King's and Rio 2016 Olympics & Paralympics
On this page, you'll find King's expert insight into the Rio 2016 Olympics and Paralympics, and find out more about King's links to the Games, and Brazil.
Rio 2016 video mini-series
How have the 2016 Olympics and Paralympics impacted communities in Rio de Janeiro?
Director of King's College London's Brazil Institute, Professor Anthony Pereira, discusses what impact the Rio 2016 Games has had on local communities in the city.
Zika and Rio 2016: What’s the current situation?
Senior Lecturer at King’s International Development Institute, Dr Eduardo J. Gómez, discusses the threat of Zika in the build-up to Rio 2016.
More information on Zika, including the Olympic and Paralympic Games Rio 2016, is available on the World Health Organisation (WHO) website: http://www.who.int/features/qa/zika/en/
How can your teeth affect your performance in sport?
Dr Rebecca Moazzez—Director of the Oral Clinical Research Unit, King’s Dental Institute—discusses how athletes often have poor oral health, something that could affect their performance.
What happens to your mouth when you exercise, and why is saliva so important?
Watch Dr Guy Carpenter, Reader in Oral Biology at King’s College London Dental Institute, discuss in our fourth video on Rio 2016.
Podcast
Why might some athletes dope and what can we do about it? In this podcast, Dr Silvia Camporesi, Lecturer in Bioethics & Society at King’s, asks why athletes dope and suggests a solution to the widespread problem.
King's and Rio 2016 Anti-doping Laboratory
King’s Drug Control Centre (DCC) led the operations during the London 2012 Games and assisted with many others including the Beijing 2008 Games. In preparation for Rio 2016 the Centre is working closely with King’s partner Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) and its Laboratório Brasileiro de Controle de Dopagem (LBCD) to offer guidance and support.
Read more about the collaboration between King's and LBCD here: The Road to Rio: King's and UFRJ
King's Sport
Find out more about King's current student and alumni at Rio 2016 in our alumni magazine In Touch and our King's alumni who qualified for the Olympic rowing finals.
King's Academics comment
Find out more about what King's academics have been saying around the Games on our coverage pages.