For the first time ever Olympic athletes will receive their medals at three different type of victory ceremonies according to their style of sport.
Each ceremony will also have its own music (check them out on the Rio website>>>), as Christy Nicolay, executive producer of sport presentations, explained. "For the first time ever we have three different styles of victory ceremonies," said the American.
"This is my eighth Olympic Games and I've always wanted to do this. And music in Brazil is so amazing that's it's a great opportunity to show that.
"There are so many sports in the summer Olympics and some of them are so different. For example the music at gynmnastics would be very different to BMX, or beach volleyball would be very different to fencing. So we wanted three different styles of ceremonies."
The ceremonies for the 'tradtional' sports – which include equestrian and fencing – will be more fomal, close to a classical style, as will be the uniforms of the medal presenters uniforms, who will wear jackets.
Medal winners in 'popular' sports – which include basketball and volleyball – will receive their gongs to pop music, with the presenters wearing jackets with an orange stripe.
The 'cool' kids – who include those radical dudes in BMX, mountain bike, beach volleyball – will be awarded their medals to the sound of Brazilian funk music, a blend hip-hop and electro, by jacketless presenters with their sleeves rolled up.
Each piece of music was produced by Nicolay and composer Alex de Faria.