The Olympic Training Center main purpose is to centralize the infrastructure required for the athletes' development. It will centralize the infrastructure required to teach, train and develop athletes. An Olympic Training Center is an space for athlete training with the help of professionals and scientific education, in addition to equipment and facilities. It is inspired and follows similar projects from other countries like the AIS(Australian Institute of Sport) in Canberra Australia, USA Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, & the EIS (English Institute of Sport). The first sports to be offered at Brazil's Olympic Training Center will be athletics, boxing, fencing, water sports, gymnastics, wrestling, judo, taekwondo, table tennis, archery, tennis, badminton and weight lifting.

Construction is due to begin in 2009 and be completed in 2011. The four venues are expected to cost about $

United States dollar

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195 million. The funds will come from the Ministry of Sports, from sponsorship contracts and tax incentive laws.

Selection

The Olympic Training Center’s operations will be managed by an agenda elaborated according to the main national and international sports events. Following to this calendar, interns in relevant sports will be invited. During this period, the athletes will undergo a battery of tests and will use the physical and professional structure to support their training. At the end, the athletes and the technical committee will return home to continue the training and disseminate knowledge acquired.

Venues & Facilities

Olympic Training Center facilities are four indoor arenas that are planned to be built in Barra da Tijuca

Barra da Tijuca

Barra da Tijuca is a famous neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, located southwest of the city on the Atlantic Ocean. Barra, as it is popularly known, will have most of the venues of the 2016 Summer Olympics, which will be the first edition held in South America. Barra is well-known for its...

, Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro , commonly referred to simply as Rio, is the capital city of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil, and the third largest metropolitan area and agglomeration in South America, boasting approximately 6.3 million people within the city proper, making it the 6th...

, Brazil

Brazil

Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...

. The venue will consist of four separate arenas and will host a variety of events for the 2016 Summer Olympics

2016 Summer Olympics

The 2016 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXXI Olympiad, are a major international multi-sport event to be celebrated in the tradition of the Olympic Games, as governed by the International Olympic Committee...

 and the 2016 Summer Paralympics

2016 Summer Paralympics

The 2016 Summer Paralympic Games will be the fifteenth Paralympics and will take place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 2016. The host city of the Games was announced at the 121st IOC Session held in Copenhagen, Denmark, on October 2, 2009.-Barra Cluster:* Olympic Aquatics Stadium - Swimming* Olympic...

. Hall 1 will have a seating capacity of 16,000 spectators and will host the Olympic basketball

Basketball at the Summer Olympics

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 games, and the Paralympic wheelchair basketball

Wheelchair basketball at the Summer Paralympics

Wheelchair basketball has been contested at the Summer Paralympics since the 1960 Summer Paralympics in Rome.Winning the Paralympics is considered to be the highest honor in international wheelchair basketball, followed by the World Championships of the International Wheelchair Basketball...

 and wheelchair rugby

Wheelchair rugby at the Summer Paralympics

Wheelchair rugby was first contested at the Summer Paralympics as a demonstration sport in 1996. It became an official medal-awarding sport in 2000 and has been competed at every Summer Paralympics since then...

 games. Hall 2 will have a capacity of 10,000 spectators and will host the Olympic judo

Judo at the Summer Olympics

Judo was first included in the Summer Olympic Games at the 1964 Games in Tokyo, Japan. After not being included in 1968, judo has been an Olympic sport in each Olympiad since then. Only male judoka participated until the 1988 Summer Olympics, when women participated as a demonstration sport...

 and taekwondo

Taekwondo at the Summer Olympics

Taekwondo made its first appearance at the Summer Olympic Games as a demonstration sport at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. The opening ceremony featured a mass demonstration of taekwondo with hundreds of adults and children performing moves in unison. Taekwondo was again a...

 events, and the Paralympic judo

Judo at the Summer Paralympics

Paralympic judo has been contested at the Summer Paralympic Games since 1988. The sport is restricted to visually impaired competitors. Men's and women's events are held in various weight classes, just like judo at the Summer Olympics...

 and boccia

Boccia at the Summer Paralympics

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 events. Hall 3 will also have a capacity of 10,000 spectators and will host the Olympic wrestling

Wrestling at the Summer Olympics

Wrestling has been contested at the Summer Olympic Games since the sport was introduced in the ancient Olympic Games in 708 BC. When the modern Olympic Games resumed in Athens in 1896, wrestling became a focus of the Games, with the exception of the 1900 Summer Olympics when wrestling did not...

 competition, and the Paralympic volleyball

Volleyball at the Summer Paralympics

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 tournaments. Hall 4 will have a capacity of 12,000 spectators and will host the Olympic handball

Handball at the Summer Olympics

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 matches, and the Paralympic goalball

Goalball at the Summer Paralympics

-Men:-Women:...

matches.
The venue will also have the infrastructure to provide services in nutrition, physiotherap & sports medicine, athlete career support, physiological, biomechanical, psychological and biochemical assessment. As well as lecture halls & seminar rooms for education of the athletes.