Pages

Total Pageviews

Tuesday, September 6, 2016

2016 Para Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro,Brazil Sep 07 - 18 ,2016

The 2016 Para Olympic Games is scheduled to be held in Rio de Janeiro,Brazil Sep 07 - 18 ,2016 which will be the 15th Para Olympic Games

Emblem

The official emblem for the 2016 Summer Paralympics was designed by the Brazilian agency Tatíl Design, and unveiled on 26 November 2011 during the Christmas tree lighting

Mascot

The Official Mascots  of the 2016 Summer Paralympics and Olympics were unveiled on 24 November 2014, with their respective names, Tom and Vinicius, chosen via a public vote whose results were announced on 14 December 2015.





Named after Brazilian musician Tom Jobim, the Paralympic mascot represents Brazilian flora and "is always growing and overcoming obstacles."


Events in 23 sports are scheduled to be contested at the 2016 Summer Paralympics. Two new sports will also be added to the Paralympics in Rio - Canoeing and Triathlon

Canoeing and Triathlon will be included in the Para Olympic Games for the first time in Rio and each sport will stage six medal events – evenly split between male and female athletes 

Paralympic Sports


Around 4,350 athletes from more than 160 countries will travel to Rio to compete in 528 medal events in 22 different sports.

No comments:

Post a Comment