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Your InterCom Editor is excited to watch several local Oregonians (of different nationalities) compete in track and field at the Rio Olympic Games. Here are some more resources for including the Olympics in your classroom:

A collection of teaching ideas; the “Languages” ones are limited, but the ones for “English” as well as several other content areas can be adapted to language classrooms: http://www.teachingideas.co.uk/athletics/ways-to-use-the-olympics-in-the-classroom

The math and science behind Olympic sports: https://www.ck12info.org/about/olympics/

Facts about the Olympic Games in Arabic: http://blogs.transparent.com/arabic/the-most-important-facts-about-the-2016-summer-olympics-in-arabic/ and http://blogs.transparent.com/arabic/the-most-important-facts-about-the-2016-summer-olympics-in-arabic-2/

Talking about the Olympics in Italian: http://becomingitalianwordbyword.typepad.com/becomingitalian/2016/08/talking-about-the-olympics-in-the-italian-language.html

How much does Michael Phelps eat? Watch a video in Italian: http://www.learnitalianvideos.com/2009/08/cosa-mangia-michael-phelps-colazione.html

Reports on different Olympics sports in Spanish: http://www.fundeu.es/juegos-olimpicos-rio-2016/

Spanish Olympic vocabulary contest: http://www.fundeu.es/gran-concurso-de-vocabulario-olimpico/

News and authentic resources for Spanish learners: https://marishawkins.wordpress.com/2016/08/09/noticias-los-juegos-olimpicos/

Spanish alternatives to English borrowings: http://www.fundeu.es/10-extranjerismos-olimpicos/

Information about Belgium and the Netherlands in the 2016 Olympics: http://blogs.transparent.com/dutch/the-2016-olympics-in-rio/

Summer Olympics vocabulary in Thai: http://blogs.transparent.com/thai/summer-olympics-in-thai/