The opening ceremony of the 31st Olympic Games will take place in the famous Maracana Stadium, Rio de Janeiro today, Friday 5th August at 8pm local time, in front of an unprecedented world audience.
The Spanish Olympic Committee will be lead by one of world’s most famous tennis players, Rafa Nadal, wearing the iconic Spanish sportswear brand. Nine other national Olympic committees will be on parade wearing Joma too, including Mexico and Portugal, as well as 18 sports federations such as the Royal Spanish Athletics Federation and the Athletics Federations of Mexico and Morocco.
Joma will be strongly represented in the handball competition as Croatia aim to land the mens title while the Honduran football team will be competing once again wearing their famous blue and white Joma kits.
The 2016 Olympic Games will see the greatest number of athletes and representatives wearing the Joma brand.