Summer Olympics 2016 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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Estonia - a tribute to the sea (Estonia is situated by the Baltic Sea) and the colours of the Estonian flag: blue black and white.

The quirky details give a hint about our country, too: for example if the collar is lift(ed) up it will reveal a little Estonian flag on it. The polo shirts have EST written on the front in big bold letters that are subtly melting into the stripes.

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Germany



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Spain

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New Zealand



in black and light blue with touches of silver and green, which the designer said represented the nation's night skies and wide open spaces.

feature references to that night sky icon, the Southern Cross, with four silver stars reflecting across the casual dress clothing. The silver fern features on all items, in an emblem of Olympic rings.

The team's formal wear is in simple black merino wool emblazoned with the rings and fern in clean white

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They look like flight attendants.

China



China chose to wrap up its team in the colors of their country's flag

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^ They have been ridiculed online for looking like 'tomatoes and eggs' - apparently a popular Chinese stirfried dish.

http://shanghaiist.com/2016/06/02/sc...g_uniforms.php

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Hahahahaha! I like the last picture of the men in the blue uniforms! And I don't understand why those three women in the second picture above are trying to look like men... is it just me or do you see it too?

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China



China chose to wrap up its team in the colors of their country's flag

Mr P says it reminds him of an 1980's tv series called Hi-De-Hi

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Hahahahaha! I like the last picture of the men in the blue uniforms! And I don't understand why those three women in the second picture above are trying to look like men... is it just me or do you see it too?

Communism. Bowl cuts.
That's why they have to distinguish the men from women by the coloured blazers and pants/skirts.

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Germany



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A little bit Old Navy, a little bit Kanye, what's not to like?

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Canada targets 19 medals at the Rio Olympic Games

Own the Podium has set an official goal of at least 19 medals for Canada and a “stretch” goal of finishing in the top 12 in the overall medal count at the Rio Olympics.

That’s a modest upgrade from London, where Canada won 18 medals (one gold, five silver and 12 bronze) and finished tied for 13th in the overall medal standings.
This time around, the best medal chances for Canada are expected to come in track and field, diving, swimming, cycling and women’s wrestling. But given Canada’s recent success at Wimbledon, on the LPGA tour, and at various world championships, Milos Raonic and Brooke Henderson are also strong contenders, along with beach volleyball players and female boxers.


“Canada is ready,” Anne Merklinger, chief executive officer of Own the Podium, pledged Wednesday morning. “We know every medal will matter, and it’s an extremely tight medal race.”
Canada is expected to send 315 athletes to Rio.

http://news.nationalpost.com/sports/...-olympic-games

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Ukraine - colours of the flag - yellow for grain crops, blue for the sky

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Rosie MacLennan, the 2012 Olympic gold medallist in trampoline, will be Canada's flag-bearer at the opening ceremony for the Rio Olympics next month. The 27-year-old from King City, Ont., won Canada's only gold at the London Games. The Rio Games will mark MacLennan's third Olympics.

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Australian team refuses to move into Rio Athletes Village, calls it ‘not safe’


https://www.thestar.com/sports/olymp...-not-safe.html

“We’re having plumbing problems, we’ve got leaking pipes,” Mike Tancred, the spokesman for the Australian team, said in an interview with AP. “We’ve got electrical problems. We got cleaning problems. We’ve got lighting problems in some of the stairwells.”


He said more than 20 staff members have been unable to stay in the building, and said the first Australian athletes were to arrive Monday.


“We did a stress test on Saturday, turned on the taps and flushed the toilets, and water came flooding down the walls,” Tancred said.

Oh no, echoes of the 2010 Commonwealth games in India, where poor squatters filled the toilets in the athletes village with you-know because they did not understand flush toilets, and no one wanted to clean it up.

I mean, it's been worse.

In India the Aussies threw a real tantrum and the Canadians were the mediators. Given how overexcited they were last time, let's hope they are having just another Australian-style outrage.