"Rio! Rio! Rio!" 2016
We bid London 2012 goodbye and say hello to Rio de Janeiro.
Are you excited? The Brazilians certainly are. Is it 2016 already? large-brimmed hats sporting the 2016 logo were seen in London along with thousands of party-ready fans let's us know what we can expect.
Leonardo Gryner, CEO of the organizing committee in Rio, said at a recent news conference:
"In Brazil, as you know, we like to party".
Well sounds like one big party to me, I must admit I cannot wait.
The Construction in Rio on the Olympic Park and Olympic Village began in June at a cost of roughly $15 billion, and all venues are expected to be completed by 2015.
Brazil won a record number of medals at the London Games and is aiming for a top-10 finish at the 2016 Games in Rio. Team Brazil won 17 medals overall in London, two more than it did in 2008 in Beijing and 1996 in Atlanta. It finished with the same 3 gold medals as in Beijing, two short of its record from the 2004 Athens Games, when Brazil was 16th overall.
In addition to the 3 gold medals, Brazil won 5 silver and 9 bronze.
In 2016 the committee is expecting the Brazilian athletes to make more finals, particularly in swimming and athletics saying they have already identified some of the sports in which the country will need to improve in order to finish in the top 10 in Rio.
DEDICATED TO ALL THE ATHLETES WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE 2012 LONDON OLYMPICS AND THOSE TO COME...
Plan to attend? Check out ticket prices to Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
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