Lumutqueen
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So I don't know if we're going to have a sub-forum like we did for 2012 but I thought i'd start a thread off.
The Olympic Torch was lit on 21st April 2016 so the countdown has begun.
On 27 April the flame will be handed over to the Brazilian organisers at a ceremony at the Panathenaic Stadium in Athens. A brief stop will be made in Switzerland to visit the IOC headquarters and the Olympic Museum in Lausanne as well as the United Nations Office at Geneva. The torch relay will begin its Brazilian journey on 3 May on the capital Brasília. The torch relay will visit more than 300 Brazilian cities (including all the 26 states capitals and the Brazilian Federal District). With the last part to be held in the city of Rio de Janeiro.
Obviously The Olympics have not gone without controversy.
The collapse of this cycle bridge happened the day the torch was lit.
Rio Olympics cycle lane collapses into the sea killing at least 2 | Daily Mail Online
WADA suspend accreditation of Beijing anti-doping lab for four months with the Olympics in Rio looming | Daily Mail Online
Brazil 'to buy tickets' for Rio Olympic Games 2016 and give them away to children | Daily Mail Online
As well as the ongoing Zika Virus.
And we have royals of course;
Zara Tindall competes under her married name as she aims for Rio Olympics gold | Daily Mail Online
This games will also feature a Refugee Olympic Athletes to reflect the ongoing migrant crisis.
The Olympic Torch was lit on 21st April 2016 so the countdown has begun.
On 27 April the flame will be handed over to the Brazilian organisers at a ceremony at the Panathenaic Stadium in Athens. A brief stop will be made in Switzerland to visit the IOC headquarters and the Olympic Museum in Lausanne as well as the United Nations Office at Geneva. The torch relay will begin its Brazilian journey on 3 May on the capital Brasília. The torch relay will visit more than 300 Brazilian cities (including all the 26 states capitals and the Brazilian Federal District). With the last part to be held in the city of Rio de Janeiro.
Opening Ceremony is on August 5th 2016 in the Maracanã Stadium.
Obviously The Olympics have not gone without controversy.
The collapse of this cycle bridge happened the day the torch was lit.
Rio Olympics cycle lane collapses into the sea killing at least 2 | Daily Mail Online
WADA suspend accreditation of Beijing anti-doping lab for four months with the Olympics in Rio looming | Daily Mail Online
Brazil 'to buy tickets' for Rio Olympic Games 2016 and give them away to children | Daily Mail Online
As well as the ongoing Zika Virus.
And we have royals of course;
Zara Tindall competes under her married name as she aims for Rio Olympics gold | Daily Mail Online
This games will also feature a Refugee Olympic Athletes to reflect the ongoing migrant crisis.
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