Opening ceremonies are about to start for the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. More than 11,000 athletes from 206 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) are scheduled to take part in 28 Olympic sports for a total of 306 sets of medals. Many firsts are happening here; this is the First Olympics held in South America and Brazil, the first Olympics for Kosovo and South Sudan, the first time Rugby Sevens will be played at the Olympics, and the first time that Golf has been an Olympic Sport since 1904.
Got any teams you're rooting for? Any sports/matches/rounds/athletes that you're dying to see?
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