2016 Summer Olympics

Multi-sport event in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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The 2016 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events in some sports beginning on 3 August. Rio de Janeiro was announced as the host city at the 121st IOC Session in Copenhagen, Denmark, on 2 October 2009.

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Sophie Hitchon: Britain's Rio Olympics hammer bronze medallist retires Sophie Hitchon, who threw a British record to win hammer bronze at the 2016 Rio Olympics, retires from the sport. BBC Sport - Published on May 26, 2021