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The doctors allowed Pele to light the Olympic flame

The doctors allowed the legendary Brazilian footballer Edson Arantes do Nascimento, better known as Pele, to light the Olympic flame at the opening ceremony of the Games in Rio de Janeiro. However, as Reuters reports, to do this he can prevent muscle pain. The only three-time world champion as the …

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The five sports included in the Olympic programme

The IOC supported the expansion of the Olympic program. At the Olympic games in 2020 will be significant contributions of members of the International Olympic Committee, at the 129th session supported the inclusion of five new sports – baseball/softball, karate, surfing, climbing and skateboarding. The inclusion of these disciplines will …

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Skateboarding and climbing, and became Olympic sports

During the 129th session of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), which precedes the start of the summer Games 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, the program of the next Games in 2020 in Tokyo included five new sports. As the portal InsideTheGames, host of Olympic sports has expanded baseball/softball, karate, surfing, …

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Abandoned Olympic arenas in different countries. Photo

Not all sports facilities are in demand. Less than a week before the Olympic games in Rio and the organizers hastily put the finishing touches. The Olympic village was named uninhabitable, although athletes still have to check in there, and the berth to compete in sailing was destroyed the three-meter …

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