Rio 2016 Summer Olympics opening ceremony ends at Maracana StadiumRIO DE JANEIRO — The opening ceremony of the 2016 Summer Olympic Games ended at the Maracana Stadium in Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro. The Summer Olympic Games are being held in Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro on Aug. 5-21. Brazil’s retired long-distance runner Vanderlei Cordeiro de Lima, who won the marathon bronze at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, lit the cauldron. Brazilian sailor Robert Scheidt, who has won two golds, two silvers and a bronze from five Olympic Games, took the athletes’ oath on behalf of all competitors at the Rio Games. Some 12,000 athletes from a record 207 countries paraded around the stadium during the ceremony.

Source: Manila Bulletin August 06, 2016 04:41 UTC