We are so excited about the 2016 Olympics being held in Rio, Brazil this August! Here’s a selection of our favourite sporting images to get you in the mood for the games!
Let’s kick off with one of Brazil’s favourite sports, FOOTBALL, with Simon Bartram‘s Up For The Cup (Templar).
Spike Gerrell
![Spike Gerrell for Sainsbury Magazine](https://res.cloudinary.com/arenaillustration/image/upload/v1605981012/blog/arena_spike-gerrell_olympics_piftdi.jpg)
Illustration by Spike Gerrell for Sainsbury Magazine
Aleksei Bitskoff
![Illustration by Aleksei Bitskoff for What if a... Could a Monkey Waterski?](https://res.cloudinary.com/arenaillustration/image/upload/v1605981013/blog/arena_aleksei-bitskoff_what-if-monkey_cctg6u.jpg)
Illustration by Aleksei Bitskoff for What if a… Could a Monkey Waterski?
Neal Layton
![Neal Layton- Sporting kids](https://res.cloudinary.com/arenaillustration/image/upload/v1605981008/blog/Neal-Layton-Sporting-kids_mcvwwv.jpg)
Neal Layton- Sporting kids
Steve May
![Illustration by Steve May for Fitter, Faster, Funnier Olympics](https://res.cloudinary.com/arenaillustration/image/upload/v1605981015/blog/arena_steve-may_olympics_ncecry.jpg)
Illustration by Steve May for Fitter, Faster, Funnier Olympics
Alex T. Smith
![Alex T. Smith- Claude Going for Gold, Trophy](https://res.cloudinary.com/arenaillustration/image/upload/v1605981018/blog/Rio_ATS_Claude-Trophy_jk2yno.jpg)
Illustrations by Alex T. Smith for Claude: Going for Gold