Olympic flag delivered to Rio de Janeiro

The Olympic flag with the image of five rings on Tuesday night was delivered to Rio de Janeiro, where the Olympics will be held in 2016. The banner was brought by the mayor Eduard Pais, who accepted him from the hands of the head of the International Olympic Committee Jacques Rogge on Sunday at the closing ceremony in London.

On Tuesday, the flag will be taken for a day to the capital of the country of Brazilia "as a sign of appreciation to the federal authorities and personally to the President of the country Dilme Rusef" For support in the organization of the upcoming Olympic Games. Then the banner will be stored in the city hall. By the end of the year, a special Olympic pavilion will be erected for him, where all presentations of the objects under construction will be subsequently, ITAR-TASS said.

According to Pais, the Olympics will have to transform Rio de Janeiro. This applies, first of all, the infrastructure of the metropolis on the shores of the Gulf of the Gulf of the Gulf.

“We fit in time,” the mayor of Rio de Janeiro assured. At the same time, he promised to publish the exact budget of the Olympiad no later than the second quarter of next year, explaining the delay in the fact that the final cost of a number of large infrastructure projects not directly related to competitions was not yet determined. The federal government believes that the 2016 organization organization should cost $ 11.5 billion.

To the upcoming Olympiad, the Brazilians intend to increase the medal plan of their team, which brought 3 gold, 5 silver and 9 bronze medals from London and took 22nd place in the overall standings. Starting next year, the special Federal Fund for Sports for Sports of Higher achievements will be significantly increased, for the needs of which since 2005, $ 142.2 million have been allocated.

Assistance from the means of this fund before games in London received 111 of 259 Brazilian athletes-Olympians, including 10 out of 17 medalists.