Fun random facts about 2016 Olympics in Rio, Brazil

Fun random facts about 2016 Olympics in Rio, Brazil

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As one of the biggest and the most important international sport events this year, billions of people all over the world have waited for. Now, the Games ended and right below here are some of quick interesting facts and figures about the Rio Olympics that you might not know.

  • The 2016 Rio Games are the first Olympics to be held in South America – and just the third to be held in the Southern Hemisphere. The city won its bid in 2009, beating out Chicago, Madrid and Tokyo.
  • There are a total of 6225 male athletes and 5137 female athletes competing at this year’s Olympic Games .
  • Organisers will prepare 60,000 meals per day to feed the athletes.
  • The Olympic Village dining hall runs the length of 4 Olympic swimming pools and can accommodate around 250,000kg of food each day.
  • With a total of 23 gold medals after 4 Games in a row, American Michael Phelps has stepped in history of modern Olympics as the most successful Olympic athlete ever.
  • The youngest competitor at the games is Nepal’s Gaurika Singh (13 years – DOB 26/11/2002), who is competing in the 100m backstroke. Meanwhile the oldest athlete is New Zealand’s Julie Brougham (62 years – DOB 20/5/1954), who is competing in the dressage.
  • The biggest team at the Rio Games is the USA (556), followed by host nation Brazil (469), Germany (424), Australia (421) and China (404), while the smallest one is Tuvalu, an island nation in South Pacific area. Their sole competitor is Etimoni Timuani in the men’s 100m (athletics).
  • Nauru, Somalia, Swaziland, Bhutan, Liberia and Mauritania each have two competitors.
  • Bhutan is the only nation whose team comprises all women. Bhutan has two competitors at the Games – Karma Karma in the archery and Lenchu Kunzang in the 10m Air rifle.
  • A team of athletes who have been forced to flee their countries will be allowed to compete for the first time. The (IOC) says five to 10 refugees are expected to qualify and compete under the Olympic flag.
  • Some of the best competitor names in Rio include A Little Romance (Canada), Doesn’t Play Fair (USA) and Boogie Woogie 6 (Australia) – they are all horses in the equestrian events.
  • The name of the Olympics mascot, Vinicius, pays tribute to Brazilian musician Vinicius de Moraes.

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