Technically-excellent Games and an Olympic Village combining comfort and functionality
Members of Rio 2016 pleased with results of first day with IOC Evaluation Commission
Olympic Park
Compact, technically-excellent Olympic and Paralympic Games; an Olympic Village replete with facilities and a touch of the carioca lifestyle: Rio 2016 today began describing its plans to host the 2016 Games to the International Olympic Committees Evaluation Commission.
The results of the first meetings left the Rio 2016 Bid Committee confident and energised. We are happy and proud of the results of the first presentations. Speakers and members of the Evaluation Commission seemed to be on the same wavelength, and the question and answer sessions went smoothly, explained Leonardo Gryner, Rio 2016s director of marketing and communications.
The presentation on Sport and Venues featured Agberto Guimarães, Rio 2016s Director of Sport and winner of two gold medals (800m and 1,500m) at the Caracas 1983 Pan American Games. Guimarães outlined the four zones of the Rio 2016 Games Plan Barra da Tijuca, Copacabana, Deodoro and Maracanã and stressed that all sports venues built for the Rio 2007 Pan American Games will be used.
Barra will be the heart of the Games, but the rest of the city will also be integrated, said Guimarães, adding, I was happy with how the presentation went. I attempted to share a little of the emotion I felt when I was an athlete with the Members and I think I succeeded.
All zones were described in details to members of the press with particular attention paid to the Olympic Training Center (OTC), set to be built in Barra da Tijuca, and the X Park, an extreme sports center in Deodoro that will help to boost young peoples interest in sport. The projects were described enthusiastically by Paralympic swimmer Daniel Dias, chosen to represent Brazilian athletes at the opening meeting with the IOC.
It was an honor to participate in this meeting on behalf of my peers, since I really believe in Rio 2016. The Olympic and Paralympic Games have been designed as a single event. Many, many people share my dream of seeing such a special event in my country, said Dias.
To enable athletes to obtain top performance during the competitions, the Olympic Villages 34 apartment blocks will unite comfort and functionality. All requirements of the IOC and the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) will be met. The village will also have an Olympic Beach and Rua Carioca, a pedestrian boulevard lined with bars and stores.
The Olympic Village will feature a sense of Rio de Janeiro and Brazil, and it will also generate benefits for the Barra da Tijuca region, explained Mário Cilenti, Rio 2016s International Relations Director.
Rio 2016 Ambassador Adriana Behar, beach volleyball player, six-time champion of the World Circuit and two-time Olympic medal-winner (silver at Sydney 2000 and Athens 2004), participated in the presentation to the IOC Evaluation Commission.
Rio 2016 is interested in the needs of athletes and, as a result, has met all our requests for the Olympic Village. The presentation to the Commission was great, because we spoke about a dream that has every chance of coming true, said Behar.
This thursday (30 April), another six themes will be presented to the 13 members of the IOC Commission: Paralympic Games, Political Climate, Legal Aspects, Customs and Immigration Formalities, Finance, and Marketing. On Friday, the Commission will visit the citys sports venues.
The results of the first meetings left the Rio 2016 Bid Committee confident and energised. We are happy and proud of the results of the first presentations. Speakers and members of the Evaluation Commission seemed to be on the same wavelength, and the question and answer sessions went smoothly, explained Leonardo Gryner, Rio 2016s director of marketing and communications.
The presentation on Sport and Venues featured Agberto Guimarães, Rio 2016s Director of Sport and winner of two gold medals (800m and 1,500m) at the Caracas 1983 Pan American Games. Guimarães outlined the four zones of the Rio 2016 Games Plan Barra da Tijuca, Copacabana, Deodoro and Maracanã and stressed that all sports venues built for the Rio 2007 Pan American Games will be used.
Barra will be the heart of the Games, but the rest of the city will also be integrated, said Guimarães, adding, I was happy with how the presentation went. I attempted to share a little of the emotion I felt when I was an athlete with the Members and I think I succeeded.
All zones were described in details to members of the press with particular attention paid to the Olympic Training Center (OTC), set to be built in Barra da Tijuca, and the X Park, an extreme sports center in Deodoro that will help to boost young peoples interest in sport. The projects were described enthusiastically by Paralympic swimmer Daniel Dias, chosen to represent Brazilian athletes at the opening meeting with the IOC.
It was an honor to participate in this meeting on behalf of my peers, since I really believe in Rio 2016. The Olympic and Paralympic Games have been designed as a single event. Many, many people share my dream of seeing such a special event in my country, said Dias.
To enable athletes to obtain top performance during the competitions, the Olympic Villages 34 apartment blocks will unite comfort and functionality. All requirements of the IOC and the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) will be met. The village will also have an Olympic Beach and Rua Carioca, a pedestrian boulevard lined with bars and stores.
The Olympic Village will feature a sense of Rio de Janeiro and Brazil, and it will also generate benefits for the Barra da Tijuca region, explained Mário Cilenti, Rio 2016s International Relations Director.
Rio 2016 Ambassador Adriana Behar, beach volleyball player, six-time champion of the World Circuit and two-time Olympic medal-winner (silver at Sydney 2000 and Athens 2004), participated in the presentation to the IOC Evaluation Commission.
Rio 2016 is interested in the needs of athletes and, as a result, has met all our requests for the Olympic Village. The presentation to the Commission was great, because we spoke about a dream that has every chance of coming true, said Behar.
This thursday (30 April), another six themes will be presented to the 13 members of the IOC Commission: Paralympic Games, Political Climate, Legal Aspects, Customs and Immigration Formalities, Finance, and Marketing. On Friday, the Commission will visit the citys sports venues.
