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After the 2016 Summer Olympics and the 2016 Summer Paralympics, many of its Olympic venues remained abandoned and unused just 6 months after the events. Many of its photos depict of venues being run-down as a result of neglect from officials, including the Maracanã Stadium where it was largely abandoned (which has since been repaired as of 2024).
Adolf Hitler arriving at the opening ceremony of the controversial 1936 Berlin Games Jesse Owens on the podium after winning the long jump at the 1936 Summer Olympics In 1931, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) selected the German capital city Berlin as the host city of the 1936 Summer Olympics .
Lochtegate is the colloquial name of the scandal involving United States swim team members Ryan Lochte, Jimmy Feigen, Gunnar Bentz, and Jack Conger during the 2016 Summer Olympics held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
On July 26—aka the day the Olympics officially kicked off—Ana and her teammate/boyfriend, Gabriel Santos, were reprimanded by the Brazilian Olympic Committee after they left the Olympic ...
The track star was even dubbed the Anna Kournikova of the Rio Olympics. ... this boob controversy is probably the last thing on Jenneke's mind. ... Best images from the 2016 Olympics: Show comments.
Neymar converted the decisive penalty, so the Brazil team won the penalty shoot-out by 5 to 4 and won the gold medal for the first time in Olympic history, in one of the most iconic moments of the 2016 Summer Olympics. The seventh gold medal and last medal won by the host nation in the 2016 Summer Olympics was in the men's indoor volleyball.
On 5 August, the day of the 2016 Summer Olympics opening ceremony, police in Rio de Janeiro arrested two people for attempted illegal resale of hundreds of tickets allocated to the Olympic Council of Ireland (OCI). The scandal precipitated the dramatic arrest of OCI president Pat Hickey, while in a hotel room assigned to his son.
Brazilian former world champion Gabriel Medina wowed the surfing world Monday with a spectacular tube ride that he seemed to self-score even before he kicked out: “10,” he indicated with his ...