It is worth recalling that this is Cameroon’s fourteenth consecutive participation at the Olympic Games. The men’s national team earned its greatest Olympic memory by winning the men’s gold medal.
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Bolt and Neymar were also two of the most mentioned athletes of the games (No. 2 and 3, respectively), but they couldn’t take the throne from the most mentioned athlete, USA swimmer Michael Phelps.
Despite the glitz and glamour and Bach’s upbeat comments, the Olympics brought no relief for the two million residents of Rio who live below the poverty line amid political deadlock and economic meltdown.
Despite a troubled build up to and a few embarrassing hiccups during, Rio de Janeiro did eventually deliver a successful Olympic Games.
A blustery storm swept in before the start of the closing ceremonies at Maracana Stadium, where Rio de Janeiro handed the torch to Tokyo, host of the 2020 Games.
In the first week of the Rio Olympics NBC’s live streaming had reached 1.28 billion minutes, surpassing the entire streaming data of the 2012 London Olympics.
The top Facebook post was of beloved Portuguese soccer player Cristiano Ronaldo congratulating Jamaican sprinter Bolt for his gold medal victories in the 100-meter, 200-meter and 4×100-meter relay.
Their 51-medal margin over second-place China is the largest in a non-boycotted Olympics in almost a century.
The UN chief also recalled his meeting with the 10-member Refugee Olympic Team that participated in the Games under the Olympic flag. Plus, the women won 27 gold, which is more than any other country’s female athletes.
72% say that compared to prior Olympics I am going on social media more often to stay connected to the Games.
Despite that optimism and the high expectations which will follow in the wake of Rio and the increased funding, Robertson also issued a word of caution about Team GB surpassing their achievement in Brazil.
Kevin Durant scored 30 points and helped the Americans rout Serbia 96-66 for their third straight gold medal. With five medals – four of which are gold – Biles leaves Rio the same way she came to the city – as a hero.
“I’m not the next Usain Bolt or Michael Phelps”.
“We all know that this success does not come easy and is the culmination of years of hard work, passionate commitment, sheer grit and determination”.
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Farah’s heroics and other astonishing performances took the spotlight off the long list of security scares and logistical problems which were a regular feature of South America’s first Olympics.
