actor, on a break from making Mission: Impossible 8, was in the audience for the women’s gymnastics qualifiers — Simone Biles’s Olympic return — as well as swimming. Giving a ...
The Venezuelan Olympic Committee (COV) was created in 1935. The first Venezuelan athlete to participate in the Olympic Games was cyclist Julio César León in London 1948. In 1968 Francisco Rodríguez earned the first gold medal. The first Venezuelan to participate in the Winter Olympic Games was Iginia Boccalandro, in the 1998 Winter Olympics.
The roster boasts an impressive list of individuals, including 314 women and 278 men. This marks the fourth straight Olympic Games with more women on the U.S. roster than men.
The men's and women's 10 km races featured 22 swimmers each, three less than those in the Tokyo 2020 roster: [16] [17] 3: the three medalists in the 10 km races at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, Japan; 13: the top thirteen swimmers vying for qualification at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships in Doha, Qatar
The roster boasts an impressive list of individuals, including 314 women and 278 men. This marks the fourth straight Olympic Games with more women on the U.S. roster than men.