bestmen 2,537 Posted May 3, 2016 #11 Share Posted May 3, 2016 (edited) 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rybak 2,672 Posted May 7, 2016 #12 Share Posted May 7, 2016 90 days left! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vinipereira 3,037 Posted May 11, 2016 #13 Share Posted May 11, 2016 Apparently this will be the OBS intro for Rio Olympics: intoronto 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gianlu33 3,546 Posted May 11, 2016 #14 Share Posted May 11, 2016 15 hours ago, vinipereira said: Apparently this will be the OBS intro for Rio Olympics: Wow, amazing intro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vinipereira 3,037 Posted May 19, 2016 #15 Share Posted May 19, 2016 Today new tickets are being sold for brazilians and we can see the Basketball and Handball schedules (click on the sport, and seach). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vinipereira 3,037 Posted May 20, 2016 #16 Share Posted May 20, 2016 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vinipereira 3,037 Posted May 20, 2016 #17 Share Posted May 20, 2016 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. intoronto 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,503 Posted May 21, 2016 Author #18 Share Posted May 21, 2016 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.... vinipereira 1 If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rybak 2,672 Posted May 27, 2016 #19 Share Posted May 27, 2016 70 days left to start! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Federer91 2,114 Posted May 27, 2016 #20 Share Posted May 27, 2016 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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