‘Medal-less Olympians betrayed the motherland’
Turkmenistan’s President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov has hit out at the country’s Rio contingent, saying they didn't ‘justify the trust of the motherland’ with their medal-less performance. Berdymukhamedov, a fitness enthusiast, has threatened to sack the country’s sports chief if he doesn’t “make good on these shortcomings". Turkmenistan was represented in Rio by nine athletes in five disciplines.