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Brazil investing to be in the top ten medals table for the Rio Games of 2016
The host nation of the next Olympics had a mixed outing in London and is hoping that a surge in spending (700 million dollars) on athletes and facilities will ensure it makes the top 10 medals table in 2016 on home soil in Rio de Janeiro. Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rulesAll true sportspeople wish you well, Brazil- we are enthusiastic for your success- Brazil's natural zest will present a memorably splendid occasion.
Aug 14th, 2012 - 09:56 am - Link - Report abuse 0Heres to another fantastic olympic games, can not beleive its the first time the olymics have been held in south america no doubt the brazilians magic and energy will make this a great olympic games. Best of luck.
Aug 14th, 2012 - 10:35 am - Link - Report abuse 0Go Brazil! I'm sure they will put on fantastic games, the first to be held in South America too.
Aug 14th, 2012 - 10:37 am - Link - Report abuse 0The Mayor of Rio was so impressed by the transport organisation at the London Olympics that he has hired TFL as the official advisors for transport at the Rio games.
Aug 14th, 2012 - 10:44 am - Link - Report abuse 0I also heard they have bid for the Basketball arena. It is good to recycle.
Not to put a downer on things at all, I'm sure Rio will be an awesome spectacle, but 4 years is a very short turnaround to secure a good haul of medals.
Aug 14th, 2012 - 02:30 pm - Link - Report abuse 0GB had vastly improved performances in 2008 and 2012, but the process to reach that level of achievement really started due to an increase in funding after the abysmal performance in 1996. I'll be impressed if Brazil can magically come up with medal prospects in another 10-15 events outside the ones they traditionally do well in but i'm not sure it's realistic.
“Brazilians regard the Olympics as their grand entrance onto the world
Aug 14th, 2012 - 08:06 pm - Link - Report abuse 0stage — and their emergence as a superpower.
Still, observers say efficiency and punctuality have never been the country's strong suit, and many are bracing for a rocky ride as Rio rushes to build the city's four main Olympic sites and undertakes a massive, pre-games infrastructure overhaul.
More than 230 projects are slated to be finished by the 2016 games, with the sports venues scheduled for delivery between mid-2015 and early-2016 for test events, according to the International Olympic Committee. Of those, over 65 have already been completed or are in the final stages.
That leaves a high volume of projects to be carried out simultaneously over the next four years — a feat that even Rio 2016 organizers acknowledge is tricky.”
http://www.businessweek.com/ap/2012-08-12/now-to-rio-full-of-olympic-2016-jitters
Great for Brazil!. We need an olympic champion in Latin America and who better than Brazil.
Aug 15th, 2012 - 02:22 am - Link - Report abuse 0Good luck to them. Danny Boyle's cringingly embarrassing and bizarre presentation aside, the London Olympics were a great success in every other respect. All the infrastructure constructed ahead of schedule and on budget, showed Britain can do things properly when the pressure's on.
Aug 15th, 2012 - 07:44 am - Link - Report abuse 0I'm not sure getting cosy with Hugo Chavez and Turkey neck is doing Brazil's credibility any good at all on the world stage. Both those two are clinging onto Brazils coat tails and will only drag them down.
Aug 15th, 2012 - 05:11 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Good luck Brazil =) I hope they do as well as the last two host nations =)
Aug 15th, 2012 - 06:10 pm - Link - Report abuse 0#8 “Danny Boyle's cringingly embarrassing and bizarre presentation”
What do you mean? I loved it!
#9 Not at all, they've all got strengths and the sum is greater than the parts =)
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