Rio de Janeiro is making its second bid for an Olympics. (ATR)(ATR) The Rio de Janeiro bid for the 2016 Olympics picks up support from the federal government, including backing for a new Olympic park.
Carlos Osorio, secretary general of the Olympic Committee of Brazil, tells Around the Rings the approval came at a meeting of government and sports leaders Monday. The meeting marked the completion of the questionnaire required by the IOC from the 2016 applicant cities next month.
“It’s a major outcome,” says Osorio. “It is among the best news we could ever get.”
Osorio says the approval means that construction will begin for the Rio Olympic Park in Barra, the eastern suburb of Rio De Janeiro where many venues for the Pan American Games were located.
“There will be a new state of the art training center, a major legacy for all of South America. It will be the first for the continent,” he says. Venues such as the aquatics center from the Pan American Games figure into the Rio de Janeiro bid. (ATR)“This shows Brazil’s commitment to the Olympic Movement and Olympic sports.”
Included in the Rio de Janeiro proposal is a new Olympic Village, to be constructed in the Barra area, near the Pan American Village.
The Pan Am Village, home to 5,000 athletes and officials in July, has already been sold to private owners.
He says the new plan for Rio de Janeiro “is a major upgrade in the bid from 2012”, a bid that failed to make the final round of five cities in the race won by London.
Around the Rings has been told that the logo for the Rio de Janeiro bid has been approved by the IOC and that an unveiling is imminent.
Osorio says more details on the bid will be presented in early January, ahead of the submission of the bid questionnaire to the IOC.
Written by Ed Hula
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