1-year countdown: Rio readies for 2016 Olympics with test events

1-year countdown: Rio readies for 2016 Olympics with test events

People wave from below a lit-up monument of the Olympic rings at Madureira Park in northern Rio de Janeiro on Aug. 8, 2015. The park will be used as a live site for the public to watch the 2016 Olympic Games to be held in the Brazilian city. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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