Rio2016

News Hour: The USA’s Ryan Crouser put together an impressive series of throws to win the Rio 2016 men’s Shot Put title and set a new Olympic record in the process. The 23-year-old Crouser produced three...

News Hour: Usain Bolt of Jamaica won the men’s 200 metres gold for the third successive Olympic Summer Games on Thursday, crossing the line in 19.78 seconds at the Rio Olympic stadium. Usain Bolt came to...

News Hour: Two Olympic athletes who helped each other reach the finish line after an accidental mid-race collision in the women’s 5,000m have both been granted places in the final. New Zealand’s Nikki Hamblin and the...

News Hour: Sitting beside Rio’s famous Maracanã Stadium is the home of Volleyball for Rio 2016, known as the Maracanãzinho, or “Little Maracanã”. And while the world’s biggest hitters battle it out on the court, there...

News Hour: Visitors to the Olympic games Rio 2016 are able to make purchases in a variety of ways thanks to new payment innovations that have been introduced by worldwide Olympic partner visa. New wearable payment...

News Hour: Sprint queen Elaine Thompson from Jamaica became the first woman since 1988 to take gold in both 100m and 200m. Thompson’s dominant victory emulated the legendary American Florence Griffith Joyner, the last woman to...

News Hour: France fought back from fifth place to win the Team Show Jumping Competition, claiming their first gold in the event since Montreal 1976 and a second equestrian title at Rio 2016. USA team started...

News Hour: China continued to show why they are the masters of table tennis on 16 august with a resounding win over Germany to take the women’s team gold. In a 3-0 whitewash (3-0, 3-0, 3-1)...

News Hour: Three world and Olympic records fell and an Olympic champion was deposed on the final night of the Rio 2016 weightlifting tournament on 16 august. Lasha Talakhadze of Georgia took the men’s +105kg gold...

News Hour: Omar Mcleod took Jamaica’s excellence in the sprints to a new level when he clinched his country’s first-ever Olympic gold medal in the men’s 110m hurdles. The 22-year-old, the only man to clock below...