5.08.2016
Olympic Games, world’s largest international multi-sport event that is held every four years, starts tonight. The Opening Ceremony of the 31st Games will start in Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on the night of 6 August at 02:00 Turkish local time. The sporting events will take place across 37 venues spread across 4 regions of the city namely – Barra, Copacabana, Deodoro, and Maracanã together with 5 stadiums out of Rio de Janeiro (São Paulo, Brasília, Belo Horizonte, Salvador and Manaus) for football matches.
The Opening Ceremony and the events of Rio 2016 Olympic Games will be broadcasted live on TRT for 17 days. 306 sport events will be done and 2.102 medals will be given during the Games. 10.500 athletes from 206 countries will take place across the 42 disciplines of the 28 Olympic sports in the Games. Furthermore, the Refugee Team will also take part in the Games.
Turkey will participate in 21 sports with 48 women and 55 men 103 total athletes to Rio 2016. The Turkish flagbearer will be the world champion and bronze medallist of London 2012, Turkish wrestler Rıza Kayaalp. It is expected that over 25.000 journalists will follow the Games.