Reuters: Sports News: Hockey and rugby given 2016 Games venues at Deodoro

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Hockey and rugby given 2016 Games venues at Deodoro May 29th 2013, 15:06 Tweet Share this Email Print Related News Athletics sees Olympic Games revenues cut by IOC 4:50am EDT Ukraine's Bubka launches IOC presidency bid Tue, May 28 2013 Rowing body chief Oswald runs for IOC top job Fri, May 24 2013 Krzyzewski to stay as U.S. basketball coach Thu, May 23 2013 Boxing boss CK Wu to run for IOC president Fri, May 17 2013 Analysis & Opinion In the spirit of a Franciscan Pope Tokyo governor sorry for remarks on Muslims, Istanbul and Olypmic bids An aerial view of the Athletes' Park constructed for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro February 22, 2013. Credit: Reuters/Ricardo Moraes By Karolos Grohmann ST PETERSBURG | Wed May 29, 2013 11:21am EDT ST PETERSBURG (Reuters) - Hockey and rugby will play their Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympics competitions at the more remote Deodoro area of the city after organizers boosted the number of sports there to liven up what they say has now become a second Olympic park. With hockey, initially set to be at the main Olympic park by the sea, forced to move to the Deodoro cluster, organizers said they were also placing Olympic debutants rugby sevens there, as well as some basketball preliminaries. "For us it is quite important because we now have eight sports and 12 disciplines there," said Rio Games sports director Agberto Guimaraes. "For the first time there is a second Olympic park." Guimaraes said as many as 50,000 people were expected to be within the Deodoro Olympic Park. "We are much happier because it (Rio organizers) has added new team sports there," Kelly Fairweather, the CEO of the International Hockey Federation told Reuters. Federation officials were initially unhappy about a move to Deodoro after having been told they would be in the main Olympic Park. Fairweather said the addition of rugby and other sports such as BMX and hugely popular basketball added more value to the area. "We are comfortable with this legacy. It is now a really good place," he said. Rugby sevens was not part of Rio's bid file as it became an Olympic sport only in 2009, along with golf. Deodoro will also host shooting competitions, modern pentathlon, equestrian, canoe slalom and fencing events. (Editing by Clare Fallon) Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story through relevant opinion, anecdotes, links and data. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. For more information on our comment policy, see http://blogs.reuters.com/fulldisclosure/2010/09/27/toward-a-more-thoughtful-conversation-on-stories/ Comments (0) Be the first to comment on reuters.com. Add yours using the box above.

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