A number of sportspeople eligible for the
2016 Summer Olympics
The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...
in Rio de Janeiro stated that they would not attend because of the
ongoing Zika virus epidemic in Brazil. In the case of golf and tennis, media speculated that some absentees were unenthusiastic about competing in any case and used Zika as a convenient excuse.
Table
See also
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List of athletes not attending the 2020 Summer Olympics due to COVID-19 concerns
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List of athletes not attending the 2022 Winter Olympics due to COVID-19 concerns
Footnotes
References
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2016 Summer Olympics
Zika virus