This year’s Summer Olympics is going to take place in Rio de Janeiro.  About 11,000 athletes will participate in the games.  The Olympics will run from August 5 to 21. Some new sports introduced to the Olympics for either the first time or a comeback sport is, rugby, gulf, and team refugee sports.

Anytime you get to represent your country is amazing, to represent your country at the largest sporting event in the world is a whole other story,” U.S. swimmer Reece Whitley