Rio’s city government has published updated figures showing progress in the construction of new venues for the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Work on two venues – the BMX track and mountain bike course – is complete, the mayor’s office said, while another six have passed the 90 per cent mark and a further five are more than 80 per cent ready.

A selection of photos also released on Friday (18 September) by the city government show how the venues are nearing completion. The three Carioca Arenas – which will host basketball, wrestling, judo, fencing, taekwondo, wheelchair basketball, wheelchair rugby and boccia – can be seen to be virtually complete. Another photo from Barra Olympic Park shows the roof of the Olympic Aquatics Stadium almost finished, while others show progress on the Rio Olympic Velodrome and Olympic Tennis Centre.

Aerial images from Deodoro Olympic Park show the Youth Arena – which will host preliminary basketball games, modern pentathlon and wheelchair fencing – in an advanced stage of construction, while the obstacles that have been installed along the canoe slalom course are clearly visible. Also on Friday, the Brazilian federal government released a video (in Portuguese) showing the start of the process to fill the Whitewater Stadium (the canoe slalom venue) with 25 million litres of water.

The city government provide monthly updates on the status of venue construction on its website http://www.cidadeolimpica.com.br/andamento-das-obras./

Check out the construction completion figures and images below:

BARRA OLYMPIC PARK – 89%

Carioca Arena 1 – 92%

Carioca Arena 2 – 94%

Carioca Arena 3 – 95%

Rio Olympic Velodromo – 65%

Olympic Tennis Centre – 74%

Future Arena – 87%

Olympic Aquatics Stadium – 89%

International Broadcast Centre – 96%

Main Press Centre – 88%

Hotel – 83%

Olympic and Paralympic Village – 91%

Olympic Golf Course – 98%

The roof of the Rio Olympic Veldodrome is about half completed (Photo: Rio City Government/Ricardo Cassiano)

 
The surface of one of the secondary courts at the Olympic Tennis Centre can be seen (Photo: Rio City Government/Ricardo Cassiano)

The roof of the Olympic Aquatics Stadium is nearly complete (Photo: Rio City Government/Ricardo Cassiano)

DEODORO OLYMPIC PARK

Mountain Bike Centre – 100%

Olympic BMX Centre – 100%

Whitewater Stadium – 85%

Youth Arena – 65%

The obstacles installed at the Whitewater Stadium can been clearly seen (Photo: Rio City Government/Ricardo Cassiano)

Work on the Youth Arena is also in an advanced stage (Photo: Rio City Government/Ricardo Cassiano)