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Name: CARLOS OQUENDO       
Number in Rio: 566
Country: COLOMBIA
Result: 10

How tough was the competition in your country to get a spot on the Olympic team for Rio?
Carlos Oquendo: The tough moment was to keep the country spot.

Name: Priscilla Andréia Stevaux Carnaval
Number in Rio: #93
Country: Brazil
Result: 16th

"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."

Name: Twan van Gendt
Number in Rio: 148
Country: The Netherlands
Result: 5th in semi

How tough was the competition in your country to get a spot on the Olympic team for Rio?
Twan van Gendt: Well it was pretty tough. Jelle and I where the first nominated but due a lot of injuries I almost missed out on the Olympics. Making the main at the World Championships saved and secured my spot for the Olympics

Name: Stefany Hernández
Number in Rio: 469
Country: Venezuela
Result: Bronze Medal

How tough was the competition in your country to get a spot on the Olympic team for Rio?
Stefany Hernández: The toughest competition was against myself. I was giving my best to get a spot for my country. I'm the only female rider.

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Name: David Graf
Number in Rio: 48
Country: Switzerland
Result: 14 I think

How tough was the competition in your country to get a spot on the Olympic team for Rio?
David Graf: It was probably the hardest one of all the countries this year. Between Renaud Blanc and myself. The fact we had to choose between World Cup ranked 4 and 5 after Papendal speaks a lot I guess.

What kind of preparation did you do with the National Olympic team before you took off to Brasil?
David Graf: I stayed at home, followed my normal routine and tried to avoid the hype.

The track looked a bit different than at the test event(s). What did you like about the Olympic track and what did you think didn't work?
David Graf: I liked everything but the first turn. It was probably the most fun track I've ridden in my career.

Name: Gabriela Diaz
Number in Rio: 446
Country: Argentina
Result: 10th place

"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."

Name: Trent Jones
Number in Rio: 279
Country: New Zealand   
Result: 13th

What kind of preparation did you do with the National Olympic team before you took off to Brasil?
Trent Jones: Not a lot, seeing I employ a private coach, Sean Dwight. In which we had a plan to train in Chula Vista prior to the games. In which Connor Fields came back on board with training under Sean so we spent 8 solid weeks together knocking out the work that needed to be done to prepare.

Name: Joris Daudet
Number in Rio: 33
Country: France
Result: Quarter final

How big was your struggle even making it to the Olympics?
Joris Daudet: It was not a big struggle for me, I had a good season with no injuries, so I knew a little bit before that I would be in the team.

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!