Friday, August 5^th, 2016 kicks off one of the biggest sporting events in the entire world, as the Summer Olympic Games arrive, this year in Rio de Janeiro. However, the conditions in Rio could hold back certain games, and could alter the future of the Games. Also, certain sports have exhibition games helping solidify their sports’ positions in the future Games. Here is what to expect now, and in the future.

Men’s USA Basketball Will Demolish

They may not be a ‘Dream Team’-esque team like the one we saw in 2012, but they have one of the youngest rosters we have ever seen. While they have young guns like Klay Thompson, Kyrie Irving, and Kevin Durant, they have the leadership of Carmelo Anthony, who has been on every roster since 2004. The only teams that can compete with the US are France and Lithuania, and even then, it won’t be very difficult for USA to go on the tear they did in ’12. They will get the Gold easy. As for the Women’s team, the same should be true for them.

The US Women’s Soccer Team is WAYYYY Better Than the US Men’s Team

Plain and simple, the girl power of the women’s team makes the men’s team look like a bunch of 10-year olds. The women do have competition coming from Japan, but after seeing the 2015 World Cup demolishment by the US of Japan, the US Women’s team will get Gold easy. The Men’s won’t really do much.

Brazil Won’t Impress

Brazil, the host country, hasn’t been very good at basketball as of late, yet their soccer team is one of the most coveted of all-time. However, after their disappointment in 2012 (they got Silver, losing to Mexico in the Final), Brazil’s soccer team has been in deep disarray, and their struggles will continue, as the strength of European soccer teams (such as Germany, France, and Portugal) will cause them to have an epic fall.

Baseball Will Show Itself in the Olympics

During the Olympics, there will be exhibition games between countries on helping solidify baseball’s return to the Olympics in 2020, as it hasn’t been played since 2008. I feel the talent in the MLB would make baseball very exciting for the sport, as well as the Games.

Added Sports

In 2020, we will see baseball, softball, surfing, karate, sport climbing, and skateboarding all in the Games. This is huge, especially for the sports of baseball and softball, which return for the first time since the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.