There will be photos and videos to somehow make you feel like you’re there.
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The Google-owned video site will be partnering with the BBC and other outlets to provide daily highlights from Rio. They will arrive in the Olympic city starting from August 9.
“News programs shall not be positioned or promoted as Olympic or games programmes and Olympic material can not be used in any promotion for any news programme or any other programme whatsoever”, the committee said in its rules. On both the iOS and Android Google app, users can also choose to receive automatic Olympic updates.
These days, of 33 athletes gained Olympic qualifications, only wrestlers are not in Rio.
Facebook is partnering with NBC to create a Social Command Center in Rio where staffers will produce live content. Facebook users will be able to watch live exclusive interviews with athletes and network commentators.
The US will be hunting for a third straight gold on the waters of Rio’s Lagoa Stadium and its crew will include two members of the triumphant line-up who won in London four years ago, Meghan Musnicki and Eleanor Logan, while their Olympics preparations are tracking strongly after claiming victory at the World Cup regatta in Lucerne in May.
While similar rules apply to all sports networks, the non-news networks are allowed to use Olympic visuals in three news programmes separated by at least three hours. This app is only available on iOS.
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The Court of Arbitration for Sport said on Friday night that its ad hoc division in Rio had so far registered 21 cases involving Russian athletes fighting their exclusion from the Games. The app is only available on Android.
