The 31st Rio Olympics ended on August 21st, with participation of 11,303 athletes from 207 countries, including the refuge team and the independent Olympic team.
The 31st Rio Olympics ended on August 21st, with participation of 11,303 athletes from 207 countries, including the refuge team and the independent Olympic team. More than half of the world’s population followed the live TV streaming. Throughout the entire duration of the Olympic Games the First Channel provided 200 hours of Olympic events coverage.
Women athletes comprised over 45 percent of total number of participants. The youngest participant of the Olympics was the 13-year-old swimmer Gaurika Singh from Nepal, the oldest one being British Nick Skelton, equestrian gold medalist in individual jumping.
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Rio Olympics had a record amount of medals – 307. 86 countries, Armenia among them, succeeded to take medals.
This has been Armenia’s most successful participation at the Olympics ever since independence. After a 20-year interval Armenian wrestler Arthur Aleksanyan (98 kg weight class) took gold. Another wrestler in Greco-Roman style Mihran Harutyunyan took silver, yet was worth a gold medal. Unfortunately, due to an unjust refereeing Mihran was deprived of a champion’s title. Weightlifters Simon Martirosyan and Gor Minasyan became runner-ups as well.
The closing ceremony of the 2016 Summer Olympics was held on 21 August 2016 at the Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, followed by magnificent fireworks. The upcoming Summer Olympics will be held in Tokyo in 2020.
