The organising committee of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games has insisted that the velodrome will be completed by the end of June and will be ready for the track programme, which is scheduled to take place from August 11-16.
Earlier this week, Rio de Janeiro’s city government announced that it had switched the construction contract for the velodrome to a new company, Engetécnica, after the previous firm had filed for bankruptcy protection.
On Thursday, the Rio 2016 organisers made their final progress report on Games preparations to the International Olympic Committee in Lausanne, with organising committee head Carlos Nuzman saying that the velodrome would be completed in time. Rio’s city government has said the venue is “88 per cent” complete.
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"The Rio mayor was there [via video link] to provide these answers. At the end of June it will be in condition for athletes to train there,” Nuzman said, according to Reuters. “The mayor gave these guarantees because he is in charge of the construction."
There have been many delays in the construction of the Olympic velodrome. A test event due to be held in March had to be cancelled, and UCI president Brian Cookson last week expressed concern that the venue would not be available for training ahead of the Olympics.
"The test event was due for the end of March and was cancelled, and we had previous plans before that put back as well," Cookson told the Associated Press.
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