Rio Olympic official: No glanders risk at equestrian

BOA Chairman Lord Coe added: “The plan for Team GB in the run up to the Rio 2016 Olympic Games is to leave no stone unturned in the preparation of a world class performance environment in which our athletes can deliver their personal best”.

Rio is cleaning up the polluted Guanabara Bay for the sailing events, and construction on a tunnel linking the athletes’ village and the Olympic Park is underway.

Also Wednesday, Maglione said he would push for more swimming sprint events in the pool for the 2020 Olympics as the IOC prepares to open discussions over the program.

City officials told Reuters they have acted like a bank, advancing cash to affected companies to prevent a slowdown, but stressed the problems will not affect the 38 billion real ($10.96 billion) spending. “It’s our moral duty”, Matt Smith, the chief executive of the organisation said.

“Our athletes will be there doing everything they possibly can in the next 12 months to try and create all those medal moments again that will inspire the nation in Rio”.

Paes also countered criticisms that the private investors in the Games are benefiting disproportionately.

“Most actual human beings watch the Olympics because they provide more than just competition”, Miller said.

“We’re all really looking forward to seeing equestrianism, one of the only Olympic sports in which men and women compete against each other and which involves two athletes, the horse and the rider, at Rio 2016”.

Experts in Brazil say there are only a handful of labs in the country that can handle the complicated molecular testing needed for viral water analysis.

This was little consolation to the residents of the nearby Vila Autódromo community, some of whom are being forcibly relocated to make way for the development. That said, there are some challenges both in terms of the water quality and actually some of the floating debris in the water, but efforts are being made and those efforts appear to be increasing in pace as we get closer towards the Olympic Games.

Speaking on Tuesday off the flight from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, where a top IOC meeting took place last week, Bach said, “I’m very confident that in one year we will all be overwhelmed by a wonderful opening ceremony and by the hospitality of the Brazilians”.

“In exactly one year from now, the eyes of the entire world will be on Brazil”, Bach said.