Rio 2016: Games of the XXXI Olympiad 

The Games of the XXXI Olympiad are held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Stars:

Usain Bolt, Simone Biles, Becky Downie

1 win.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Usain Bolt	...	Self 17 episodes, 2016
Simone Biles	...	Self - gymnast 17 episodes, 2016
Becky Downie	...	Self - Gymnast 17 episodes, 2016
Ellie Downie	...	Self - Gymnast 17 episodes, 2016
Erika Fasana	...	Self - gymnast 17 episodes, 2016
Carlotta Ferlito	...	Self - gymnast 17 episodes, 2016
Vanessa Ferrari	...	Self - gymnast 17 episodes, 2016
Laurie Hernandez	...	Self - gymnast 17 episodes, 2016
Elisa Meneghini	...	Self - gymnast 17 episodes, 2016
Aly Raisman	...	Self - gymnast 17 episodes, 2016
Martina Rizzelli	...	Self - gymnast 17 episodes, 2016
Eythora Thorsdottir	...	Self - Gymnast 17 episodes, 2016
Amy Tinkler	...	Self - Gymnast 17 episodes, 2016
Sae Miyakawa	...	Self - Gymnast 10 episodes, 2016
Mai Murakami	...	Self - Gymnast 10 episodes, 2016
Aiko Sugihara	...	Self - Gymnast 10 episodes, 2016
Asuka Teramoto	...	Self - Gymnast 10 episodes, 2016
Sanne Wevers	...	Self - Gymnast 8 episodes, 2016
Mathieu Bauderlique	...	Self 7 episodes, 2016
Joshua Buatsi	...	Self 7 episodes, 2016
Julio César La Cruz	...	Self 7 episodes, 2016
Adilbek Niyazymbetov	...	Self 7 episodes, 2016

Storyline

The Games of the XXXI Olympiad are held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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Plot Keywords:

olympics | tv mini series | 

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Taglines:

A new world

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Genres:

Sport

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Did You Know?

Trivia

Both male and female golfers cited the Zika virus as cause to withdraw from the Games. The virus can live longer in semen than in blood, and might thus infect a male golfer's partner for up to six months later or even more, therefore also causing birth defects this way. Other reasons for the withdrawals have been suggested.

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Connections

Follows Sydney 2000: Games of the XXVII Olympiad (2000)

User Reviews

Excellent

But there is a small but. NBC, along with its cooperating cable allies, presented the 2016 Summer Olympics about as well as it can be done. There have been various trends in the past, including a dreadful period of "up close and personal' segments in the 70's we had to endure just to make it to coverage of the sporting events. NBC did it right, they gave us enough personal info to provide a little human element to the competition and then focused on the sport rather than the people. The one exception to this was the Ryan Lochte coverage. So he turned out to be a strap but I didn't need to know any more after that about his Ugly American stuff. I docked NBC one point for deviating too much from its coverage of the real events to talk with or about Lochte. Their backup/cable hosts were a little weak but they had articulate and knowledgeable coverage of the sporting events. Another sign of maturation was the willingness to focus on teams other than the U.S, I think NBC balanced the USA coverage well with coverage of the games as a whole. Bravo.

Details

Official Sites:

Official site Official website

Country:

Brazil

Language:

English Portuguese

Release Date:

3 August 2016 (USA)

Also Known As:

2016 Summer Olympics

Filming Locations:

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Company Credits

Production Co:

NBC Sports

Technical Specs

Color:

Color