- The evaluating commission of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) is set to launch Monday a secretive six-day visit to Rio de Janeiro. The Carioca candidacy is well aware of the fact that the visit may be its 'last chance' to pull ahead of Madrid, Chicago and Tokyo in the race for the 2016 Olympics.
The city's collection of 'tricks' includes picking May 1 as the day in which inspectors are set to be taken around the different parts of the city to be shown the sports facilities chosen to host the Games. The May Day public holiday is set to ensure that IOC representatives do not have to deal with the traffic jams that are becoming more and more of a nightmare for residents as they seek to get from one end of the city to another.
The head of operations of the Rio 2016 organizing committee, Castelo Branco, admitted the 'trick,' but he noted that Brazilians are not the only ones who turn to such ruses.
'In Chicago, the city tour took place on a Sunday,' he recalled. Read the full report
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