Saturday, August 6, 2016

The 2016 Olympic Games in Rio Are Underway!

Last night was the opening ceremonies of the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The Games are now underway! Here are some things that you may not know about these Games:
  • Best seats at the opening ceremonies cost around $8,000.
  • The opening ceremonies were held in Rio's Maracanã Stadium, which boasts the world record for the most fans ever to attend a soccer game. Although its current capacity is around 78,000, the stadium squeezed in at least 173,000 fans during the 1950 World Cup final.
  • Rio 2016 is the first time in Olympic history that a South American country has hosted the Olympic Games.
  • Around 10,500 athletes from 206 countries are taking part in 42 different sports during 17 days of the Olympiad, competing across 306 events.
  • Golf will return to the Olympics after a 112-year absence, and Rugby after 92 years.
  • The Rio games will be the first to feature Olympians born in the year 2000. Rules state that all competitors must have been born before January 1, 2003.
  • The mascot for 2016 is "Vinicius," a yellow and blue creature representing Brazilian wildlife.
  • 60,000 meals will be prepared each day to feed the athletes.
  • The Games require 70,000 volunteers.
  • Around 85,000 soldiers and policemen are being used for the Olympics — the largest security force assembled at any event in Brazil's history and twice as large as the security presence for London 2012.
  • The total cost of the Olympic Games in Rio will mount up to 37.6 billion Brazilian Real — which is $11.7 Billion in US dollars.
  • The slogan of the 2016 Olympics is "Viva sua paixão" (Live your passion).

From Him, Through Him, For Him (Romans 11:36),

Paul J. Staso
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