Each day we take a look at the main stadia and ticketing news from the 2016 Olympic Games.
The International Paralympic Committee announced on Friday that Deodoro Olympic Park would not open for the Paralympics as the Rio 2016 organising committee was forced to impose a string of cost-cutting measures.
Further cuts include a revised transport system, the closure of dedicated media centres and a review of back-of-house spaces at venues.
Wheelchair fencing events scheduled to take place at Deodoro Park’s Youth Arena will instead take place at Carioca Arena 3 in the Barra Olympic Park. The equestrian, seven-a-side football and shooting areas at Deodoro Park will operate as standalone venues.
Rio 2016 spokesman Mario Andrada confirmed last week that just 12% of tickets had been sold for the Paralympics, which take place from September 7-18.
In other news, Brazilian police detained several Australian athletes on Friday night after entering the basketball arena without accreditation. The athletes had been watching the men’s semi-final match between Australia and Serbia.
The Games are now officially over and it was one to remember for Team GB, who picked up a record 67 medals in total. Team GB finished second in the medal table – ahead of China – with some 27 golds. We take a look at where and when some of Team GB’s Rio 2016 highlights unfolded.
Adam Peaty picked up a gold – Britain’s first of the Games – in the men’s 100m breaststroke at the Aquatics Stadium on August 7 with a new world record time of 57.55 seconds.
Soon-to-be-married Jason Kenny and Laura Trott amassed five gold medals between them in the track cycling at the Olympic Velodrome. Kenny is now tied with Sir Chris Hoy on six gold medals.
Mo Farah completed an historic ‘double double’ by winning both the 5,000m and the 10,000m for the second Games running. Farah won 10,000m gold at Rio’s Olympic Stadium on August 13 before retaining his 5,000m title a week later at the same venue.
Great Britain’s women’s hockey team produced a stunning performance to defeat the Netherlands in a penalty shoot-out and claim gold at the Olympic Hockey Centre on August 19.
At the age of 58, Nick Harris became Team GB’s second-oldest gold medallist on August 19 when winning the show jumping event at the Olympic Equestrian Centre.
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