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Brazil pins hopes on Tokyo Olympics as Rio 2016 shine fades

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Rio de Janeiro, Jul 20 (EFE).- A few days before the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games begin, the Olympic Park inaugurated five years ago for the Rio de Janeiro 2016 event is still the target of criticism.The Olympic facilities that were the pride of the city five years ago and that cost more than 40 billion reais (about $7.6 billion at the current exchange rate) are today abandoned, degrading and haunted by corruption scandals.Several of its pavilions are now "white elephants," while the fate of the velodrome, the Olympic swimming pools and two of the Rio arenas has yet to be defined. (Camera: JANAÍNA QUINET/ANTONIO LACERDA).SHOT LIST: ABANDONED OLYMPIC VENUES IN IN RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL. INCLUDES FOOTAGE TAKEN WITH A DRONE OF ABANDONED RIO OLYMPIC VENUES.

Added on the 21/07/2021 14:00:00 - Copyright : EFE Inglés

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