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Rio releases Olympic test event schedule

Xinhua, March 19, 2015 Adjust font size:

Rio de Janeiro will host 21 test events this year as the city fine-tunes preparations for the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games, organizers said on Wednesday.

An additional 23 events will be held from January to May 2016, according to Rio2016.com.

Test events will be divided into three segments, beginning with volleyball in July this year.

The first cluster of events, due to end in October, will mainly feature outdoor sports such as rowing, cycling and equestrian.

The second group, from November to February, will focus more on indoor events such as boxing, basketball and diving.

The final installment will feature larger competitions like athletics, swimming, weightlifting and football.

"Test events are a crucial part of the preparations for staging Olympic and Paralympic Games, allowing the organizing committee and its partners - in particular the International Sports Federations and government partners - to test all aspects of venue operations," said Delphine Moulin, Rio 2016 test events general manager.

Only some of the events will be open to the public.

The Olympics, the first to be held in South America, will be staged from August 5-21. Endi