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Hi friends.. I am Sarath Chandra Reddy. Rio Olympics completed.. So here I am sharing important details of Olympics.. Happy Readings :)
2016 Summer Rio Olympics
- Held During : 5th to 21st August 2016
- IOC president : Thomas Bach
- It is 31st Modern Olympics
- 2016 Rio Olympic cauldron was lit by : Vanderlei de Lima
- Venue : Rio de Janerio(Brazil)
- Brazil capital : Brasília
- Brazil currency : Brazilian real
- Opening cermony Stadium : Maracanã Stadium
- Closing cermony Stadium : Maracanã Stadium
- Official Song : -Life of a Traveller
- Motto :
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- A new world---rio 2016
- Inspire a Generation----London 2012
- One world,One drean------Beijing,2008
- Theme : World Peace and Environment
- Mascot : Vinicius (named after musician 'Vinicius de Moraes')
- Logo : Henri Matisse's painting Dance
- How many nations participating : 205
- Events : 306
- Sports disciplines : 41(total sports---28)
- The two new sports : Golf and Rugby sevens
- Total medals : 2102
- Total athletes : 11544
- INDIA AT OLYMPICS (1 Silver, 1 Bronze)
- India’s flag bearer opening ceremony was : Abhinav Bindra
- India’s flag bearer closing ceremony was : Sakshi Malik
- The official sponsor of Indian contingent to the 2016 Rio Olympics : Amul
- Goodwill ambassador of the Indian contingent :
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- Salman Khan,
- A R Rahman,
- Sachin Tendulkar
- Abhinav Bindra
- Which indian won historic silver medal in women’s singles badminton : Pusarla Venkata Sindhu(gold---carolin marin)
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- The Indian female wrestler who won the bronze medal in the 58 kg category at the Olympic Games in Rio-----Sakshi Malik
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- Which state government will confer Indian wrestler Sakshi Malik with Rani Laxmi Bai Award for winning a medal in Rio Olympics----Utter pradesh
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- Name the Indian athlete who has qualified for the women's 3000m steeplechase final at Rio.----LlitaBbar
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- The following created history by becoming the first Indian gymnast to enter the Olympic final at the Rio Olympic Centre----Dipa karmakar
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- What is the total number of participants in Rio Olympics 2016 from India(including those who failed in doping test)-----124
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- Which Indian wrestler was ousted from the Olympics and slapped with a four-year ban for flunking a dope test after Court of Arbitration ----Narsingh Yadav
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- Missaloneous
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- First gold medal was won by - Ginny Thrasher of USA - 10-meter air rifle event.
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- Majlinda Kelmendi wins Kosovo's first Olympic gold medal
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- Highest Medal----US(121 Medals),Britain 2 nd,China 3rd
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- Highest individual medal in mens ------Phelps(swimming) ----6(5 gold and 1 silver)
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- Highest individual medal in womens----Ledecky katie(swimming) ----5(4 g, 1 s)
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- first time as part in the Olympics Games----Kosovo and South Sudan
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- Largest Olympic team of 2016 Rio Olympics is - The United States (554 athletes)
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- Smallest Olympic team of 2016 Rio Olympics is - Tuvalu (1 athletes)
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- Youngest athlete of 2016 Rio Olympics -Meet Gaurika Singh of Nepal age 13 years 255 days (Swimming)
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- The first Iranian woman to win an Olympic medal ---Kimia Alizadeh Zenoorin(Taekwondo---women's 57 kg)
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- Country team won Mens hockey gold medal -----Argentina
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- Country team won Mens Foot ball gold medal
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- Who created a world record of 82.29m in women’s hammer throw to win gold at Rio Olympics----Anita Wlodarczyk
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- Who won the gold medal in men’s singles tennis category in Rio 2016 Olympic Games----AndyMurray
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- The Chinese table tennis champion who became the fifth male player to complete the Grand Slam by winning gold medal in Rio Olympics 2016----Ma Long
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- The following became the first Brazilian to win a Gold medal at 2016 Rio Olympics----Judoka Silva
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- The country won the gold in first-ever Olympic Women's Rugby Sevens Championship in Rio de Janeiro----Australia
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- the American swimmer who set a new world record to win gold in the women's 400 metres freestyle at the Rio Olympics-----Katie Ledecky
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- The swimmer who became the first swimmer to win four consecutive gold medals in same event----Michael Phelps
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- The person, after whom the mascot name is given in Rio Olympics was famous as----Musician
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- Indian shooter Abhinav Bindra missed a medal in the final of the men's ___m Air Rifle event at Rio Olympics----10 m
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- Michel Temer is the Acting President of which country-----Brazil
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- First transgender model to participates in opening ceremony ---Lea T(Brazil)
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- The International Olympic Committee(IOC) has added how many new sports for the 2020 Olympics----5(baseball/softball, karate, skateboarding, sports climbing and surfing. )
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- The following country has been banned from taking part in Rio Olympics---Russia
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- Which sport will mark its comeback at Rio Olympics after being dropped from the list post 1904 Summer Olympics----Golf
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- The first ever refugee Olympic team will participate in Rio Olympics 2016 under which flag-----Olympics Flag
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- IOC President --Thomas Bach
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- IOC Headquarters ---Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Court of Arbitration for Sport Headquarters ----Lausanne, Switzerland
- First Indian woman member of IOC--Nita Ambani
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- Indin Olympic Association Headquarters ---New Delhi
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- Indian Olympic association president ---Narayana Ramachandran
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- Who got The Olympic Order is the highest award of the Olympic Movement and is awarded for particularly distinguished contributions to the Olympic Movement---Narayana Ramachandran (IOC President)
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