Olympic tickets are displayed during an event at the Rio 2016 headquarters in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, May 20, 2016.
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The 36-year-old shooter made the Rio Olympic team at the U.S. Olympic Trials in Tillar, Ark., on Friday, according to USA Shooting’s social media.
The tickets, in several colors, include pictograms of the Rio 2016 sports and, for the first time in the Games’ history, each Olympic and Paralympic discipline will have its own design.
The reproduction of the story/photograph in any form will be liable for legal action.
State Security Secretary Jose Mariano Beltrame, speaking Thursday alongside Defense Minister Raul Jungmann, says the “request for external forces for Rio de Janeiro” will help local police to battle the city’s rising crime.
But Mr Ferretti said: “Here in Brazil we have the culture to buy the tickets very close to the event”. The games open in 2 1/2 months. We’ve sold more than expected at this point.
He also said sales outside Brazil were on track although he could not give specific numbers.
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“This group has had some successes already, one of these was the indictment of 10 people who were reselling tickets illegally over social media”. Only 6 million tickets have been put on sale as Rio 2016 continues to determine the final capacity for many temporary venues. “I have to start stepping it up now and get prepared to race overseas in the build-up to Rio as we leave South Africa on 19 May for a long period of preparation, starting with a two week stay in Doha followed by the Mare Nostrum Series”, he said.
