Rio Olympics kept NBC on top with viewers again last week

In the last of 306 medal ceremonies, International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach draped the gold around the neck of Kenya’s Eliud Kipchoge, victor of the men’s marathon earlier in the day.

The U.S. Olympic Team made itself right at home in Rio. These 16 days let the people of each nation show their pride for where they live, and allows the athletes to prove that they are the best in the world and have the ability to bring a medal to the nation you are representing.

The five worked together to win the gold medal in the team all-around: a marathon of events including the balance beam, the floor exercise, uneven bars and the vault.

The U.S. women’s fencing team won the bronze medal in the saber final at the 2016 Rio Olympics.

The answer, for now, is unknown, as NBC prepares for the 2018 Winter Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea, the 2020 Summer Games in Tokyo and the 2022 Winter Games in Beijing (which hosted the Summer Olympics eight years ago).

The good news for NBC is that Rio broke internal streaming records; that its cable channels, like NBC Sports Network, saw solid viewership; and that Rio coverage pulled in almost $1.2 billion in ad revenue before the games even started.

The ANOC Awards 2016 in Doha will celebrate and relive these fantastic moments, recognising the outstanding performances of athletes and their NOCs during Rio 2016.

“These Olympic Games are leaving a unique legacy for generations to come”, he said. Also, Puig is the first Latin American player who has won the women’s singles tournament.

Even the triple Olympic sprint champion Usain Bolt has a relatively slender pay packet as a track and field athlete than the multi millions offered to top swimmers, golfers and tennis stars.

In gymnastics, 19-year-old newcomer Simone Biles dominated the arena with her record-equalling four women’s gold medals and a bronze at her first Games.

But at times it was hard to focus on the sporting triumphs taking place across the sprawling city.

“You’d be a lot less concerned if you were in the United States or in Continental Europe”, said Rich Greenfield, an analyst at BTIG Research. And American swimming standout Ryan Lochte and three teammates caused outrage when they falsely claimed they had been robbed at gunpoint in Rio by muggers disguised as police. As Reuters reports, a poll conducted in the country found most Brazilians believe their country will be poorer, not better, for having hosted the Olympics.

“I know from my clients that they were very happy to be advertising within the games and to have a vehicle that brought in big numbers in a fragmented market place”, said Andy Donchin, chief investment officer at Amplifi, the global buying arm of media company the Dentsu Aegis Network. This is an increase of 8 % compared to results of a similar survey made by IBOPE in July, a few weeks before the Rio 2016 Olympics.

With the Games no longer a distraction, Brazil gets back to the dour reality of political and economic crises. To lead off the list of its problems, Brazil is in the process of impeaching its president.