BRAZIL: OLYMPICS - A UK delegation is in Rio de Janeiro to share with Brazilian Olympic and government officials their expertise in hosting the 2012 Olympic Games

Record ID: 331168

  • Title: BRAZIL: OLYMPICS - A UK delegation is in Rio de Janeiro to share with Brazilian Olympic and government officials their expertise in hosting the 2012 Olympic Games
  • Date: 23rd November 2012
  • Summary: RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL (NOVEMBER 23, 2012) (REUTERS) GENERAL VIEW OF RIO DE JANEIRO'S FAMOUS GAVEA ROCK GENERAL VIEW OF HOTEL WHERE BRITISH OFFICIALS WERE DEBRIEFING THEIR BRAZILIAN COUNTERPARTS ON THEIR EXPERIENCE OF HOSTING THE 2012 OLYMPIC GAMES LOGO OF THE UK AND BRAZILIAN FLAG GENERAL VIEW OF BRITISH AND BRAZILIAN OFFICIALS TAKING THEIR SEATS ON THE STAGE, GETTING READY TO START THE SEMINAR GENERAL VIEW OF UK'S SPORTS AND TOURISM MINISTER, HUGH ROBERTS, SITTING BESIDE HIS BRAZILIAN COUNTERPART, ALDO REBELO GENERAL VIEW OF THE PEOPLE ATTENDING THE EVENT MAN TYPING ON HIS IPAD MARIA SILVA, PRESIDENT OF THE MUNICIPAL OLYMPIC COMPANY, TALKING TO THE BRAZILIAN OLYMPIC COMMITTEE PRESIDENT, CARLOS NUZMAN BRAZILIAN SPORTS MINISTER, ALDO REBELO GENERAL VIEW PEOPLE ATTENDING THE EVENT UK'S SPORTS AND TOURISM MINISTER, HUGH ROBERTS, GIVING A SPEECH PHOTOGRAPHER TAKING SNAPS AT THE EVENT (SOUNDBITE) (English) UK'S SPORTS AND TOURISM MINISTER, HUGH ROBERTS, SAYING: "Starting early means that you should finish early and that gives you extra time, in our case a full year, to test and refine. You can't ever, ever rehearse this enough." REBELO GREETING HIS COLLEAGUES ON STAGE AFTER SPEECH GENERAL VIEW OF PEOPLE ATTENDING THE EVENT APPLAUDING
  • Embargoed: 8th December 2012 12:00
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  • Location: Brazil
  • Country: Brazil
  • Topics: Sports
  • Reuters ID: LVA4QORBR4CLH7XTLV1AKNBVP7WP
  • Story Text: A British delegation met with Brazilian officials at a hotel in Rio de Janeiro on Friday (November 23) to share their experience of hosting last summer's Olympics.
    It was the culmination of a week-long set of meetings in which British officials, led by the UK's Sports and Tourism Minister Hugh Roberts, debriefed their Brazilian counterparts on the different aspects of staging an Olympic Games.
    The British delegation, which included the UK's Security Minister, James Brokenshire and London 2012 Committee Chief Executive, Paul Deighton, seemed impressed by Rio's potential to host a successful Games.
    Addressing Brazilian officials on Friday (November 23), Roberts warned that obstacles will come along the way, and that the best way to face them is to be adequately prepared.

    "Starting early means that you should finish early and that gives you extra time, in our case a full year, to test and refine. You can't ever, ever rehearse this enough," he said.
    The pressure is on the Brazilian government to take the baton from a city and country which many say hosted one of the most successful and well-organised Games in recent memory.
    The biggest country in South America is in a unique position, as it will consecutively host the FIFA's Confederations Cup in 2013, the World Cup in 2014 and the Olympics in 2016.
    The 2016 Olympics will be the first Games to ever be held in South American soil.
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