Rio Olympics 2016

3rd & 7 37yd

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by Jeremy Schultz 8/6/2016 12:16:56 AM
#Argentina gets a big round of applause when entering the #Maracana . That's nice, considering the soccer rivalry with host Brazil. #Rio2016

by Mary Milliken via twitter retweeted by amytennery 8/6/2016 12:16:07 AM
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by Jeremy Schultz 8/6/2016 12:15:38 AM
Canada got some decent cheers. Now please win a medal

by Liana B. Baker via twitter 8/6/2016 12:14:45 AM
I've got to go with USA, UK and.... Brazil! @mhmilliken @LianaBaker

by Cassandra Garrison via twitter 8/6/2016 12:13:29 AM
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by Jeremy Schultz 8/6/2016 12:10:08 AM
NBC right here behind me - Matt Lauer's lips are moving twitter.com/kaitlynkelley5…

by Mary Milliken via twitter 8/6/2016 12:08:57 AM
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by Jeremy Schultz 8/6/2016 12:08:23 AM
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by Jeremy Schultz 8/6/2016 12:08:02 AM
Para mim, #USA , #BRA and #ESP @LianaBaker @CassLGarrison

by Mary Milliken via twitter 8/6/2016 12:07:31 AM
These bicycles with the signs for the countries are hilarious

by Liana B. Baker via twitter 8/6/2016 12:07:23 AM
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by Jeremy Schultz 8/6/2016 12:05:45 AM
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by Jeremy Schultz 8/6/2016 12:05:07 AM
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by Jeremy Schultz 8/6/2016 12:04:18 AM
Think the bicycle cars announcing countries are a really original #Brazil idea #OpeningCeremony #Olympics

by Mary Milliken via twitter 8/6/2016 12:03:55 AM
#OpeningCeremony Rio kicks off Games with ode to forests, favelas and funk reut.rs/2aOYqgS via @ReutersUK with @mhmilliken

by Caroline Stauffer via twitter 8/6/2016 12:03:45 AM
#Argentina gets a big round of applause when entering the #Maracana . That's nice, considering the soccer rivalry with host Brazil. #Rio2016

by Mary Milliken via twitter 8/6/2016 12:02:33 AM
So far, Brazil has pulled off a pretty flawless #OpeningCeremony . Don't go away, there's more after the parade of athletes. #Rio2016

by Mary Milliken via twitter 8/6/2016 12:01:19 AM
Australia had biggest delegation I've seen so far

by Liana B. Baker via twitter 8/6/2016 12:01:15 AM
#Argentina is most cheered delegation so far ... in #Brazil #OpeningCeremony

by Caroline Stauffer via twitter 8/5/2016 11:59:00 PM
There's booing in the crowd at this watch party when Argentina's team walks. Someone tells us, "Brazil hates Argentina."

by cassandra.garrison 8/5/2016 11:58:41 PM
Big cheers for Argentina, loudest so far

by Liana B. Baker via twitter 8/5/2016 11:58:06 PM
Now we just wait for all the athletes to come out. Can't wait to cheer on all my countries! Have at least three

by Liana B. Baker via twitter 8/5/2016 11:57:44 PM
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by Jeremy Schultz 8/5/2016 11:56:26 PM
by Stephanie Brumsey 8/5/2016 10:11:58 PM
Magical light as the sun goes down on the Olympic Park and the… www.instagram.com

by Ossian Shine via twitter 8/5/2016 10:02:32 PM
I spy... @CassLGarrison reporting live from Rio! #Rio2016 http://pbs.twimg.com/media/CpIKxPiXgAAWnoG.jpg

by Amy Tennery via twitter 8/5/2016 9:59:56 PM
Obviously running late to ceremony. Streets are a maze with a lot blocked off around Maracana stadium. Almost in!

by Liana B. Baker via twitter 8/5/2016 9:57:31 PM
Fireworks light up the night sky above Rio's Maracana stadium during the Opening Ceremony spectacle to kick off the Summer 2016 games after months of controversy.

by natalie.armstrong 8/5/2016 8:04:00 PM
Protesters set fire to a Brazilian flag near Maracana stadium a couple of hours before the start of the Opening Ceremony, with one bystander branding them as ''idiots.''

by natalie.armstrong 8/5/2016 7:25:00 PM
by natalie.armstrong 8/5/2016 6:36:00 PM
Demonstrators set fire to a 2016 Rio Olympics shirt moments before the official Opening Ceremony to the Summer Games.

by natalie.armstrong 8/5/2016 6:36:00 PM
GALLERY: Pin passion in Rio
Pin traders gather to swap Olympic memorabilia in Rio, in a collecting obsession that stretches back decades.

by Canice Leung 8/5/2016 5:08:21 PM
Russian whistleblower #Stepanova says she will not appeal IOC ban after some Russians' appeals were partly upheld. #Olympics

by Karolos Grohmann via twitter 8/5/2016 5:04:31 PM
A Madame Tussauds Museum figure of gold medal swimmer Michael Phelps looks over children swimming at Banneker Pool in Washington, D.C. REUTERS/Gary Cameron

by Canice Leung 8/5/2016 5:03:39 PM
Equestrian: Eventers to leap over French-designed course
Reuters UKThe world's best horse and rider combinations will jump over giant logs, toucan carvings and a model of the Sambodromo on a French-designed, 5 km cross country course in Rio's Deodoro park early next week.

by Nigel Stevenson (Reuters) 8/5/2016 12:26:20 PM
Brazil athletes not dope tested ahead of Rio: report
Reuters UKBrazil's athletes were not subject to dope tests for almost a month before the Rio Olympics, the country's sports ministry has said while refuting allegations it was a political decision to ensure the Games were not plunged further into crisis.

by Nigel Stevenson (Reuters) 8/5/2016 12:25:13 PM
Exclusive: CAS partially upholds Olympic appeal of Russian swimmer Efimova
Reuters UKFour-times breaststroke world champion Yulia Efimova was handed an Olympic lifeline on Thursday when the Court of Arbitration for Sport partially upheld her appeal against a Games ban.

by Nigel Stevenson (Reuters) 8/5/2016 12:22:35 PM
Muscle pains could keep Pele from lighting Rio cauldron
Reuters UKPele's doctors have given him the go ahead to light the Olympic cauldron on Friday, but muscle pains may bar the Brazilian soccer great from the torch ceremony that opens the Rio de Janeiro Games.

by Nigel Stevenson (Reuters) 8/5/2016 12:20:52 PM
Russia says 271-strong team will be cleanest at Rio
Reuters UKRussia will be represented in most sports at the Rio Olympics, with 271 of its sportsmen and women cleared to participate ahead of the opening ceremony, Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) head Alexander Zhukov said on Thursday.

by Nigel Stevenson (Reuters) 8/5/2016 12:19:27 PM
Proud Murray working on flag-bearing technique
Reuters UKAndy Murray says carrying the British flag at Friday's Olympic opening ceremony will be his proudest day but admits his technique needs some work.

by Nigel Stevenson (Reuters) 8/5/2016 12:19:07 PM
On tight budget, opening ceremony adopts 'MacGyver' approach
Reuters UKPulling together an Olympics opening ceremony in the midst of a deep recession required what Brazil's organisers called "MacGyverism" and a lot of bargain hunting at a popular Rio bazaar.

by Nigel Stevenson (Reuters) 8/5/2016 12:18:07 PM
Maybe this has something to do with the ''no mosquitoes'' thing.
Clara Hughes
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Starting to understand why I haven't seen a single mosquito here #Rio2016 @CBCOlympics https://t.co/cRnvQMWlAI
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by cassandra.garrison 8/3/2016 8:18:40 PM
GALLERY: Redeeming Rio
Christ the Redeemer sits atop the Corcovado mountain overlooking the Olympic host city of Rio de Janeiro

by Canice Leung 8/2/2016 5:05:08 PM
GALLERY: Countdown to Rio
Athletes fine-tune their training in the final week before the Olympics.

by Canice Leung 8/2/2016 2:03:08 PM

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