RIO'S CITY HALL OLYMPIC ANNUAL REPORT 2014

In 2014, Rio de Janeiro became furthermore an Olympic City. At Barra’s Olympic Park and at the Deodoro Sports Complex, new Olympic venues changed these neighborhoods landscapes. 

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In 2014, Rio de Janeiro became furthermore an Olympic City. At Barra’s Olympic Park and at the Deodoro Sports Complex, new Olympic venues changed these neighborhoods landscapes. The works made by the City Hall, in coordination with Riourbe and Empresa Olímpica Municipal (EOM), follow three important elements – legacy, economy in public resources and the construction of sports venues that comply with the Olympic standards being simple at the same time.

However, in the last 12 months, there was progress not only in projects directly related to the Games. The Public Policy Plan works, which will make the city even more wonderful to visitors and tourists, had promoted improvements on transport and environment areas. In a little over a year for the Games, the Transoeste (which connects Barra and Santa Cruz/Campo Grande) and the Port’s region renovation, being the Perimetral demolition a landmark, are already a reality to the Carioca’s lives.

In 2015, we enter the final stretch, delivering new venues and promoting more than 40 events to test some items of each venue. The Transolímpica construction and the Joá Overpass lane duplication are well underway. The population’s support and the partnership between the three levels of Government (Federal, State and Municipal), the Olympic Public Authority (APO) and the Rio 2016 Committee will be even more essential. Below are some of the highlights of the Olympic City in 2014 and what is to come in the following months.

· OLYMPIC PARK

The Olympic Park is considered the heart of the Games. It will occupy an area of 1.18 million square meters and will host 16 Olympic disciplines (basketball, judo, taekwondo, wrestling and greco-roman wrestling, handball, tennis, cycling, diving, water polo, swimming, synchronized swimming, fencing, artistic gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics and trampoline gymnastics) and 9 Paralympic (wheelchair basketball, wheelchair rugby, boccia, judo, goalball, wheelchair tennis, cycling, football 5-a-side and swimming). Served by two new BRT lines – Transolímpica and Transcarioca – the Olympic Park will also leave the main sports legacy of the Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games, the Olympic Training Center (OTC) for high performance athletes.

For the construction works of the Olympic Park, two partnerships were made. One of them is a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) between the City Hall and the consortium Rio Mais, which is enabling the construction and maintenance for 15 years of the infrastructure of the Park, in addition to the construction of three halls (called Carioca Arenas), the Main Press Centre (MPC), the International Broadcast Centre (IBC), the hotel and the infrastructure of the Athlete’s Village.

The Aquatic Centre, the Tennis Centre, the Velodrome and the Arena of the Future are being built through a technical agreement between the Federal Government and the City Hall. The Federal Government will fund the works and the City Hall, through Riourbe and the Municipal Olympic Company, will execute the construction.

- Infraestructure

Status – Regarding the general infrastructure of the Olympic Park, the works on the underground networks currently reach 70% of completion. More than 10.5 km of drainage networks (equivalent to 3.5 times the Ipanema beach extension), 5.3 km of sewers, 8.3 km of water networks, 5 km of fire networks, 5 km of public lighting network, 9.9 km of medium voltage lighting and 21.9 km of telecommunication networks have already been installed. Works on the car parks, on the Olympic Way, on the viewpoints for spectators and on the recovery of the lagoon margins are ongoing.

- Carioca Arenas 1, 2 and 3

Status – The construction works are in final stage of pre-molded concrete mounting and metal cover installation. At the Arenas 2 and 3 the field of play is ready. At the Arena 1 the field of play works are ongoing. At the Arena 3 the metal cover is getting installed. The mounting works for the metal cover has started by the pre-mounting, on the ground, forming modules that began to be lifted using cranes. Brickwork and installation services are ongoing at the three halls.

Estimated delivery – Third trimester 2015.

Carioca Arena 1

Capacity: 16.000 seats

Sports:

Olympic: basketball

Paralympic: wheelchair basketball and wheelchair rugby

Test event – January 2016 (basketball and wheelchair rugby)

Carioca Arena 2

Capacity: 10.000 seats

Sports:

Olympic: judo, greco-roman wrestling, wrestling

Paralympic: boccia

Test event – January 2016 (judo, taekwondo and wrestling)

Carioca Arena 3

Capacity: 10.000 seats

Sports:

Olympic: fencing, taekwondo

Paralympic: judo

Test event – April 2016 (weightlifting and fencing)

- Tennis Centre

Status – The foundation has been concluded. The first half of the pre-molded concrete structure mounting of the grandstands is almost finished. It has already started the last half of the pre-molded concrete structure mounting, which includes the upper rings installation and the execution of brickwork and the photographers area of the main arena. In the arenas for 5,000 and 3,000 people, the slabs of the temporary grandstands construction is in final stage. The execution of the floor basis in the field of play is ongoing.

Estimated delivery – Fourth trimester of 2015

Total capacity: 19.750 seats

Main court: 10.000 seats

Court 2: 5.000 seats

Court 3: 3.000 seats

Thirteen warm up and traning courts: 250 seats each

Sports:

Olympic: tennis

Paralympic: wheelchair tennis, football 5-a-side

Test event – December 2015 (tennis)

- Velodrome

Status – Works are in foundation stage and the first pillars have already been installed.

Estimated delivery – Fourth trimester of 2015.

Capacity: 5.000 seats

Sports:

Olympic: cycling

Paralympic: cycling

Test event – March 2016 (cycling)

-Arena of the Future (Handball)

Status –The foundation and the metal cover mounting, including the main pillars, the cover main beams and the latticework have been concluded. The mounting of the overall cover, the mounting of the metal structure of the grandstands, the bracing of the metal structure, the pre-molded slabs placing, the concreting of the floor slab of the arena and the execution of the internal networks are ongoing.

Estimated delivery – Fourth trimester of 2015.

Capacity: 12.000 seats

Sports:

Olympic: handball

Paralympic: goalball

Test event: April (handball) and May (goalball) of 2016

-Aquatic Stadium

Status - The foundation is in final stage. The floor slab concreting and the mounting of the metal structure of the grandstands of the main pool are ongoing.

Estimated delivery - First trimester 2016.

Capacity: 18.000 seats

Sports:

Olympic: swimming and water polo

Paralympic: swimming

Test event: May2016 (Olympic and Paralympic swimming)

-Maria Lenk Aquatic Park

Status – The venue has already been built and needs only adaptation, which will start on the first trimester of 2015.

Estimated delivery - First trimester 2016.

Capacity: 5.000 seats

Sports:

Olympic: diving and synchronized swimming

Test event: February (diving) and March (synchronized swimming) of 2016

- Rio Arena

Status - The venue has already been built and needs only adaptations which will start on the first trimester of 2015.

Estimated delivery – Fourth trimester of 2015

Capacity: 12.000 seats

Sports:

Olympic: artistic gymnastics, trampoline gymnastics and rhythmic gymnastics

Paralympic: wheelchair basketball

Test event: April 2016 (arstistic gymnastics)

-International Broadcast Centre (IBC)

Status – The construction works are in final stage of mounting the building’s metal structure and slabs concreting. Mounting of the roof cover is ongoing in addition to the construction of the reservoir, toilets, indoor metal stairs and the drywalls. The technical galleries are being installed in the east and west side of the building.

Estimated delivery – Third trimester of 2015

-Main Press Centre (MPC)

Status – The containment, foundation and concreting of the second floor works have been concluded. The concrete structures, as pillars, beams and slabs, of the basement floor, ground floor and mezzanine are ongoing, such as the concreting of the third floor of the south tower; and installation the glass façade of the building.

Estimated delivery - Fourth trimester of 2015

-Hotel

Status – The containment and foundation works have been concluded. Mounting of concrete structure of the elevators and stairs, in addition to the metal structure of the building, are ongoing.

Estimated delivery – Second trimester of 2016

· Golf Course

Satus – The construction works at the Golf Course started in 2013 and are on schedule. The topography of the 18 holes has been concluded, and so has the dredging of the lakes in the course area. The grass planting started in May, with 95% of it concluded. The support and maintenance building is in its finishing stage, and the main building (the Club House) is in its foundation phase.

Estimated delivery – Second trimester of 2016

Capacity: 25 K seats

Sport: Golf

Test event: November 2015

· Riocentro

Status - The venue will receive complementary installations to adapt for the competitions. Pavilion 6 will be built to host boxing and sitting volleyball.

Estimated delivery – Second trimester of 2016

Capacity:

Pavillion 2: 6.500 seats

Pavillion 3: 6.500 seats

Pavillion 4: 6.500 seats

Sports:

Pavillion 2: Olympic and Paralympic weightlifting

Pavillion 3: Olympic and Paralympic table tennis

Pavillion 4: badminton

Pavillion 6: boxing and sitting voleyball

Test event: November 2015 (boccia, table tennis, badminton and boxing)

· ATHLETES VILLAGE

Status: The construction of 31 buildings have been completed. Works on the facades are ongoing.

· DEODORO SPORTS COMPLEX

In July of 2014, Rio’s City Hall began works on the Deodoro Sports Complex. The venue will host competitions for 11 Olympic and four Paralympic sports. As Deodoro hosted the 2007 Pan American Games and the 2011 World Military Games, 60% of the permanent competition venues have already been built. The works interventions are being coordinated by the City Hall and executed with Federal Government resources.

After the Olympic Games, the canoe slalom and BMX venues will be part of the X-Park, which will be the Games’ sporting legacy for the area. Covering around 500 thousand square metres, it will be the city’s second largest park (after Flamengo Park). The sport venues will serve as a dual legacy, allowing high-performance athlete training, as well as public leisure in an area with few outdoor activity options, and a high percentage of young people.

Existing venues:

-National Shooting Centre - the venue’s existing seven stands will be renovated. A temporary stand will be built for the finals (pistol and rifle), with 2,000 seats.

Estimated delivery: Fourth quarter of 2015

Total capacity: 7.250 seats

Test event: April 2016

- Modern Pentathlon Aquatics Centre - the pool will be renovated and will have a temporary grandstand with 2,000 seats.

Estimated delivery: Fourth trimester of 2015

Capacity: 2 thousand seats

-National Equestrian Centre - the cross-country track, training tracks, and the jumping and dressage arena will be renovated and expanded. There will be a new veterinary clinic and accommodation for grooms and veterinarians (72 three-bedroom apartments), to remain as legacy items after 2016. The jumping and dressage arena will have 14,200 seats (1,200 permanents and 13,000 temporaries). The cross-country track will have a capacity of 20,000 spectators standing and 1,000 temporary seats.

Status: The existing cross-country track is being readapted with an irrigation system and vectors control.

Estimated delivery: Fourth trimester of 2015

Total capacity: 35.200 seats

Test event: August 2015

-Olympic Hockey Centre – the two existing pitches will be renovated. The new venue will include changing rooms, a permanent grandstand with 2,500 seats for the main pitch and an administrative centre. During Games Time, the Olympic Hockey Centre will have 5,000 temporary seats at the secondary pitch and 10,000 seats in the main pitch – 2,500 of them permanent.

Status – Construction works are in earthmoving stage.

Estimated delivery: Fourth trimester of 2015

Total capacity: 15 thousand seats

Test event: November 2015

New permanent venues:

-Youth Arena – The gymnasium, which will host the first rounds of women basketball and the modern pentathlon fencing, will have 2,000 permanent seats and 3,000 temporary ones.

Status: Construction works are in earthmoving and foundation stages. Stacking and blocks are ongoing.

Estimated delivery: Fourth trimester of 2015

Capacity: 5.000 seats

Test event: March 2016

-Olympic BMX Centre

Status: Earthmoving stage

Estimated delivery: Third trimester of 2015

Capacity: 7.500 temporary seats

Test event: October 2015

-Olympic Whitewater Stadium

Status: Construction works are in earthmoving stage. The concreting of the lake slab are ongoing.

Estimated delivery: Fourth trimester of 2015

Capacity: 8.000 temporary seats

Test event: November 2015

Temporary venues:

- Olympic Mountain Bike Park

Estimated delivery: Third trimester of 2015

Capacity: 27.500 seats - 2,500 temporaries and 25,000 standing

Test event: October 2015

- Deodoro Stadium – the arena will host rugby, modern Pentathlon (equestrian, running and shooting), and football 7-a-side

Estimated delivery: Fourth trimester of 2015

Capacity: 15.000 seat

Test event: March 2016

· MARINA DA GLÓRIA

Marina da Glória was the first venue to be tested for the Olympic Games, in August 2014.

Status: The venue adaptation works have already started. To ensure a sustainable revitalization, in July 2013, a special committee was created with members of the Institute of National Historical and Artistic Heritage (IPHAN), Institute of Architects of Brazil (IAB), and the Municipal Government. This group established plans for the renovation of the Marina da Glória area that aim to enhance the cultural landscape of Flamengo Park. Their work was published in the Official Gazette in March 2014.

The plans include a requirement to expand the Marina in a sustainable manner to the border of the bay and Flamengo Park, while adhering to a limit of 12 meters above the sea level as maximum building height, a limit of 10 thousand square meters for the projection of the constructed area, no installation of any type of fence in the terrestrial part of Marina da Glória, and no restriction on public access, among others.

Estimated delivery: Fourth trimester of 2015

Capacity: 10.000 seats

Test event: August 2015

· SAMBADROMO

Sambadromo

Status: The renewal works for the Games were delivered in February of 2012

Sports: Olympic marathon and archery; Paralympic archery

Capacity: 30.000 seats (marathon), 6.000 seats (archery).

Test event: July (marathon) and September (archery) of 2015

· João Havelange Stadium (Engenhão)

The temporary extension of Engenhão – capacity of 45,000 to 60,000 seats – will take place in the first half of 2016. The regeneration of the Engenhão’s surroundings includes reurbanization of the stadium four surrounding routes, with implementation of new pavement, improved accessibility and infrastructure networks, landscaping, and adoption of new public lighting, meeting the parameters for the last mile of the venue. The project also contemplates the renewal of old railway warehouses and also the urbanization of an area of 43 thousand square meters called the Railway Square.

Sports: Athletics

Capacity: 60.000 seats (being 45.000 temporary)

Test Event: May 2016

PUBLIC POLICY PLAN

The Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games Legacy Public Policy Plan is composed of 14 projects executed by the municipal government, 10 projects executed by the state government and three projects executed by the federal government. They involve infrastructure (including sporting) construction work and public policies in the areas of mobility, the environment, urban improvements, education and culture that are under way and have been accelerated and/or made feasible by the fact that the city is hosting the event.

The 14 projects executed by the municipal government, with an investment of R$14.3 billion, by April 2014 values, are infrastructure construction projects and public policies under way, required by the city and accelerated and/or made feasible by the fact that Rio is hosting the event.

All of the projects executed by the municipal government have a maturity level equal to or higher than 3, thus they have a defined budget. Of the total investment of R$14.3 billion, around 64% (R$9.2 billion) is being funded through partnerships with the private sector. Of the remaining amount, around R$3.9 billion is being invested by the municipal government and around R$1.2 billion by the federal government.

The majority of the projects (86%), 12 in all, are at a well-advanced stage, with a maturity level of at least 4, meaning that the contracts to start the construction work have been signed or construction is under way. Projects with maturity level 4 include the last stage of the Transoeste Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project. The municipal government has already opened 95% of this express corridor, benefiting 120,000 people. The completion of the Alvorada-Shopping Città America stretch and the connection with Jardim Oceânico for integration with the Metro Line 4, included in the Public Policy Plan – Legacy Budget, will expand the mobility legacy for the public.

The projects executed by the municipal government are concentrated in four main strategic areas: mobility, the environment, urban renovation, and social development.

· MOBILITY

The set of interventions includes structural changes such as the implementation of an integrated transport system, the widening of avenues, the construction of viaducts and the modernization of traffic control.

Light Rail Vehicles (LRV)

Light rail vehicles will connect the neighbourhoods of the Port Region to the city centre, including Santos Dumont Airport, going through the Novo Rio Bus Station, Praça Mauá, Avenida Rio Branco, Cinelândia, Central do Brasil, Praça XV and Santo Cristo. Integrated with other transport means such as the metro, trains, ferries, BRT, conventional bus lines and cable cars, the light rail system with its six lines and 56 stops will be fundamental to improving the region’s traffic and reducing vehicle flows. The light rail system will be 28 km long and will carry an average of 300,000 passengers per day.

Status: The implementation works for the LRV have already started in several avenues such as General Luiz Mendes de Morais Avenue, the Port’s Binary, Rio Branco Avenue and streets in Gamboa, Saúde and Santo Cristo.

Transolímpica BRT

Extending for 26 km (being 13 km part of the Express Way), the Transolímpica will connect the Olympic Park in Barra da Tijuca to the Deodoro Sports Complex. Once this project is completed, the expected commuting time between Barra and Deodoro will be reduced to 54%, which benefits 70,000 people per day. Furthermore, the Transolímpica will connect with the Transcarioca at Curicica, the Transoeste in the Recreio do Bandeirantes, and integrating with the SuperVia trains in Deodoro. The project also includes the Salvador Allende Avenue lanes duplication, and new routes through the Pedra Branca massif, with the construction of a tunnel with four entrances. Overall, the Transolimpica BRT will have 46 stations.

Status: 50% of the construction work is concluded. Among the project’s progress are the Boiúna Viaduct (75%); Rio Grande (75%) and Piraquara (87%) bridges; Avenida Brasil (70%) ramps, Boiúna tunnel north entrances (70%); and the earthwork of the Juliano Moreira colony (40%).

Estimated delivery: First semester 2016.

Transoeste BRT

The municipal government has already opened 95% of this express corridor, 59 km in length, benefiting more than 120,000 people. The line, which links Santa Cruz and Campo Grande to the Alvorada Terminal in Barra da Tijuca, has already reduced journey times by up to 50%. The last stage of the project, which is part of the Public Policy Plan, involves completing the Lot 0 (Alvorada Terminal connection with Jardim Oceânico) to integrate with Metro Line 4.

Status: The project works have started in May. Being the following already underway: expansion of the BRT parking lot in the Alvorada Terminal; construction of the fourth side ramp in the Avenida das Américas; execution of the local vegetation suppression; relocation of traffic lights; and adaptation of public lightning. For 2015, it is estimated to be delivered the rigid pavement of the BRT; the paving and signaling (horizontal and vertical) of the central lane; the construction of a bridge over the Marapendi canal and the express corridor stations.

Estimated delivery: First semester of 2016.

Widening of the Joá elevated highway

The expansion of the Joá elevated highway will optimize the commuting travel time between Rio’s South Zone and Barra da Tijuca. This project involves building an elevated highway and two new tunnels parallel to the elevated highway, with two lanes. With an extension of 5 km, these new lanes will allow an increase in the road capacity by 35%. The project includes a cycle path along the existing elevated highway.

Status: Works started in June. The main executed works includes the existing tunnels finishing treatments, escavations and the beginning of the new tunnels detonations. The foundations and pillars of the new Bandeiras elevated highway and the Joatinga bridge and be cycle path are underway.

Estimated delivery: First semester 2016.

Viário da Barra

This project consists on renovating and widening Avenida Abelardo Bueno and Avenida Salvador Allende, as well as creating a BRT corridor (8.7 km long with seven stations) and other nearby roads. The area’s remodelling includes improvements to pavements and streets, the adoption of accessibility standards and the use of efficient lighting. The area will host four venues: the Olympic Park, the Athletes’ Village, the Athletes’ Park and Riocentro. A cycleway will be installed and mobility will be improved by the building of the Olympic Terminal – to connect the Transolímpica and Transcarioca BRTs – and the Recreio Terminal – to connect the Transoeste and Transolímpica BRTs.

· ENVIRONMENT

Initiatives related to the environment will bring about benefits such as the restoration of degraded areas, the revitalisation of river basins and the implementation of a sanitary sewerage system.

Environmental Rehabilitation in Jacarepaguá

The programme provides for structural actions aimed at correcting sections of the region’s watercourses and the adoption of measures to contribute to raising the ground permeability, such as reforestation of slopes. In phase 1 of the programme, 15 watercourses are being recovered through the revitalisation of their banks and channels. This work is designed to raise the rainwater flow capacity, directly benefiting around 350,000 residents. The programme will considerably reduce flooding in the region.

Sanitation in the West Zone – Marangá River Basin

The implementation of a sanitary sewerage system in Planning Area 5 (West Zone) is part of a 30-year municipal government concession. In the first phase of the infrastructure work, a sanitation system will be installed in the Marangá River Basin, benefiting 232,000 residents in various neighbourhoods in the region. By August 2016, the largest part of the first phase will be completed, meeting the needs of Deodoro Sport Complex for the Games. Sewage collection and treatment services will be provided in a 20 million square meters area, corresponding to 11 sewerage sub-basins and encompassing the neighbourhoods of Deodoro, Vila Militar, Magalhães Bastos, Realengo, Padre Miguel, Bangu and Senador Camará. A 200 km network of sewerage pipes and interceptors will be installed and a sewage treatment plant and seven pumping stations will be built and modernised.

In addition to these improvements, the concession includes the provision of commercial services, user services, and the operation and maintenance of the entire system. The concession-holder responsible for the construction work will also be responsible for constantly monitoring water quality and performing environmental education work with residents of the region.

· URBAN RENEWAL

This project provides works such as the revitalisation of the Port Region, drainage work for flood control, the laying of pavements, expanded accessibility and energy-efficient public lighting.

Maravilha Port

Work on the Maravilha Port is promoting a complete renovation of the urban infrastructure of Rio’s port region, including transport and public services, as well as the preservation of the location’s cultural characteristics. The project provides the revitalisation of an area of 5 million square meters, with 70 km of urban streets and roads, and the construction of four tunnels, including the longest urban road tunnel in the city, the 2.7 km Via Expressa Tunnel. The work performed so far has already enabled the return to the city of archaeological treasures such as the old Imperatriz Quay and the Hanging Gardens of Valongo, as well as creating new cultural attractions such as the Rio Museum of Art.

Status: The 2014 project’s landmark was the implosion of the Perimetral overpass. This enabled the progress in the drainage works of the Port region and a new urban mobility system in the central area. The Binary tunnel was also delivered, under the name of Rio 450 Tunnel; construction works on the new Operations Control Centre (OCC) in the tunnels Praça Mauá have started as well, promising to be the most modern one in the country. In 2015, the Museum of Tomorrow and the new Passeio Público (from the Warehouse 8 to the Praça da Misericórdia, with 3,5 km and 215 thousand square meters) will be delivered.

Flood Control in Greater Tijuca

The project, a municipal government responsibility, aims to control the floods and improve the drainage system in the region. The project included the construction of five flood buffer tanks and watercourse interventions and diverting the Joana River, decreasing the excess flows in the order of 100m ³/s.

The first reservoir, in the Praça da Bandeira, has a drainage basin of 18 million litters.The other four will receive excess flows from the Trapicheiros (70 million litters, at Heitor Beltrão street); Joana (58 million litters, at Praça Niterói); Maracanã (43 million litters, at Praça Varnhagen); and Jacó (50 million litters, at Alto Grajaú).

The project also includes watercourse interventions, such as diverting the Joana River through a tunnel, removing one third of the flow that reaches the Mangue Channel, the only existing rainwater runoff point in Greater Tijuca. The region will now have a second outlet into Guanabara Bay. The project also involves canalising the Trapicheiros River and diverting part of the Maracanã River’s waters via Rua Felipe Camarão.

Urban Renovation of Surroundings of João Havelange Olympic Stadium

This project oversees the execution of the Marvellous Neighbourhood Programme in Engenho de Dentro, in the streets to the north of the station and around João Havelange Olympic Stadium. It entails urban renovation for approximately 34 streets, to improve the neighbourhood’s accessibility with new pavements, resurfaced roads and realigned curbs.

The work also proposes to expand the cycleway network and to review tree planting and public lighting. There are also plans to inspect the entire surface drainage system, the rainwater collection network, the drinking water distribution network and the sewage collection network, and to make repairs or implement new stretches of pipes where necessary.

· SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

Building of four schools using the Handball Arena

After the Games, the Handball Arena will be dismantled and transformed into four municipal schools, each one able to teach 500 students. Three will be in the Barra and Jacarepaguá region, and the fourth will be in São Cristóvão. The municipal government has created the new concept of nomadic architecture, used for the first time in the Olympic Games. Nomadic architecture reinforces the principal adopted by the municipal government that the Games should serve the city, avoiding the building of sports venues that would be little used, and leveraging the sports event’s legacy.

For more information:

Empresa Olímpica Municipal

Press office

Chief advisor - Mariza Louven – mlouven@empresaolimpica.rio.rj.gov.br

Elisa López – elopez@empresaolimpica.rio.rj.gov.br – (21) 2016-9726

Christine Lages – clages@empresaolimpica.rio.rj.gov.br – (21) 2016-9727

Adriana Moreira – amoreira@empresaolimpica.rio.rj.gov.br – (21) 2016-9732

Digital media

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