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Traditional, popular or cool... Rio 2016 to have three styles of medal ceremonies

By Denise Mirás

Different music and outfits will be used according to character of each sport

Traditional, popular or cool... Rio 2016 to have three styles of medal ceremonies

The Rio 2016 medals, podiums and presenter uniforms were unveiled in June (Photo: Rio 2016/Alex Ferro)

Traditional, popular or cool – which one are you? Your answer could define which sports you find yourself watching at the Rio 2016 Games, when for the first time in Olympic history the athletes will receive their medals at three different types of victory ceremonies, according to the style of sport.

Each ceremony will also have its own music (hear them below), 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."

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Brazilian funk for the cool kids

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.

Click below for the traditional track:

Below, the pop:

And the alternative: