Olympic Training Center (Rio de Janeiro)
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Brazil
| Centro Olímpico de Treinamento | |
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| Address | Rio de Janeiro Brazil |
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| Location | Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Coordinates | 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 |
| Website | |
| https://adcentrolimpico.org.br/ | |
The Rio de Janeiro 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. The centre includes six venues used in the 2016 games and facilities created in the Barra Olympic Park footprint. The centre is located at the site of the former Nelson Piquet International Autodrome - Jacarepaguá.[citation needed]
Its purpose is to establish infrastructure 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 such as 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 are athletics, boxing, fencing, water sports, gymnastics, wrestling, judo, taekwondo, table tennis, archery, tennis, badminton and weightlifting.
Construction began in 2009 and finished in 2016. Funds were planned to come from the Ministry of Sports, from sponsorship contracts and tax incentives.
Process
Athletes undergo a battery of tests and use the physical and professional structure to support their training. At the end, the athletes and the technical committee return home to continue the training and disseminate knowledge acquired.