Olympic Park

Humans of Olympics: Meet Vivianne Robinson, a spectator at Rio 2016 with a message

Vivianne Robinson hails from Venice Beach in Florida, United States and carries a stick with miniature flags of all the nations that have hosted the Olympics. Find out why

Humans of Olympics: Meet Han, Song and Xu, three Chinese friends volunteering in Rio

Love, wanderlust and passion for sports, these three Chinese friends have very different reasons to be in the Rio Olympics!

Humans of Olympics: Meet the Brazilian couple working part time at Olympic Park

Humans of Olympics Part II: Here is a Brazilian couple who is working part-time for Coca Cola at the Olympic park and bagged 15 pins each by going through Samsung activities.

From northern favelas to southern riches: Two tales of Olympics 2016 host city Rio de Janeiro

The Olympics touch mostly the wealthy areas south and west of the city, where the real estate market was booming until a few years ago. Rio's northern favelas, the city's infamous slums, feel only a ripple, underscoring the vast gap between the rich and poor — the white, brown and black, in a divided city.

Roadblocks to Rio: Work halted at Olympic Park and Village 88 days before games

Bats? Olympic Park hopes for ecological legacy

Bats in the bleachers of Olympic Stadium? Now there's an Olympic legacy to give many people nightmares.