Thought I'd open up a thread to discuss the the 31st Olympic Games in Rio, which has it's opening ceremony today.

Let's here from you about your countries prospects, what sports you are interested in and all that stuff.

Being from the UK I think we have some really good prospects, we should hopefully clean up in Track Cycling (which I really like watching) and hopefully the road race. We do well in rowing so expect good things there. We might win the triathlon if the Brownlee brothers are both in form. A few athletics medals might come our way with Mo Farah and others.

The new sport added for this year is Golf. So some big name pros are there. (I am still not sure why Squash isn't an Olympic sport however.)

I'll try and post the updated Medals table in the OP when things start getting going and when I can. Google have a nice schedule thing here: https://goo.gl/jVtQEM

	Country
	1 United States		46		37		38		121
	2 Great Britain		27		23		17		67
	3 China		26		18		26		70
	4 Russia		19		18		19		56
	5 Germany		17		10		15		42
	6 Japan		12		8		21		41
	7 France		10		18		14		42
	8 South Korea		9		3		9		21
	9 Italy		8		12		8		28
	10 Australia		8		11		10		29
	11 Netherlands		8		7		4		19
	12 Hungary		8		3		4		15
	13 Brazil		7		6		6		19
	14 Spain		7		4		6		17
	15 Kenya		6		6		1		13
	16 Jamaica		6		3		2		11
	17 Croatia		5		3		2		10
	18 Cuba		5		2		4		11
	19 New Zealand		4		9		5		18
	20 Canada		4		3		15		22
	21 Uzbekistan		4		2		7		13
	22 Kazakhstan		3		5		9		17
	23 Colombia		3		2		3		8
	24 Switzerland		3		2		2		7
	25 Iran		3		1		4		8
	26 Greece		3		1		2		6
	27 Argentina		3		1		0		4
	28 Denmark		2		6		7		15
	29 Sweden		2		6		3		11
	30 South Africa		2		6		2		10
	31 Ukraine		2		5		4		11
	32 Serbia		2		4		2		8
	33 Poland		2		3		6		11
	34 North Korea		2		3		2		7
	35 Belgium		2		2		2		6
	35 Thailand		2		2		2		6
	37 Slovakia		2		2		0		4
	38 Georgia		2		1		4		7
	39 Azerbaijan		1		7		10		18
	40 Belarus		1		4		4		9
	41 Turkey		1		3		4		8
	42 Armenia		1		3		0		4
	43 Czech Republic		1		2		7		10
	44 Ethiopia		1		2		5		8
	45 Slovenia		1		2		1		4
	46 Indonesia		1		2		0		3
	47 Romania		1		1		3		5
	48 Bahrain		1		1		0		2
	48 Vietnam		1		1		0		2
	50 Chinese Taipei		1		0		2		3
	51 Bahamas		1		0		1		2
	51 Côte d'Ivoire		1		0		1		2
	51 Independent Olympic Athletes		1		0		1		2
	54 Fiji		1		0		0		1
	54 Jordan		1		0		0		1
	54 Kosovo		1		0		0		1
	54 Puerto Rico		1		0		0		1
	54 Singapore		1		0		0		1
	54 Tajikistan		1		0		0		1
	60 Malaysia		0		4		1		5
	61 Mexico		0		3		2		5
	62 Algeria		0		2		0		2
	62 Ireland		0		2		0		2
	64 Lithuania		0		1		3		4
	65 Bulgaria		0		1		2		3
	65 Venezuela		0		1		2		3
	67 India		0		1		1		2
	67 Mongolia		0		1		1		2
	69 Burundi		0		1		0		1
	69 Grenada		0		1		0		1
	69 Niger		0		1		0		1
	69 Philippines		0		1		0		1
	69 Qatar		0		1		0		1
	74 Norway		0		0		4		4
	75 Egypt		0		0		3		3
	75 Tunisia		0		0		3		3
	77 Israel		0		0		2		2
	78 Austria		0		0		1		1
	78 Dominican Republic		0		0		1		1
	78 Estonia		0		0		1		1
	78 Finland		0		0		1		1
	78 Morocco		0		0		1		1
	78 Moldova		0		0		1		1
	78 Nigeria		0		0		1		1
	78 Portugal		0		0		1		1
	78 Trinidad & Tobago		0		0		1		1
	78 United Arab Emirates		0		0		1		1

I'm here just to say that Brazil's yesterday perfomance cured my insomnia.

Haha, yeah. Hopefully they can do well in this, with players like Neymar playing, they might do. After the heartache that was the World Cup obviously.

The golf course really will put their skills to the test. They must  hit the ball and not letting it landing over a capybara or a sloth

My country won't win any medals but hopefully we'll get close in the men's double trap event - Malta

I hope underwater basket weaving finally gets the recognition it deserves.  

Probably not gonna watch anything unless someone reminds me when Germany is about to get a gold medal.

You should watch the track cycling, not only is it great to watch, but Germany are one of the best in the world at it.

Sorry all trap placements go to Japan and Thailand. They always go.

I may be watching some of it. Handball and football seems interesting.