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Rio Olympic Park hits 95% completion

Xinhua, December 30, 2015 Adjust font size:

Construction work at Rio de Janeiro's Barra Olympic Park, the main venue cluster for next year's Olympic Games, has reached 95% completion, organizers said on Tuesday.

The complex will comprise nine venues that will host 16 Olympic and nine Paralympic events, in addition to the main press center and international broadcast center.

Meanwhile the Olympic and Paralympic Village, which will host nearly 14,000 athletes next year, is 97% ready according to Rio2016.com.

The Olympic Hockey Centre is 99% complete and the Youth Arena (for basketball, modern pentathlon and wheelchair fencing) 75% finished.

Work on the golf course and three X-Park facilities has already been completed.

The least advanced venues are the Youth Arena, which will host basketball and fencing (75%) and the velodrome (76%). Endit