Summer the Olympics will take place in Brazil in Rio de Janeiro from August 5 to 21.
It will most likely not be very convenient for us to watch live broadcasts. Time zones will have an impact.
Surely the Olympics will amaze with a riot of colors. Carnival specialists will not miss the opportunity to demonstrate their skills.
Olympic venues 2016.
Maracana
The opening ceremony will take place here.
Football competitions are planned here and in the surrounding area, athletics and volleyball.
Barra
Barra will accept rhythmic gymnastics, wrestling, basketball, tennis, cycling, golf, water polo and diving.
Copacabana
Copacabana will host competitions in swimming, rowing, sailing, triathlon.
Deodoro
It is planned to hold such events in Deodoro sports competitions, like: mountain bike; rowing slalom; pentathlon; shooting; equestrian competitions; fencing.
Talisman 2016
The mascots were characters of yellow-orange and blue-green colors.
The yellow one looks like some kind of cat-like animal, and the blue one looks like a fruit or a bright sea anemone.
The animal-like mascot was named Vinicius, and the plant-like mascot was named Tom.
Olympics logo.
The logo is three dancing men (of course) green, yellow and blue. They combined the brightness of the hostess of the Olympics - the sun, lush vegetation and the blue ocean.
Medals.
Medals for the 2016 Olympics will be made from old electrical appliances
The choice of raw materials was dictated by the desire to demonstrate the concern of the Games organizers about the environment.
The Brazilian Mint will produce 4,924 award and 75,000 commemorative medals for the Summer Olympics and Paralympics.
Ticket prices.
Most cheap ticket will cost sports fans 14 euros.
The organizers have not yet provided any discounts for preferential groups of citizens.
One of the most expensive pleasures will be going to the final of the 100-meter race. The ticket will cost 420 euros - this is best places. In London, the cost of similar tickets was over 900 euros.
The best seats at the opening ceremony cost 1600 euros, in England, for such a pleasure you had to part with the amount of 2530 euros.
The cost of a ticket for the closing ceremony of Rio 2016 is about 1050 euros, for the tennis finals - 245 euros.
On the eve of Holy Week, Orthodox believers celebrate (this is also the name of the church holiday Entry of the Lord into Jerusalem).
The holiday is dedicated to the triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem. On a young donkey, Jesus Christ rode into the capital of Judea to the admiring exclamations of the crowd, covering his path with branches of date palms, as if he were a king or a conqueror.
In our “northern” country, palm trees do not grow (with the possible exception of the city of Sochi and its environs), so in Rus' palm branches were replaced with willow branches. On Palm Sunday, believers make bouquets of willow branches with fluffy buds, consecrate them in churches and place them at home as a symbol of the holiday.
For a whole year, until next Palm Sunday, several branches are kept behind the icon, bringing peace and prosperity to the house.
Traditions and customs of Palm Sunday:
There have long been traditions of celebrating this day.In the morning with a small bouquet of willow should attend a church service where it happens blessing of branches. The number of willow branches should correspond to the number of members of your family.
After consecration, the willow acquires miraculous powers: it relieves diseases, evil spirits, damage and other troubles.
At the end of the service, the whole family gathers for a festive dinner. It is on the day of Palm Sunday that it is allowed to prepare various dishes with fish for lunch during Lent.
A custom from ancient times not allowed to work on this day. However, this rule only applies first half of the day, usually before the end of the church service. After all, household chores, especially in rural areas, cannot be avoided. If possible, try not to do laundry on this day, but you can work with the soil.
There are also customs associated with willow collected and blessed on Palm Sunday:
* Willow twigs have truly wonderful properties. Collected on this day, they are able to ward off illnesses and misfortunes. Therefore, on the way home from the temple, many people lightly lash each other with willow.
* Willow buds, if carried with you, give strength to men. And young women use willow buds as amulet and assistant in conceiving a child. There is a belief that if you eat 9 willow buds (can be baked in bread), it will protect you from toothache, infertility, sore throat, and other diseases.
* If pat a girl on the back a twig of a blooming willow, then the groom will certainly appear soon and the wedding is just around the corner.
* On farms bake special breads, into which willow buds are mixed. If such bread is fed to livestock or pets, the animals will begin (continue) to grow well and will not get sick. Also, to protect animals from harm, you can sprinkle the animals with willow branches moistened with holy water.
Here are some signs associated with the weather on Palm Sunday:
*If on this day windy and cloudy- this means don’t expect warmth all summer, summer promises to be cold.
*If it is shining sun and warmth- spring will be warm and summer will come early.
Incredible facts
Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil starts on August 5 and will last until August 21, 2016.
The opening and closing ceremonies will take place at the Maracana Stadium, and during the games, approximately 16,000 athletes will compete, competing for 306 sets of medals in 42 sports.
More than 1.6 million foreign tourists visit Rio de Janeiro every year. This is the most visited city in Brazil, because in 2015 alone, about a million tourists came to Rio for the carnival.
Here are a few interesting facts about Olympic Games 2016 you wanted to know.
Summer Olympics 2016
1. For the first time in history, the Olympic Games will be held in South America . Rio de Janeiro was voted out in 2009, leaving cities like Chicago, Madrid and Tokyo behind.
2. Relay olympic flame began on April 21 at the home of the Olympic Games in Olympia, Greece, traveling through Brazil in just over 90 days, ending in Rio de Janeiro on August 5th.
3. The opening and closing ceremonies will be held at Maracanã Stadium, which holds the record for the largest number of football fans attending.
Although it currently seats about 78,000 people, it was able to gather 173,000 fans during the 1950 FIFA World Cup final. It was also the site of the 2014 FIFA World Cup final.
4. It is expected that approx. 10,500 athletes from 206 countries will take part in the Olympics, playing 306 sets of awards.
5. The competition will take place in four different zones: on Copacabana beach- where the beach volleyball competition will take place, in Barra da Tijuca– where is it located? Olympic Park, V Deodoro– where the water sports competitions will take place, Olympic CenterBMX and centers for equestrian sports, as well as in Maracana, where there are two large stadiums.
Sports in the 2016 Olympic Games
6. Golf will return to the Olympics after a 112-year hiatus. The International Olympic Committee has decided to reintroduce this sport, competitions in which last time took place in 1900 and 1904.
7. For the first time, Olympians born in 2000 will participate in the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.
According to the rules, athletes born before January 1, 2003 can take part in competitions, but some sports have different age restrictions. The youngest participants will most likely compete in sports such as gymnastics and diving.
8. A team of athletes who were forced to leave their country will take part in the competition. The IOC stated that about 5-10 private participants The refugee team will compete under the Olympic flag.
9. Vinicius is the mascot of the 2016 Olympics.- a yellow-blue character representing the animal world of Brazil.
It is similar to a cat or monkey that can fly and stretch its limbs and body.
It was named after the Brazilian musician Vinicius di Moraes, who became one of the authors of the famous bossa nova composition “The Girl from Ipanema”. Organizers hope the mascot will help them raise 1 billion reais ($398 million) from merchandise sales.
10. Total submitted to the Olympic Games 7.5 million tickets, with prices ranging from $40 for some swim meets to nearly $3,000 for prime seats at the opening ceremony.
The most popular competitions are football, basketball, volleyball and handball.
11. The organizers plan prepare about 60,000 meals a day to feed athletes. Traditional Brazilian dishes such as rice, black beans and grilled meats, tapioca, cheese buns and acai berries will be offered.
Participants of the 2016 Olympic Games
12. Expected at the 2016 Olympic Games participation of 70,000 volunteers mainly from Brazil, USA, UK, Russia and China.
13. For the Olympics about 85,000 soldiers and police are involved is the largest security force assembled for an event in Brazil's history, twice the size of the security forces present at the London 2012 Olympics.
14. The organizing committee provided Rio de Janeiro taxi drivers with the opportunity to enroll in free online English courses.
15. The motto of the Rio de Janeiro Olympics was “Viva sua paixão,” which translates to “Live your passion.”
There is less than a year left to wait until the opening of the next Summer Olympic Games. The main sports competitions of the four-year anniversary will start on August 5, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro at the Maracanã stadium. For the first time, the Olympics will be held in South America.
Summer Olympics 2016were far from the first application for holding this kind of competition in Brazil. Rio de Janeiro previously competed to host the Olympics in 1936, 1940, 2004 and 2012. Attempts to host the main Games were successful for only the fifth time for Rio. In addition to Brazil, Madrid (Spain), Tokyo (Japan) and Chicago (USA) also competed for the right to host the XXXI Summer Games. It is interesting that at the first stage St. Petersburg also fought for the opportunity to host the Summer Olympic Games. However, in the summer of 2007, after the city of Sochi received the right to host the 2014 Winter Games, the northern capital withdrew from this race.
NUMBERS
The Summer Olympic Games in sunny Brazil will take place from August 5 to 21. August in this country is considered calendar winter. The air temperature here at this time is from +18 to +25 degrees. In Rio de Janeiro, August is the coldest and windiest month of the year, but at the same time one of the sunniest (22 days of clear weather). The opening ceremony of the XXXI Summer Olympic Games will begin on August 5 at 18:00 local time (at Southern Urals- 2 am). According to the tradition that began at the 1996 Games, it will be Friday.
Feature of the upcoming Olympics will be a return to the official program after a long absence of such sports as rugby sevens and golf. Rugby competitions within summer games was last held 92 years ago, and golf has not been considered an Olympic event for the last 112 years.
According to the organizers, in the upcoming competitions over 10 thousand athletes will take part, which will represent 205 countries of the world. Athletes will play 306 sets awards in 42 types. Largest quantity medals - 47 sets (23 for women, 24 for men) will go to track and field athletes. Almost 5 thousand award and 75 thousand commemorative Olympic medals will be produced by the Brazilian Mint.
Over 7.5 million tickets tickets for sports competitions are already available by booking through the National Olympic Committee. The cheapest seats at the opening ceremony will cost spectators $86, while the most expensive seats go up to $2,000. The average price of a ticket to the competition is $30.
Official cost of preparing for the Olympics in Brazil today is $2.9 billion. The amount differs significantly from the originally announced - 1.8 billion. The organizers attributed the significant increase to inflation, the addition of new species to the program and an unforeseen increase in costs for the development of the Olympic village.
SYMBOLS OF RIO 2016
Emblem of the XXXI Olympic Games, according to its creators, symbolizes Rio de Janeiro itself. The symbol of the future Games is based on the three colors of the national flag of Brazil, and the winding lines represent the sea, sun, mountains and silhouettes of people dancing together.
- Vinicius and Tom- presented back in November 2014. The patrons of the Games received their names in honor of famous Brazilian musicians. The characters represent collective images of the rich flora and fauna of a tropical country. Olympic mascot depicted as a smiling yellow animal, Vinicius, similar to a cat. Tom, resembling a cross between a flower and a tree, is the mascot of the Paralympic Games, the personification of Brazilian flora.
OLYMPIC FLAME
The traditional lighting of the fire will take place on April 21, 2016 in Greece. The flame will be delivered to the capital of the Games on a special flight by air by April 27, and will start on May 3 Rio 2016 Olympic torch relay. It is planned to involve 12 thousand torchbearers. The length of the walking route for each participant will be about 200 meters. The total length of the route will be 20 and 16 thousand km by land and air, respectively.
The relay will take place almost throughout Brazil, and almost 90% of the country's residents will have the opportunity to see this event. The end of the long journey of the Olympic flame will be the grand opening of the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.
OLYMPIC OBJECTS
Sports venues The organizers divided it into four zones: Copacabana, Maracana, Deodoro and Barra.
Copacabana as one of the most famous beaches in the world will be an area primarily for aquatic species. Medals will be awarded here for sailing, open water swimming, triathlon, rowing, as well as cycling (road), walking and marathon.
Maracanã Zone named after its central sports facility- famous football stadium. It is at the Maracanã stadium that the opening and closing ceremonies of the Games, as well as football competitions, will take place. Other facilities in this zone include the Maracanisinho volleyball arena and the João Havelange stadium, where track and field athletes will compete.
Formerly a military base Deodoro According to the organizers, for the duration of the Games it will become a competition zone where medals will be played out in equestrian sports, modern pentathlon, fencing, rowing slalom, cycling (BMX, mountain biking) and shooting.
The largest and most competition-rich area in Rio will be Barra. Within its boundaries will be located: the Olympic Arena (art and artistic gymnastics, trampolining), Olympic tennis center, Maria Lenk swimming pool (water polo, diving), water sports center (swimming, synchronized swimming), Riocentre (boxing, badminton, table tennis, weightlifting), Olympic halls 1-4 (taekwondo, judo, wrestling, basketball, handball), golf center, velodrome.
Except sports grounds On the territory of Barra there are the Olympic Park and the Olympic Village, as well as press and television centers.
By sports standards, the wait is not too long until the opening of the Olympic Games - less than a year! In some sports, the struggle for tickets to the main competitions of the four years is already in full swing. It is too early to talk about possible results and make any predictions. However, fans of the Russian team believe that very soon the next Olympic Games will write new Russian names in the history of world sports.
AND two-time champion world cross-country Emily Chebet. Four Kenyan athletics executives were suspended by the IAAF in November 2015 on suspicion of financial and doping fraud. In May 2016, the World Anti-Doping Agency declared the Kenya Anti-Doping Agency "non-compliant". Seven coaches and agents in Kenya have been charged with facilitating the doping of Kenyan athletes. In June, the IOC ordered the international federations of their respective sports to admit Kenyan athletes to the Olympic Games individually, after they pass additional anti-doping tests. At the end of July, the head of the Kenyan National Olympic Committee, Kipchoge Keino, announced that Kenyan athletes would pass doping tests “without any problems.”
Russia
On July 3, the Russian Olympic Committee and 68 Russian track and field athletes filed a lawsuit with the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne (CAS). The hearing of the case was scheduled for July 19, the CAS verdict was announced on July 21 - Russian track and field athletes were not allowed to compete at the Olympics.
Russian athletes admitted to the Olympics
First Russian athlete runner Yulia Stepanova, admitted to the Olympics on an individual basis. The IAAF message said that the athlete would be able to compete not under the Russian, but under the Olympic flag. The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) requested that Yulia Stepanova be admitted to the Olympics, due to the fact that the athlete and her husband Vitaly Stepanov, who left for the USA, are recognized as important informants of the anti-doping agency. However, on July 24, the IOC did not allow Stepanova to participate in the Games, as she had previously been convicted of doping.
Another 80 sought the right to compete at the Games. Russian athletes. The IAAF rejected all relevant entries for international competition except one, from long jumper Daria Klishina. She was the only track and field athlete who was able to participate in the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro under Russian flag.
Weightlifters
Azerbaijan
After 7 Azerbaijani weightlifters were disqualified due to positive results in doping tests in different competitions, the Azerbaijani team lost two Olympic licenses, and fell into team competition in 31st place, overall, of all licenses.
Bulgaria
In March 2015, the Bulgarian weightlifting team in full force was disqualified after 11 team members tested positive for doping tests. In the fall of the same year, the International Federation weightlifting did not allow Bulgarian weightlifters to participate in the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, and in January 2016 the Court of Arbitration for Sport upheld the IWF decision to suspend and rejected the appeal of the Bulgarian Weightlifting Federation.
Russia
The International Weightlifting Federation disqualified the entire Russian team. Thus, Russian weightlifters are completely excluded from participation in the 2016 Olympics
Republic of Kazakhstan
On June 24, 2016, the executive committee and congress of the International Weightlifting Federation stripped Kazakhstan of one men's and one women's license for the upcoming Olympic Games.
On June 25, 2016, by the decision of the disciplinary commission of the International Weightlifting Federation, Kazakh weightlifters were disqualified: Almas Uteshov (with deprivation of medals) and Ermek Omirtay for four years, Zhasulan Kydyrbaev (with deprivation of medals) for eight years. Prohibited anabolic androgenic steroids were found in the doping tests of these athletes during the World Championships in Houston; the Russian men's team in Belarus was disqualified due to doping.
The Belarusian men's kayaking and canoeing team has been disqualified for violating doping rules and will not compete at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. On July 16, it was reported that the executive committee of the International Canoe Federation (ICF) was suspending the Belarusian men's kayaking and canoeing team, including coaches, medical and support staff, from international competitions for a period of one year. Sports arbitration court in Lausanne (CAS) rejected the claim of the Belarusian kayaking and canoeing team for the disqualification of the team by the International Rowing Federation. The basis was the decision of the International Canoe Federation on the redistribution of Olympic quotas dated July 18, 2016.
