Olympics 2016 are just around the corner with a few hours to kick off in its traditional style. The ritual torch of the Olympics is currently moving around the city of Rio which is hosting the Olympics 2016. As the mega event is just to begin, we should take a look in the insights and the history of Olympics.
The Olympics started from 1896, occur every four years. A lot of athletes take part in its every edition. A lot of medals are awarded to the winning athletes. The Olympics have given athletes most number of gold, silver and bronze medal in sports history.
- Nations with most medals: United States of America have won the most number of medals since the advent of the Olympics game with 2403 medals. USA is followed by Russia and Germany in 1528 and 1305 medals respectively. Many nations like Afghanistan, Somalia, Barbados etc. haven’t won any gold medal in the Olympics and it is their chance to win one for the nation.
- Debut Nations: 2 nations are playing their first ever Olympics, Kosovo and South Sudan are the latest nations to take part in the Olympics. Both Kosovo and Sudan have not participated in Olympics and this us their chance to play and win the medals for their country.
- Opening ceremony: opening ceremony will held on 5th August on 06:00 PM BRT all around the world. 203 nations are taking part in this grand event and the opening ceremony will be shown to the whole world. The ceremony will take place according to the traditional culture of the Olympics. The ritual torch will burn in the opening ceremony and will be turned off on the closing ceremony.
The Olympics are the most historic sport event which takes place at largest scale. With just 1 day to go, everyone is crazy about the mega game event.
- First Time Participations: Soccer has been introduced to the Olympics for the first time. First time ever in the 2016 olympics, nations will compete for a gold medal in soccer as well. Womens soccer teams are all warming up for the big event. The team to look how ever from an expert’s point of view is USA international ladies soccer team. The FIFA world cup winners are the favorites for winning the gold medal of Olympics 2016.
Indian badminton men’s double pair of debuts Mannu Attri and Sumeth Reddy are entering the games with big expectations. The pair has produced a quality game in India and is one to watch in the Olympics.
Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray both are playing the Rio Olympics, so it is going be a tough call to declare any one of the tennis stars as favorites.
Zoe Arancini, 25, water polo player from Australia is a tough seed for water polo. The debutante is trained by none other than her own father who also was a water polo athlete
Daniel Bowker, 28, canoeing was a former surf livesaver, but switched to canoeing almost 8 years ago. He has participated in his first ever Olympics but he is one to watch, a total entertaining athlete.
Tasmin cook, 17, swimming will be participating in the Rio Olympics as a debutante. Swimming since 4, she is one of the toughest contenders of the gold medal.
Many more players from around the world playing their first Olympic, but the above mentioned are some special players with sheer ability.