2016 Summer Olympics

Multi-sport event in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

The 2016 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events in some sports beginning on 3 August. Rio de Janeiro was announced as the host city at the 121st IOC Session in Copenhagen, Denmark, on 2 October 2009.

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Brazilian pole vaulter Thiago Braz, who won gold at the 2016 Rio Olympics, has been banned for 16 months for a doping offence.
Credit: BBC Sport - Published 5 days ago

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