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Rio 2016 sells 240,000 tickets in eight hours

Xinhua, October 21, 2015 Adjust font size:

About 240,000 tickets were sold in the first eight hours of the latest Olympic ticketing phase, organizers said Tuesday.

The rush saw 120,000 tickets bought in the first hour, with football, basketball and volleyball attracting the highest demand, Globoesporte reported, citing information from the Rio 2016 organizing committee.

Some two million tickets have been made available to Brazilian residents on a first-come-first-served basis in the third sales stage.

Demand on Tuesday was led by residents from the states of Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Minas Gerais, Parana and Distrito Federal.

According to organizers, tickets remain available for about 400 of 518 sessions.

Non-Brazilian residents can buy tickets via authorized resellers in their country.

The Rio 2016 Games, to be held from Aug. 5 to 21 next year, will be the first Olympics in South America. Endi