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Sakshi malik and PV sindhu
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Edition
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31st
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Opening Ceremony
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5th August, 2016
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Closing Ceremony
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22nd August, 2016
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Theme
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World Peace and Environment
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Motto
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A
New World
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Mascot
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Vinicius
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Total
Participating Nations
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207
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Total Events
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306
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Total Sports
Category
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28
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1st Time
Participating Country
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Kosovo, South Sudan
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New Sports Event
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Golf, Rugby
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Headquarter of
International Olympic Committee (IOC)
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Lausanne, Switzerland
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President of
International Olympic Committee (IOC)
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Thomas Bach
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1st Indian Women
Member
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Nita Ambani
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India's
Flag-bearer at Opening Ceremony
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Abhinav Bindra
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India's
Flag-bearer at Closing Ceremony
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Sakshi Malik
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Number of Indian
Athletes
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117
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Largest Olympic
Team of 2016 Rio Olympics
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USA (554 athletes)
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Smallest Olympic
Team of 2016 Rio Olympics
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South Pacific Nation of Tuvalu (1 athletes)
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1st Indian
Medalist at Rio
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Sakshi Malik (Bronze, 58 Kg Freestyle
Wrestling)
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2nd Indian
Medalist at Rio
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P.
V. Sindhu (Silver, Women's Single Badminton)
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Highest
Individual Medal
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Michael Phelps (6 Medals Gold- 5, Silver-1,
USA)
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Youngest Gold
Medal
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Ren Qian (15-Year Old, Women's 10m Platform
Diving Event)
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Youngest athlete
of 2016 Rio Olympics
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Meet Gaurika Singh (13-Year Old, Swimmer, Nepal)
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Next Olympic
Venue
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Tokyo, 2020
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Headquarter of
Indian Olympic Association (IOA)
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New Delhi
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President of
Indian Olympic Association (IOA)
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Narayana Ramachandran
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General Secretary
of Indian Olympic Association (IOA)
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Rajeev Mehta
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Opening &
Closing Ceremony
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Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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2016 Rio Olympic
cauldron was lit by
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Vanderlei de Lima
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First gold medal
of the 2016 Rio Olympics was won by
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Virginia
Thrasher of USA - In women's 10-meter air rifle event.
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Rio city is
located in which country
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Brazil.
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Total number of
athletes from Indian in Rio Olympics 2016
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124 athletes.
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