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A velodrome is an arena for track cycling. Modern velodromes feature steeply banked oval tracks, consisting of two 180-degree circular bends connected by two straights.

The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) had sent a total of 117 athletes, the nation's largest ever delegation in Summer Olympic history. Indian bagged a total of two medals, one silver and one bronze, in the games, and stood at the 67th place in the medal tally.

The theme of the 2016 Rio Olympics is “World peace and Environment”. It is the 31st edition of Summer Olympic Games, which has recently started at the Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from August 5 and will be continue till August 21, 2016.

Olympic champion shooter Abhinav Bindra was chosen as the flagbearer of the Indian contingent at the Rio Games' opening ceremony on August 5.

In discus throw in the Asian Athletic Championships, 2013 Vikas Gowda won a gold medal.

The India men's national field hockey team was the first non-European team to be a part of the International Hockey Federation. In 1928, the team won its first Olympic gold medal and until 1960, the Indian men's team remained unbeaten in the Olympics, winning six gold medals in a row.

Russia won the highest number of Gold Medals at the Winter Olympic Games held in Sochi in February, 2014.

Australia emerged victorious in a one-sided final where they defeated Pakistan by eight wickets.

In the International Tennis Premier League (ITPL) 2015, matches held in India, Rafael Nadal played from the team Indian Aces.

A gambit (from ancient Italian gambetto, meaning "to trip") is a chess opening in which a player, more often White, sacrifices material , usually a pawn, with the hope of achieving a resulting advantageous position.