Rio picks 2016 Olympics logo for NY Eve unveiling

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) Rio organizers have chosen the logo for the 2016 Olympics, but it won't be unveiled until an official ceremony on New Year's Eve on Copacabana beach.

The logo's design was picked from eight finalists on Thursday and will now be sent to the International Olympic Committee for approval.

Rio 2016 committee president Carlos Arthur Nuzman says “a historic” phase of the games has been concluded and that the logo will be successful and “please all.”

Twelve judges picked by the organizing committee participated in the selection process, including Nuzman.

The Rio Games will be the first time the Olympics will take place in South America.

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