Venue Problems
March 26, 2013, Rio de Janeiro officially announced that there is a structural problem because the stadium roof, the temporary closure of one of the 2016 Olympic host venues Joao Havelange Stadium. Rio Mayor Paes said the city, despite the structural problems of the stadium roof yet
Rusting steel stadium roof member
It has not been thoroughly investigated, but as long as this problem is not resolved, the stadium will have been closed down. Technical staff said, the problem most likely lies in the design phase, but officials have denied that might tear down the reconstruction.
In this regard, the Brazilian Olympic Committee, said Havelange stadium temporarily disabled will not affect the preparations for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, they believe the problem will be resolved soon, the first session will be held on the South American continent Olympics will not be affected.
In addition, the 2014 Rio hosted the World Cup and the Rio 2016 Olympic Games opening and closing ceremonies of the Maracana Stadium renovation work, but also because of funding problems have been delayed.
Security issues
Rio city has more than 500 slums, mostly built by the hillside, nearly a million people live in poverty. In the whole of Latin America's largest slum Rossi Virginia, streets often see staff AK47 toting gangsters, with a small white plastic bag selling drug traffickers everywhere. After a successful bid to host the World Cup and the Olympic Games, the Rio police have stepped up efforts to combat crime, to increase investment in public law and order, the police also storm over a dozen armed drug traffickers have long been controlled slum. But for the severity of violent crime, the police crackdown seems inadequate.
Brazil adopted a "secret hand over their guns reward" system, that is, if someone handed firearms, without registration you can get cash rewards approach, but only a handful of respondents. Rio police statistics show that in 2008 more than 5,000 criminal cases there were the city, there are nearly a hundred police officers were killed, although after the successful Olympic bid in 2009, this figure declined for several years, the city government in the administration of public security has also been Brazilian Federal Government's strong support, including financial and human, including, but Rio's security problem is not a day for two days of formation, in particular governance issues slums, but not be able to solve overnight.
Rio in the bidding report promised by the end of 2012, the Brazilian federal government will provide a total of $ 3.35 billion in funding for improving the security environment in Rio, you can make good use of the money, used for its also a test for Rio .
Infrastructure Problems
Urban infrastructure, Rio there has been road traffic and other infrastructure obsolete ills, this is the city to be labeled after the Olympic label first need to solve problems.
Rio International Airport's two terminals to start in 2011 a phased expansion plan, but even so, the local government is also expected to demand when it can not independently afford the peak passenger flow, so in 2016, there will be a considerable number of after the foreigner must Sao Paulo, Brazil through the airport arrival transfer Rio another domestic airline airport Santos Dumont airport.
Rio plans to significantly increase the city's rapid transit lanes, does not rule out implementation of auto tail number limit line measures during the Olympic Games, a multi-pronged strive to ensure athletes and spectators during the event travel unimpeded. Municipal government is also considering whether to hire large tankers docked at the port to make up the shortfall in accommodation during the Olympic Games.
The city of Rio will focus on the construction of the Olympic Village, Olympic Park, and more than a dozen indoor venues away from the project attractions and business districts of the western city, one thing is sure, for outdoor projects, the Rio Olympic Games will have unparalleled views such as windsurfing, rowing, beach volleyball, marathon and triathlon will be arranged at the foot of the scenic resort 科帕卡帕纳 beach and along the surface of the mountain landscape and Jesus Loaf mountain.
Venue Scheduling Problems
For the Olympic venues has strict requirements, see the case of Rio, there is a great distance from the Olympic Games held. In order to host the 2007 Pan American Games, Rio built a number of sports venues, while the existing venues have also been rebuilt. Nevertheless, the International Olympic Committee's evaluation report pointed out that Rio is also far from the Olympic Games standard, Olympics venues needed 26% need to create.
As the opening and closing ceremonies of the main venue, built in the 1950s the world's largest football stadium Maracana Stadium at the Pan American Games last century has been converted, in the 2014 World Cup and sports venues around here even alterations once. The renovation project started since 2010, due to the strike has been postponed several reasons such period, a total budget of 950 million reais (US $ 630 million) in this renovation project can be completed before the start of the 2014 World Cup is still unknown .
Superbug problem
December 15, 2014, in the range of about 2016 Olympic sailing waters, found resistant "superbugs", once the infection is difficult to be cured. In the "Rio River" 5 sample bottles of water flowing into the Olympic sailing sweet potatoes Guanabara Bay estuary collected, three samples were found in this "super bacteria."
We have not found such cases of bacterial infection of the river, but does not encourage people to swim here, once infected, need to double doses of antibiotics to heal, not even rule out the possibility of admission; and even after contact with the bacteria temporarily not infected people It will become carriers of the bacteria, resulting in cross-infection.
Rio relevant BOCOG officials said they are doing their best to ensure water quality Guanabara Bay, so the Olympic sailing smoothly, "the proportion of Guanabara Bay cleanup dirt from the past of 10% -15% , raised to 50% now. our goal is to clean up 80 percent of the dirt. now fish has returned to the region, which is a good sign. "
