Rio de Janeiro, a city that makes dreams come true, has seen six countries and regions realize their dream of winning an Olympic gold medal for the first time. With the games reaching the halfway mark, let's check out some touching stories behind these amazing achievements.
The Rio 2016 Olympic Games might be geographically distant from China, but its mark can be felt through the numerous "Made in China" mascots, uniforms, security apparatus, and telecommunications equipment.
A Brazilian federal court on Monday maintained that political protests can be held outside Rio 2016 Olympic venues, denying a complaint by the Rio 2016 Organizing Committee.
The Rio Olympic shooting concluded all its finals after Italian Niccolo Campriani won the men's 50m rifle three positions on Sunday, enabling Italy to become the biggest winner by taking four out of the 15 gold medals on offer, and collected a total of seven medals.
Michael Phelps secured a gold medal in his final race as an Olympic athlete as the US won the 4x100m medley relay at the Rio Games on Saturday.
Schooling, 21, touched the wall in 50.39 seconds, 0.75sec ahead of Phelps at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium.
Fiji harvested the first ever Olympic gold as its men's rugby sevens team trounced Britain 43-7 in a lopsided final at the Rio Olympic Games here on Thursday.
Kenyans are eagerly waiting for the commencement of the track and field events on Friday where the country has prospects of winning medals.
A bus carrying journalists at the Rio Games was hit by gunfire on a highway between Olympic venues on Tuesday, witnesses said. No one was seriously injured in the incident.
Ghana's first female Olympic swimmer Kaya Forson says she hopes to inspire more women to take to the new sports.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Tuesday urged athletes to come forward and report any harassment case in the wake of sexual assault allegations in the athletes village at the Rio Olympic Games.
The Brazilian government announced on Monday the enlargement of the armed forces' area of operations in Rio de Janeiro during the Olympic and Paralympic Games, in order to "guarantee law and order."
Australia shot to the top of the Rio Olympic Games medal table by clinching their second gold of the night and setting a new world record in the women's 4x100-meter freestyle relay final on Saturday.
The Olympic Games will signal a new direction for Brazil through their virtues of peace and unity, Rio 2016 organizing committee president Carlos Nuzman said on Friday.
Russia will have the cleanest team at the Rio Olympics after IOC announced that 271 of its athletes have been allowed to participate in the Games, according to the country's Olympic committee president.
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