New Photos Show Rio 2016 Olympic Venues Approaching Completion
The Brazilian Federal Government has released updated photos of the 2016 Olympic Games venues in Rio today. An overhead camera... Current photo via (Photo: Heusi Action/Andre Motta)
The Brazilian Federal Government has released updated photos of the 2016 Olympic Games venues in Rio today. An overhead camera snapped shots of the enormity of the two primary venue clusters, Barra Olympic Park and Deodoro Olympic Park. Olympic and Paralympic swimming and water polo are taking place at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium within Barra.
You can refresh on which competitions will be taking place in which venues by reviewing the Rio 2016 venue map.
See a progression by reviewing previous construction videos we’ve posted in the past to chronicle the construction throughout 2015:
Barra Olympic Park (above) will host 16 Olympic sports and nine Paralympic sports, along with the Main Press Centre and the International Broadcast Centre. It has nine competition venues, seven of which are new. (Photo: Heusi Action/Andre Motta)
The image above shows Carioca Arenas 1 and 2, the Future Arena (with the brown sides) and the Olympic Aquatics Centre, at the back to the right (Photo: Heusi Action/Andre Motta)
The Olympic Aquatics Centre (above) will host the Olympic and Paralympic swimming competitions and the later stages of the water polo tournament during the Olympic Games (Photo: Heusi Action/Andre Motta)
The Olympic and Paralympic Village, situated alongside Barra Olympic Park, will host more than 15,000 of the world’s leading athletes during the Games (Photo: Heusi Action/Andre Motta)
Bordered by mountains and lagoons, and close to the sea, the Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Village is likely to be one of the most spectacular in the history of the Games (Photo: Heusi Action/Andre Motta)
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