16th Summer Olympics

The 16th Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XVI Olympiad) are an international multi-sport event being held in Prescott, Electrum and Twin Cities, Quebec and Shingoryeo.

The opening ceremony was held simultaneously at Northcote Oval in Prescott and Two Rivers Stadium in Twin Cities. Preliminary matches in several team sports, as well as badminton and sailing, also began on Day 0. 33 official sports and four demonstration sports - Boccia, Goalball, Gridiron football and Lacrosse - were played in a span of eighteen days.

Host selection
The Prescott and Twin Cities joint bid for the Olympics won the vote for hosting rights unopposed. The vote was held according to the process specified by the Olympic Charter.

Summary
This summary of events is based on media reports from participating countries.

Day 0
 * After months of speculations where known olympians such as cyclist Raphael van der Poel and fencer Honey Boden were under consideration, Krytenian delegation named its two youngest members - skateboarder Scott Madsen and swimmer Olivia Naylor - as flagbearers.

Day 1


 * New Gelderland marked its first return to Summer Olympics after a five-cycle absence. Sean Rider's silver medal in Men's sabre individual event of fencing was its first medal in over six OOC years.
 * Quebec and Shingoryeo came to a strong start in swimming as Suleiman Kaya and Hannah James-Yim won gold in their 400m individual medley event. This also marked the sixth Olympic Games that James-Yim's mother, Schottian swimming legend Rebecca James has participated as either athlete or coach.

Day 2 Day 3 Day 7
 * Sienna Rtil won StrayaRoos' first Olympic medal,Gold in the Women's K-1 Canoeing event


 * Krytenia won its first men's Judo gold medal in 40 years with Emile Robertson's victory in the men's over 100kg competition.


 * Final day of surfing competition was held in Rimini Beach, Exbury, with both defending champions, Putu Oka Sulaksana of Pemecutan and Kosara Raonic of Mytanija winning gold in a thrilling final match over Tyler McKenzie of The Hannasean Federation and Omugaba Zandaba of Banija.

Day 14


 * Kelssek's Quinn Bérubé won gold in the men's 100m sprint with a time of 9.71 seconds.

Day 15


 * Kay 'The Big Beane' Beane of Vilitan Union wins his first gold medal in men's super heavyweight final. This marks his fifth career medal in boxing and judo.

Day 16


 * Another phenomenal Olympics by Euran boxers were marked by the successful gold medal defence of Hank Godfrey, who emerged victorious over Christian Magdeburg of West Phoenicia.

Participating nations
A total of 61 national Olympic committees are participating in Republica, including three as part of the ABEN Union. For the first time in many editions, neither Teremara nor Astyria were represented under an unified team.


 * A Kea (AKE)
 * ABEN Union (ABU)
 * Britonisea (BRI)
 * Estogium (RWH)
 * Nightom (KNI)
 * Abovian Union (ABL)
 * Alezian Union (ALE)
 * Banija (BNJ)
 * Beepee (BPE)
 * Brookstation (BRO)
 * Chromatika (CMT)
 * Cocoabo Forest (CFT)
 * Coconut Isle (CIS)
 * Costa de Ouro (CDO)
 * Countestia (CSA)
 * Darkmania (DMN)
 * Darmen (DAR)
 * Daystar Isles (DSI)
 * Diarcesia (DCS)
 * Electrum (ETM)
 * Eura (EUR)


 * Fortaleza (FRT)
 * Hannasean Federation (HAN)
 * HMS Onslaught (HMS)
 * Huron League (HUR)
 * Ioudaia (IOU)
 * Islands of Ventro (IOV)
 * Juvencus (JUE)
 * Kalosia (KLS)
 * Kelssek (KSK)
 * Kommar (KME)
 * Ko-oren (KOR)
 * Kriegiersien (KGS)
 * Krytenia (KRY)
 * Lacfroid (LFD)
 * Licentian Isles (TLI)
 * Lisander (LIS)
 * Liventia (LEN)
 * Macbon (MCO)
 * Mytanija (MYT)
 * Natanians and Nosts (NTN)
 * New Gelderland (NGD)


 * Pemecutan (PCU)
 * Quebec & Shingoryeo (QUE)
 * Rarungan (RAR)
 * Sargossa (SRG)
 * The Sarian (TSA)
 * Saterun (SAT)
 * St Kristofian Democracy (SKD)
 * Spiderman (SPD)
 * StrayaRoos (STR)
 * StrayaRoos Barrier Islands (SBI)
 * Titaniumland (TTM)
 * Tjorl (TJL)
 * Togonistan (TGN)
 * Valanora (VAL)
 * Vangaziland (VNG)
 * Vilitan Union (VLT)
 * Waisnor (WSN)
 * West Barrack and East Obama (WBO)
 * West Phoenicia (KWP)

Venues and infrastructure
Prescott hosted the Winter Olympics thrice before, and several venues were used once again for the 16th Summer Olympics. Blackstone Marina in Port Grenville was a venue at the 15th Summer Olympics and many of the same football venues across Electrum used in the 10th and 15th Summer Olympics will see Olympic action again. Numerous gridiron football or lacrosse venues across Quebec and Shingoryeo were previously used in the qualifying events of the 11th Summer Olympics. Numerous side arenas of Yongma College, Acadie Institute of Technology, Beaudoin and Calvert Colleges are used for basketball, handball and volleyball group stages.

Prescott
Outside Prescott
 * Northcote Oval - ceremonies, rugby sevens, athletics, football finals
 * Edison Square - archery, skateboarding, speed climbing, BMX freestyle
 * Landry's Arena - track cycling
 * Monument to Pacifism Centre - shooting
 * National Electrum University, Prescott - tennis (outdoor hard courts)
 * Prescott Racecourse - equestrian, modern pentathlon
 * Redford Lake/Toolmalook - rowing, sprint canoeing
 * The Ice Palace - tennis show court (hall A), boxing (hall B), karate, taekwondo, boccia (hall C), goalball (hall D)
 * Whitewater Canoe Course - canoe slalom
 * Kingsford Farm Country Club - golf
 * Mount Buckley National Park - road cycling, mountain biking, BMX racing
 * Blackstone Marina (in Port Grenville) - sailing

Twin Cities
Downtown Cluster
 * Ellington Park - baseball, softball
 * 101st Regiment Armoury - weightlifting, rhythmic gymnastics
 * Habpo Commons - open water swimming, beach volleyball, triathlon
 * Habpo Convention Centre - fencing, judo, table tennis, wrestling
 * KD Centre - artistic gymnastics, trampoline, basketball (finals)

Daehakro Cluster
 * Skylight Arena - basketball
 * Rudy and Alma Greenbaum Centre - badminton
 * Yongma College Aquatics Centre - swimming, diving, artistic swimming)

Olympic Park Cluster
 * Olympic Village
 * Two Rivers Stadium - ceremonies, gridiron football, lacrosse
 * National Hockey Centre - hockey
 * Mipo Aquatics Centre - water polo
 * National Steelworkers Union Centre - handball
 * The Gazebo at Mipojoseon - volleyball
 * Homebush Green - 3x3 basketball

Outside Twin Cities
 * Rimini Beach, Exbury - surfing