What does JO mean in SPORTS

The Olympic Games are an international sporting event that has been held every four years since ancient times. It includes both summer and winter sports, with athletes competing for medals in individual and team events. The most recent series of games was the 2016 Summer Olympics held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

The Olympic Games have taken place every four years since 776 BC. They usually alternate between summer and winter events, though this is not always the case. The last series of Games were the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, these were followed by the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea.

The next series of Olympic Games will be held in Tokyo, Japan and will be the 2020 Summer Olympics. This is also known as 'Tokyo 2020' and it will be the thirty-third edition of this grand event. It will take place from July 24th to August 9th 2020.

Any athlete from a country recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) is eligible to compete in any sport during an Olympic event. To become recognized by IOC a country must follow specific procedures set forth by them which ensures all athletes meet their standards of excellence for any particular sport category before being allowed to compete on an international stage such as the Olympics.

Some popular events at the Olympics include track and field, swimming, diving, gymnastics, soccer and basketball amongst many others. Each sport also includes multiple disciplines or categories that athletes can compete in during their respective event including individual competitions or relay races depending on which sport they compete in.

Women first began competing at an Olympic level when they participated at 1900 Paris Summer Olympics where22 female athletes took part across five sports; golf croquet, lawn tennis, sailing, equestrianism and sailing. Since then more sports have been added for female Olympians to participate in such as boxing which was introduced at 2012 London Olympics.

Yes! At 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics a total number of 11,028 athletes from 204 nations participated making it the single largest participant count ever seen for any sporting event around world.

Generally speaking no; however certain sports may have certain minimum age requirements like Gymnastics where only female gymnasts aged 16 years old or over can compete while male gymnasts must be 18 or over before they can participate.

Medals are awarded after each individual discipline or competition comes to completion within each sport category; usually three medals per discipline or competition - gold silver and bronze - though this may vary depending on type of sporting event.