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The World Beyond BetterMost => The Culture Tent => Topic started by: CellarDweller on June 25, 2016, 06:36:58 pm
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The 2016 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXXI Olympiad, and commonly known as Rio 2016, is a major international multi-sport event in the tradition of the Olympic Games due to take place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. Record numbers of countries are participating in a record number of sports. More than 10,500 athletes from 206 National Olympic Committees (NOCs), including first time entrants Kosovo and South Sudan, are scheduled to take part. With 306 sets of medals, the games will feature 28 Olympic sports — including rugby sevens and golf, which were added by the International Olympic Committee in 2009. These sporting events will take place at 33 venues in the host city and at 5 venues in the cities of São Paulo (Brazil's largest city), Belo Horizonte, Salvador, Brasília (Brazil's capital), and Manaus.
(Sports)
ARCHERY, ATHLETICS, BADMINTON, BASKETBALL, BEACH VOLLEYBALL, BOXING, CANOE SLALOM, CANOE SPRINT, CYCLING BMX, CYCLING MOUNTAIN BIKE, CYCLING ROAD, CYCLING TRACK, DIVING, EQUESTRIAN/DRESSAGE, EQUESTRIAN/EVENTING, EQUESTRIAN/JUMPING, FENCING, FOOTBALL, GOLF, GYMNASTICS ARTISTIC, GYMNASTICS RHYTHMIC, HANDBALL, HOCKEY, JUDO, MODERN PENTATHLON, ROWING, RUGBY, SAILING, SHOOTING, SWIMMING, SYNCHRONIZED SWIMMING, TABLE TENNIS, TAEKWONDO, TENNIS, TRAMPOLINE, TRIATHLON, VOLLEYBALL, WATER POLO, WEIGHTLIFTING, WRESTLING FREESTYLE, WRESTLING GRECO-ROMAN
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Link to schedule of events
https://www.rio2016.com/en/schedule-and-results
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I wish I'd known when some of the trials for the U.S. teams were being broadcast.
Men's diving, for instance. :o Thud! ;D
Or men's gymnastics. :o Double Thud! :laugh:
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I wish I'd known when some of the trials for the U.S. teams were being broadcast.
Men's diving, for instance. :o Thud! ;D
Or men's gymnastics. :o Double Thud! :laugh:
Nothing else matters. Duh.
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lmao! Typical
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lmao! Typical
phhhhhhhhhht!
So, Charles, what's your favorite summer olympic sport to watch?
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Actually, I prefer the Winter Games to the Summer games.
I enjoy the skiing, the snowboarding and figure skating.
Summer games I will watch the swimming, gymnastics and diving, both male and female. :)
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I wish I'd known when some of the trials for the U.S. teams were being broadcast.
Men's diving, for instance. :o Thud! ;D
Or men's gymnastics. :o Double Thud! :laugh:
Nothing else matters. Duh.
Agreed. :)
And I have actually gotten to see a little bit of the trials for both. :)
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Actually, I prefer the Winter Games to the Summer games.
I enjoy the skiing, the snowboarding and figure skating.
Summer games I will watch the swimming, gymnastics and diving, both male and female. :)
"Figure skating?" Talk about "typical." ... ;D
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olympics schmolympics
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Olympics open this Friday evening, Opening Ceremonies start at 7:30.
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