Coach Pedro Soares affirms Sporting's intentions going into Rio 2016

The coming Olympic Games in Rio 2016 will see a total of four Sporting judokas in action: Joana Ramos (<52kg), Sergiu Oleinic (<66kg), Jorge Fonseca (<100kg) aand Taciana Lima (<48kg).

"The four athletes guaranteed their place in Rio a long time ago, almost a year ago in fact. That is a sign of their quality and consistency, so we are really proud of them", said Pedro Soares in an interview with the Sporting Journal, adding: "You can expect us to fight. I don't like to speak about medals, because that isn't where the athletes' heads need to be. We have prepared well and nobody is carrying any sort of injury. We will expect the best from all of them and we will of course fight for medals."