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Staturday: Olympics in the South

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  • on October 3, 2009 at 5:00 am

 

On Friday, Rio de Janeiro became the first city in South America to ever be chosen to host an Olympic Games. In fact, it’s only the third city in the Southern hemisphere to ever host the games. The other two: Melbourne, Australia in 1956 and Sydney, Australia in 2000.

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