Rio 2016 Olympics got underway officially with the opening ceremony on Friday night.
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Copacabana Beach, Christ the Redeemer and Sugar Loaf Mountain are just some of the attractions tourists will flock to from sunrise to sunset. Viewers can also watch CBC’s live streaming coverage at cbc.ca/olympics, on CBC’s app for Rio 2016 for iOS and Android devices and in virtual reality using the CBC Olympic Games Virtual Reality app. I would say in the synchronized events, the Italians are good, the Americans are competitive. “You meet people, everybody is friendly”.
Although Michael Phelps and Katie Ledecky won’t be in the pool Saturday, few Olympic sports are as exciting as swimming.
Just 8.5 miles down the road there’s a natural wonder that stretches into the clouds – Sugar Loaf Mountain.
Serena Williams, who already has four gold medals and could win two more one in singles and another in doubles, along with her sister, Venus. The Australians, who set an Olympic record in 2012, with a time of 3:33.15, are the heavy favorite to win gold in the event, which should come down to an exciting finish. But Zhang Mengxue picked up the slack, earning China’s fourth air pistol gold in the last five Games.
For Xu and the rest of more than 14,000 athletes participating in the first Olympics staged in South America, the samba dance and indigenous music performed during each delegation’s welcoming ceremony offered a glimpse of Brazil’s unique culture.
“Honestly, disappointed”, Felix said in an Associated Press story.
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Schumer’s proposal would allow U.S. Olympians and Paralympians to exempt the value of medals and the Olympic Committee awards from their taxable income. Less than a month later, she won at the U.S. Olympic trials, which helped her earn a spot at the Rio Olympic Games.
Being in Rio and watching tonight’s ceremony was even more special for Beaumont, whose son will compete for Team GB in the rowing.
One of NBC’s pre-games fears came true: USA viewership dropped off following the entrance of the United States team in the Parade of Nations.
-WOMEN FIRST: France won the first rugby match at the Olympics in 92 years – and the first ever for women – beating Spain 24-7 to begin the six-day sevens tournament.
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– USA tennis player Jack Sock lost his opening match to Japan’s Taro Daniel 6-4, 6-4. There will be 22 different sports competing, with eight of them aiming for medals before the day is out.
