Beijing Olympiccs

 


Today we are experiencing the beginning of one of the most expected sports events of this year: The Beijing Olympics. The best Athletes from all over the world will compete for the most important sports honors in the next few days and Costa Rica has send its most impressive performers to show and prove their skills.

In Costa Rica, athletes have been very successful in previous Olympic Games, and nothing less is expected from the group that is participating this year. A total of 8 athletes are right now waiting for their competitions that will take place during the next couple of weeks. All the competitors come from different parts of Costa Rica. These are the athletes and the schedule their competitions will be on:

Kristopher Moitland: Black belt for Tae kwon do. Competition will be held on August 21st at 7:00 pm

Henri Raabe: Cycling Road. He will be the first Tico to participate this year: Competition will be held August 8th (today) at 9:00 pm

Federico Ramirez: Cycling Mountain bike. Competition will be on August 23rd at 1:00 am.

Nery Brenes: Athletics 400m Men. Race will be on August 17th at 7:00 pm.

Allan Segura: Athletics 20km walk Men. Race will be held on August 15th at 7:00 pm.

Gabriela Traña: Athletics Marathon Women. Race is scheduled on August 16th at 4:30 am.

Mario Montoya: Swimming 200m freestyle Men. Competition will be on August 10th at 4:30 am

Marianela Quesada: Swimming 100m freestyle Women. Competition will be held on August 13th at 4:30 am.

All the schedules above are given in Costa Rica time. These athletes have participated for Costa Rica in many world championships and have returned to Costa Rica with good scores, medals and trophies; they traveled with their coaches and some with their family as well. As you can see Costa Rica treasures are not only in real estate or the beautiful beaches ad rainforests: people are quite valuable too. Good luck for all the athletes in the Beijing Olympics 2008.