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Tokyo 2020 marathon course (Tokyo 2020) © Copyright Tokyo 2020 race walking courses (Tokyo 2020) © Copyright The marathon course will take in both modern and traditional districts of the city, starting and finishing at the Olympic Stadium and passing symbolic Tokyo landmarks along the way. These will include the Kaminarimon ("Thunder Gate") in Asakusa, guarded by the deities of wind and thunder; the Imperial Palace, the primary residence of the Emperor of Japan; Ginza's upmarket Chuo Street; the Zojoji temple, with the landmark Tokyo Tower as a backdrop; and Nihombashi bridge, the historic centre of the Japanese capital. The climax of the Tokyo 2020 marathon race will see the athletes running the final stretch leading to the Olympic Stadium uphill. Below, watch a time lapse tour of the marathon course. Marathon running in Japan has a long history and proud tradition. The Japanese have truly embraced distance running, and the Tokyo Marathon, one of the world's top six city marathons, now regularly attracts huge crowds of supporters. This year's event drew 300,000 applicants, with nearly 36,000 runners participating and more than one million people cheering on the streets. Tokyo 2020 for the IAAF https://www.iaaf.org/news/news/tokyo-2020-marathon-and-race-walk-courses-ann Looks like the marathon and race walking events are being moved to Sapporo because of the heat. Sapporo could now become the first city to host events (or at least medal events) for both the Summer and Winter Olympics https://www.olympic.org/news/international-olympic-committee-announces-plans-to-move-olympic-marathon-and-race-walking-to-sapporo

CTV released 2 5 Disc Blu-Ray sets after the 2010 Olympics. One for Olympic Events and another one for hockey.

I'm surprised no one has posted or requested the SI medal yet. Here they are: Norway 17-15-10-42 Germany 15-8-12-35 Canada 9-8-13-30 USA 9-10-9-28 France 1-12-5-18 The Netherlands 6-5-6-17 Austria 5-5-6-16 Japan 3-4-7 Sweden 4-5-4-13 South Korea 7-4-1-12 (Should now Korea) Switzerland 6-2-4-12 Italy 4-2-6-12 Russia (OAR) 2-5-4-11 ALPINE SKIING MEN Downhill ● Beat Feuz, Switzerland ● Aksel Lund Svindal, Norway ● Max Franz, Austria Svindal won a medal of every color in 2010. Super-G ● Kjetil Jansrud, Norway ● Vincent Kriechmayr, Austria ● Max Franz, Austria Jansrud broke a knuckle in his Olympic debut, in 2006. Combined ● Marcel Hirscher, Austria ● Kjetil Jansrud, Norway ● Alexis Pinturault, France Hirscher lost gold at worlds by .01 of a second. Giant Slalom ● Marcel Hirscher, Austria ● Henrik Kristoffersen, Norway ● Alexis Pinturault, France Hirscher fractured his left ankle in August. Slalom ● Marcel Hirscher, Austria ● Henrik Kristoffersen, Norway ● Michael Matt, Austria Hirscher has won six straight overall World Cup titles. WOMEN Downhill ● Lindsey Vonn, U.S. ● Tina Weirather, Liechtenstein ● Sofia Goggia, Italy Liechtenstein’s nine medals have all come in Alpine skiing. Super-G ● Lara Gut, Switzerland ● Tina Weirather, Liechtenstein ● Federica Brignone, Italy Mikaela Shiffrin only skied two Super-Gs this season, but she could strike here, too. Combined ● Mikaela Shiffrin, U.S. ● Sofia Goggia, Italy ● Wendy Holdener, Switzerland Goggia missed the Sochi Games with a torn left ACL. Giant Slalom ● Mikaela Shiffrin, U.S. ● Tessa Worley, France ● Viktoria Rebensburg, Germany Croatia’s Janica Kosteli´c’s four Alpine medals in 2002 are the most in one Games. Slalom ● Mikaela Shiffrin, U.S. ● Frida Hansdotter, Sweden ● Petra Vlhova, Slovakia Shiffrin has been in the top three in 25 of the last 26 World Cup slaloms. MIXED TEAM ● Austria ● France ● Switzerland Austria has won 114 Olympic Alpine medals. The Swiss are next with 59. BIATHLON MEN 10K sprint ● Johannes Thingnes Bø, Norway ● Martin Fourcade, France ● Arnd Peiffer, Germany Fourcade’s older brother, Simon, is a threetime Olympian. 12.5K pursuit ● Martin Fourcade, France ● Johannes Thingnes Bø, Norway ● Anton Shipulin, Russia Fourcade’s hometown, Ceret (pop. 7,700), is said to produce the world’s sweetest cherries. 15K mass start ● Johannes Thingnes Bø, Norway ● Martin Fourcade, France ● Tarjei Bø, Norway Tarjei, 29, is ve years older than brother Johannes. 20K individual ● Johannes Thingnes Bø, Norway ● Martin Fourcade, France ● Ondřej Moavec, Czech Republic World champ Lowell Bailey of the U.S. has been struggling. 4 × 7.5K relay ● Norway ● France ● Germany Career medal leader Ole Einar Bjørndalen didn’t make Norway’s team. WOMEN 7.5K sprint ● Anastasiya Kuzmina, Slovakia ● Kaisa Mäkäräinen, Finland ● Laura Dahlmeier, Germany Kuzmina’s brother, Anton Shipulin, competes in biathlon for Russia. 10K pursuit ● Dorothea Wierer, Italy ● Anastasiya Kuzmina, Slovakia ● Darya Domracheva, Belarus Kuzmina’s husband, Daniel Kuzmin, competed for Israel in cross-country until 2011. 12.5K mass start ● Laura Dahlmeier, Germany ● Kaisa Mäkäräinen, Finland ● Darya Domracheva, Belarus Dahlmeier won ve golds at worlds. 15K individual ● Kaisa Mäkäräinen, Finland ● Nadezhda Skardino, Belarus ● Valj Semerenko, Ukraine Mäkäräinen plans to teach physics. 4 × 6K relay ● Germany ● France ● Ukraine Eric Heiden’s niece, Joanne Reid, is on the U.S. team. Mixed relay ● Germany ● France ● Russia Biathlon is the only winter sport in which the U.S. has never won a medal. BOBSLED MEN Two-man ● Germany (driver: Francesco Friedrich) ● Canada (driver: Justin Kripps) ● Germany (driver: Johannes Lochner) Kripps was born in Naalehu, Hawaii. Four-man ● Germany (driver: Johannes Lochner) ● Germany (driver: Nico Walther) ● Germany (driver: Francesco Friedrich) Friedrich’s brother David spent three months in a coma after a sled crash in 2005. WOMEN Two-woman ● Canada (driver: Kaillie Humphries) ● U.S. (driver: Elana Meyers Taylor) ● Germany (driver: Stephanie Schneider) Meyers Taylor’s husband, bobsledder Nic Taylor, proposed while she was on a podium. CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING MEN 1.4K Sprint (Classical) ● Johannes Høsflot Klæbo, Norway ● Emil Iversen, Norway ● Federico Pellegrino, Italy Klæbo is an active vlogger on YouTube with 30,000 subscribers. Team Sprint (Freestyle) ● Italy ● Norway ● Sweden The Russians who won Sochi silver have been banned for doping. 15K Freestyle ● Dario Cologna, Switzerland ● Maurice Manificat, France ● Alex Harvey, Canada Harvey’s dad, Pierre, was an Olympian in cycling and cross-country. 30K Skiathlon ● Johannes Høsflot Klæbo, Norway ● Martin Johnsrud Sundby, Norway ● Maurice Manificat, France Sundby has won three overall World Cup titles but never Olympic gold. 50K Mass Start (Classical) ● Martin Johnsrud Sundby, Norway ● Alex Harvey, Canada ● Alexey Poltoranin, Kazakhstan Sochi winner Alexander Legkov was banned for doping. 4 × 10K relay ● Norway ● Russia ● Sweden Norway leads all countries with 40 crosscountry gold medals. WOMEN 1.2K Sprint (Classical) ● Maiken Caspersen Falla, Norway ● Stina Nilsson, Sweden ● Jessie Diggins, U.S. At worlds, Nilsson crashed out in the semis. Team Sprint (Freestyle) ● Sweden ● U.S. ● Norway The U.S. was eighth in 2014. 10K Freestyle ● Heidi Weng, Norway ● Ingvild Flugstad Østberg, Norway ● Jessie Diggins, U.S. Weng sleeps 12 hours per day. 15K Skiathlon ● Charlotte Kalla, Sweden ● Heidi Weng, Norway ● Marit Bjørgen, Norway Kalla made up a 25-second decit to lead Sweden to Sochi gold in the 4 × 5K relay. 30K Mass Start (Classical) ● Heidi Weng, Norway ● Charlotte Kalla, Sweden ● Marit Bjørgen, Norway Bjørgen’s partner is two-time Nordic combined gold medal winner Fred Børre Lundberg. 4 × 5K relay ● Norway ● Sweden ● Finland Norway leads all countries with 107 total cross-country medals. CURLING MEN ● Canada ● Sweden ● Switzerland The U.S. is ranked fourth in the world. WOMEN ● Canada ● Great Britain ● Sweden Two thirds of curling stones come from the Scottish island of Ailsa Craig. MIXED DOUBLES ● Switzerland ● Canada ● China The Swiss nipped Canada 6–5 at worlds. FIGURE SKATING MEN ● Nathan Chen, U.S. ● Yuzuru Hanyu, Japan ● Shoma Uno, Japan Sochi champion Hanyu played a Samurai lord in a 2016 film. WOMEN ● Alina Zagitova, Russia ● Evgenia Medvedeva, Russia ● Gabrielle Daleman, Canada Zagitova, 15, beat world champ Medvedeva at the European Championships. PAIRS ● Aliona Savchenko and Bruno Massot, Germany ● Sui Wenjing and Han Cong, China ● Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford, Canada Savchenko used to skate for her native Ukraine, Massot for his native France. ICE DANCING ● Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir, Canada ● Nathalie Péchalat and Fabian Bourzat, France ● Maia Shibutani and Alex Shibutani, U.S. All three U.S. duos are medal contenders. TEAM ● Canada ● Russia ● U.S. Host Russia won the inaugural event in 2014. FREESTYLE SKIING MEN Aerials ● Anton Kushnir, Belarus ● Qi Guangpu, China ● Maxim Burov, Russia Defending champ Kushnir is in his fourth Olympics. Halfpipe ● David Wise, U.S. ● Alex Ferreira, U.S. ● Simon D’Artois, Canada A U.S. sweep is possible. Moguls ● Mikaël Kingsbury, Canada ● Dmitriy Reiherd, Kazakhstan ● Ikuma Horishima, Japan Horishima recently snapped Kingsbury’s record of 13 straight World Cup wins. Ski Cross ● Alex Fiva, Switzerland ● Marc Bischofberger, Switzerland ● Jean-Frédéric Chapuis, France Fiva was born in Newport Beach, Calif. Slopestyle ● Øystein Bråten, Norway ● Andri Ragettli, Switzerland ● Ferdinand Dahl, Norway The U.S. swept this event in Sochi and could return to the podium in PyeongChang. WOMEN Aerials ● Xu Mengtao, China ● Hanna Huskova, Belarus ● Lydia Lassila, Australia Watch for U.S. veteran Ashley Caldwell. Halfpipe ● Cassie Sharpe, Canada ● Brita Sigourney, U.S. ● Marie Martinod, France At 22, Martinod, now 33, quit skiing for six years to run a nightclub. Moguls ● Jaelin Kauf, U.S. ● Britteny Cox, Australia ● Justine Dufour-Lapointe, Canada Kauf’s parents, Scott and Patty, were moguls world champions. Ski cross ● Sandra Näslund, Sweden ● Fanny Smith, Switzerland ● Georgia Simmerling, Canada Simmerling won a bronze medal in team pursuit cycling in Rio. Slopestyle ● Johanne Killi, Norway ● Tiril Sjåstad Christiansen, Norway ● Jennie-Lee Burmansson, Sweden Maggie Voisin, then 15, broke an ankle in Sochi; she’s now the U.S. hope. HOCKEY MEN ● Sweden ● Russia ● Canada In six Olympics, Team Russia has yet to strike gold. WOMEN ● Canada ● U.S. ● Finland The U.S. and Canada have met for gold in all 18 world championships. LUGE MEN Singles ● Felix Loch, Germany ● Wolfgang Kindl, Austria ● Semen Pavlichenko, Russia In 2010, Loch, then 20, became the youngest Olympic luge champ in history. Doubles ● Toni Eggert and Sascha Benecken, Germany ● Tobias Wendl and Tobias Arlt, Germany ● Peter Penz and Georg Fischler, Austria A German doubles team has won a medal in each Olympics since 1968. WOMEN Singles ● Natalie Geisenberger, Germany ● Dajana Eitberger, Germany ● Summer Britcher, U.S. German-speaking women have won 40 of 42 Olympic medals. MIXED Relay ● Germany ● Austria ● Italy The U.S. and Canada are medal contenders. NORDIC COMBINED Normal hill ● Johannes Rydzek, Germany ● Jan Schmid, Norway ● Jørgen Graabak, Norway Rydzek lost a Sochi medal when he clipped a rival’s skis on the last turn. Large hill ● Jan Schmid, Norway ● Johannes Rydzek, Germany ● Akito Watabe, Japan Watabe grew up within walking distance of the Nagano Olympic jumping venue. Team ● Germany ● Norway ● Finland Norway nipped Germany by 0.3 of a second in Sochi. SKELETON MEN ● Martins Dukurs, Latvia ● Yun Sung-bin, South Korea ● Axel Jungk, Germany Eight-time European champ Dukurs is still seeking his rst Olympic gold. WOMEN ● Jacqueline Lölling, Germany ● Tina Hermann, Germany ● Elisabeth Vathje, Canada Vathje is engaged to Austrian bobsledder Benjamin Maier. SKI JUMPING MEN Normal hill ● Kamil Stoch, Poland ● Stefan Kraft, Austria ● Daniel-André Tande, Norway Stoch won both the normal and large hill events in Sochi. Large hill ● Richard Freitag, Germany ● Kamil Stoch, Poland ● Andreas Wellinger, Germany Watch for Japan’s eight-time Olympian Noriaki Kasai, 45. Team ● Germany ● Poland ● Norway The U.S. has a single medal (Anders Haugen’s bronze in 1924) in the sport. WOMEN Normal hill ● Maren Lundby, Norway ● Katharina Althaus, Germany ● Sara Takanashi, Japan Takanashi entered Sochi with 15 of 18 wins, but came in fourth. SNOWBOARDING MEN Big Air ● Mark McMorris, Canada ● Chris Corning, U.S. ● Marcus Kleveland, Norway Kleveland was the rst rider to land a quad cork 1800 in Big Air competition. Halfpipe ● Scotty James, Australia ● Shaun White, U.S. ● Iouri Podladtchikov, Switzerland In 2010, James, 15, became Australia’s youngest male Olympian in 50 years. Parallel Giant Slalom ● Nevin Galmarini, Switzerland ● Alexander Payer, Austria ● Roland Fischnaller, Italy Reigning world champ Andreas Prommegger of Austria, 37, is still a threat. Slopestyle ● Red Gerard, U.S. ● Marcus Kleveland, Norway ● Hiroaki Kunitake, Japan Gerard grew up with a terrain park in his Colorado backyard. Snowboardcross ● Alex Pullin, Australia ● Pierre Vaultier, France ● Alessandro Haemmerle, Austria Pullin is also a guitar player, songwriter and singer. WOMEN Big Air ● Anna Gasser, Austria ● Miyabi Onitsuka, Japan ● Julia Marino, U.S. Watch for 17-year-old X Games champ Hailey Langland of the U.S. Halfpipe ● Chloe Kim, U.S. ● Maddie Mastro, U.S. ● Kelly Clark, U.S. This would be the fourth podium for the 34-year-old Clark. Parallel Giant Slalom ● Ester Ledecká, Czech Republic ● Selina Joerg, Germany ● Julia Dujmovits, Austria Ledecká’s grandfather, Jan Klapác, won two Olympic ice hockey medals. Slopestyle ● Christy Prior, New Zealand ● Jamie Anderson, U.S. ● Reira Iwabuchi, Japan British-native Prior didn’t snowboard until she was 17. Snowboardcross ● Michela Moioli, Italy ● Lindsey Jacobellis, U.S. ● Chloe Trespeuch, France Jacobellis has won 10 X Games gold medals, but she crashed in the last three Olympics. SPEEDSKATING (LONG-TRACK) MEN 500 Meters ● Ronald Mulder, Netherlands ● Kai Verbij, Netherlands ● Håvard Holmefjord Lorentzen, Norway Mulder’s twin, Michel, won the 500-meter long-track event in Sochi and came in third at 1,000 meters. 1,000 Meters ● Kjeld Nuis, Netherlands ● Kai Verbij, Netherlands ● Vincent De Haître, Canada De Haître was Canada’s 1,000-meter track cycling champ in 2013. 1,500 Meters ● Denis Yuskov, Russia ● Koen Verweij, Netherlands ● Kjeld Nuis, Netherlands Born in Moscow, Yuskov, who thought he was going to soccer practice at his rst training session, grew up in Moldova. 5,000 Meters ● Sven Kramer, Netherlands ● Ted-Jan Bloemen, Canada ● Nicola Tumolero, Italy Dual citizen Bloemen is a Dutch native. 10,000 Meters ● Sven Kramer, Netherlands ● Jorrit Bergsma, Netherlands ● Patrick Beckert, Germany Kramer’s girlfriend, Naomi van As, won two Olympic golds in eld hockey. Team Pursuit ● Netherlands ● Norway ● Canada Dutch skaters won eight of 12 races in Sochi. Mass Start ● Lee Seung-hoon, South Korea ● Joey Mantia, U.S. ● Sven Kramer, Netherlands Mantia twice won Pan-Am Games golds in in-line skating. WOMEN 500 Meters ● Nao Kodaira, Japan ● Lee Sang-hwa, South Korea ● Arisa Go, Japan Two-time Olympic champ Lee turns 29 on the day of the closing ceremony. 1,000 Meters ● Nao Kodaira, Japan ● Miho Takagi, Japan ● Heather Bergsma, U.S. Bergsma and her Dutch husband, Jorrit, have combined for 23 worlds medals. 1,500 Meters ● Miho Takagi, Japan ● Marrit Leenstra, Netherlands ● Ireen Wüst, Netherlands Takagi was a 2010 Olympian at age 15. 3,000 Meters ● Martina Sábliková, Czech Republic ● Claudia Pechstein, Germany ● Antoinette de Jong, Netherlands European 3K champ Esmee Visser made the Dutch team only at 5K. 5,000 Meters ● Martina Sábliková, Czech Republic ● Natalia Voronina, Russia ● Claudia Pechstein, Germany Sábliková is a former national cycling champ in the time trial. Mass Start ● Francesca Lollobrigida, Italy ● Kim Bo-reum, South Korea ● Guo Dan, China The mass start returns to the Olympics after an 86-year layoff. Team Pursuit ● Netherlands ● Japan ● Germany Dutch skaters won 23 medals in Sochi; Poland was next with three. SPEEDSKATING (SHORT-TRACK) MEN 500 Meters ● Wu Dajing, China ● Shaolin Sándor Liu, Hungary ● Samuel Girard, Canada Wu says his sports hero is Michael Phelps. 1,000 Meters ● Shaolin Sándor Liu, Hungary ● Wu Dajing, China ● Hwang Dae-heon, South Korea Sándor’s girlfriend is Elise Christie. 1,500 Meters ● Hwang Dae-heon, South Korea ● Charles Hamelin, Canada ● Sjinkie Knegt, Netherlands In 2014, Knegt became the rst Dutch person to win a short-track medal. 5,000-Meter Relay ● South Korea ● Canada ● Netherlands The U.S. team could nab a medal. WOMEN 500 Meters ● Choi Min-jeong, South Korea ● Marianne St-Gelais, Canada ● Elise Christie, Great Britain South Korea has never won gold or silver at 500. 1,000 Meters ● Choi Min-jeong, South Korea ● Kim Boutin, Canada ● Elise Christie, Great Britain Christie has dyed her hair a dozen different colors before events. 1,500 Meters ● Choi Min-jeong, South Korea ● Shim Suk-hee, South Korea ● Kim Boutin, Canada In 2015, Choi was world champ at age 16. 3,000-Meter Relay ● South Korea ● China ● Canada All but five of South Korea’s 26 winter golds have come in short track

Team GB had some major problems getting their luggage once they arrived home. http://www.foxnews.com/travel/2016/08/24/baggage-claim-blunder-british-olympic-team-struggles-with-matching-red-luggage.html

- One medal is awarded for each team member: - 1 Medal for individual events: (Long Jump, Men's Boxing ) - 2 medals for double events, (ie Tennis Men's Doubles, Sync. Diving) - 4+ medals for relays (Swimming: 4x100 IM, Athletics: 4x400m) - 10+ for Team Sports (Handball 15, Football 18, etc) Take Denmark for example Actual Total 2 Gold / 6 Silver / 7 Bronze Distributed Total: 16 G, 10 S, 16 Bronze Gold: Swimming (1), Team Handball (15 Players) = 16 Silver: Individual Events (4), Badminton Doubles (2), Cycling Road Race (4) = 10 Bronze: Individual Events (3), Rowing Pairs (2), Cycling Team Pursuit (5), Swimming 4x100 IM (4) , Sailing (2) = 16 === In the 2014 Winter Olympics by winning all the team events (Men's and Women's Hockey & Curling), Canada would be on top With 63G, 22S, 5B for a total of 90 medals.

The results books for the 2016 Olympics have all been posted. These books might still be updated in the next couple of days. https://www.rio2016.com/en/archery-schedule-and-results-download Their under the 'Featured Reports' section. Right Click, on the Results Book, and then 'Save As' The best way to change sports, is via the Sport Drop Down menu under downloads. Some of the books are huge. The Tennis one is 54MB and over 800 pages, while the Golf one is 152MB, and over 1,000 pages.

Great Britain won gold in 15 different sports, and medal in 19 different sports. USA won gold in 13 different sports, and medal in 22 different sports. China won gold in 10 different sports, and medal in 19 different sports

Combined medal standings from the Summer and Winter Games. - Brazil top medal winner without a Winter Game Medal (18 Medals) Followed by Azerbaijan and New Zealand with 17 Medals - Lativia only country to medal in 2014 Winter Games, but not in 2016 Summer Games Strong Winter Countries: (More than as many Winter medals than Summer) Austria 17 Winter / 1 Summer Norway: 26 Winter / 4 Summer Finland: 5 Winter / 1 Summer Overall 2016 Summer Olympics 2014 Winter Olympics Gold Silver Bronze Total Gold Silver Bronze Total Gold Silver Bronze Total United States (USA) 55 44 50 149 46 37 38 121 9 7 12 28 Russia (RUS) 32 29 28 89 19 18 19 56 13 11 9 33 China (CHN) 29 22 28 79 26 18 26 70 3 4 2 9 Great Britain (GBR) 28 24 19 71 27 23 17 67 1 1 2 4 Germany (GER) 25 16 20 61 17 10 15 42 8 6 5 19 France (FRA) 14 22 21 57 10 18 14 42 4 4 7 15 Japan (JPN) 13 12 24 49 12 8 21 41 1 4 3 8 Canada (CAN) 14 13 20 47 4 3 15 22 10 10 5 25 Netherlands (NED) 16 14 13 43 8 7 4 19 8 7 9 24 Italy (ITA) 8 14 14 36 8 12 8 28 0 2 6 8 Australia (AUS) 8 13 11 32 8 11 10 29 0 2 1 3 Norway (NOR) 11 5 14 30 0 0 4 4 11 5 10 26 South Korea (KOR) 12 6 11 29 9 3 9 21 3 3 2 8 Sweden (SWE) 4 13 9 26 2 6 3 11 2 7 6 15 Brazil (BRA)* 7 6 6 19 7 6 6 19 Austria (AUT) 4 8 6 18 0 0 1 1 4 8 5 17 Azerbaijan (AZE) 1 7 10 18 1 7 10 18 Czech Republic (CZE) 3 6 9 18 1 2 7 10 2 4 2 8 Kazakhstan (KAZ) 3 5 10 18 3 5 9 17 0 0 1 1 New Zealand (NZL) 4 9 5 18 4 9 5 18 Switzerland (SUI) 9 5 4 18 3 2 2 7 6 3 2 11 Poland (POL) 6 4 7 17 2 3 6 11 4 1 1 6 Spain (ESP) 7 4 6 17 7 4 6 17 Belarus (BLR) 6 4 5 15 1 4 4 9 5 0 1 6 Denmark (DEN) 2 6 7 15 2 6 7 15 Hungary (HUN) 8 3 4 15 8 3 4 15 Kenya (KEN) 6 6 1 13 6 6 1 13 Ukraine (UKR) 3 5 5 13 2 5 4 11 1 0 1 2 Uzbekistan (UZB) 4 2 7 13 4 2 7 13 Slovenia (SLO) 3 4 5 12 1 2 1 4 2 2 4 8 Croatia (CRO) 5 4 2 11 5 3 2 10 0 1 0 1 Cuba (CUB) 5 2 4 11 5 2 4 11 Jamaica (JAM) 6 3 2 11 6 3 2 11 South Africa (RSA) 2 6 2 10 2 6 2 10 Colombia (COL) 3 2 3 8 3 2 3 8 Ethiopia (ETH) 1 2 5 8 1 2 5 8 Iran (IRI) 3 1 4 8 3 1 4 8

Ahmed Mohammed finished 5th in the 5000m, was DQ, now Ahmed finished in 4th. The 4th place Ethiopian was DQed.

USA DQ, Canada Wins Bronze, Japan still gets SIlver (Did the USA drop the baton at the finish line?)

From the Newseum These are the front pages from newspapers from South America. http://www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages/?tfp_display=gallery&tfp_region=South You can find front page covers from around the world. The front pages will change daily. If you want to grab covers from Opening Ceremonies grab them before they are updated Sunday morning. (Most likely around 5 am EST)

Not a big deal but, I notice that during TV coverage the races finish on the right side of the TV. I could be wrong, but in almost every previous Olympics Swimming event the swimmers finish on the left side of the TV. I know I won't affect the swimmers, but most TV viewers are familiar in finishing the race of the left side.

I notice the list on Wikipedia is now different that was posted before. Some of the countries are now in different spots. Here is the link to the updated list: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_Summer_Olympics_Parade_of_Nations Kuwait (between Yemen and India) is now listed as the 'Independent Olympic Participants' and given the IOC code KUW

Greece First: Following by the countries in alphabetical order of the host country (Brazilian Portuguese) Refugee Olympic Athletes (New this year) Brazil https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_Summer_Olympics_Parade_of_Nations 1 Greece (GRE) 2 Afghanistan (AFG) 3 South Africa (RSA) 4 Albania (ALB) 5 Germany (GER) 6 Andorra (AND) 7 Angola (ANG) 8 Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (MKD) 9 Antigua and Barbuda (ANT) 10 Saudi Arabia (KSA) 11 Algeria (ALG) 12 Argentina (ARG) 13 Armenia (ARM) 14 Aruba (ARU) 15 Australia (AUS) 16 Austria (AUT) 17 Azerbaijan (AZE) 18 Bahamas (BAH) 19 Bahrain (BRN) 20 Bangladesh (BAN) 21 Barbados (BAR) 22 Belgium (BEL) 23 Belize (BIZ) 24 Benin (BEN) 25 Bermuda (BER) 26 Belarus (BLR) 27 Bolivia (BOL) 28 Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH) 29 Botswana (BOT) 30 Brunei Darussalam (BRU) 31 Bulgaria (BUL) 32 Burkina Faso (BUR) 33 Burundi (BDI) 34 Bhutan (BHU) 35 Cape Verde (CPV) 36 Cameroon (CMR) 37 Cambodia (CAM) 38 Canada (CAN) 39 Qatar (QAT) 40 Kazakhstan (KAZ) 41 Chad (CHA) 42 Chile (CHI) 43 Cyprus (CYP) 44 Colombia (COL) 45 Comoros (COM) 46 Congo (CGO) 47 Ivory Coast (CIV) 48 Costa Rica (CRC) 49 Croatia (CRO) 50 Cuba (CUB) 51 Denmark (DEN) 52 Djibouti (DJI) 53 Dominica (DMA) 54 Egypt (EGY) 55 El Salvador (ESA) 56 United Arab Emirates (UAE) 57 Ecuador (ECU) 58 Eritrea (ERI) 59 Slovakia (SVK) 60 Slovenia (SLO) 61 Spain (ESP) 62 Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) 63 United States of America (USA) 64 Estonia (EST) 65 Ethiopia (ETH) 66 Russian Federation (RUS) 67 Fiji (FIJ) 68 Philippines (PHI) 69 Finland (FIN) 70 France (FRA) 71 Gabon (GAB) 72 Gambia (GAM) 73 Ghana (GHA) 74 Georgia (GEO) 75 Great Britain (GBR) 76 Grenada (GRN) 77 Guam (GUM) 78 Guatemala (GUA) 79 Guyana (GUY) 80 Guinea (GUI) 81 Guinea-Bissau (GBS) 82 Equatorial Guinea (GEQ) 83 Haiti (HAI) 84 Honduras (HON) 85 Hong Kong, China (HKG) 86 Hungary (HUN) 87 Yemen (YEM) 88 Cayman Islands (CAY) 89 Cook Islands (COK) 90 Marshall Islands (MHL) 91 Solomon Islands (SOL) 92 Virgin Islands (ISV) 93 British Virgin Islands (IVB) 94 India (IND) 95 Indonesia (INA) 96 Iraq (IRQ) 97 Ireland (IRL) 98 Iceland (ISL) 99 Israel (ISR) 100 Italy (ITA) 101 Jamaica (JAM) 102 Japan (JPN) 103 Jordan (JOR) 104 Kiribati (KIR) 105 Kosovo (KOS) 106 Kuwait (KUW) 107 Lesotho (LES) 108 Latvia (LAT) 109 Lebanon (LIB) 110 Liberia (LBR) 111 Libya (LBA) 112 Liechtenstein (LIE) 113 Lithuania (LTU) 114 Luxembourg (LUX) 115 Madagascar (MAD) 116 Malaysia (MAS) 117 Malawi (MAW) 118 Maldives (MDV) 119 Mali (MLI) 120 Malta (MLT) 121 Morocco (MAR) 122 Mauritius (MRI) 123 Mauritania (MTN) 124 Mexico (MEX) 125 Mozambique (MOZ) 126 Monaco (MON) 127 Mongolia (MGL) 128 Montenegro (MNE) 129 Myanmar (MYA) 130 Namibia (NAM) 131 Nauru (NRU) 132 Nepal (NEP) 133 Nicaragua (NCA) 134 Niger (NIG) 135 Nigeria (NGR) 136 Norway (NOR) 137 New Zealand (NZL) 138 Oman (OMA) 139 Netherlands (NED) 140 Palau (PLW) 141 Palestine (PLE) 142 Panama (PAN) 143 Papua New Guinea (PNG) 144 Pakistan (PAK) 145 Paraguay (PAR) 146 Peru (PER) 147 Poland (POL) 148 Puerto Rico (PUR) 149 Portugal (POR) 150 Kenya (KEN) 151 Kyrgyzstan (KGZ) 152 Central African Republic (CAF) 153 Republic of Korea (KOR) 154 Republic of Moldova (MDA) 155 Democratic Republic of the Congo (COD) 156 Dominican Republic (DOM) 157 Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) 158 People's Republic of China (CHN) 159 Democratic People's Republic of Korea (PRK) 160 Lao People's Democratic Republic (LAO) 161 Czech Republic (CZE) 162 Romania (ROU) 163 Rwanda (RWA) 164 Samoa (SAM) 165 American Samoa (ASA) 166 San Marino (SMR) 167 Saint Lucia (LCA) 168 Saint Kitts and Nevis (SKN) 169 São Tomé and Príncipe (STP) 170 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (VIN) 171 Senegal (SEN) 172 Sierra Leone (SLE) 173 Serbia (SRB) 174 Seychelles (SEY) 175 Singapore (SIN) 176 Syria (SYR) 177 Somalia (SOM) 178 Sri Lanka (SRI) 179 Swaziland (SWZ) 180 Sudan (SUD) 181 South Sudan (SSD) 182 Sweden (SWE) 183 Switzerland (SUI) 184 Suriname (SUR) 185 Thailand (THA) 186 Chinese Taipei (TPE) 187 Tajikistan (TJK) 188 Tanzania (TAN) 189 Timor-Leste (TLS) 190 Togo (TOG) 191 Tonga (TGA) 192 Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) 193 Tunisia (TUN) 194 Turkmenistan (TKM) 195 Turkey (TUR) 196 Tuvalu (TUV) 197 Ukraine (UKR) 198 Uganda (UGA) 199 Uruguay (URU) 200 Uzbekistan (UZB) 201 Vanuatu (VAN) 202 Venezuela (VEN) 203 Vietnam (VIE) 204 Zambia (ZAM) 205 Zimbabwe (ZIM) 206 Refugee Olympic Athletes (ROA) 207 Brazil (BRA)

Not the SI Picks, but AP http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/2016/07/30/2016-rio-olympics-medal-projections/87779154/

Now sure if this has been posted by the Sochi 2014 Official Report is out: https://doc.rero.ch/record/258116?ln=en I don't think Vol 2 is available. Contains Vol. 1 : Sochi bid campaign presentation = Présentation de la candidature de Sotchi Vol. 2 : Sochi 2014 commemorative book = livre commémoratif de Sotchi 2014 Vol. 3 : Olympic and Paralympic Games preparations = Préparation des Jeux Olympiques et Paralympiques Vol. 4 : Official results of the Games = Résultats officiels des Jeux (English-French-Russian) Olympic Medals Paralympic Medals

Houston is prone to hurricanes, such as Ike in 2008.

Questionnaire is now posted: http://doc.rero.ch/record/209618/files/Krak_w_2022_Applicant_File.pdf

Questionnaire: http://doc.rero.ch/record/209615/files/Beijing_2022_applicant_city.pdf

Questionnaire http://doc.rero.ch/record/209614/files/ALMATY_2022_Applicant_City.pdf

From the Bid Book Currently, there are 3,613 accommodation facilities with a combined number of 76,064 rooms within a 50 km radius of the Olympic Stadium, the point of reference. By 2018, an additional 41 accommodation facilities will be built, adding a total of 24,008 rooms. The local governments of PyeongChang and Gangneung approved the construction of these new facilities and construction is now underway. Notably, these facilities will be completed regardless of the outcome of PyeongChang’s bid for the 2018 Winter Games. Accommodation Plan for Spectators POCOG will easily meet the accommodation demand of spectators during the 2018 Winter Games. Korea’s modern technology and true service culture ensures maximum convenience for spectators in reserving hotels and in hotel services. The same pricing regulations detailed in 14-5.2 will be applied to spectator accommodation. Eighty-six thousand rooms are available for spectators as of 2010. PyeongChang and Venue City Gangneung offer a combined total of 76,000 rooms, and there are an additional 10,000 rooms available in Wonju—a city 20 minutes away from PyeongChang by high-speed train. PyeongChang and Gangneung have both seen increases in the number of tourists visiting their areas each year. Accommodation facilities continue to be built in both cities to satisfy this growing demand. If the current trend holds, the number of available rooms for the Winter Games will reach over 100,000 by 2018. Spectators can also choose to stay in the Seoul Metropolitan Area, only 50 minutes by high-speed train from PyeongChang. The Seoul Metropolitan Area offers a variety of accommodation options, including 25,000 rooms in five star hotels.

Check out Bing Maps for the main Stadium, they are a bit older than Google Maps, but they show "Thames Map" under construction. This imagery works only with Birds Eyes mode. (Not aerial mode). You get a sense of depth of how high the stage was to ground level, and where the trap doors were.

Tickets for London went on Sale on March 15, 2011 The London 2012 ticketing guide http://doc.rero.ch/record/29557/files/public-ticketing-guide.pdf

Order of Nations: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Winter_Olympics_Parade_of_Nations Countries will follow the Russian Language Greece (GRE) Australia (AUS) Austria (AUT) Azerbaijan (AZE) Albania (ALB) Andorra (AND) Argentina (ARG) Armenia (ARM) Belarus (BLR) Belgium (BEL) Bermuda (BER) Bulgaria (BUL) Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH) Brazil (BRA) British Virgin Islands (IVB) Great Britain (GBR) Hungary (HUN) Venezuela (VEN) Virgin Islands (ISV) Timor-Leste (TLS) Germany (GER) Hong Kong, China (HKG) Georgia (GEO) Denmark (DEN) Dominica (DMA) Zimbabwe (ZIM) Israel (ISR) Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) Ireland (IRL) Iceland (ISL) Spain (ESP) Italy (ITA) Kazakhstan (KAZ) Cayman Islands (CAY) Canada (CAN) Cyprus (CYP) Kyrgyzstan (KGZ) People's Republic of China (CHN) Republic of Korea (KOR) Latvia (LAT) Lebanon (LIB) Lithuania (LTU) Liechtenstein (LIE) Luxembourg (LUX) Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (MKD) Malta (MLT) Morocco (MAR) Mexico (MEX) Republic of Moldova (MDA) Monaco (MON) Mongolia (MGL) Individual Olympic Athletes (IOA) Nepal (NEP) Netherlands (NED) New Zealand (NZL) Norway (NOR) Pakistan (PAK) Paraguay (PAR) Peru (PER) Poland (POL) Portugal (POR) Romania (ROU) San Marino (SMR) Serbia (SRB) Slovakia (SVK) Slovenia (SLO) United States of America (USA) Tajikistan (TJK) Thailand (THA) Chinese Taipei (TPE) Togo (TOG) Tonga (TGA) Turkey (TUR) Uzbekistan (UZB) Ukraine (UKR) Philippines (PHI) Finland (FIN) France (FRA) Croatia (CRO) Montenegro (MNE) Czech Republic (CZE) Chile (CHI) Switzerland (SUI) Sweden (SWE) Estonia (EST) Jamaica (JAM) Japan (JPN) Russian Federation (RUS)

Not sure if this has been asked before. Does a small country such as Qatar need 12 stadiums to host the World Cup? It makes sense for a larger country such as Brazil, Germany or USA to have the venues spread out across the country. However Qatar only has a population of about 2 million and 90% are in the metro area in Doha. On any given day their can a maximum of 4 games play. Using Brazil as an example: The first 2 games during the group round are played at 1pm, 4pm and 7pm Where the final games of the group round have 2 games played each (as required by FIFA) at 1pm and 5pm (a total of 4 games) During the playoffs, there is a maximum of 2 games played per day. Qatar can get away with only 3-4 stadiums and utilizing them every day (or 2 times a day) unlike Brazil who uses them every 4th day. Instead of having stadiums in the 40,000 range. You can have 3-4 stadiums in the 80,000 range. Since all the spectators will in Doha, it makes no sense to have 11 venues in Doha area. Besides, how many cities with a population of 2 million, have more than 6 stadiums over 40,000 seats?