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6 days ago · t. e. The men's football tournament at the 2016 Summer Olympics was held in Rio de Janeiro and five other cities in Brazil from 4 to 20 August 2016. [1] It was the 26th edition of the men's Olympic football tournament. Together with the women's competition, the 2016 Summer Olympics football tournament was held in six cities in Brazil, including ...
5 days ago · The 2016 Summer Olympic Games take place in Rio de Janeiro. infographic August 5, 2016 - August 21, 2016 - For 1,000 years from 776BC to 395AD, citizens from around the Greek Empire flocked to Olympia every four years to take part in Games honouring the god Zeus.
3 days ago · Rio de Janeiro in Brazil hosted the 2016 Summer Olympics, becoming the first South American city to host the Olympics, the second Olympic host city in Latin America, after Mexico City in 1968, as well as the third city in the Southern Hemisphere to host the Olympics after Melbourne, Australia, in 1956 and Sydney, Australia, in 2000.
3 days ago · Biles is in a class all her own. In 2016, Biles competed in her very first Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. At the Games, she brought home a bronze medal, as well as four gold medals — one in team, all-around, vault, and floor exercises. Advertisement. Since those games, Biles has continued on an upward trajectory, quickly ...
2 days ago · Jason Day will finally make it to an Olympics while a brother-and-sister combination are two of the other three golfers set to play for Australia at the Paris Games. Day was ranked world No. 1 in 2016 when he decided not to play at the Rio Olympics, saying he was concerned about going to Brazil with ...
2 days ago · At the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, Azerbaijan achieved its greatest success in canoeing by winning two medals. Three-time world champion Valentin Demyanenko struck silver for Azerbaijan in the men’s C1 200, with Ukraine’s Iurii Cheban registering an Olympic record time to beat him in the final. Inna Osypenko-Radomska, who like Demyanenko had switched allegiances from Ukraine to Azerbaijan ...
5 days ago · Steffen Peters (USA) rides Legolas 92 during the dressage individual grand prix freestyle competition at the Rio 2016 Summer Olympic Games. U.S. Equestrian has announced the athlete-and-horse combinations selected to represent the U.S. Olympic dressage team at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
