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Colorado Olympians to Watch in Rio
The Summer Games in Rio will kick-off their Opening Ceremonies tomorrow (8/5) night in Rio.
Rio De Janeiro Prepares For 2016 Summer Olympics
Inside the Olympic Numbers: NBC will be dedicating 6,000 hours of coverage to the Olympics this year. They paid $1.2 billion for the rights to the games and had already made $1 billion in advertising. It's estimated that 3.6 billion people will watch the Olympics.
Medals: 4,924 medals will be handed out.
Security: 85,000 security guards are watching over fans and athletes. Security costs are expected to reach $895 million.
While you sit back and try to figure out what a Yurchenko Vault is, here are some of our Colorado athletes to cheer on.
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