After 8 years of preparation Rio de Janeiro is ready for the Olympics. I have visited all the venues during the past week and I can say that they are all ready for the begining of the games.

Below there are 2 pictures showing the Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas venue.

Most of the games will be held at the Barra Arena in Rio de Janeiro as you can see below. And the Carioca Arena is the biggest one.

50.000 volunteers will be helping during the games. 20% of them come from oversears – from 150 different countries.

Let’s hope that the olympics in Rio de Janeiro turns out to be a great success!

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With less than a year to go for the Olympics in Rio, more events test are happening in Rio in the coming weeks. Theses events can give organizers a better idea about logistics and security for example.

Sambódromo helding events.

This particular event has just finished (September 15th to 22nd). The Aquece Rio International Archery Challenge took place at the Sambódromo, the traditional home of Rio’s samba Carnival parades, in the Maracanã Zone.

Athlets in Rio de Janeiro.

The event is also a good opportunity for the athlets to compete in Rio de Janeiro ahead of the games.

Team gold medal matches took place over the weekend (September 19th-20th) while individual gold medal competitions happened on September 21st and 22nd. The event was closed to spectators.

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