Dilma Rousseff, Brazil’s President, joined Rio Mayor Eduardo Paes in officially opening the Olympic Aquatics Stadium, the site of the swimming and opening rounds of the water polo events during this summer’s Olympic Games. The facility will also be the site of the Paralympic swimming events a month later.
Rio 2016 President Carlos Nuzman and the acting Governor of the state of Rio, Franciso Dornelles, were also on-hand for the unveiling of the venue, which is first set to host the Maria Lenk Trophy, Olympic swimming’s test event, April 15-20th.
The venue has a spectator seating capacity of 14.997 people and contains 2 pools, one for competition and one for training, each with a capacity for 3.7 million liters of water.. The seats closest to the actual pool are just 10 meters away from the action.
A special filter system is integrated into the facility, which is aimed at reducing the use of chemicals by 25% with the water being maintained between 25-28 degrees celsius, as advised by FINA.
An innovative natural ventilation system has also been built into the facility, which involved inputting the average Games-time temperatures into complex mathematical calculations to develop a map of 15,000 strategically positioned tiny holes in the structure, ensuring a refreshing air flow throughout the Games’ aquatic events.
President Rousseff said, “We are delivering a high-quality venue, on time and on budget.”
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Nice setting with the hills to the west.For functionality , Aquatic centres need to be stuck in the middle of a flat concrete expanse out in The Badlands. I very much doubt many like ultra scenic Barcelona are going to be built again .