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By the Book: 2016 Olympic Wrestling Venues

(ATR) All four cities will have wrestling venues located less than 10 km from the Olympic Village for the 2016 Olympics. In this installment of By the Book, Around the Rings presents a look at the venues planned by Chicago, Madrid, Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo for the sport of wrestling.

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BEIJING - AUGUST 20: Ramazan Sahin of Turkey wrestles Andriy Stadnik of Ukraine for the gold medal in the 66kg Men's Freestyle wrestling event at the China Agriculture University Gymnasium during Day 12 of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games on August 20, 2008 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images)

BEIJING - AUGUST 20: Ramazan Sahin of Turkey wrestles Andriy Stadnik of Ukraine for the gold medal in the 66kg Men's Freestyle wrestling event at the China Agriculture University Gymnasium during Day 12 of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games on August 20, 2008 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images)

(ATR) All four cities will have wrestling venues located less than 10 km from the Olympic Village for the 2016 Olympics. In this installment of By the Book, Around the Rings presents a look at the venues planned by Chicago, Madrid, Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo for the sport of wrestling.

Chicago

• Lake Michigan Sports Complex East

• 9,800 Capacity

• $4.2 million for temporary construction

• 2 km from Olympic Village

• 7 km from IOC Hotel

• Currently used as convention center

Madrid

• IFEMA Pavilion 12

• 9,000 Capacity

• $4.4 million for temporary construction

• 6 km from Olympic Village

• 10 km from IOC Hotel

• Currently used as IFEMA (event venue)

Rio de Janeiro

• OTC – Hall 3

• 10,000 Capacity

• $195.2 million for temporary construction

• 4 km from Olympic Village

• 30 km from IOC Hotel

• Construction has not started

Tokyo

• Tokyo Big Sight Hall A

• 10,000 Capacity

• $29 million for temporary construction (Tokyo Big Sight also will be used for fencing and taekwondo)

• 2 km from Olympic Village

• 7 km from IOC Hotel

• Currently used as an exhibition center

By the Book is a series of reports on the 2016 candidate cities, using information provided in the candidate file of each city.

Edited by Isia Reaves

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