Thomas Bach visits Barra Olympic Park: "I am even more confident that we will have great Games"
President of the International Olympic Committee inspects final preparations for Rio 2016, meets Brazilian authorities
Bach poses for a photo with the police outriders who accompanied him on his way to Barra Olympic Park (Photo: Rio 2016/Alex Ferro)
Thomas Bach, president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), visited Barra Olympic Park in Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday (14 June), where he discussed with Brazilian authorities the final preparations for the Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
“The last weeks before the Games are the hardest, as there are all types of details to get right"
Thomas Bach, IOC president
Accompanied by the president of the Rio 2016 organising commiteee, Carlos Nuzman, Bach spent the Tuesday morning at the Future Arena. The venue will host the handball competition of the Olympic Games and then the goalball matches of the Paralympic Games. Bach and Nuzman met interim President Michel Temer, the interim governor of Rio de Janeiro, Francisco Dornelles, and the city's mayor Eduardo Paes.
"Our aim is together to make these Games a great success. This was the atmosphere of the meeting and this is our commitment. I am even more confident that we will have great Olympic Games," Bach said following the meeting.
Senior figures in the organisation of Rio 2016 met at the Future Arena (Photo: Rio2016/Alex Ferro)