Rio de Janeiro, Aug 6: The Rio 2016 Olympic Games celebrated its one year countdown in a samba, bossa nova and carnival centred ceremony as International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach officially invited the world's athletes to take part in South America's first Olympics.
As Beijing just won the 2022 Winter Olympics last week, China was on Wednesday (August 5) also invited to attend the ceremony, reports Xinhua. Rio Olympics will be held from August 5 to 21, 2016.
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