Katie Ledecky continue her preparation for the 2016 Summer Olympic Games

Katie Ledecky, the three-time All-Met Swimmer of the Year and ruling world record holder in the 400-meter, 800 and 1,500 free-form occasions, made the eagerly awaited choice to concede enlistment at Stanford University for the 2015-16 school year Friday, deciding to stay at home to prepare in the most critical year yet of her young vocation.

After watchful thought and joint talk with both my present club mentor, Bruce Gemmell of Nation's Capital Swim Club, and Stanford Coach Greg Meehan, I have chosen to concede my enlistment at Stanford for one year so that I may proceed with my preparation in my home surroundings in Maryland paving the way to the 2016 U.S. Summer Olympic Trials. Ledecky said in an announcement issued by Stone Ridge School, where she is a senior.

choice appears to be auspicious, four years and a day after the 18-year-old world record holder came to her first Summer Olympic Trials cut at age 14. After thirteen months, Ledecky's swimming vocation took off when she set first at trials, procuring a spot on the U.S. Olympic group in London, where she would win gold in the 800 free-form. She has following softened seven world record up the mid-separation and separation free-form occasions, and has kept on amplifying her range in free-form and individual medely as July's big championships approach.

Olympic best women swimmers

When the discussion of Olympic credentials comes up, the names of Dara Torres, Jenny Thompson and Natalie Coughlin are frequently mentioned first. Over the course of their splendid careers, each of the aforementioned women have captured 12 Olympic medals. Yet, when individual titles are measured, Coventry and Egerszegi hold the advantage, and this is an achievement not lost Coventry.

With the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro only 15 months away, Coventry is working tirelessly under the guidance of David Marsh at SwimMac Carolina to land Olympic medal No. 8. Based on the way she has raced recently, in what has widely been deemed a comeback, there’s reason to believe Coventry will be a medal factor in at least a few events in Brazil.

Tokyo’s compact Games go beyond the bounds

The Olympic Games in Tokyo in 2020 must be 'compact'. The most compact Games in living memory. Compact was among the enchantment words, when in 2013, the International Olympic Committee settled on Tokyo as the 2020 host city. It is a serious guarantee that Tokyo has made the universe of game.

Calling the Olympic Games "compact" portrays a concentrated event occurring in a restricted land area, which is plainly characterized for the candidates and fans present. You are right amidst it. You are a piece of it at all times. You don't wander in from the outside with a specific end goal to partake or watch the event for a couple of hours and afterward backpedal to the outside world.

The fundamental thought is that few of the Summer Olympic Games have been too noisy and scattered. This time, we will be taken back to the sentimental thought of a united Olympic town, where competitors from everywhere throughout the world are mingling, becoming acquainted with each other crosswise over nationalities. It must be anything but difficult to get starting with one spot then onto the next and it must be focal and the observers must experience the Summer Olympic climate when they have demonstrated their plentifully acquired tickets and have entered the negligible group. 

Rio 2016 unveils test events schdules

The Rio 2016 Organizing Committee has announced the details of 44 test events that will be held in preparation for next year’s Olympic and Paralympic Games. The programme includes 34 Olympic sports events, six Paralympic events and four events that feature both Olympic and Paralympic disciplines.  The events will give the Organizing Committee an imperative chance to test the Olympic competition territories and results frameworks, and additionally coordinating all the significant partners and preparing the group of individuals who will be in charge of running the events amid the Games.

There are 21 events booked to occur in 2015, with the first arrangement of open air occasions to be held in the middle of July and October this year. A progression of indoor events will then be held from November 2015 to February 2016, with the last events to occur in the middle of March and May 2016, in front of the Summer Olympic Games, which start on 5 August.

More than 7,800 athletes will take an interest in the test events, giving each of them an essence of the Olympic and Paralympic host city, while pretty nearly 16,000 volunteers will likewise pick up experience over the 156 days of competition. Some events will be ticketed, while others will not be open to spectators. There will also be events in the Copacabana region – such as triathlon, sailing, marathon swimming and road cycling  that the public will be able to see without tickets.  

Olympic gymnast to serve as Indy 500 grand marshal

A U.S. gold medal champion for gymnastics in the 2008 Summer Olympics games will be the current year's grand marshal for the Indianapolis 500.  Nastia Liukin, who was the individual all-around gold medalist for the Beijing Summer  Olympics will partake in a parade lap, show up on celebrity lane and be a piece of different 500 Festival occasions, including the Snake Pit Ball.

Liukin said that she can not hold up to be a part of the race. I have extremely affectionate recollections of contending and performing in Indianapolis, and I will really be back again in August for the P&G Gymnastics Championships. Liukin resigned from rivalry in 2012, however stays dynamic in the gymnastics scene. Her visit to Indianapolis in August will be to serve as a TV observer for the P&G Gymnastics Olympics Championships.

Emily Overholt to defer UBC commitment until after 2016 Summer Olympics Games

Canadian swimmer Emily Overholt has chosen to concede her acknowledgement to the University of British Columbia and their varsity swim group so as to concentrate on the 2016 Summer Olympic Games. Overholt was acknowledged to study science at UBC and will be a colossal part to their effectively beat quality varsity squad. The UBC Thunderbirds won both the men's and ladies' CIS Championships this year, and Overholt's abilities will probably help them keep up their prosperity for a considerable year to come.

At the point when Overholt joins the group in the fall of 2016, she'll have a lot of incredible preparing accomplices, for example, Erika Seltrenreich-Hodgson in the IMs. UBC's womens group is going to lose immense numbers next season, so Overholt will be joining the squad at an extremely advantageous time. With respect to preparing, Overholt is as of now extremely acquainted with what goes ahead at UBC. She's as of now preparing at the superior focus in Vancouver which is matched up with the college. She has some of Canada's top mentors, for example, Tom Johnson and Steve Price available to her.

Overholt qualified this April to swim at both the 2015 Pan Am Games which will be held in Canada, and the 2015 World Championships. Overholt was one of the couple of swimmers who figured out how to plunge under the 'main 16′ standard that was established as the qualifying time for the Canadian universes squad. At the meet, she won the 200m free-form, 400m free-form, and set second in the 400m IM. She is presently preparing at the elite summer in readiness for the two universal meets this summer.

Michael Phelps will aim for 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio

Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps said that he will try to compete at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. It is the first time Phelps has publicly committed to trying for the 2016 Games. One year ago, he announced he was coming out of retirement and would possibly target the Olympics in Rio.

Phelps is returning to competition this week for the first time since being suspended for six months from all approved events. USA Swimming suspended him in October after he was arrested for DUI and his suspension ended on April 6. He is competing in the Arena Pro Swim Series, which is being held April 15-18 at Skyline Aquatic Center in Mesa, Ariz.

As part of his suspension, USA Swimming and Phelps decided he would not participate in the 2015 World Championships in Kazan, Russia. It was reported that he could possibly be reinstated for the event but on Wednesday Phelps said he respects the decision of USA Swimming and will not compete in Kazan. Last November, fellow USA swimmer Ryan Lochte said he had “no doubt” Phelps will be ready for the 2016 Olympics. Phelps won eight gold medals at the 2008 Olympics, including a one-hundredth of a second victory in the 100-meter butterfly that SI captured with an underwater camera.

Olympic Wrestler Bilyal Makhov Eyes Rio Olympics and Signs with UFC

Olympic bronze medalist wrestler Bilyal Makhov still eyes on 2016 Olympics gold medal but he has set another objective to win the UFC heavyweight title. Makhov signed with UFC despite he has no MMA fighting experience. First priority of Makhov is to win gold medal at Rio Olympics in either freestyle or Greco-Roman wrestling and the 27-year-old will concentrate on MMA after that. Murat Keshtov who is trainer of Makhov said the wrestler can win the UFC heavyweight championship after half year of training. Keshtov said if he works six months with him, Russia can be owner of UFC heavyweight belt.

Makhov has won freestyle wrestling world championship three times. He lives in the area where he saw the flourishing of MMA fighters. He has also worked with ex UFC heavyweight champion Andrei Arlovski which increaed his interest in the sport. He said on this he always likes to challenge himself. He presented as an example that he decided to switch to Greco-Roman style after successful career of freestyle wrestling and he would focus on MMA afterwards. The Olympic medalist said he has focused on hard work, time and attention in his career and if he can work in the same way In MMA then he can achieve highest level of success in the sport.

Wrsetling is liked and played all over the world. Olympics has two wrestling categories for men Greco-Roman Style and Freestyle. Rio Olympics wrestling competitions will take place at Hall 3 of Olympic Training Center in Barra da Tijuca from 14 to 21 August. Sports fans who want to get updates on Olympic wrestling should remain connected with this blog for fresh information.