Interesting Facts About Rio 2016 Olympics!!! You Probably Don’t Know

Now the Olympic Games 2016 has been started after a grand opening ceremony in Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro. I have got some interesting facts to share with you.

Here are few things you need to know about this grand historic event.

1. South America is organizing this game first time in the history. Rio 2016 is the first run through in Olympic history that a South American nation has facilitated the Games. The city won its offer in 2009, against Tokyo,  Chicago and Madrid.
2. The relay was started on April 21 in the Games’ origin (Olympia in Greece) before moving all around Brazil for over 90 days and completed in Rio on August 5. While in Greece, it will go through the Eloenas camps of refugees, nearby Athens, where one inhabitant will be chosen as a torch carrier.
3. The starting and closing functions will be held in Maracanã Stadium of Rio, which brags the world record for the most fans ever to entertain soccer match. In spite of the fact that its present limit is around 78,000, the stadium sucked 173,000 people amid the 1950 World Cup. Maracanã facilitated the World Cup again in 2014.    
4. Around 10,500 competitors of 206 nationalities are participating in 17 days of the Rio Olympics. There are 306 events to perform.
5. The tournaments are happening in four distinct territories of Brazil;

• Copacabana, whose world-acclaimed beaches are hosting beach volleyball;
• Barra, home to the Olympic Park;
• Deodoro, for aquatics, BMX, and equestrian focuses;
• Maracanã, which highlights two huge stadiums.

6. Rugby Sevens makes its introduction at the Rio Games. The seven-a-side variation of rugby keeps going just 15 minutes for every diversion. The U.S. is a shielding rugby champion, of sorts, having won the gold decoration in the 15-man form of the diversion the last time it included at the Olympics in 1924.
7. Golf came back to the Olympics following a 112-year nonappearance. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) chose to restore the game, which beforehand was played in the 1900 and 1904 Games. The 18 holes in Rio were outlined by American green engineer Gil Hanse, who belongs to Malvern, Pennsylvania.
8. 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, but many sports have other age requirements for health and safety reasons. The youngest competitors are likely to be from diving and gymnastics.

9. A group of players who have been compelled to escape their nations will be permitted to seek the first run through. The (IOC) says five to 10 exiles are relied upon to qualify and contend under the Olympic Flag.
10. “Vinicius” is a mascot for 2016 Olympics, this is a yellow and blue animal indicating Brazilian wild life. It looks like a cat or monkey that can fly and has the ability to extend its appendages and body. It is named after Bossa Nova artist Vinicius de Moraes, one of the essayists of “The Girl From Ipanema.”                                                          
11. Rio 2016 coordinators say they trust Vinicius will help them raise 1 billion reais ($398 million) in marketing.
12. There are 7.5 million tickets, with costs running from $40 for some swimming occasions to nearly $3,000 for the best seats at the opening function. Most well-known occasions so far are soccer, ball, volleyball and handball.
13. Coordinators say they will plan 60,000 plates for each day to sustain the players. Brazilian staples like rice and black beans and grilled meat will be joined by other neighborhood offerings, for example, custard, pao de queijo (bread butter) and acai (an Amazonian foods known as superfood).
14. Rio 2016 is searching for 70,000 volunteers, the initial 50,000 of whom have as of now been chosen generally from Brazil. The U.S., U.K., Russia, and China include a large portion of alternate volunteers picked as such.
15. Around 85,000 forces and police forces will be conveyed the biggest security power collected at any occasion in Brazil’s history and twice as huge as the security nearness for London 2012.
16. Rio’s cab drivers, or “taxistas,” are being allowed to join free online English lessons gave by the Rio 2016 Organizing Committee. Drivers are the first contact for visitors. Now the drivers swapped from “Oi” to “Hi”.
17. USA had sent 556 players to the London 2012 Olympics, second just to the hosts, and is again anticipated that brought a larger number of players than the various going to countries in Rio. America finished the decoration table in 2012 with 46 golds and 104 generally however one was later taken away now USA is planning to better the count in the late spring.