The pursuit of excellence

Before colouring. The sketch of the final painting.

Alexi Pappas poses in the “wax cabins” alongside the Olympic Cross Country Skiing racecourse. “It was so interesting to get a peek ‘behind the curtains’ at another Olympic sport. Runners like me have plenty of pairs of shoes, but that’s nothing compared to cross country skiers — one skier can have up to 30 pairs of skis!”

Lanny Barnes (USA) joined the action next to Roald Bradstock (GB) during the second week of the Games

Roald Bradstock (GB) and Jean Blaise Evequoz (SUI) inside the art studio during the first week of the Olympic Games

View inside the studio. The artists and athletes celebrated the spirit of Olympism through art with a wider audience via the hashtag #OlympicArt.

Jeremy Teicher and Alexi Pappas with their camera, a state-of-the-art “one man band” rig that enabled Jeremy to direct, film, and record sound sync-sound simultaneously.

The IOC announced an extension to its global partnership with official timekeeper omega through to 2032, to include the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022 through to the Games of the XXXV Olympiad (2032).

Bridgestone gave hundreds of customers, special guests and teammates an opportunity to experience the Games, the Olympic Movement and Brazilian culture during the Olympic Games Rio 2016. Bridgestone guests represented 12 countries and spoke 15 different languages