WHEN track and field competition gets underway at Rio 2016 Olympic Games in August, one TT athlete who is unlikely to be overawed in the face of competition against the world’s best is shot-putter Cleopatra Borel.
GAMES
Let the games begin, Dan Rosenheck previews the real contests in Rio
Judging from headlines in 2015, the biggest question surrounding the 2016 Olympics is whether Rio de Janeiro will succeed in hosting them.
How will Rio 2016 preserve the Olympic spirit of trying to bring peace to the world?
The great Jesse Owens embodied the Olympic ideal with his deeds at the stadium but long after his sporting career was over, he spoke in unforgettable fashion at the 1976 Montreal Olympics. In the forty years since then, few have come closer to encapsulating the Olympic spirit.
Plans for T&T Olympic Games Park shelved
Plans for T&T’s first ever Olympic Park during the Rio Summer Olympic Games has been shelved due to the economic downturn. The plan was announced on August 5 last year at a media conference held at Olympic House to mark one year left to the start of the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Rio de Janeiro welcomes its Olympic and Paralympic year with spectacular fireworks display on Copacabana
More than two million people packed onto Rio de Janeiro's famous Copacabana beach to ring in a New Year that will see the city host the 2016 Olympics and Paralympics with the world's most spectacular firework display.
Brazil reveal countries to be allowed to enter country for Rio 2016 without visa
Citizens from Australia, Canada, Japan and the United States will not need visas to enter Brazil during this year's Olympic and Paralympic Games, the Government has announced.