SUMMER OLYMPICS 2016

Summer Olympics!!! now among the hot topics these days. These Games are also known as RIO games 2016, organized by the International Olympic Committee. It is the biggest multi sports event in the whole world. These games have been held in Rio de-Janeiro, Brazil. The duration of these games is from 5^th August to 21^st August, 2016, while the group stage matches have been started from 3^rd august, 2016.

Almost 11,000 athletes are participating in these games selected by 206 national Olympic committees. These games are covering 28 sports along with rugby sevens and golf which were added by international Olympic congress in 2009. These games are taking place at different venues at the host city. These games are firstly held in Portuguese-speaking country, well RIO has become the first city to organize summer Olympics. The choice of the country was made on the basis of the security concerns and strength of the government and many other important issues like population etc.

To become host of this event, each city has to submit an application to national Olympic committee and a bid file containing answers to the different questions given by the NOC (National Olympic Committee). This task is also known as bidding process. On voting basis RIO was selected as the host city for these games.

2016 Summer Olympics bidding results
City	NOC	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3
Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	26	46	66
Madrid	Spain	28	29	32
Tokyo	Japan	22	20	—
Chicago	United States	18	—	—

A lot of preparations have been made for these games.19 venues have made for these games among them 9 venues require redevelopment and many new venues have been made especially for these summer games. The Barra Olympic Park is a cluster of nine sporting venues in the west zone of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The nine venues to be used within the Olympic Park are:

1. ·         Carioca Arena 1 for basketball having capacity of 16,000.
2. ·         Carioca Arena 2 for wrestling, judo having capacity of 10,000.
3. ·         Carioca Arena 3 for fencing, taekwondo having capacity of 10,000;
4. ·         Future Arena for handball having capacity of 12,000
5. ·         Maria Lenk Aquatics Centre for diving, Synchronised swimming, water polo having                 capacity of 5,000.
6. ·         Olympic Aquatics Stadium for swimming, water polo play-offs having capacity of                      15,000.
7. ·         Olympic Tennis Centre for tennis having capacity of 10,000 Main Court.
8. ·         Rio Olympic Arena for gymnastics having capacity of 12,000.
9. ·         Rio Olympic Velodrome for track cycling having capacity of 5,000.

                

Latest technologies have been used for these games. Motion technology has been used to increase the range of photographers to reach at different places of venues.

The opening ceremony took place in the Maracana Stadium on 5 August 2016. This was the first time that the opening ceremony of the Summer Olympics was held in a venue other than the athletics stadium.

The 2016 Summer Olympics covers the following sports:

·         Aquatics

·         Diving.

·          Swimming.

·          Synchronized swimming.

·          Water polo.

·          Archery.

·          Athletics.

·          Badminton.

·          Basketball.

·          Boxing.

·          Canoeing

·         Slalom.

·         Sprint.

·          Cycling

·         BMX.

·         Mountain biking.

·         Road 

·         Track 

•  Equestrian
• Dressage.
• Eventing.
• Jumping.
•  Fencing.
•  Field hockey.
•  Football.
•  Golf.
•  Gymnastics.
• Artistic. 
• Rhythmic.
• Trampoline.
•  Handball.
•  Judo.
•  Modern pentathlon.
•  Rowing.
•  Rugby sevens.
•  Sailing.
•  Shooting.
•  Table tennis.
•  Taekwondo.
•  Tennis.
•  Triathlon.
•  Volleyball
• Volleyball.
• Beach volleyball.
•  Weightlifting.
•  Wrestling
• Freestyle.
• Greco Roman 

 As mentioned in the beginning the two new games for Olympic Games’16 are golf and rugby sevens. Two spots have been available for these games. The Olympic golf course was selected for golf and deodoro stadium has been selected for rugby savens.

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