Name: Simone Christensen
Number in Rio: 210
Country: Denmark
Result: out of the semi final
How big was your struggle even making it to the Olympics?
Simone Christensen: I think I was pretty good to not worry too much about points during the races the year towards the Olympics.. so just did my best every time and tried to archive goals for every specific race.. but when I crashed and broke my collarbone in Papendal it started to get pretty exciting, as I couldn't go to the world championship and therefore lost a lot of world ranking points from the worlds 2015, where I had a lot! But luckily my good result during the year kept me in the spot for an Olympic place!
What were your personal goals two weeks before the Olympic race?
Simone Christensen: It was to make the final! Couldn't dream of anything bigger than standing in an Olympic final!
Name: Toni Syarifudin
Number in Rio: 45
Country: Indonesia
Result: Quater final
When was the point for you that you thought you had a good chance of going to the 2016 Olympics in Rio?
2016 UCI Individual Ranking Elite Women:
1 (4) Laura SMULDERS Netherlands 23 1555
2 (1) Mariana PAJON Colombia 25 1480
3 (3) Alise POST United States 25 1370
4 (2) Caroline BUCHANAN Australia 26 1350
5 (5) Brooke CRAIN United States 23 1234
6 (6) Yaroslava BONDARENKO Russia 19 1210
7 (7) Elke VANHOOF Belgium 25 1074
8 (8) Simone CHRISTENSEN Denmark 22 1030
9 (9) Lauren REYNOLDS Australia 25 870
10 (11) Judy BAAUW Netherlands 22 850
11 (10) Maria Gabriela DIAZ Argentina 35 830
12 (12) Priscilla STEVAUX CARNAVAL Brazil 23 785
13 (17) Dani GEORGE United States 22 768
14 (15) Nadja PRIES Germany 22 750
15 (16) Leanna CURTIS Australia 23 745
16 (13) Manon VALENTINO France 26 670
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2016 Elite Men UCI Ranking Individual
1 (1) Corben SHARRAH United States 24 1460
2 (3) Carlos Alberto RAMIREZ YEPES Colombia 22 1259
3 (2) Nicholas LONG United States 27 1160
4 (7) Maris STROMBERGS Latvia 29 1059
5 (4) Joris DAUDET France 25 1000
6 (5) Sam WILLOUGHBY Australia 25 985
7 (6) Gonzalo MOLINA Argentina 21 973
8 (10) Tory NYHAUG Canada 24 956
9 (8) David GRAF Switzerland 27 930
10 (12) Carlos Mario OQUENDO ZABALA Colombia 29 885
11 (13) Trent JONES New Zealand 22 846
12 (9) Niek KIMMANN Netherlands 20 842
13 (17) Dave VAN DER BURG Netherlands 23 840
14 (18) Sylvain ANDRE France 24 832
15 (11) Connor FIELDS United States 24 810
16 (19) Exequiel TORRES Argentina 19 789
17 (16) Kyle EVANS Great Britain 23 755
My Rio: Elke Vanhoof: "It was an a credible feeling to be part of the Belgian Olympic Team"
Name: Vanhoof Elke
Number in Rio: 91
Country: Belgium
Result: 6th
"The important thing in the Olympic Games is not to win, but to take part; the important thing in Life is not triumph, but the struggle; the essential thing is not to have conquered but to have fought well."
Elite Results Copa Latinoamericana Sudamericano - Round 8 Bolivia.
Elite Men:
1 Amidou MIR FRA 21 50 50
2 Juan Carlos DIAZ SERNA COL 19 45 45
3 Jorge Geovanny ROURA BARZALLO ECU 21 40 40
4 Jaime Roberto QUINTANILLA CUENCA BOL 19 35 35
5 Eddy Daniel BALLESTEROS BOL 21 30 30
6 Jose ROCABADO SEVERICH BOL 23 28 28
7 Francisco Javier ROJAS MARTINEZ CHI 19 26 26
8 Samuel ZAMORA AUZA BOL 20 24 24
Elite Women:
1 Mariana DIAZ ARG 24 50 50
Elite Results Copa Latinoamericana Sudamericano - Round 7 Bolivia.
Elite Men:
1 Amidou MIR FRA 21 50 50
2 Juan Carlos DIAZ SERNA COL 19 45 45
3 Jaime QUINTANILLA CUENCA BOL 19 40 40
4 Francisco ROJAS MARTINEZ CHI 19 35 35
5 Jorge ROURA BARZALLO ECU 21 30 30
6 Eddy Daniel BALLESTEROS BOL 21 28 28
7 Jose ROCABADO SEVERICH BOL 23 26 26
8 Samuel ZAMORA AUZA BOL 20 24 24
Elite Women:
1 Mariana DIAZ ARG 24 50 50
Name: Niklas Laustsen
Country: Denmark
Rio number: 30
Sponsors: Team gear2win Denmark and Haro racing
How big was your struggle even making it to the Olympics?
Niklas: It was big. I had to fight all year leading up to it just to make the cut.
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