Rio-Niterói 2031 bid: Panam Sports commission visits Deodoro Olympic Park | OneFootball

The Deodoro Olympic Park was the starting point for the Panam Sports Evaluation Commission on the second day of the technical visit for the Rio de Janeiro and Niterói bid for the Pan American Games in 2031. By Friday, the 3rd, the delegation from the highest sports entity in the Americas will have visited the main sports facilities in the five competition zones planned for the Games.

The host city will be chosen on the 10th, in Santiago, Chile. The Rio-Niterói bid is competing with Asunción (Paraguay).

Received by the president of the Brazilian Olympic Committee (COB), Marco La Porta, the vice-mayor of Rio, Eduardo Cavaliere, and the vice-mayor of Niterói, Isabel Swan, the group, led by the president of Panam Sports, Neven Ilic, toured the BMX Olympic Center, the Canoe Slalom Stadium, the Olympic Shooting Center, the Youth Arena, the Olympic Hockey and Equestrian Centers, as well as the Deodoro Stadium on Thursday morning.

The Deodoro zone comprises 9 facilities and 13 sports planned for the 2031 Pan American Games.

“The Deodoro Olympic Park is living proof of the legacy of Rio 2016. Here we manage to combine high-performance technical aspects, with canoe slalom and BMX, with the social aspect, with the population attending schools and using the facilities. We are very proud of this facility and today (Thursday), especially after Ana Sátila's medal, who trains here daily, at the World Championship. This shows that there is a technical return from all this great sports infrastructure,” said Marco La Porta.

“Perhaps the population would never have had contact with these sports if it weren't for this sports complex. The Deodoro Olympic Park allows the population to practice these sports, and this is what we want to replicate throughout Brazil. The Deodoro Olympic Park plays this role very efficiently,” he added.

From there, the commission flew over the Lagoa Rowing Stadium and the Nilton Santos Olympic Stadium before landing at the Copacabana Fort. Then, there was a technical visit to the Army Physical Education School (EsEFEX) and the Operations and Resilience Center (COR) of Rio, in Cidade Nova.

“The legacy of the 2016 Games transformed Rio. Besides the sports legacy, the Olympic arenas and arenas transformed into schools and terminals, the demolition of the Perimetral led to an urban transformation in the Port Region. The VLT and BRT improved mobility. And the COR, created for the Games, is now a reference in Latin America, monitoring the city and anticipating climate risks,” said Eduardo Cavaliere, vice-mayor of Rio.

The Operations Center, alongside the Niterói Monitoring Center (CISP), will allow continuous monitoring and quick identification and resolution of incidents. Currently, it has more than 5,000 monitoring and surveillance equipment, including cameras and radars, and 500 professionals from different areas working in an integrated manner in 24-hour shifts.

The schedule also includes a visit to the Maracanãzinho gymnasium and the Maracanã.

Members of the Panam Sports Evaluation Commission:

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