Rio 2016 unveils test events schdules

The Rio 2016 Organizing Committee has announced the details of 44 test events that will be held in preparation for next year’s Olympic and Paralympic Games. The programme includes 34 Olympic sports events, six Paralympic events and four events that feature both Olympic and Paralympic disciplines.  The events will give the Organizing Committee an imperative chance to test the Olympic competition territories and results frameworks, and additionally coordinating all the significant partners and preparing the group of individuals who will be in charge of running the events amid the Games.

There are 21 events booked to occur in 2015, with the first arrangement of open air occasions to be held in the middle of July and October this year. A progression of indoor events will then be held from November 2015 to February 2016, with the last events to occur in the middle of March and May 2016, in front of the Summer Olympic Games, which start on 5 August.

More than 7,800 athletes will take an interest in the test events, giving each of them an essence of the Olympic and Paralympic host city, while pretty nearly 16,000 volunteers will likewise pick up experience over the 156 days of competition. Some events will be ticketed, while others will not be open to spectators. There will also be events in the Copacabana region – such as triathlon, sailing, marathon swimming and road cycling  that the public will be able to see without tickets.