Rio de Janeiro Summer Olympic Games 2016 News

[bestmen 2,817]

today : the olympic Flame arrives in Brazil ahead of Rio Games

 

 

 

Brazilian volleyball player Fabiana Claudino received the Olympic torch from Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff

the video here

http://www.theguardian.com/sport/video/2016/may/03/olympic-flame-reaches-rio-de-janeiro-video

Edited May 3, 2016 by bestmen

[rybak 3,217]

90 days left! 

[vinipereira 3,240]

Apparently this will be the OBS intro for Rio Olympics:

 

[Gianlu33 4,546]

15 hours ago, vinipereira said:

Apparently this will be the OBS intro for Rio Olympics:

 

Wow, amazing intro

[vinipereira 3,240]

Today new tickets are being sold for brazilians and we can see the Basketball and Handball schedules (click on the sport, and seach).

[vinipereira 3,240]

Rio 2016 reveals competition schedule for Olympic basketball tournaments

Basketball fans around the world can start planning their Olympic festivities after the full tournament schedule for the Rio 2016 Games was announced on Thursday (19 May). Following the drawing of the groups by the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) in March, Rio 2016 has now confirmed the days and times for each encounter.

 

In the men’s tournament, the final three teams will be decided at the Olympic qualifying tournaments that will be held between 4 and 10 July in Italy, Serbia and the Philippines. Two of these teams will go into group A with reigning Olympic and world champions the USA plus Australia, China and Venezuela. The other qualifier will join Spain, who took silver at the London 2012 Olympic Games, plus Argentina, Brazil, Lithuania and Nigeria in group B.

 

In the women’s tournament, the last five places will be decided Olympic qualifying tournament on 13-19 June in Nantes, France. Three of these teams will be added to group A along with Japan, Brazil and Australia, while the other two will join reigning Olympic and world champions the USA, Canada, Senegal and Serbia in group B.

 

Carioca Arena 1 in Barra Olympic Park will be the main basketball venue, while the Youth Arena in Deodoro Olympic Park will stage the women’s group games.

 

Full schedule:

 

Spoiler

 

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Rio 2016 reveals 'look' of tickets for Olympic and Paralympic Games

 

 

Rio 2016 unveiled the 'look' of the tickets for the Olympic and Paralympic Games on Friday (20 May) morning at the organising committee's headquarters. And the colourful yet practical designs will soon be winging their way out to sports fans around the world who have bought tickets to the Games.

 

"From 1pm (Brasília time) today, the tickets will begin to be sent out from the graphic design company and somewhere in the world someone will receive the first ticket," said Rio 2016 President Carlos Nuzman. Find out how to buy tickets to the Olympic and Paralympic Games. The tickets feature the Rio 2016 sport pictograms, which for the first time in Games history, have one for each Olympic and Paralympic sport.

 

 

The tickets are being produced by the same graphic design company in the USA that produced the tickets for the London 2012 Olympic Games. Staff at the company, which has 30 years of experience in ticket production, "live to produce tickets" said Donovan Ferreti, the Rio 2016 ticketing director.

 

More than four million tickets for the Olympic Games – 67% of the total available – have already been sold. Two million tickets remain on sale and every Thursday a new batchs of tickets, including for some of the most sought-after events, are going on sale to Brazilian residents. "We will want to tell our grandchildren about the Rio 2016 Game and these are also our tickets to history," said Mário Andrada, executive director of communications at Rio 2016.

 

 

[heywoodu 15,135]

There will be 350.000 male condoms and 100.000 female condoms available in the Olympic village, a new record 

 

And people think athletes rest after their competitions.... 

[rybak 3,217]

70 days left to start! 

[Federer91 2,790]

On 5/21/2016 at 16:38, heywoodu said:

There will be 350.000 male condoms and 100.000 female condoms available in the Olympic village, a new record 

 

And people think athletes rest after their competitions.... 

 

Whatever happens in the Olympic village, stays in the Olympic village.