Olympic Training Center (Rio de Janeiro)
| Location | Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 22°58′26″S 43°23′45″W / 22.973883°S 43.395953°WCoordinates: 22°58′26″S 43°23′45″W / 22.973883°S 43.395953°W |
| Operator | City of Rio de Janeiro |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | 2009 |
| Built | 2009-2016 |
The Olympic Training Center (Portuguese: Centro Olímpico de Treinamento, COT) is a sports training facility in Barra da Tijuca, Brazil that opened after the 2016 Summer Olympics and 2016 Summer Paralympics. The centre uses six venues used in the 2016 games in addition to a number of new facilities created in the Barra Olympic Park footprint. The centre became a campus of training facilities for Olympic and Paralympic athletes at the site of the former Nelson Piquet International Autodrome - Jacarepaguá as a legacy of the 2016 Summer Olympics and 2016 Summer Paralympics.
Its main purpose is to centralize the infrastructure required for the development of Brazilian athletes, including teaching and training, with the help of professionals and scientific education. It is inspired and follows similar projects from other countries like the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra, Australia, United States Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, and the English Institute of Sport. The first sports to be offered at Brazil's Olympic Training Center will be athletics, boxing, fencing, water sports, gymnastics, wrestling, judo, taekwondo, table tennis, archery, tennis, badminton and weightlifting.
Construction begun in 2009, and was finished in 2016. Funds were planned to come from the Ministry of Sports, from sponsorship contracts and tax incentive laws.
The Olympic Training Center’s operations will be managed by an agenda elaborated according to the main national and international sports events. Following to this calendar, interns in relevant sports will be invited. During this period, the athletes will undergo a battery of tests and will use the physical and professional structure to support their training. At the end, the athletes and the technical committee will return home to continue the training and disseminate knowledge acquired.
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