OT: Rio 2016

[Sarah Reichelt]

On Sat, Oct 3, 2009 at 3:15 AM, Joe Lewis Wilkins <pepetoo at cox.net> wrote:
> Out of curiosity, won't that make the Summer games held in the Winter, since
> the southern hemisphere is the reverse of where they are normally held? Or
> was that taken into consideration as you would think it would have been?
> Otherwise, all those athletes in their shorts are going to freeze their
> butts off.

The 2000 Olympics were in Sydney, Australia and they were held in
September, which is spring in the southern hemisphere while not being
too far from summer for the northern athletes. I imagine the Rio games
will be held at a similar time during the year.

Cheers,
Sarah