All You Need To Know About The Rio 2016 Olympic Games

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The Rio Olympics is all set to kick start really soon with over 100 athletes competing from 206 countries. This is a thrilling event and has a lot of excitement in store for the game lovers. If you are eager to experience the excitement and thrill of this gaming event but have no idea about it, there’s absolutely nothing to worry about. Here is all the information you need to know. Go through this page to get all the valuable information about Rio Olympics that you want to know:

The Legacy

The Rio Olympic Games have been designed to bring out the best in all forms of sports. In fact, the games are sustainable and help generate a legacy for the hosting city as well as the country. When you look everywhere, you can feel the positive impact of the game. Also, you can assume that this impact will be long lasting in the minds and lives of the people in Rio. Some of these initiatives include re-development of port area in Rio, handball venue to be converted into four schools after the Olympic games and many others.

Setting up level playing field

The IOC has been very strict this year when it comes to ...
... fighting against doping in the Olympics. This year too at Rio, rigorous and strict measures will be taken up to protect the athletes and safeguard the integrity of the game. Some of these measures include pre-testing of athletes through intelligence gathering and conducting dope tests.

When does the game begin?

The Rio 2016 Olympic Games are scheduled to start on August 5,2016 at Rio. Interestingly, this is the first South American city to host the Olympics to win the bid in 2009. The closing ceremony of the game will take place on Sunday, August 21, 2016. There are about 10,000 athletes to participate in the game from across 206 countries of the world. There will be 306 medal events in this year’s Rio Olympic Games.

The Events

The Olympic Games are the oldest event that includes a line of the world’s finest athletes competing against one another. The 2016 Rio Olympics will have golf and rugby back into the games after staying away for over a decade. There will be about 28 types of sports in the Rio Olympics with rugby sevens and golf. The 306 medal events will take place across 32 venues throughout Rio. In case of football, it will be 5 cities over Brazil.

How to watch it?

BBC One will be telecasting live some of the events of this game everyday between 1pm to 4am. Along with this, some of the eminent and famous sports personalities will also give their gaming insight of the special moments. The coverage of the games will begin at BBC One live from the Maracana Stadium.

The Rio 2016 Olympic Games is going to be a great experience for all the sport lovers. So, now that you know all about this game fasten up your belt and get all set to grab all the thrill, fun and excitement!